I am a black woman who has loved The Kinks since childhood (I'm almost 60)!
@arautus
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Another great song by the Kinks is 20th Century Man. "This is the age of machinery, A mechanical nightmare, The wonderful world of technology, Napalm hydrogen bombs biological warfare."
@su-rv2uq
5 жыл бұрын
Why does your race matter as to what group you like?
@gambler213
5 жыл бұрын
@@su-rv2uq It's perfectly cool as a Black woman, she loves the Kinks.
@tdsims1963
5 жыл бұрын
@@su-rv2uq Because you were looked at strangely by both blacks and whites if you showed fondness for "white music"( at least where I lived in the late 70's, North Carolina).You must be quite young to ask me such an obvious question.
@zbagz01
5 жыл бұрын
@@tdsims1963 The Kinks did some really interesting songs that weren't just about love or girlfriends. Low Budget, Celluloid Heroes (love that line about Mickey Rooney) and Better Things. I still listen to them too, but I'm a bit older than you!
@jdgoodwin325
5 жыл бұрын
"Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world Except for Lola" - one of the greatest lines in rock and roll.
@jrrkulp
5 жыл бұрын
@Dr. Krieger *And I'm glad I'm a man...
@k.bowers8372
4 жыл бұрын
And so is Lola
@willcambeul6172
4 жыл бұрын
Ray used to sing 'mucked up' or 'fucked up' , instead of 'muddled up' sometimes. Just for a change. In fact, I don't think I heard 'muddled up' in the various times that I saw them, or just Ray, live.
@FredK2929
4 жыл бұрын
@Dr. Krieger Such a great line. As a kid, I heard it as though Lola was also glad that the singer was a man. Then later, when my friend told me what it was about, I heard it the other way -- Lola is also a man. I think that is incredibly clever, although, as they said in "Spinal Tap', it's a fine line between clever and stupid. ;-)
@Akindone53
4 жыл бұрын
Ray is one of best lyric writers of rock. Legendary.
@rhwinner
5 жыл бұрын
Gotta give it to Ray Davies for getting a song about transvestites on the radio in '72....
@mortensen1961
5 жыл бұрын
Even Lou Reed did it with "Walk On The Wild Side". . .
@blalker86
5 жыл бұрын
@@mortensen1961 great choice Brother
@keddw
5 жыл бұрын
1970
@gboigbhoy6476
5 жыл бұрын
@@mortensen1961 Beatles did it too with get back
@gregoryeatroff8608
5 жыл бұрын
The Who's "I'm a Boy" came out in 1966, and Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne in 1967, so while "Lola" is a fantastic song it wasn't breaking new ground on that score.
@rons3634
5 жыл бұрын
Love that song. It's hilarious. My kids heard it for years on radio but never really listened to the lyrics until I made them do it one day. They couldn't believe it. And it was pretty funny.
@boki1693
5 жыл бұрын
I was sort of like your kids too. I had heard the song many times and one day I just listened to the words. LOL.
@kevanbodsworth9868
5 жыл бұрын
Same with Arnold Lane Pink Floyd,
@eleven-hopper
5 жыл бұрын
I've heard this song since i was very little but it wasn't actually till a few months ago I finally stopped to listen to the lyrics, and I was like "wow." i think i actually like the song even more now that i know what it's about
@chrisrenoir
4 жыл бұрын
It’s not funny. Unless you think a trans woman is something to laugh at. It is an amazing song though.
@viksox13
4 жыл бұрын
I just had a similar experience with Blondie's One Way or Another. Finally realized it was a song about a crazy stalker girlfriend....
@sammybeck7794
5 жыл бұрын
Back in the seventies when this song came out my sister hated it with a purple passion. Her name is Lola.
@willrichardson519
5 жыл бұрын
Awks...
@clickonmike
5 жыл бұрын
Had a girlfriend in the 70s called sally, she hated the song " lay down sally " by God or Eric Clapton ( he went under both names ).
