Although... that could be taken two ways. I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola (a man). Or it could be, I'm glad I'm a man, and Lola is (glad) too. But yeah, we're pretty sure Lola is a man.
@@antimatter2380 - if you look into the backstory behind that song, it was inspired by a time when Steven Tyler was at a nightclub and they were checking out a "girl" from behind thinking about hitting on "her", but when "she" turned around it was Vince Neil from Motley Crew.
I'm 65 and can still remember being a teenager when I first heard this and the meaning was perfectly clear to me. It's so funny that you say you are about 40 years old and still don't have a clue about what the song is saying lol!!!!!
I was 13 when this song came out, learned all the lyrics but had no idea what I was singing about,lol, years later when I moved to San Francisco, I learned what they were singing about,lol.
I’m in stitches as BP is telling his story in the mall and is absolutely clueless on what’s going on in the song 😂 “Holla at ya boy” is indeed appropriate BP😂
it's ambiguous. the lyrics say "I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola" Lola might be glad that the singer is a man. I like the ambiguity of those last lyrics
You definitely need to give it another listen and pull up the lyrics. There were clues all the way through. "In a dark brown voice, she said Lola." "I can't understand why she walked like a woman and talked like a man." "Girls will be boys and boys will be girls. It's a mixed up, muggled up, shook up world except for Lola." and the big one, "I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man, and so was Lola."
When this song came out, the thought of what the content was was so foreign that a lot of people didn't get it at all and the rest of kids just...snickered!"
Even the description of the setting foreshadows the twist at the end. The champagne tastes like cherry cola, they dance under "electric candlelight"...nothing is as it seems. Especially Lola.🤣 Such clever lyrics. I love the subtle line at the end about how the protagonist had just left home a week ago and had never kissed a woman before. Because even after his encounter with Lola, he still hadn't kissed a woman.
Hahaa!! I waited and waited and never got the reaction I was waiting for since he never figured it out! Came to the comments and see everyone else having a laugh. Absolutely need to do a second video reviewing the song with lyrics pulled up.
Wow!! I too was waiting for the moment you figured out….. My 80 year old mother with dementia who nowadays rarely comments said “I know who Lola was”😉 Love your reactions!!!
Ha ha!!! 😂 Reading these comments made me laugh! I never knew this was what this song was about!! I’ve heard it before and sang along w/ the Lola’s! But it was never one I played. Loved the reaction tho!! ❤
To be fair there were only about 6 Clues. LOL(A)...."Nearly broke my spine" "Put me on her knee" "Girls/Boys" "Asked her to dance and took HIM by the hand" "I pushed her away" .."I'm Glad I AM a MAN and so IS Lola( ambiguous)...etc
Me sitting here cracking up. You’re gonna have to listen to these lyrics a little closer the second time. Keep talking about how this reminds you of a situation in your youth. 😂
I love this song! The story is surprising. Still a great song. One on my forever playlist. Ummm.. They we both guys as I understand it. Okay, with me. 🎉🎉
I thought.... He's talking about his memory of a strong woman approaching him, how bad is he going to freak when he discovers the truth about our Lola? 🤔
One of the fun things about art... doubly so for stories and music... is that we perceive it with a lens honed by our own experiences. What we get out of it can be very different than what the artist had in mind or was inspired by at the time. It can be a jarring experience when we realize our own perception is so far off from artistic messaging. Or even those times when art is crafted in a way to be undefined and reflect many different messages - to discover other interpretations that differ from ours. But this one... this one had a clear message. It was missed.
This song always shocks people when they figure out what its about. Many people don't get it at first, only to discover the story and the reaction is funny. Such a progressive song for its time.
This was inspired by a true experience their record manager had in a club in Paris and his chance encounter with a Special lady,that’s all I’m saying 😉
The clues start right away - electric candle light, champagne that tastes like Cocal Cola, in other words nothing is what it first appears to be, including the lady so strong she nearly broke his spine, and who walked like a woman but talked like a man.
