The Kinks perform "Lola" in 1970. The Kinks are Ray (vocals) and Dave Davies (guitar), John Dalton (bass), Mick Avory (drums) and John Gosling keyboards). . . Tags:TheKinksLola Added: 4th May 2008 Views: 414 Rating: Posted By:Teresa
I don't usually have alot of trivia for music, but this one had some interesting info.
- Ray Davies wrote the lyrics after their manager got drunk at a club and started dancing with what he thought was a woman. Toward the end of the night, his stubble started showing, but their manager was too tanked to notice.
- The Kinks' fans were not the type of people who would relate to a transvestite, but they loved this. It opened the door for artists like Lou Reed and David Bowie to explore homosexuality in songs that straight people liked too.