@Isleofskye
5 жыл бұрын
Usually by "God" though....................as Hughie Green would say " Friends,Friends just write God on the bottom of your postcard and we will know exactly who you mean :)
@gurumyster
5 жыл бұрын
😂
@TheSanityInspector
5 жыл бұрын
I can out-weird that: My mother's name was Lola.
@grazynazambeanie5963
2 жыл бұрын
This is 2022 , this song was 55 years ahead of the curve . Gotta watch the video , " Lola " should have got an Oscar.
@jkoff76
5 жыл бұрын
Genius isn't a term I throw around lightly but Ray Davies definitely is one.
@gilwood7530
4 жыл бұрын
AGREED
@chrisleneil
Жыл бұрын
And Dave, as well!
@jchow5966
Жыл бұрын
53 years old song. Still one of the coolest rock song Thank you for the great reaction
@bryanburton6087
5 жыл бұрын
Can't go wrong with any Kinks song. Seriously.
@coolvoice7
5 жыл бұрын
Bryan Burton absolutely, never released a bad recording in their career👍👍👍
@gerrynewport3894
5 жыл бұрын
Bryan Burton Unless a live version, in which case eeeeeeeeeeeek!
@JaDem148
4 жыл бұрын
I keep searching, "Somewhere "Round the Dial" to find a bad one. Can someone help me find ir?
@peterbone3753
4 жыл бұрын
@PurelyAfrican .
@hmsljj
4 жыл бұрын
Amen brother
@krakatoa1200
3 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see the Kinks at our local Dance Hall 1964, a great band and a great night.
@bobcarn
4 жыл бұрын
I always found this song endearing. It's got a catchy tune, fun lyrics, a buildup of emotion, tells a story, and makes you pause to think. It's one of the best songs.
@ratowey
5 жыл бұрын
I remember laughing my head off the first time I heard this. The Kinks were one of the great bands of the sixties. Great reaction.
@derekwaggoner7501
5 жыл бұрын
One of the most obvious lyrics that everyone misses. "Im not the world's most masculine man but i know what i am, I'm a man, I'm a man, and so is Lola"
@terminallyonline5296
5 жыл бұрын
"I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola" Which they bsed the censors with the cover the story of Lola loving that he's a man.
@djsharpe-myers5312
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, she totally missed it.
@pmaster1173
5 жыл бұрын
Lol funnily this would be banned now for exact opposite reasons. That its offensive to trans women to call them man
@Serai3
5 жыл бұрын
What's clever about that lyric is that it skates by because the "and so's Lola" could be taken to mean that Lola is also glad he's a man!
@michaellomax843
5 жыл бұрын
It also has "Coca-Cola" whereas other version has "Cherry-Cola because of copyright...
@wompa70
5 жыл бұрын
I was about 12 when I first heard this song. I understood that the singer fell for Lola and then realized what she was. What I always took from this song was that love can be found in unexpected places.
@christophermorris2434
3 жыл бұрын
True story about thier manager picking up a tyranny. It was to make fun of him
@storageheater
3 жыл бұрын
@@christophermorris2434 It's remarkably lacking in cruelty for a song apparently about mocking someone over such a taboo subject. Plus it's really neat that he's shifted it to the first person, which really softens the impact of any sort of teasing - whatever the origin, it seems to have been quite thoughtfully put together and the result is a curiously positive representation of queerness (if not transness) in pop culture.
@Music-Is-Real-Love
Жыл бұрын
@@storageheater Extremely accurate.
@brianbrady9601
2 жыл бұрын
Truly one of the greatest rock songs of all time...
@hkburrows
2 жыл бұрын
"I'm not the world's most masculine man, but i know what I am, I'm a man, I'm a man, and so is Lola" There's no misinterpreting that line lol. This song was years ahead of its time, pure genius.
@stevenknight1198
2 жыл бұрын
You literally have done just that. The line is, I'm glad I'm a man and so is lola
@Nozoki
Жыл бұрын
LOL but you did misinterpret it. It's a great ambiguous line. "I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola". It can be read as Lola is also glad I'm a man, but it likely confirms what the rest of the song hints at, that Lola is a trans woman.