My dad had me listen to this as a five year old and I instantly got it. Yet here's a 44 year old man still blissfully unaware and I'm over here cracking up. Dude, I can't take it! 😂😂😂
You fool 🤣 You gotta listen again. I know the song rocks because The Kinks are always so badass, but you really gotta pay close attention to the lyrics on this one.
Don't call my guy BP a fool. He just doesn't know. He doesn't have a dark mind. He doesn't know that the 60s music has dark undertones. Music today is so in your face!!
@@gailcrumbley8864 calm down, dude. It’s a joke 🙄 Also, there’s nothing “dark” about the lyrics, it’s just a situation. Your homophobia is on full display with choosing that descriptor 😒
@@garyporterfield7165 Their encounter extends past the bar. They go back to Lola's apartment, where they get it on. "Lola smiled and took me by the hand and said, 'Dear boy I'm going to make you a man'."
Bro, I have watched so many of your reactions. you’re so smart and 95% of them I am blown away that you did not pick up on this one! You have got to react to it again after reading the lyrics totally went over your head, which surprises the shit out of me. You don’t miss things like this and you missed all of the signs.
🤣🤣🤣it did go right over your head!! I’m a man and so is Lola… still my daughters father-in-law who is in his 70’s has always been a fan of the kinks , when I said about who Lola was his jaw hit the floor…😂😂😂😂
Oh my goodness, I remember when this song came out in 1970, it was banned on the BBC because it mentioned coca cola re the product name!! The Kinks have so many fantastic songs, such as 'You Really Got Me', 'All of the Day and All of the Night', 'Waterloo Sunset', 'Days', 'Tired of Waiting' and 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone'. Thanks for your reaction. 😊😊
There is a follow-up song to Lola called Destroyer by the Kinks. Destroyer tells what happened the next day with Lola. It is sung in the same tune as You Really Got Me also by the Kinks. You have to listen to all three songs becase it's a trilligy. You'll never be the same. My favorite is Destroyer. And when you come back down and want a tamer song by the Kinks. Come Dancing. It's actually a sweet song dedicated to his sister. It's innocent.
My daughter got a old beat up pickup truck to drive in high school, it was all I could afford, she named it Lola after this song. Lol Lola Roxanne ( yes after the police song). She turns 30 this year. ❤
in1970 when this song first came out it was band from many Radio stations because of the songs content a lot of the Radio stations refused to play it the subject matter in it was a taboo back then not like now days I'm loving it that you totally missed the meaning of this song that's the best part of this Reaction
This is a master class in "dodging the censors". The few things that give away the "secret" can be explained away, or missed entirely. "I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a Man, and so's Lola". Well, Lola is also glad he's a man. I mean she's a woman, so... 🧐 "When she squeezed me tight, she nearly broke my spine". Well, she's a passionate lady, and she works out... "She picked me up and put me on her knee". Like I said... she works out... 🤨
😂😂😂😂😂Im lmao cause when I have put this song on for guys in the past they never bother to listen to the lyrics and just sing along then I would point out whats up then they got shooketh from the reality absolutely love it and as usual you rock😍🤙
Definitely needed the lyrics playing on this one. That last verse: "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"
I met her in a club down in old Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like coca cola C-O-L-A, Cola She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola L-O-L-A, Lola La-la-la-la Lola Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine Oh my Lola La-la-la-la Lola Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man Oh my Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola Well, we drank champagne and danced all night Under electric candlelight She picked me up and sat me on her knee And said "Dear boy, won't you come home with me?" Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy But when I looked in her eyes, well I almost fell for my Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola I pushed her away I walked to the door I fell to the floor I got down on my knees Then I looked at her and she at me Well, that's the way that I want it to stay And I always want it to be that way for my Lola La-la-la-la Lola Girls will be boys and boys will be girls It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, except for Lola La-la-la-la Lola Well, I left home just a week before And I'd never ever kissed a woman before But Lola smiled and took me by the hand And said "Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man" 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 Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola Lola La-la-la-la Lola La-la-la-la Lola
@@kingcosworth2643 The original lyric is “coca cola” they were forced to change it. Here is an explanation: Written by singer Ray Davies, Lola is about a relationship between a man and a “woman” who turns out to be a transvestite. But it wasn’t this gender confusion that worried the BBC. The song was banned for including the words “coca-cola” which was against their policy on product placement. Davies had to interrupt the band’s American tour to fly back to London to re-record the lyric as “cherry-cola” for the single release.
