The Kinks - Lola - Top Of The Pops 1970

[@danielsudberg8485]

More MUSIC like this is needed.

[@user-jn1ew8rs8r]

you mean taylor swift doesnt do it for you

[@frankbean7823]

@@user-jn1ew8rs8r 🤣🤣🤣

[@gregmitro8560]

Way ahead of their time. Great tune,

[@marcmaudsley9633]

54 years ago, still sounds fresh

[@prettygirlus9008]

I saw the Kinks at St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH in 1984.

[@robertwiesler381]

I envy you, seriously

[@gregmitro8560]

Amazing music. The harmonies and backing bass/drums amazing, Ahead of their time. Great song..

[@dougamundson6836]

Ahead of their time because they harmonized? Really? Haven't listened to much music, have you. Simon and Garfunkel, for instance.

[@joeblow578]

Nice to see an appreciative audience at Top of the Pops! Sometimes they're like wooden statues. Everybody knew, and the band makes fun of, the fact that it's lip-synced, but it's still their music, their lyrics, and it's fabulous then and now!

[@OzBloke]

So glad I was a Teenager in the 60’s. This music takes me back to a time of reality, or as close as it has ever been 👍😎

[@bobmoslow4636]

A more real reality, where truth was true and false was a lie, not the dual society of reality/non-reality that polarized politics has delivered to us

[@GREG62944]

I'm definitely not wanting to meet up with Lola. Good song.

[@khkartc]

Best lyric ever: “I’m glad I’m a man, and so is Lola.”

[@davidslowhand5172]

Quote: "....well, I'm not the worlds most passionate man, but I know what I am. I'm a man ...and so is Lola. La la la lo Lola" unquote.

[@khkartc]

@ Well, I'm not the world's most masculine man But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man And so is Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola

[@ViggoMJ]

​@@davidslowhand5172 ​'I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man, and so is Lola.'

[@khkartc]

@ Listen again. The word “glad” is clearly discernible.

[@demdeirs]

lola as a queer love interest was also brought up in the kinks' 1980's song destroyer

[@deanviescas]

One of the few perfect songs ever made

[@paulzager9381]

Yup, Victoria is another

[@ichbins8588]

@@paulzager9381"Till the End of The Day" also!

[@americanAlienBoy]

@@ichbins8588 "Waterloo Sunset."

[@davidslowhand5172]

Waterloo Sunset

[@joannaba4565]

I new every word to this song at 16 years old. I loved the kinks. And many other great bands.

[@ashratempel5094]

Never gets old.

[@mrc5653]

Ray Davies has the perfect mouth to play joker,one the greatest tracks ever

[@familyhistory4U]

fantastic group, Ray is a genius

[@gerardmackay8909]

Story telling in a song, no repeated verse just a continuous lyrical trajectory (Squeeze did the same thing to great effect later that decade with ‘Up the Junction’)

[@nelsongonzalez711]

2024 ❤

[@markc5771]

The rock solid, steady backbeat of Mick Avory. Unparallelled

[@Magnum44NC]

They are GREAT!!

[@groovingranny5452]

Were we ever that young!

[@OzBloke]

Still are in our deepest minds 🤓

[@SusanJohnson-i7w]

Yes we were 😊

[@doloreslott7135]

Great harmonies with these two brothers

[@renaestevenson1361]

Love the Kinks! SO talented! I was 2-3 years old when they performed this, but this is / was the music I grew up listening to!

[@jamesh7571]

Well Folks 55 years later & it's still a catchy song, mybe we get it abit more today? What do you think....

[@N1611n]

Miss this!

[@gregfutrell7704]

One of the best bands ever ❤️. Saw them in St Louis in the early 80s

[@berndgruner8510]

Danke nochmal für..B.G...Danke für Budapest und Grüße an alle Freunde und auch an Bernd. Fol....

[@hendrxfn]

I love this musical arrangement…This song remains in my head all the time…The Lola video is especially intriguing.

[@esotericsolitaire]

Enjoying this song in 2024 despite the politically shitty climate.

[@festerbestertester1284]

Me too!

[@colinsimm1831]

And me as well

[@MichaelKrahulec-f6o]

I love this song! Always have & Always will. I raise a glass to all CD's, TS', TV's & Sissie Boys everywhere💋👄🍒❤💜

[@backcountyrpilot]

I saw the Kinks in L.A. in about ‘86. I think it was at the Palace or Palladium. Great misic!

[@gregmitro8560]

Love the drummers face in that scene. can't tell if he is disinterested or digging it.

[@oywee928]

..Wonderful track, and what a great band!! ❤

[@iftex1-qk5go]

nice one...!!! Thank You !!! I loved this song in the late times long ago... ...

[@Pastfacemusic]

How do they sound SO good live?! Just pristine

[@SMHannon100]

At that time a lot of bands on TV would sing live and mime playing over the recorded music. This music sounds exactly like the original track and Dave Davies is clearly not playing some of the guitar fills we're hearing, so it's taped.