@GroovingPict
Жыл бұрын
congrats, you missed the entire point and double meaning of that line
@Mftjan2000
10 ай бұрын
Actually it is a double entendre...It's I'm GLAD I'm a man and so is Lola. Now: if Lola were a heterosexual woman she would ALSO be glad he was a man....The key lines are elsewhere in the song...low voice, almost breaking his spine, looks like a woman but talks like a man...
@39thala
5 жыл бұрын
This is the Coca Cola version from the LP. The single release was sung Cherry Cola.
@Rick-or2kq
5 жыл бұрын
I also remember they sang, " we sparked to electric candle light" not "under electric candle light".
@JaDem148
4 жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard somewhere along the way that they changed the lyrics from Coca to Cherry after a threatened law suit from Coke.
@JaDem148
4 жыл бұрын
@Arry Cane Well, I asked to be corrected if I'm wrong. Thanks for the education.
@gilwood7530
4 жыл бұрын
Live too usually was CHERRY COLA
@NickDavies6789
4 жыл бұрын
He sang "Cherry Cola" to satisfy the BBC rules about advertising and product placement.
@scenxad
5 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest bands of all time
@RonRicho
5 жыл бұрын
Ray Davies is a literary genius. Ray is definitely straight but he sees the deeper meaning in everything. This starts out in a club in Soho (London) which in those days was the gay area London or one of them anyway. Brilliant song. I try to never pick my favorite of anything but.... The Kinks Waterloo sunset would be my favorite song if I had one.
@gibbogle
4 жыл бұрын
I love Lola (the song!) and Waterloo Sunset. So many good Kinks songs.
@TheTestingGrounds
4 жыл бұрын
Waterloo Sunset is one of the greatest songs.....ever!
@tesscrawford8708
4 жыл бұрын
Waterloo sunset is also my favourite Kinks song!
@peterblood50
5 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, the Kinks were a very special band. Good reaction, I like how you actually listen to the lyrics. I agree with the previous commentators, do "Apeman". It's a very "groovy" song.
@gchristyer
5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful lyrics completely neutral ! No bad vibes or judgement exceptional ! 😉👍
@Cookie_moonlove
5 жыл бұрын
Yes I love that! I mean it makes a bit fun over how sheltered and inexperienced the guy is though but in a sweet way.
@deanfarr3249
3 жыл бұрын
Young people: text Lol Old People: What does that mean? Oh you mean Lola don't you?
@charlietwo13
3 жыл бұрын
@@deanfarr3249 No we don't.
@daistoke1314
2 жыл бұрын
@@deanfarr3249 oh you mean L o l a Lola.
@deanfarr3249
2 жыл бұрын
@@daistoke1314 sure
@mikecaetano
5 жыл бұрын
Sweet! The Kinks wrote a lot of great songs. To change gears, check out "Come Dancing" from 1982 or "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" from 1979. One of my favorites is "Victoria" from 1969. "Waterloo Sunset" from 1967 is also a treat. And of course, don't forget their biggest hits, "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" from 1964 and "Destroyer" from 1981, which you could think of as a sort of punk rock proto rap song, sort of. [grin]
@rachaelpettit492
5 жыл бұрын
The Kinks were so underrated. Lyrical geniuses, Ray and Dave both. I like to listen to "Better things" when I'm having a bad day, such a positive song.
@jbass6665
5 жыл бұрын
Destroyer may be the best engineered recording I've ever heard.
@neshobanakni
5 жыл бұрын
I love "Victoria." And "Destroyer."
@barbadams9438
4 жыл бұрын
Love Wish I Could fly like Superman.
@Catmadjen---1974
4 жыл бұрын
Come dancing is awesome!
@undersolo
4 жыл бұрын
“Electric candlelight”. Anyone else notice that little touch of artifice in a song about a guy who cannot tell a man from a woman?