Reminds you when you were young & girls like Lola came up to you?? What kinda girls did you date..🤣 I'm 67 & remember when this song was released the BBC banned it for a while, not for the obvious but because of using "Coca Cola", advertising & all that so the band had to change the lyric to Cherry Cola so they could appear on "Top of The Pops" weekly chart program.
You keep saying “in my youth” and in my head I keep hearing the Led Zeppelin song Good Times Bad Times “In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man” great song check it out!!
When I heard and sang with this as a teen, I didn’t understand the lyrics. As an adult when the light dawned it blew my mind. There are a lot of songs that have stories that I now get as adult but this is the most blatant one.
Honey Im 20 some odd years older than you. With how the world has changed since this song came out I would've thought you would get it. Most of us got it right away even back then. Please come back and let us know you hot it. We were all waiting for it. Are you tired today? You usually get it.
I loved this song when it first came out, I was just about in my teens. It was hilarious when the penny finally dropped, the whole song had been throwing out clues from the start. Over 50 years later it still makes me smile, fortunately this never ever happened to me... although I definitely remember some strange women...
I had you figured wrong. So how many “girls” like Lola have you known? Please find a lyric video and watch it with your boy. But tell him that story first! God bless you for making me laugh at a rough time. 😂
My life growing up saw the Kinks playing a part in it, fantastic band..tracks like You Really Got Me had Dave Davies slashing the speaker with a razor to get that sound. About 10 years back saw Ray Davies play a gig...i was a teenager again for two hours, fab stuff as we said back then :)
Listen again. Read the lyrics. Go watch the movie "The Crying Game". Enjoy The Kinks. "Waterloo Sunset" is one of the prettiest songs in the English language.
I never understood why this song wasn’t more controversial for the time it was released. It got soooo much radio play. “I left home just a week before, and I’d never ever kissed a woman before….” At the end he still had never kissed a woman. 😂😂😂
But Lola could be glad he (the singer) is a man. The wonderful English language which does not demand that every thought and action is specifically appealated to one specific person at any one time, allows for all British Farce and comedy. (The man with the wooden leg called Albert ,- really what was the mans name ?. etc)
Ray Davies said he was inspired to write the song after their manager spent the night dancing in Paris and discovered he had been dancing with a cross dresser all night
"I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man, and so was Lola." The genius of that line is that although it could have meant that Lola was also glad this young guy was a man BUT what it actually meant was that Lola was also a man.
I was waiting for your reaction at the twist and then I was like; oh no, he missed the most important line. I can’t wait to see if Don catches it. I absolutely love how you always look for the good in songs. Also, Congratulations on baby girl #2
I’m seeing all these posts to look up the lyrics. It took me years to understand this song, and my mom actually telling me to listen to the lyrics 😂it’s still a cool song! I love the “Cherry Cola” lol 😂 I love how they sing Lola too ❤it’s a pretty cool flow that goes together. ❤
That was a great reaction to a really great tune!! Hilarious!! Much appreciated! Listen one more time BP you'll get it! Lola had a different kind of game!
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I totally missed it and i’m not trolling. It literally just went over my head 😂😑 Might have to put Don in front of this and see if he catches it lol
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😅 I missed it the first 10 times listening to on the Radio lol
lol yeah it’s weird song. 🎵 classic har har
I think the line at the end "I know what I am/ I'm a man, I'm a man/ And so's Lola" gives it away.
The Clash... Should I Stay or Should I Go!!
