THE KINKS - Lola | REACTION
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3 жыл бұрын
@jamelakajamal 3 жыл бұрын
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@ryancampbell2192 3 жыл бұрын
Where can we get the tie dyed versions?
@MrZics 3 жыл бұрын
There's a Weird Al version of this song called Yoda
@pookiemartinez3909 3 жыл бұрын
LOLA, PITCHING FOR THE OTHER TEAM. @Jemal
@guycampbell733 3 жыл бұрын
Weird Al "YODA" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y6-FgKaqpriahWQ.html
@Mellowcanuck33 3 жыл бұрын
The 1970s were on the right track. They were more progressive than people realize.
@davidmounts1619 3 жыл бұрын
The moment he realizes this is no ordinary love song is priceless.
@nebelungpixie9373 3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@tailsfromtherail2544 3 жыл бұрын
💡🤣
@nebelungpixie9373 3 жыл бұрын
@@tailsfromtherail2544 I read that in Gru’s voice. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@johnstadler9643 3 жыл бұрын
Love this cat
@candyapu3 3 жыл бұрын
I lost it at "What we doing y'all?"
@thomasguccione5450 3 жыл бұрын
The one line that always gets me is “it’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola.” The conflict is always within the narrator instead of in Lola which to me is the real genius behind this song, not the fact that Lola is trans.
@joewalker2152 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, exactly, its surprising how many people still don't know what this song is about.
@badbiker666 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Lola is happy and content being Lola. I know some trans people. Some of them are VERY conflicted people, but others are very comfortable in their own skin. I like to hang out with the ones that are fine with themselves, but I try to hang more with the others because they need more "normalcy" in their lives. We hang out and have fun and just be ourselves together and their gender identity never comes up because it isn't a factor in our relationship.
@FPSBuzz 3 жыл бұрын
@@badbiker666 i recommend listening to Androgynous by the Replacements if you haven't. Similar subject matter and attitude. Way ahead of its time
@badbiker666 3 жыл бұрын
@@FPSBuzz Per your suggestion I did. Interesting song. I think I liked it!
@bobbiewhite1647 3 жыл бұрын
Yep.. lola accepted what lola was but the singer is forever torn.. aka only lola was fine with being lola...
@nehifamily 3 жыл бұрын
“She walks like a woman and talks like a man” his facial expression in that second 😂😂😂😂
@GlowingBentley 3 жыл бұрын
I lawlded!
@ozigalqld5511 3 жыл бұрын
He didn't have to say anything - his face said it all! LOL
@snakeplissken6789 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@champdog76 3 жыл бұрын
then... "How we doin', y'all?" 😂
@lindanorris2455 3 жыл бұрын
WHAT A GREAT LINE!
@jeffsherk7056 3 жыл бұрын
The story behind this song is that after the band finished recording an album, they and their manager went out to party. The manager got drunk and was unable to notice that he was dancing with a man in drag all evening. The band wrote the song to make fun of him a little.
@ralphsanchico2452 2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes 3rd party songs can be the best!
@556deltawolf 2 жыл бұрын
And apparently, when they told him the person he was dancing and kissing was a man in drag he apparently was just like "who cares, I got drunk and I had a good time"
@Naty_Sousa 2 жыл бұрын
@@556deltawolf 😂
@jolinkarlsson8569 Жыл бұрын
Love that and today you could play this at Pride and say it’s the first song about trans people
@cekkk2 Жыл бұрын
Maybe one of the reasons it was popular way back then when those things weren’t acceptable is that folks don’t always listen to the lyrics. This was one of my favorite songs for probably over 40 years before I actually listened to it one day and realized it was about a tran!
@rightbraincreative 3 жыл бұрын
The obvious follow up to this song is Take a Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed
@Nightcrawlerfive 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, he's got to do that one.
@PearlJamaholic 3 жыл бұрын
Was thinking the same thing! Lou has some fantastic stuff too.
@hellokimmy68 3 жыл бұрын
Got to!
@raefrommn4914 3 жыл бұрын
Thought the same thing!!!