@roberta.6399
4 жыл бұрын
Back then it was an risky putting out such a song. Great lyrics, double meanings, cutting edge. Keep em coming India, Love your expressions and take on the vibe.
@kwikfishron
3 жыл бұрын
The Kinks have always been my favorite band from across the pond.
@charcolew
5 жыл бұрын
Nearly fifty years old, considered shocking, funny, daring and "liberated" at the time, Lola has aged well... the song, I mean!
@davidclarke1973
Жыл бұрын
They want to ban it from being played on the radio for being anti tranny
@stadiumgirl17
5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this song. And all the lyrics.
@annikee5925
4 жыл бұрын
A classic, and made a huge fuss when it first came out. Still makes me smile!! TY India
@redarmysoja
5 жыл бұрын
"I'd never ever kissed a woman before". And after all that, he still hadn't.
@mobydick9084
4 жыл бұрын
😂
@thomasthenextwalt2739
3 жыл бұрын
Technically he did since he kissed a trans woman
@annother3350
2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasthenextwalt2739 Biologically he didn't
@gordonclass1
5 жыл бұрын
Great song from my teenage years. Liked the song and the lyrics pushed the envelope back in the day.
@jonnno243
5 жыл бұрын
Lola is a classic song. I wish somebody would react to "Come Dancing", by the Kinks (the Pally is the local dance hall). Another story set to music. Other great songs are You Really Got Me/All Day and All of the Night / Days / Waterloo Sunset/ Apeman/ Sunny Afternoon ..there are so many good ones. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion is a must to hear too.
@QueenFan12
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, Apeman is a good one.
@AdrianDeVore
5 жыл бұрын
Village Green Preservation Society, Low Budget, and Superman are other really good Kinks songs!
@QueenFan12
5 жыл бұрын
@@AdrianDeVore Powerman, The Moneygoround, Strangers, Super Sonic Rocketship, Come Dancing
@zbagz01
5 жыл бұрын
I loved Sunny Afternoon - so dark and sinister but sexy - my girlfriend's run off with my car....telling tales of drunkeness and cruelty... but I'm just sipping on my ice cold beer! Come Dancing is brilliant. Their songs always told a story. And Waterloo Sunset is searingly beautiful. Low Budget is another fav.
@gibbogle
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of their songs were micro-stories.
@yadigjamesgang-xs7jj
4 жыл бұрын
Yours are truly one of these channels that makes me believe this is really the first time you heard the song. The subtle facial reactions with the understanding of the lyric is spot on honest.!! Keep 'em coming, India.
@davidwhite3181
5 жыл бұрын
One of many great songs penned but Ray Davies and preformed by the Kinks. Ray was always ahead of the curve with his songs. I implore everyone who is not familiar with the Kinks, get familiar, you will not be disappointed.
@rhwinner
5 жыл бұрын
My faves are Misfits, Father Christmas and Celluloid Heroes
@davidwhite3181
5 жыл бұрын
@@rhwinner All great songs. The passion in Ray's voice on "Celluloid Heroes" is just breathtaking, it brings tears to my eyes. He is master of emotions. Then there is Dave's mastery of the rock n roll guitar riff. "You really got me" comes to mind.
@misfit8308
5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite things about the Kinks, and in particular Ray Davies, was their sense of humor. They loved to push the boundaries and see what they could get away with. Ray hinted at a homosexual encounter in, Life On The Road, and waxed poetically about a married man who liked to cross dress in, Out Of The Wardrobe. I loved your reaction as you listened and began to take in what this song was all about. That was fun.
@SteveInTheOC
5 жыл бұрын
👑 Miss India with another winner 👍 love this song sooo much.
@philkaiser2313
5 жыл бұрын
The Kinks really got me back in the day and still do. Girl you are so cute!
@almostfm
5 жыл бұрын
"that he was attracted to somebody that was maybe a transexual, maybe" As the British would say, "Got it in one"
@francispower1418
4 жыл бұрын
Actually we don't know if Lola was a transexual or a transvestite.