Glad “I’m” a man and “so’s” Lola . 😂😂
Yep, missed it! 😂
Although... that could be taken two ways. I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola (a man). Or it could be, I'm glad I'm a man, and Lola is (glad) too. But yeah, we're pretty sure Lola is a man.
@@artnmind He totally missed it!🤣🤣🤣
@@kalikeleka Based on a real life event. So yeah, Lola was a man.
I can’t believe that he missed it!
Holy shit, bro. Pull up the lyrics! 🤣 I can’t wait to see your reaction to your reaction! 🤣🤓
Lolololol....awww man. It'll be dank as fuck
😂 he’s gonna freak out
🙏🙏🙏 do a Reaction to this reaction. Don't read the lyrics beforehand, let us all bask in the Epiphany. Lol.
Yes!!@@rjams8953
Let's see if you can figure out Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side."🤣
Or The Crying Game🤣
Or, Get Back, by The Beatles.
I think we have yo start with the obvious for him. Like Dude Looks Like a Lady.
@@antimatter2380 - if you look into the backstory behind that song, it was inspired by a time when Steven Tyler was at a nightclub and they were checking out a "girl" from behind thinking about hitting on "her", but when "she" turned around it was Vince Neil from Motley Crew.
Placebo. Nancy boy
Ooooh, Black P doing Lola. I'm so here for that. Just waiting for the looks on your face. You need to share this one with Don.
Except he never got it.
He missed the big line so we missed out on that look on his face we know n love.
He had never kissed a women before, and still hasn't. The innocence of this rapper is so refreshing.
It's hilarious. I think I heard this when I was 13 and got it straight away. Don't they have homosexuals in America?
@user-qk4wq5jt5q yes, we do.
Watching sweet, innocent lil BP bopping to the music, knowing the twist thats coming... 👀😁🫣🙃🤣
And then he doesn't get it all 😂😂😂
And the twist never came lol 😂
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I'm 65 and can still remember being a teenager when I first heard this and the meaning was perfectly clear to me. It's so funny that you say you are about 40 years old and still don't have a clue about what the song is saying lol!!!!!
Ditto!!
Same. Not sure how this flew over hos head.
Thats what rap and hip hop does for your brain
I think he just didn't hear the lyrics...it was pretty hilarious waiting to see him get it -- and he didn't.
In June 1970 I was 14, and very naive, but even I understood that Lola was a man!
I was so excited about this one! When you told your story I was waiting for the twist😩but you missed it😂 you have to listen again 😂✌🏻🫶🏻
It took me four times listening before I caught on.🤣
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"But im glad im a man....and so is Lola"..... (a man). Took me a few listens with this one!
I was 13 when this song came out, learned all the lyrics but had no idea what I was singing about,lol, years later when I moved to San Francisco, I learned what they were singing about,lol.
😂😂 alright I was just getting ready to post the same thing he missed it and I was waiting and anticipating his reaction
I’m in stitches as BP is telling his story in the mall and is absolutely clueless on what’s going on in the song 😂
“Holla at ya boy” is indeed appropriate BP😂
Maybe he can do Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" next. See if he can figure it out.
Best reaction ever! Blissfully unaware had me in stiches too!😂
@@weldonwilsonread my mind.🤣
@@weldonwilson or One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head
@@jamesbutler174 right there with ya
Lola was a man, "I know what I am and what I am is a man and so is Lola", lol.
Yeah, you better go back and check the lyrics.
it's ambiguous. the lyrics say "I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola" Lola might be glad that the singer is a man. I like the ambiguity of those last lyrics
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Why did you tell him???
He totally missed it!
Damn... I was waiting all the way through the reaction for that light bulb moment!!! 🤣
Me too. Dang it 😂😂😂
Dont hold your breath..
You definitely need to give it another listen and pull up the lyrics. There were clues all the way through. "In a dark brown voice, she said Lola." "I can't understand why she walked like a woman and talked like a man." "Girls will be boys and boys will be girls. It's a mixed up, muggled up, shook up world except for Lola." and the big one, "I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man, and so was Lola."