@robinbeers6689 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Lou Reed is amazing. "And the colored girl sing....Do, do do, do do do, do do do......." Great saxophone solo too.
@tahoemike5828 3 жыл бұрын
One of those "Oh, he doesn't know what's comin'...." songs!
@shariwelch8760 3 жыл бұрын
Those are the best ones! When you know it's coming...
@jfrommer6130 3 жыл бұрын
And that's why I recommended it about 50 times!!
@jfrommer6130 3 жыл бұрын
And a big PS. I did really want to see his reaction but , I absolutely love the song!!
@bcleone 3 жыл бұрын
@@shariwelch8760 I'd LOVE to see his reaction to Helen Reddy's Angie Baby! That'll really pop his eyes out!
@itsme_mandyp 3 жыл бұрын
We were all waiting for it
@kevinrenn9123 3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget this song was released in 1970, a time when this topic was extremely taboo, it's amazing it became so popular and is still so today. I had to watch just to see when Jamel figured out what it was about and I wasn't disappointed. lmao
@KittKattKlub 3 жыл бұрын
It was. I was in grade school and was tripped out then.
@alanshepherd4304 2 жыл бұрын
The only thing the authorities found offensive was the fact that they sang Coca Cola and had to change it to Cherry Cola!!😂😂
@maggieking6619 2 жыл бұрын
I remember radio would not play The Stones song that said "pregnant" in the 60s....so Kinks really broke all the rules a few years later, I was 17 and sheltered but I got it....Ray Davies is awesome
@debbylou5729 2 жыл бұрын
People keep saying this. I never experienced anything like that
@jamesgallaway3518 Жыл бұрын
That look on his face was priceless 😂
@marysella3836 3 жыл бұрын
That moment when you realize “she walk like a woman and talk like a man” and the meaning of “dark brown voice” coalesced and you knew what it meant was priceless.
@minutemanrocketstove4195 2 жыл бұрын
It’s “dark low voice” everyone. Listen again.
@Belisarius1967 2 жыл бұрын
@@minutemanrocketstove4195 No it's dark brown find a lyric version.
@davidpietarila699 3 жыл бұрын
I like how millennials seemed shocked to learn that we dealt with transgender issues long before they came along.
@tixximmi1 3 жыл бұрын
And Zappa was before that. He got into everything.
@linnymaemullins3319 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂ikr😂😂😍
@dongiovanni6796 3 жыл бұрын
Ha, yes. All 20-somethings think no one older has ever experienced what they are experiencing or knows already what they think they know.
@tixximmi1 3 жыл бұрын
@@dongiovanni6796 We were just there first. And before PC.
@thatsjustlikeyouropinionma3025 3 жыл бұрын
This song isn't about "transgender issues" its a pisstake to their manager who got drunk one night and early went home with a guy dressed as a woman in Soho. The song was put on the the album last minute as a tease to the manager. It wasn't meant as a politic song, just a group of guys taking the piss.
@jaivinallman2137 3 жыл бұрын
We thought my bunny was a girl so we named him lola, when we went to get him fixed we found out it was a boy. The name could not have been better
@daveingrey2615 3 жыл бұрын
That is awesome!
@kimberlinibambini1988 3 жыл бұрын
OMG! The irony.. love it!!😆✨
@nancyray9651 3 жыл бұрын
😅😅😅
@williamdegnan4718 3 жыл бұрын
🐰
@linnymaemullins3319 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@zyxwut321 3 жыл бұрын
Jamel's still trying to untwist his head around this one. LOL
@jennifursun3303 3 жыл бұрын
i had the same one years ago
@FourWimdzS 3 жыл бұрын
Heehee I understood this song a long time ago
@jaketarry3534 3 жыл бұрын
I got an "A" in english lit class for explaining this song. Thank you Kinks!
@mikekenask6975 3 жыл бұрын
Good for you!
@suffern63 2 жыл бұрын
Did they not teach you how to use the uppercase?
@mpolo 2 жыл бұрын
@@suffern63 literature is full of these things. poetic license? heard of it?
@michaelfinlay6341 3 жыл бұрын
How this song got past both British and US censors is a goddamned testament to the Kink's masterful technique.