[@robadams1645]

@@SMHannon100 Not to mention the keyboard isn't plugged in :)

[@robertsomerman4555]

Don't forget to acknowledge and thank the recently passed Shel Talmy for producing this bands original song output in the 60s and early 70s. Ray Davies knows he was a valuable asset in getting the Kinks into the mainstream.

[@garys8754]

Lola….. You really got me!

[@James-re6co]

I was 87 years old when this song was released.... Still enjoy it.

[@davemanone3661]

Are you sure?

[@davemanone3661]

Are you sure?

[@dougamundson6836]

Uh-huh. Right.

[@James-re6co]

@@dougamundson6836 You might want to do some research before you embarrass yourself again.

[@paulfitzpatrick3090]

So that makes you about 140 now. Congratulations

[@coleparker]

I always liked the KINKs and was listening to them back in 60s along with the Beatles Beach Boys and Rolling Stones. Funny thing is that when one of my younger Car pool people heard this song on the Radio she did not quite understand the lyrics. I had to explain them to her, then she busted out laughing.

[@jefflee67]

Interesting fact: The BBC banned the song for its product placement of "Coca-cola" so they rerecorded a version with "cherry cola" for the UK single. In this performance, the whole song is lip synced except for the first verse so he can sing "cherry cola". I do not know why they wouldn't just use the UK Single in studio tho lol.

[@Come_On_Try_To_Shut_Me_Up]

Coca-Cola demanded they change it not the BBC.

[@dasdasdatics420]

Usually when the BBC bans a record they sell more of them.

[@Peter-f1z]

Thanks for telling us what we read in the video. Any more insight?

[@briangunn21]

It literally says that in the video

[@Peter-f1z]

@@jefflee67 another interesting fact: you are an idiot.

[@acepaul407]

Lola, Stairway to Heaven, Sympathy for the Devil, Freebird and Bohemian Rhapsody were probably the greatest rock n roll song ever written.

[@Bruno-ck4hl]

Sure !! But don't you forget T.Rex with Bang a Gong , Bachman & Turner with Roll on Down The Highway , JJ Cale with After Midnight ( more blues rock ) , and so on .....

[@philipeaston5465]

Some of.....c'mon. Thats a very short list that has no Pete Townshend on it??

[@torza2]

Superb

[@SeboDigital]

Best Album of the Kinks, after the "You Really Got Me".

[@chancesareshewears]

The attention to detail suggests this is drawn from experience.

[@MichaelKrahulec-f6o]

I raise my glass & drink a toast to Christy Storm, Dana Douglas, Leilani, Gia Darling, RuPaul, DETOX, especially 2 U WILLIAM, Christine Jorgenson and all you other lovely ladies that I missed...💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

[@drstevie]

FAB :)

[@styre5249]

lol imagine if they could see 50 years into the future

[@tomevans4402]

Great

[@dananthony6258]

I’m such an idiot. I love the kinks and been hearing this song for year and never realized it was them. How am I just putting this together now ?

[@rl7586]

You Really Got Me definitely no Heavy Metal

[@TimothyMcdonagh]

God bless you and your way are you sure I

[@davemanone3661]

The bass player is badass!

[@berndgruner8510]

Bernd. Foltin❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Danke ❤für

[@IanMeharry-w4l]

I like this song 👍👍👍👍 2:22 2:26

[@Shaq756]

I think Lola may have been Andy Kaufman in drag, the dates add up?

[@Burninhellscrootoob]

Always wondered, was that sound a banjo or dobro? Now i know! ❤

[@MichaelKrahulec-f6o]

"LOLA" by The Kinks should & "Take A Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Reed should be the two adoptive songs for the LGBTQ Organization 💋👄🍒❤💜

[@TimothyMcdonagh]

Hey man what's up

[@eddieritschratsch9893]

Wie war der Spruch damals noch mal ? Wir wollen kein Bier, wir woll´n keine Cola, wir woll´n die Kings mit "Lola"🤫🤗😉

[@nancysantamarialatica1141]

💚right on guys .. dig it ! I do 💚

[@CBe-ot8vu]

Drummer was feeling something

[@ilnodon]

The original version by the originals! Too Right!!

[@louiem337]

Wish they would. Have done it live and not lipstinked it... Check out waterloo sunset live performance

[@joseluisparedesgaray4317]

The magnificent guason

[@adinocc2042]

Rock on bros

[@TedMeyer-us6uk]

I wonder if some don' t know what this song is about?

[@ParksandRecYT]

LOLA

[@eckelolini]

One of the best bands of the era. Too bad the keyboard player wasn't given cables to plug his stuff into.

[@ryszardjusiewicz]

Moja piękna młodości. Zawsze byli The Best-Ryszard Antoni Jusiewicz

[@karendsparks4542]

👍

[@gregfutrell7704]

Actually I saw them twice in the early 80s

[@gustavocastellanosantana-ce5tm]

Brothers in Arms's guitar 😀

[@jean-francoisjouhaud]

Ça me fait un peu penser à Angie des Stones, sur une ballade love song !