When this song came out, the thought of what the content was was so foreign that a lot of people didn't get it at all and the rest of kids just...snickered!"
Even the description of the setting foreshadows the twist at the end. The champagne tastes like cherry cola, they dance under "electric candlelight"...nothing is as it seems. Especially Lola.🤣
Such clever lyrics. I love the subtle line at the end about how the protagonist had just left home a week ago and had never kissed a woman before. Because even after his encounter with Lola, he still hadn't kissed a woman.
the word is "muddled up"
Dark brown voice? I heard "in a guttural voice"
I just looked up the lyrics and they say "in a dark brown voice"......OOPS
Hahaa!! I waited and waited and never got the reaction I was waiting for since he never figured it out! Came to the comments and see everyone else having a laugh. Absolutely need to do a second video reviewing the song with lyrics pulled up.
This is precious to behold😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Wow!! I too was waiting for the moment you figured out….. My 80 year old mother with dementia who nowadays rarely comments said “I know who Lola was”😉 Love your reactions!!!
Ha ha!!! 😂 Reading these comments made me laugh! I never knew this was what this song was about!! I’ve heard it before and sang along w/ the Lola’s! But it was never one I played. Loved the reaction tho!! ❤
To be fair there were only about 6 Clues. LOL(A)...."Nearly broke my spine" "Put me on her knee" "Girls/Boys" "Asked her to dance and took HIM by the hand" "I pushed her away" .."I'm Glad I AM a MAN and so IS Lola( ambiguous)...etc
Me sitting here cracking up. You’re gonna have to listen to these lyrics a little closer the second time. Keep talking about how this reminds you of a situation in your youth. 😂
I love this song! The story is surprising. Still a great song. One on my forever playlist. Ummm..
They we both guys as I understand it. Okay, with me. 🎉🎉
😂😂😂 don’t ever change BP.
Can’t wait to see your reaction to your reaction of this.
Laughing my ass off waiting for the light to come on!
Guess we’ll have to wait for the next reaction for him to tell us. 😂😊
He should do Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed and see if he can catch on to that one
@KevinPerry-wi5dw at this point I don't think he'll even get Dude Looks Like a Lady.
@@antimatter2380 or I Want To Break Free
I thought.... He's talking about his memory of a strong woman approaching him, how bad is he going to freak when he discovers the truth about our Lola? 🤔
The Kinks were always ahead of their time. ♥♥
"This reminds me of a situation from my youth" Okay Black Pegasus you do you bro. 😂😂😂😂
LMAO
Yeah I don't think he's been in this exact situation before. Or maybe he has...👀
Its ok that he didnt pick up on it, I didnt either when I first heard it either.
One of the fun things about art... doubly so for stories and music... is that we perceive it with a lens honed by our own experiences. What we get out of it can be very different than what the artist had in mind or was inspired by at the time. It can be a jarring experience when we realize our own perception is so far off from artistic messaging. Or even those times when art is crafted in a way to be undefined and reflect many different messages - to discover other interpretations that differ from ours.
But this one... this one had a clear message. It was missed.
Saul Goodman my friend. Good music is worth a listen. This one was Ok
This song always shocks people when they figure out what its about. Many people don't get it at first, only to discover the story and the reaction is funny. Such a progressive song for its time.
LOL. Your reaction had me laughing, innocent young man.
This was inspired by a true experience their record manager had in a club in Paris and his chance encounter with a Special lady,that’s all I’m saying 😉
The clues start right away - electric candle light, champagne that tastes like Cocal Cola, in other words nothing is what it first appears to be, including the lady so strong she nearly broke his spine, and who walked like a woman but talked like a man.
And 'Soho'...London's seedy Red Light District and some gay bars too I think.
