It may have hit airwaves 56 years ago, but one of British rock band The Kinks’ biggest hit songs still has the capacity to make headlines. ‘Lola’, penned by frontman Ray Davies, describes an encounter ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And yet when the first undeniable, clanging chords of Lola rang out on its release 50 years ago, it was clear The Kinks had come ...
Adored for songs like “You Really Got Me,” “Sunny Afternoon,” and “All Day and All of the Night,” this boy band held tight to their English heritage in their music. This tradition mixed with ...
The Kinks‘ “Lola” is innately controversial. The British rockers played off a story of a man unknowingly falling in love with a transgender person. To add another layer, they don’t seem to mind too ...
There was perhaps no band of the 1960s' British Invasion more British than the Kinks, with their story-songs that pined intensely for the Merry Olde England of the Davies brothers' lost North London ...
"Lola" by The Kinks is one of the most recognizable rock tracks of its time, but it very nearly wasn't a success at all. The British band came into serious trouble when the BBC banned their song ...
It’s been decades since the Kinks notched a Top 10 hit with “Lola,” but Dave Davies believes the song is more relevant than ever. The 1970 single was controversial upon release because of lyrical ...
Over the weekend, Moby participated in The Guardian’s “Honest Playlist” column, which asks musicians and other celebrities to compile a list of songs based on specific prompts. For “The song I can no ...