@hungrygarfield
4 жыл бұрын
Sure sounds that way though
@nathanlenneman9987
3 жыл бұрын
Or just a simple cross-dresser, as the song likely would’ve implied at the time of it’s initial release. Today, this song could take on a number of different meanings.
@newvillagefilms
5 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear someone named Lola, I chuckle and always am reminded of this song.
@tomski120
5 жыл бұрын
I envy people who get to hear these songs for the first time. Love your channel
@futuregenerationz
5 жыл бұрын
Always loved this song. It was the gateway song to what became one of my favorite bands of all time.
@brandonlee2284
5 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid almost a baby I could hear everyone singing this at the top of there lungs on tv around the world in general no one Couldn't stop it ahhhhhh good times!
@andrewgrant6516
4 жыл бұрын
The Kinks are beyond amazing. Best British band ever. Try Postcard From London. That always makes me cry.
@noahbawdy3395
4 жыл бұрын
"But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man , And so is Lola" It really is surreal when you find out the "girl" wasn't.
@axiomist4488
4 жыл бұрын
Thats right.
@daistoke1314
2 жыл бұрын
Didnt bother us in the 70's, just a great love song.
@brianessack7671
4 жыл бұрын
From South Africa of Indian origin, was twelve years great song one of my favourite songs, fortunate to have experience the music of swinging sixties and seventies music was something to treasure we had the music Motown,Rythym and Blues,Pop,Rock,Rock and Roll,Country and Western glad to have being growing up in that era, Great musicians and bands
@Codex7777
5 жыл бұрын
Two essential Kinks songs are, 'Waterloo Sunset' and 'Sunny Afternoon'. Amazing songs by amazing songwriters. :)
@karlperkins2269
5 жыл бұрын
yeah Both Classics my fave is sunny afternoon also dedicated follower of fashion
@user-ky6vw5up9m
4 жыл бұрын
“Days” as well
@tonybroderick4808
3 жыл бұрын
Lot's of kinks music used on Sopranos TV show..
@thane9
4 жыл бұрын
So many terrific Kinks songs, you can't go wrong digging into more of these! I grew up listening to my dad's albums with All Day and All of the Night, You Really Got Me, and loved them into my generation with Come Dancing. Terrific band.
@cp8838
5 жыл бұрын
Love the reaction, thanks. Ray Davies (sorry, Sir Raymond, to address him correctly) is easily one of the greatest songwriters ever and The Kinks are really the beginnings of real rock music. People credit Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin with the creation of rock but if you listen to The Kinks - the melodies, the lyrics, the chord progressions, Dave Davies' solos and guitar distortion, you can really hear the birth of rock right there.
@shaun374
5 жыл бұрын
This. As time has gone on more experts have recognized that The Kinks had really established the foundation of rock music. Unfortunately, they are largely forgotten by many music fans these days. They were innovative and amazing musicians.
@2011littlejohn1
5 жыл бұрын
The birth of rock was long before the 60's or are you talking about fuzz boxes?
@cp8838
5 жыл бұрын
@@2011littlejohn1 No, I was talking more specifically about the start of "heavy rock" or "heavy metal" as opposed to rock 'n' roll in general. Fuzz boxes origins are also well before the Kinks, going back to the Chicago bluesmen of the 50s, but Dave Davies' sound was a bit different to that. For example, part of his sound was created by actually cutting the speaker cone in his speaker cab rather than just overdriving the valves in the amplifier to obtain distortion.
@davidsandz2186
2 жыл бұрын
I totally love the Kinks...and so many other bands of that time but, please, Rock didn't start with the Kinks or anyone else in the Sixties...it started in 1955/6 from an embryo of RnB, Country and Gospel...am so fed up of people telling us it began with the Beatles etc in 1963/4...just bullshit!...am gonna be 77 next month...I was there at the birth!
@fordprefectiii
5 жыл бұрын
that was full. a huge sound. makes me want to listen to it over and over.