My dad had me listen to this as a five year old and I instantly got it. Yet here's a 44 year old man still blissfully unaware and I'm over here cracking up. Dude, I can't take it! 😂😂😂
You fool 🤣 You gotta listen again. I know the song rocks because The Kinks are always so badass, but you really gotta pay close attention to the lyrics on this one.
Don't call my guy BP a fool. He just doesn't know. He doesn't have a dark mind. He doesn't know that the 60s music has dark undertones. Music today is so in your face!!
@@gailcrumbley8864 calm down, dude. It’s a joke 🙄 Also, there’s nothing “dark” about the lyrics, it’s just a situation. Your homophobia is on full display with choosing that descriptor 😒
This song is about a accidental transgender encounter at a bar 😂
@@garyporterfield7165Yep. Simple as that
@@garyporterfield7165 Their encounter extends past the bar. They go back to Lola's apartment, where they get it on. "Lola smiled and took me by the hand and said, 'Dear boy I'm going to make you a man'."
Bro, I have watched so many of your reactions. you’re so smart and 95% of them I am blown away that you did not pick up on this one! You have got to react to it again after reading the lyrics totally went over your head, which surprises the shit out of me. You don’t miss things like this and you missed all of the signs.
I love the naivety of this reaction. It's refreshing....
LOL! Bless your heart! lol 🤠 You would really be confused by "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed!
This song got a ton of radio time back in the day. This is a little longer version but brings back memories. Thanks for doing this one
Priceless--you aren't the first to miss the punch line at the end. Glad to see others helped clue you in. A classic tune!!
How did you totally miss the last verse!!! I was excited to see your reaction to the twist! Dude! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Hell I missed it the first three times I heard the song.🤣
The live version is even much better!!
I also love ' Waterloo Sunset'. ❤❤
Thanks for giving some attention to one of the best bands ever!!😘🫶👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Have you heard Lou Reeds Take a Walk On the Wild Side?
Oh you're baaaad. Now you're just teasing BP..... I'm here for it. LOL
Maybe "Dude Looks Like a Lady" might be more his speed. 😂 If he doesn't catch that one, I don't know what else to do.
🤣🤣🤣it did go right over your head!! I’m a man and so is Lola… still my daughters father-in-law who is in his 70’s has always been a fan of the kinks , when I said about who Lola was his jaw hit the floor…😂😂😂😂
So... you need to revisit this one with Don and the lyrics. Lol. 🙏🙏🙏 Let's see that.
Yes def think Don would have a better idea of what the lyrics are about 😂
Yes Don will get it for sure 😂
The "went over his head" meme is perfect for this reaction! BPis all about the lyrics but missed this one!
Oh my goodness, I remember when this song came out in 1970, it was banned on the BBC because it mentioned coca cola re the product name!! The Kinks have so many fantastic songs, such as 'You Really Got Me', 'All of the Day and All of the Night', 'Waterloo Sunset', 'Days', 'Tired of Waiting' and 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone'. Thanks for your reaction. 😊😊
It was so funny to me that they banned it for coca cola but the rest was fine 😂😂😂
They changed it to cherry cola after wich coca cola cam up with cherry coke
@@Teresia12 I know, doesn't matter about the rest of the lyrics, but coco cola, you can't say that!! 🤣🤣
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There is a follow-up song to Lola called Destroyer by the Kinks.
Destroyer tells what happened the next day with Lola. It is sung in the same tune as You Really Got Me also by the Kinks.
You have to listen to all three songs becase it's a trilligy. You'll never be the same.
My favorite is Destroyer.
And when you come back down and want a tamer song by the Kinks. Come Dancing. It's actually a sweet song dedicated to his sister. It's innocent.
Thanks for sharing this..I had no idea they even had a song called Destroyer
My daughter got a old beat up pickup truck to drive in high school, it was all I could afford, she named it Lola after this song. Lol Lola Roxanne ( yes after the police song). She turns 30 this year. ❤
You raised her well. 🥰
Absolutely a great band and good song. They broke barriers!!!
