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I always watch reactors doing this song just to see the facial expression when it dawns on them...Jayy, don't be surprised at being surprised...everyone had the same reaction the 1st time they figured out what the song means...priceless
Jayy.... you did NOT disappoint... your reaction was priceless... and honestly, not uncommon.... It is a retelling, with artistic license, of an event that happened IRL.
You're the only reaction to this song who started to catch on so early in the song. It was a very controversial song for the 70's! Yours is THE best reaction channel! You actually listen to lyrics. You're brilliant! Thank you!
It's such a clever song, they never actually say anything for sure, they give you all the clues and at the end, instead of a big reveal, they leave it to you to decide, "but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola", can still be taken two ways. Love The Kinks, great reaction. ❤
Exactly. It's ambiguous. Lola could be glad he's a man, or could also be a man. It is based on a real event with their manager, I think it was. The Kinks and manager were out drinking and the manager got so drunk he didn't know he was dancing with a cross-dresser all night. Didn't care either, was my understanding.
It kinda makes it an evergreen queer-positive song; at the time, of course, it would have been taken to be about someone falling for a cis man in drag and realizing they're gay, but now we understand it could be about a straight man falling for a trans woman, or a straight man falling for a masculine cis woman, or even a man falling for a femme trans MAN and realizing they're some kind of gay, or something. By keeping things ambiguous and playful it becomes a universally applicable portrait of someone realizing they're queer through their first encounter with another queer person, and the power of the music feels like that whole world of endless possibility opening up before you, just as it was starting to open up for the world all those years ago when it was released.
One of the things I like about this song is how positive it is about Lola. The part where it says "It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, EXCEPT for Lola."
@@bibakroll8999 Because it's wasn't. There were transvestites and mixed relationships back in the 60's and 70's and everyone knew and no one cared. What's changed, is the political atmosphere of today. People are still, and will always be, the same, looking for their nich, trying to find someone. Just like it was 50 years ago and thousands of years before.
@@bibakroll8999 The controversy about this song was that the original version said "Coca-Cola." They had to re-record it with "cherry cola" to get the BBC to play it.
@lauraallen55 I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Lola is a man, whether she was Trans or just like to have the appearance of a woman is debatable. In the song, the main character talks about how he is not a masculine man and had never kissed a woman before. Those lyrics to me translate that perhaps he was deep down a gay man but had never explored the possibility before. When he discovered at whatever part of the evening that she was a man, he wasn't angry. He discussed that it's a mixed up world except his Lola and he wants it to stay that way.
@@firefighterchick 'I'm glad i'm a man and so is Lola' can be interpreted two different ways is all I was saying. I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola (glad I'm a man). I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola (Lola is also a man). The Kinks wrote the song as a tongue-in-cheek ode to their manager who got very drunk and danced all evening with a cross-dresser. Yes, many of the lines are meant to push the listener to that conclusion. I was speaking only to the fact that the last line IS ambiguous in that it could mean that Lola is glad that the other person is a man. They wrote it that was purposely. I hope that clears it up!
I love how you can read this song as explicitly queer but you can also see it as simply very chill about gender roles and traits. Either way it's great.
HILARIOUS! You are the only one who caught the line "she picked me up and set me on her knee"... It's awesome to watch people finally figure out what the song is about... you were quick! :)
The Kinks certainly expressed a lot of humor in their music. If you were surprised by this song today, imagine how shocked we were when we first heard this tune in 1970! It's great that you enjoyed it.
This was such a rocked-out favorite that most folks didn't listen to the lyrics closely until a few more listen's. "Hey, if we're gonna play this - you gotta learn the right lyrics." ha ha... The Kinks were already infamous for fun, well-lyric'd songs, often matching Lennon's.
Spicy spicy song, lol. The look on your face was priceless, Jayy. I grew up listening to this genre of music, and everybody had the same expression when they first heard it. Did I see you blushing? I do believe I did, lol. Loved your reaction!! Hugs to you, sweetie, and thank you for reacting to The Kinks ❤
I shall be travelling on Wednesday to Waterloo Bridge which is where I was born in 1954. In 1983 I moved to The Suburbs just 12 miles away and go back,trgularly:)
When I started listening to classic rock radio around 1986 this was a staple track. It stayed that way until maybe the early 2000's. I am now 48 years old and this song came out about 3 or 4 years before I was born. It's 50 years ahead of its woke time
You’re too smart for these lyrical surprises! Nice! I’ve watched so many reactors. However, I just wanted to say that you have a unique, beautiful, genuine style and personality that shines through in your reactions. Thanks for sharing these. God Bless! Please keep making this great content!
I enjoy this so much. I remember years ago when this would come on the radio and people would hear it for the 1st time. The gears would slowly turn and then they would be turning their head with a funny expression. I also recalled in the seventies that some radio stations would not play this song until in the evening. Is a bit controversial.
Hi Jayy, Great to see you looking great❤❤ I just love watching people react to Lola, its the look on your face as the realisation hit, just brilliant You are right, its a great song
JAYY you just gave me the BEST LAUGH I have HAD today!! The look on your FACE was PRICELESS!!! YOU my DEAR, when the PRIZE for figuring it out the QUICKEST of ALL the reactors I have seen that listened to this song. MOST of them NEVER EVEN NOTICED!! Until COMMENTS had to TELL THEM!! Great FUN SONG.!!
I've loved this song since it came out when I was 12. I was too young to understand it properly, but I did a few years later. It's just a complete little pot of joy! It is apparently based on a real experience that Ray Davies had, and, yes, he was ahem, pleased to meet Lola. Good for them. Too many trans activists today behave as if they invented it, but - hey, guess what - I'm happy to say that we had trans people of both sexes in the 60s too - and the 20s, and the 19th century too - and, yup, even earlier. You even had some very successful trans men in the USA too.
This song is based on a true story with the band. The guys in the band knew a Lola girl. They got together and went to do a joke. They sent him over there. He came back not happy lol the guys were laughing their butts off lol
I've watched a number of different reactions to this song and I've got to give you credit. Most reactors miss the twist entirely or need that final line of "and so was Lola" to get it. You're the first I've seen that realized what was going on right away.
Saw the Kinks in 1980 & this song was still huge… 11,000 people singing along. The Kinks were an awesome band & soooo British. Check out their catalog over 30 years. Great stuff.
One of their best songs in my opinion. One thing you do need to remember that althought it was a time of 'free love' both heterosexual and homosexual, there were still certain things that weren't directly talked or sung about. And becausr it wasn't spoken directly in the lyrics and had great composition to semi 'mask' it, it did somewhat got past a lot of the sensors of the time.
From what I understand this is based on an experience of one of the band members and they wrote it to kinda poke fun at his expense. Always fun to see the reaction to this song.
Lol good point! Funny thing is, around that same time it would have been true of the SoHo area of New York as well, as it was a very progressive, artistic neighborhood with a lot going on socially and culturally. It was a huge hangout spot for the gay and trans communities I believe.
This song was actually banned by the BBC until they changed the Coca Cola reference to Cherry Cola. After that, it was allowed again. The subject matter was not a problem. You've got to love the 1960s (even though the song wasn't released until 1970).
Nothing is new under the sun! Allegedly based on a true experience either one of the Kinks had or a friend of one of the Kinks. Lovely reaction JAYY! Thanks for my afternoon grins!
I always loved that line, because I feel like it could have double meanings…though I don’t know for sure what Ray Davies had in mind when he wrote it. It could refer to Lola herself being dark brown, which would make the song even MORE progressive for the time than it already was, or it could also just be referring to the dark brown color of cola. Either way, I’ve always loved how smooth the line sounds.