@lucidloon 3 жыл бұрын
Oh, it definitely was banned in some places for quite a while. Became a classic anyway.
@simongill4715 3 жыл бұрын
They changed Coca Cola to cherry cola
@comikdebris 3 жыл бұрын
@@simongill4715 Because the BBC considered the uses Coke as advertisement. They banned Paul Simon's song Kodachrome for the same reason.
@johnLennon255 3 жыл бұрын
@@simongill4715 lmao that’s true they did change that
@ericgrace9995 3 жыл бұрын
@@comikdebris Yep...not the sex. The free advertising and product placement got it banned !
@NZLatic 3 жыл бұрын
“I’m glad I’m a man and so is Lola” is one of those clever play-on-words lyrics that the British in particular love to sneak into their songs. The Beatles loved to do the same thing. The confused look on your face was hilarious during this action! This was a pretty controversial subject back in 1970 but lets not lose sight of the fact that the song is a total banger!
@myrrhfishify7743 3 жыл бұрын
It's not I'm glad I'm a man, it's In Bed I'm a man, and so is Lola...listen again.
@NZLatic 3 жыл бұрын
@@myrrhfishify7743 Are you sure? I’ve checked through Google and every version of the lyrics that I found said ‘I’m glad’ not ‘in bed’. Either way, the play on words works anyway.
@goldboy150 3 жыл бұрын
myrrhfishify it’s glad. Got Lola vs power man on vinyl. Definitely glad, not bed.
@amethystlarktree5962 3 жыл бұрын
@@myrrhfishify7743 It's definitely 'I'm glad' not sure where you got that other lyric from but maybe you should listen again.
@BritIronRebel 3 жыл бұрын
The immediate reference to Soho starts you thinking of the possible direction this story is headed for. But you've got to know the area I suppose.
@tommy4176 2 жыл бұрын
It was absolutely ADORABLE watching the penny slowly drop for you! Thank you!
@Therevdon 3 жыл бұрын
"Why she walk like a woman but talk... What we doin, y'all?" Best reaction EVER!
@chellj8175 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂🤣🤣
@tobyratcliffe4534 3 жыл бұрын
That look at the camera at 2:15 is freaking priceless.
@kimberlinibambini1988 3 жыл бұрын
😂🤣
@Falaje64 3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for it!!
@Historian212 3 жыл бұрын
@@Falaje64 Right? I think we all were.
@knottyeti 3 жыл бұрын
@@Historian212 That second before the lyric sank in and I knew what was coming.....
@kimberlygabaldon3260 3 жыл бұрын
LOL I love when he does that! 😂
@APAL880 3 жыл бұрын
The Kinks are giants but don't get talked about as much as the Stones, the Beatles or the Who.
@lokisan100 3 жыл бұрын
What a shame, they are as good as the Beatles and stones, one of my favorite British bands.
@bobthegreatreee3185 3 жыл бұрын
Well that’s because they’re not as good as the Beatles my guy
@earaches516 3 жыл бұрын
Whatever
@louisrobertbrown 3 жыл бұрын
I think I like the best Kinks songs better than I like the best Beatles songs, but on balance I think the Beatles were more innovative and consistent
@rawbyntrash 3 жыл бұрын
Queen is my favorite band but the Kinks have some of my favorite songs
@keithfriedman 3 жыл бұрын
Jamel, watching you piece this together was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Love your reactions, keep it up!
@thegalavantingbachelor7786 11 ай бұрын
LOL! when I was a teenager in the 70's had similar facial expressions while listening to this song for the first time. My hat is off for the Kinks and admire their courage to perform that contraversial song back in the 70's. Even in 2023 I am sure that song still raises a few eye brows.
@saturnracer156 3 жыл бұрын
OMG I almost died laughing. The look on your face when he said "I can't understand why she walks like a woman and talks like a man" I lost it. LOL
@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын
That's the reason I return to this reaction once a week :)
@erikaskoch9806 3 жыл бұрын
Same! 😂
@David-just-David 3 жыл бұрын
😎
@highlandervalasik9274 3 жыл бұрын
at 2:20
@crankiemanx8423 3 жыл бұрын
😂🤣🤣🤣
@michaelmcdonald8452 3 жыл бұрын
What gets overlooked due to the lyrical shocks is this is one of the greatest arrangements and performances in rock history. It could be about anything and still be a smashing tune. The wild boundary pushing lyrics are kinda just a plus.