I maintain that The Kinks were the VERY FIRST PUNK BAND!! Go deeper and you'll see what I mean! This song is a major classic!!😊❤
some say they were an early influence on metal as well.
in1970 when this song first came out it was band from many Radio stations because of the songs content a lot of the Radio stations refused to play it the subject matter in it was a taboo back then not like now days I'm loving it that you totally missed the meaning of this song that's the best part of this Reaction
This is a master class in "dodging the censors".
The few things that give away the "secret" can be explained away, or missed entirely.
"I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a Man, and so's Lola".
Well, Lola is also glad he's a man. I mean she's a woman, so... 🧐
"When she squeezed me tight, she nearly broke my spine".
Well, she's a passionate lady, and she works out...
"She picked me up and put me on her knee".
Like I said... she works out... 🤨
brother you amaze me, your innocence is appreciated
😂😂😂😂😂Im lmao cause when I have put this song on for guys in the past they never bother to listen to the lyrics and just sing along then I would point out whats up then they got shooketh from the reality absolutely love it and as usual you rock😍🤙
Definitely needed the lyrics playing on this one. That last verse:
"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"
Lola paved the way for Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed.
BP so innocent!! I can't believe he didn't pick it up!!
BP, look up the lyrics! Your missing key imformation!😮😮😮😂😂😂
It went right over his head. Lol 💜
I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like coca cola
C-O-L-A, Cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
L-O-L-A, Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man
Oh my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said "Dear boy, won't you come home with me?"
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes, well I almost fell for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me
Well, that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Well, I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said "Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man"
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
Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
The line is 'Cherry Cola'
@@kingcosworth2643 The original lyric is “coca cola” they were forced to change it. Here is an explanation:
Written by singer Ray Davies, Lola is about a relationship between a man and a “woman” who turns out to be a transvestite.
But it wasn’t this gender confusion that worried the BBC. The song was banned for including the words “coca-cola” which was against their policy on product placement.
Davies had to interrupt the band’s American tour to fly back to London to re-record the lyric as “cherry-cola” for the single release.
Reminds you when you were young & girls like Lola came up to you?? What kinda girls did you date..🤣 I'm 67 & remember when this song was released the BBC banned it for a while, not for the obvious but because of using "Coca Cola", advertising & all that so the band had to change the lyric to Cherry Cola so they could appear on "Top of The Pops" weekly chart program.
Not initially getting the lyrics just shows it was a genuine reaction.
You keep saying “in my youth” and in my head I keep hearing the Led Zeppelin song Good Times Bad Times “In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man” great song check it out!!
Damn man. I was 14 years old when this came out and I knew exactly what he was talking about the first time I heard it.
Lol! I'm dying! Lola fooled you too !!
BP gotta make a reaction video of him reading these comments!!
Love the Kinks! Look at Sunny Afternoon ☀️
Lmao! I was waiting.... and ur going on and on.... missed it "dog" still laughing, but also still love you!
When I heard and sang with this as a teen, I didn’t understand the lyrics. As an adult when the light dawned it blew my mind. There are a lot of songs that have stories that I now get as adult but this is the most blatant one.
Hey, being born in ‘85, it took me years. 🤷🏻♀️ You grow up just singing along with the chorus.
Honey Im 20 some odd years older than you. With how the world has changed since this song came out I would've thought you would get it. Most of us got it right away even back then.
Please come back and let us know you hot it. We were all waiting for it. Are you tired today? You usually get it.
Yessss! I haven't watched for awhile. I love you finally did this
OMG how could you have completely missed it????😂😂😂😂😂
I loved this song when it first came out, I was just about in my teens. It was hilarious when the penny finally dropped, the whole song had been throwing out clues from the start. Over 50 years later it still makes me smile, fortunately this never ever happened to me... although I definitely remember some strange women...
When I was a boy this song came out
I had no clue what it was about
When I became older I understood it
I just liked the riff
I had you figured wrong. So how many “girls” like Lola have you known? Please find a lyric video and watch it with your boy. But tell him that story first! God bless you for making me laugh at a rough time. 😂
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Oh, young man, listen again. Good song though~! Thanks for an entertaining reaction, loved it~!