@motodork
5 жыл бұрын
Always happy to see someone’s response to hearing this song for the first time.
@edking9724
2 жыл бұрын
The Kinks are a legend!
@lovemyrainydays
5 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Cool. Such a uniquely distinctive sound these guys had.
@DeElSendero
2 жыл бұрын
That was great and your reaction was great too!! That song is like 50 years old clearly way ahead of its time! Excellent job with it!
@mikeadams2677
5 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear this song I can't help but think of Weird Al Yankovic parody to this song. He called it Yoda. Lol
@douglasw9624
5 жыл бұрын
saw the kinks live in the 80s...they rocked the place...Thanks Dave, Ray and India...
@freudsigmund72
5 жыл бұрын
best line in the lyrics: But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man And so is Lola
@andan04
5 жыл бұрын
The line's brilliance is its ambiguity. The "so is Lola" is intentionally unclear: does it mean Lola is also a man or that Lola is also glad he's a man? Davies leaves that to us.
@johnirving5949
5 жыл бұрын
@@andan04 Not all that ambiguous after the line "Girls will be boys and boys will be girls!"
@OutnBacker
5 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite musical progressions. The lyrics? I just roll my eyes and say: "it's the Kinks".
@O_Towne_Bear
5 жыл бұрын
No maybe about it. In the immortal words of Austin Powers: "That's a man, man." Also Kinks: "Do It Again" - "Missing Person" - "Superman" - Don't Forget To Dance" - "Destroyer" - "Death Of A Clown" - of course, "You Really Got Me" and so SO many more.
@OhMyGoshIndia
5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣😭😭😭
@centuryrox
5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget "Sunny Afternoon" and "A Well Respected Man"!
@brianl8481
5 жыл бұрын
Or as Aerosmith said, "Dude looks like a lady".
@JaDem148
4 жыл бұрын
Yes India may have found one of the kinkiest songs in early rock history but that's really not what, "The Kinks" were about. Excellent suggestions.
@mohammedomar4652
3 жыл бұрын
india ! you are hilarious - you caught on really quick and that half smile during the first verse gave you away ....
@43JohnDeere
5 жыл бұрын
Your facial expressions in these reactions are the absolute best.
@karenpino272
5 жыл бұрын
Saw them do this live! Great band! Awesome song!
@stevegray1308
4 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories. It was the first ever record I bought as a kid, i was about 11 or 12. I loved the kinks.
@davidspinney2664
5 жыл бұрын
i couldn't help laughing at the expression on your face when you noticed what the song was about
@andycofin6983
4 жыл бұрын
Im always amazed when people would hear this for years and would finally catch the line Im a man, Im a man, and so’s Lola, after years of them hearing the song.
@axiomist4488
4 жыл бұрын
It's "And I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola". Ray expects anyone listening to the song already understands what's going on, without having to have it explained. Remember, this was the era of Take a Walk On the Wild Side. This was nothing shocking or mysterious. We all knew what Lola was.
@worstelldaniel
3 жыл бұрын
“I’m glad I’m a man, and so’s Lola.” Ambiguity! She might be glad he’s a man.
@gilwood7530
4 жыл бұрын
Wow !! have loved the KINKS since I was about 8 years old ... Around '74 ...THEY WERE MY FIRST CONCERT AT 9 YEARS OLD !
@matthewdrake4385
5 жыл бұрын
The song that really got them recognize was You Really Got Me. Considered one of the first metal songs.
@GoranZ1
5 жыл бұрын
Along with Helter Skelter.
@matthewdrake4385
5 жыл бұрын
You really got me predated Helter Skelter by 4 years. Another one that is considered one of the first metal songs is Steppenwolf-Born To Be Wild . "heavy metal thunder". which also came out around same time as Helter Skelter.
@JaDem148
4 жыл бұрын
Yep. Everyone has heard Van Halen's cover as well as "Dance the Night Away". Right?
@gibbogle
4 жыл бұрын
@@matthewdrake4385 Born to be Wild!!