[@balazsvydra2202]

I have a heard a version with 'Coca Cola' instead of 'Cherry Cola'

[@parhogbom5160]

He looks like The joker!!!!! 😄

[@liz6cats280]

Originally, the lyric was "Coca Cola", not "cherry cola". But the Coke company objected to their name used in this song about transvestites and homosexuality. How different it is today, where large corporations celebrate and promote "diversity".

[@miaimbeach314]

no drugs were used back then

[@TimEric4d3d3d3]

I kinda want a Coca Cola after watching this

[@tachikomakusanagi3744]

Oreshick will sort this sort of shit out.

[@dabreu]

I love the Kinks, but please, don't inform lies. They didn't create heavy Metal. You really Got me , come on. Not even similar to Heavy Metal.

[@badguysephiroth619]

Totally agree, the real pioneers were Sabbath, zepplin and deep purple in the late 60's. I really fucking love this song though.

[@cavemanzach9475]

seriously. Sabbath was already on their second album by 70 and, as great as this song is, it ain't War Pigs or NIB. If anything it seems more like it's paving the way for punk to get it's loud and sloppy signature

[@freebird1120]

What he probaby was referring to was that Dave actually did create the modern day distortion by ripping the cone in his amp with a razor blade to create the "distortion" heard on You really got me

[@henrietta9050]

I love the kinks too first concert I went two in 6th grade now I am 56 jammed but you right every rock roller should know who created heavy metal? Come on!

[@deanviescas]

Metal is lame anyway the kinks were more punk

[@MarkMcalester]

Very daring for the time period

[@Dr.MayhemProductions-um8ih]

Heavy met?!🤣🤣 …..Nope! That goes to Black Sabbath and maybe Deep Purple. 🙄

[@dave68gtcs]

87+54=141?

[@brimox1]

Seems the bass player is producing way less notes than he appears to be playing!

[@matteframe]

I don't get it. Was Lola a woman or a man?

[@verocarra7972]

Man😅

[@snowbYT]

Lola is a transgender woman, the protagonist calls her a man because he's confused about it.

[@chromberries7329]

Lola was a cross dresser, so he was actually a man "im glad I'm a man and so is lola." Not transgender, but a drag queen basically.

[@Comeoffitman]

Lola was about a boy who met a person who thought he was a girl and it turned out that when he saw some time he was just trying to be nice and he didn’t want to be rude so he just said that he was going to get out of the way and he said it wasn’t fair that he was trying so hard that he was just going to do something stupid so he was trying to get to the point and he didn’t even understand

[@someguydino6770]

um...none o dem electric instruments is plugged in?

[@johnriggle8576]

Who knew that shit was going on back then

[@flintrock8433]

The kinks didn't invent heavy metal. Lol. You really got me isn't metal. Black Sabbath gave us metal. Do your research

[@johnevans388]

I'm just surprised that the woke police haven't banned this classic 🤐🤐🤐🤐

[@chaipup7045]

We're surprised you can breath without assistance!

[@everlastinggobstopper4569]

i only saw them once in KCMO. Blondie opened!

[@TimothyMcdonagh]

Didn't know the difference between man and a woman

[@caveydavey2486]

Great music, but Invented metal is childish silliness

[@lupodelupis3672]

You are listening their wrong song. This is the right one kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2Oqnq2vmsqLpLM and it was 1964...and this is the song that Van Halen covered 15 years later.

[@shawnmagee2640]

No. They didn’t invent heavy metal. Not remotely.

[@laszlok53]

They made it as a joke then. Anybody laughing today?

[@jefflee67]

It wasn't written as a joke by nearly every account I've read

[@Come_On_Try_To_Shut_Me_Up]

Wasn’t a joke at all.

[@williamkinney427]

Top of the Pops, maybe....but that drummer is at the bottom of the barrell.....tripping out on something.....

[@TimothyMcdonagh]

Freak s

[@shootfirst2097]

Lip-syncing... Lame

[@dougamundson6836]

I liked this song, but I didn't get stupid about it. It wasn't THAT good.

[@malcolmspeakman9699]

Wow, i am surprised the rainbow crowd have not got this banned yet,"wait".

[@rougaroi178]

Mr. Boomer, I believe you are projecting. It's your crowd that's currently getting triggered and trying to ban anything and everything that references drag queens and trans people. This song is part of our history... if this song gets banned, it will be because of Trump, DeSantis, or some other right wing nutjob.

[@maccabbee2014]

😂

[@jefflee67]

why would they ban a song that ultimately comes to the conclusion of loving and accepting who your partner is? The only people who would ban this would be conservatives who think it would indoctrinate their kids by listening to a 50 year old song.

[@PunaSquirrel]

Are you offended☹️

[@blondfuz]

Malcolm must have some deep thoughts of dressing as a woman