I f...... loved this reaction - waiting all the way through for the light to hit you and you were so close
Lol "this story is dope" without realizing what the words are saying 😂
My year 9 science teacher, Mr Zola, hated when we sang Zola, Z O L A, Zola. We got what it was about back in the '80s.
Was waiting for you to catch on but didn’t happen, lol.
My life growing up saw the Kinks playing a part in it, fantastic band..tracks like You Really Got Me had Dave Davies slashing the speaker with a razor to get that sound. About 10 years back saw Ray Davies play a gig...i was a teenager again for two hours, fab stuff as we said back then :)
Listen again. Read the lyrics. Go watch the movie "The Crying Game". Enjoy The Kinks. "Waterloo Sunset" is one of the prettiest songs in the English language.
Wow, I've never seen lyrics go over somebody's head in such an extreme manner before!! LMAO!!
I never understood why this song wasn’t more controversial for the time it was released. It got soooo much radio play.
“I left home just a week before, and I’d never ever kissed a woman before….”
At the end he still had never kissed a woman. 😂😂😂
Because up until recently nobody cared apart from twats, but now a minority is using it to divide society
No social media to tell you haw you should feel
It never got the censor's attention any more than Lou Reed 's "never lost her head even when she was giving head..." . It went right over their heads.
Take a Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed did as well, and it's more explicit.
Probably because the DJ's missed it too.
"I'm glad I'm a man....and so is Lola".....right over your head bro. Listen to the song again and you will hear the clues!
But Lola could be glad he (the singer) is a man. The wonderful English language which does not demand that every thought and action is specifically appealated to one specific person at any one time, allows for all British Farce and comedy. (The man with the wooden leg called Albert ,- really what was the mans name ?. etc)
Ray Davies said he was inspired to write the song after their manager spent the night dancing in Paris and discovered he had been dancing with a cross dresser all night
I was waiting for you to do this for your reaction! You entertain this old man every day. Thank you.
Still waiting for that light bulb to go off!!! LMAO!!
This was way before its time. Love your reaction.
A beetle is a bug, The Beatles is a play on the word musical Beat.
I swear I remember that they got the idea for the name of their band from Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
I’ve watched many reactions on YT to this song. It’s really fun. I was surprised that he didn’t get it.
"I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man, and so was Lola." The genius of that line is that although it could have meant that Lola was also glad this young guy was a man BUT what it actually meant was that Lola was also a man.
I was waiting for your reaction at the twist and then I was like; oh no, he missed the most important line. I can’t wait to see if Don catches it. I absolutely love how you always look for the good in songs. Also, Congratulations on baby girl #2
I’m seeing all these posts to look up the lyrics. It took me years to understand this song, and my mom actually telling me to listen to the lyrics 😂it’s still a cool song! I love the “Cherry Cola” lol 😂 I love how they sing Lola too ❤it’s a pretty cool flow that goes together. ❤
They had to change the line to avoid being sued
That was a great reaction to a really great tune!! Hilarious!! Much appreciated! Listen one more time BP you'll get it! Lola had a different kind of game!
That was beautiful man.
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Weird Al did a parody of this song called Yoda. It is really good.
This was hilarious. Thanks for being a good sport about it after.
It’s a true story happened to their manager
Haha when I see you had reacted to Lola I couldn't wait for this one ! Your faces are so expressive! So I knew this was going to be a good one 🤣😂🤣😂🇬🇧
Sitting here waiting for that light bulb to come on... you gotta listen to it again! 😂
yeah, I guess I just don’t think like that so I was totally lost. Might have to revisit this one. 😂
Once you "get it", you'll know why the song didn't exactly vibe for you. 😉
Listen to it again.
I am dying over here. Halfway through and you mentioned a girl like Lola. Wait until you hear the whole song.
Definitely need to listen again!😂❤️✌🏻🎶