@matthewdrake4385
4 жыл бұрын
Born to be wild is Steppenwolf. Though it has been covered plenty of times. But that came out i n 68 or 69. You really got me by the kinks came out in 64.that or maybe Louie Louie might have been the first metal song. And both predate helter Skelter and born to be wild.
@kenjifuse2234
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, "They were little freaks! They were little freaks!" BWAHAHA!
@haroldsockey6987
4 жыл бұрын
The line" I know what I am I'm a man and so is lola" should be a clue. Lol
@erikaknopf294
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 70's and remember this song well. Didn't quite understand the lyrics as a 6-year old...but I loved the melody and energy of this song. I named my yorkie Lola after this song. Whenever she heard it on the radio, she would perk her ears up.
@naanyabuesneeez357
5 жыл бұрын
Hell yea, All kinks, all the time!
@ALCPEREZ
5 жыл бұрын
LOL! It took me years (recently in fact) to realize Lola was a guy. What a great song. Very positive. You should do The Kinks' Come Dancing, it has a great story about it too. These guys rocked on for many generations. They're great!
@MissLauraRed
5 жыл бұрын
🎵🎶 I'm a man, I'm a man and so's Lola🎶🎵 I was totally expecting her face to crack then but I think she missed it 🤣
@misfit8308
5 жыл бұрын
I think you.re right, and I too was ready to see that expression. She was definitely picking up on all the hints leading up to it though.
@gibbogle
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm a man and so's Lola.
@ccarlymartin
4 жыл бұрын
The Kinks have been around as long as the Beatles. Listened to them a lot when I was a teenager (58 yrs old now). Especially love their song "Low Budget". Thank you India!
@Noobshire
5 жыл бұрын
I'd say it's a tongue-in-cheek but positive song about a subject that was still pretty taboo at the time.
@misfit8308
5 жыл бұрын
Ray often had his tongue planted firmly in his cheek.
@nine-dogs
4 жыл бұрын
Watching your face as the story develops made my day. Thank you :)
@AleAlejandro44
5 жыл бұрын
Named my German Shepard after this song ❤️
@misfit8308
5 жыл бұрын
My little Yorkie is also named after this song.
@JaDem148
4 жыл бұрын
Had a friend with a Rottie by that name. A real schytzo. Lol. Bit me once. Not too bad but she wasn't getting a second chance!
@robertterrell3065
4 жыл бұрын
OMG! First time to hear Lola :) I TOTALLY LOVE this song since 1970 :)
@Shads62
5 жыл бұрын
classic. And the kinks were hanging it out there in the early 70's
@celiagorleski2716
4 жыл бұрын
I'm 66 and grew up with this song. At my age when it came out it was one of these risque songs dealing with subjects that had never been written about. Today it would be just another song but it was definitely ahead of its time back in the sixties. This was the only song of this type that I've ever remember the Kinks recording. They did Regular rock and roll music also.
@gregtaddeo3846
5 жыл бұрын
"I know what i am is a man and so he is she" missed that part! Right near the end, about one minute before the end.
@elizabethshelly6921
3 жыл бұрын
You sooo darling and real. I truly appreciate you listening the music of my generation. Big love from Beth in Mancos CO
@jamesy5607
5 жыл бұрын
Her Adam's apple caught my eyes -- La La Lola. 😂😂 ( my own third verse)
@LetItBeSummer-1
4 жыл бұрын
India I love that you react to all different kinds of music! I am one of those people who has always loved so many different kinds of music and I don’t often find too many other people like that. So thank you for doing what you do! You’re one of my fave reaction people to follow💕💜💕👍
@sjames1955
5 жыл бұрын
The whole album is a masterpiece btw. Hot tracks include This Time Tomorrow and Strangers. Brilliant
@andygrant7861
5 жыл бұрын
I concur... this time tomorrow is beautiful...