@lisarainbow9703 3 жыл бұрын
Their instrumentation was always complex, and amazing. Theyre sadly underrated.
@michaelbaucom4019 3 жыл бұрын
Their musicianship and production was always superior, and still sounds fresh today
@jfrommer6130 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@Annonymous0283745 3 жыл бұрын
He's right, you know.
@AaronSpielman 3 жыл бұрын
1000% agreed.
@jody-annesullivan4547 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah man, we ARE. Going there! Top 100. He doesn’t need to be a ‘passionate, masculine’ man. He just needs to love Lola.
@markkingsley9653 3 жыл бұрын
The Kinks were huge but in 1965 they got banned from the US so no tours and that’s why they never were huge like the Stones or the Beatles.
@kweejibodali7009 3 жыл бұрын
why were they banned
@sandraallen4305 2 жыл бұрын
I did not know this boo I love the Kinks ! What for?
@ReginaldJKornblow 3 жыл бұрын
That unmistakable look of dawning recognition shared by millions their first time through...
@SkateSoup 3 жыл бұрын
Me today. In my 40s, I have listened to this a hundred times but the mix has the vocals so low I never fully processed the lyrics. Low key as, brilliant.
@Budman_Buds 3 жыл бұрын
I spent the whole time laughing at your reaction. Waiting for this song dawn on you! This was SOOOOOO..... entertaining!! You are the best Jamel!!!!
@pammysplaylist2706 3 жыл бұрын
Me too, I was waiting for him to get it.
@4EClark 3 жыл бұрын
First time ever I laughed out loud. Classic
@julielynn10 3 жыл бұрын
He’s saying ‘I know what I am, I’m a man, I’m a man and do is Lola.’
@jfrommer6130 3 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome I requested this about 50 times. Besides it's a great song I really did want to see his reaction
@battalla1 3 жыл бұрын
Similar kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r653iZaBzavLZZc.html
@nitrokid 3 жыл бұрын
The sweetest love song ever written.
@lesgilbert6334 2 жыл бұрын
Your face was priceless at " walked like a woman, but talked like a man"
@artjohnson1757 3 жыл бұрын
I'm 73 and of coarse I know this song, this was hilarious to watch Jamal's reactions.
@womanonthinice1276 3 жыл бұрын
Art, his reactions are classic. Lolol😄👍
@jdog6620 3 жыл бұрын
Hahahhahaahaaaa!!!!! I am laughing so hard!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣
@JH-lk1yz 3 жыл бұрын
Yea I get s kick out of his re actions I asked him to play country Joe's Woodstock song....give me and F give me a U give me a C give me K what's that's spell whats that spell com on all you big strong men uncle sam needs you're help again way down yonder in Vietnam 1234 what are fighting for dont ask me I dont give a damn now mothers and fathers across this great land send you're boys off to Vietnam be the first ones on you're block to have your boys come home in a box 1234 what are fighting for dont ask me I dont give a damn old uncle sam got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in vietnam 1234 what are we fighting for!!
@Stoney_Snark 3 жыл бұрын
Kind of a break through song. It had wide radio play, but did have it’s share of controversy, Remember it was nearly 50 years ago.
@Lady_LC 3 жыл бұрын
And the term Coca-Cola had to be changed to cherry cola because product placement wasn't allowed in those days.
@Stoney_Snark 3 жыл бұрын
@@Lady_LC, yes to “cherry cola”.
@hunt1803 3 жыл бұрын
A breakthrough of sorts, kind of like The Crying Game was for movies many years later, in the early 90s.
@lestranged 3 жыл бұрын
@ted ritola and Freddie Mercury, and Bronski Beat, Marc Almond, Morrissey, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, etc. There were a lot of popular gay artists in the 80s.
