David Bowie and Lou Reed may not have had careers without this song, the first tune about gender fluidity to become a hit. The Kinks hadn’t had any real success in the States since 1966, so this 45 saved them over here. Back in the UK, “Lola” was banned at first by the BBC, not for sexual content but due to product placement by mentioning Coca-Cola and all that. So Ray Davies had to fly back to London in the middle of a US concert tour just to replace two words (“cherry cola”) on the record.
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