@donaldengebretson4170
2 жыл бұрын
The first rock song on the topic of transvestism, done as only Ray Davies can imagine and the Kinks can play. An absolute classic. The Kinks were one of the very best rock/pop bands in history, putting out great songs from 1964 into the '90s. Every one of their albums from the '60s and '70s are amazing.
@AntillesP
5 жыл бұрын
You need to react to Apeman it is on the same album.
@QueenFan12
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah.
@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo
5 жыл бұрын
Might as well react to Powerman as well. What a solid album
@JaDem148
4 жыл бұрын
One of my "Kinks" favorites. How about "Super Man"?
@pudsy4817
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting India Reacts... Released summer 1970... A worldwide smash for The Kinks... Featured on their album "Lola versus Powerman", released autumn 1970, which was a success in the USA... Was 17 when this came out... My favorite Kinks album... Ray Davies, a true genius... The Kinks are a great British institution..! Being a Londoner like The Kinks, they were so important in putting London on the map with many of their songs, yet they became quite big in the USA...
@dlc01
5 жыл бұрын
"Celluloid Heroes," "Apeman," "She's Got Everything," "Juke Box Music," "20th Century Man," "Destroyer," "Powerman," "Love Me Till The Sun Shines"
@robertaistrope9602
5 жыл бұрын
And that is is just a partial list of their great songs!
@lorddemonoss3945
4 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this song for a long time. I didn't realize the lyrics til 2009 😲 but I still rock it 😃 though I did wonder what was up with the Charles Manson face... I 💘 the kinks super Man song.
@KeredCross
5 жыл бұрын
Love to see you do "Animal Farm" or "Victoria" by the Kinks too.
@donrussell1606
4 жыл бұрын
I subscribed to you because it is fascinating to me to see your reaction to thing I've been listening too since I wss a kid. Love ya girl, keep it up
@charliemac64
5 жыл бұрын
We had this on a 45 rpm single when I was a weeeee lad. I didn't get it then, but when I figured things out, I got it. :P
@stevegibbons8941
4 жыл бұрын
Your face - that's such a picture, 1960;s - 70,s Britain was way ahead of the USA in musical terms. to us, back then the Kinks were avant garde, what's seen as risque, these days is just, same old same old - to us. Love your reaction :)
@kj320175
5 жыл бұрын
It's a sad world- Bloodrock What rock is a very underrated 70's band that I discovered when I was in my early teens and I still really dig their music.
@Aravah1887
5 жыл бұрын
ding! Ding! Winner! I pointed out the lyrics to our mom in the early 70s. She hadn't paid attention to the lyrics - I cracked up
@Gunderson105
5 жыл бұрын
Lola appears in another great Kinks song - "Destroyer"
@centuryrox
5 жыл бұрын
Met a girl called Lola and I took her back to my place Feeling guilty feeling scared hidden cameras everywhere
@JaDem148
4 жыл бұрын
First song I hear in my mind after this one. Then I have to remind myself, ""Paranoia may destroy ya!"
@scottwa
3 жыл бұрын
@@centuryrox Stop! Hold on... stay in control... Loved that song when it came out.
@centuryrox
3 жыл бұрын
@@scottwa Even the chorus sounds a lot like another Kinks song "All Day and All of the Night": "Girl, I want you here with me But I'm really not as cool as I'd like to be"
@donlebo6824
4 жыл бұрын
THE KINKS! Great band! Ray Davies, is one of the best wordsmiths in the Rock N' Roll business! His brother Dave is no slouch either.
@MidwesternCornbilly
5 жыл бұрын
That entire album is a classic masterpiece.
@frankieshankly5368
5 жыл бұрын
Once again you bring me back in time, this time I was in a small boat with some friends with some big vawes.. we just made it to shore to make it to the city to party.. We all sang to this when we was in trouble in the water :)
@donrichter3523
5 жыл бұрын
I just want to shout, “she’s a man, baby!” In my best Austin Powers voice.
@smokeyovertheline6394
4 жыл бұрын
These are the most clever lyrics ever. Loved your reaction!
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