@Module79L 3 жыл бұрын
Actually, it was 50 years, 4 months and 12 days ago. ; )
@numberonepun4126 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think a band could get away with making this song now lol! Personally, I LOVE singing this song. It's so fun
@FFSDenny 3 жыл бұрын
Your face when you put 2 and 2 together was priceless.
@MapManLK 3 жыл бұрын
". . .why she talked like a man" and Jamel looked at his camera. . .and I busted out laughing! I LOVE this song and people catching it the first time!!
@robertbradt8249 3 жыл бұрын
Woke the wife laughing out loud 😂
@daz_n 3 жыл бұрын
That look. 😐
@mrenb7 3 жыл бұрын
That was the BEST.
@jeromedavies2408 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was waiting for the moment he twigged.
@powerdavid6235 3 жыл бұрын
When I bought this record when it first came out my father said that I'd turn into a Lola if I kept playing it..... You know, he was right, I did darlings, and boy did I have fun.
@linnymaemullins3319 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂well good for you honey😜😍
@belindascott6916 3 жыл бұрын
❤🌟😎😙
@michellewilkins8206 3 жыл бұрын
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏼🤗🤗
@MMMM-qr5md 3 жыл бұрын
🥰🥰
@jfrommer6130 3 жыл бұрын
And I bet you're gorgeous!!
@richfiles 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing... I've known this song for _decades,_ but it's _always_ played through a shitty radio at work that you can barely make out, or in a noisy crowd, or on a tinny bus speaker, or as a far too quiet background track in some noisy mall, or whatever environment it took to *_never actually hear it clearly..._* I legitimately don't *_ever once_* recall just hearing this song clearly, on good speakers, with no background noise... ... I was on just as much a rollercoaster ride of discovery as Jamel was! Mind blown! I never knew! What a revelation this has been!
@davidsimi2322 Жыл бұрын
The Kinks were way ahead of their time with this song. It took me like 3 decades to realize Lola was a dude 😂 Great song, but damn. Love your reaction. Do what you wanna do in your life, but be upfront with people. Well said
@martynadams2011 3 жыл бұрын
Every Kinks journey should have a stop at “ You’ve really got me “ iconic Kinks and iconic 60’s !
@zbagz01 3 жыл бұрын
And Summer Afternoon - both really raunchy and fun.
@jackgilchrist 3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he did You Really Got Me.
@gregorykrug8034 3 жыл бұрын
This song is talking about stuff that was not talked about fifty years ago.
@dudley7540 3 жыл бұрын
@Jangler333 Huh?
@kollegebound12 3 жыл бұрын
but it was ... this was a number1 hit....
@voodoochile333 3 жыл бұрын
@Jangler333 but Eddie Murphy did
@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын
@Jangler333 Nobody told Danny Blancheflower 65 years ago either
@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын
@@voodoochile333 In his Pram? :)
@michaelmartin4552 2 жыл бұрын
I heard him say the voice was maybe a liquor reference, and just about lost it. Oh, my sweet summer child.
@pinakin1574 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best reactions to this song - 2min:10sec in. Always great to see the reaction of people as it dawns on them who Lola is, as they listen to the lyrics.
@Nan-1017 3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for that look at the exact moment you gave us “your look”! I love that look!!☺️
@kimberlinibambini1988 3 жыл бұрын
Me too! I saw them wheels turning in his head! 😂
@sst1911 3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for the "dawning realization". It didn't disappoint.
@Nan-1017 3 жыл бұрын
@@kimberlinibambini1988 ☺️
@Nan-1017 3 жыл бұрын
@@sst1911 ..exactly:)
@karenwalker2464 3 жыл бұрын
#whatwedoingyall
@lolasalcedo9058 3 жыл бұрын
I always get this song sung to me. ALWAYS! 😂😂😂 And yes Jamal, this song is about a transvestite 😉 and no I'm not a transvestite. 😆
@dwightwaldvogel6148 3 жыл бұрын
Do you walk like a woman and talk like a man ?
@lolasalcedo9058 3 жыл бұрын
@@dwightwaldvogel6148 no 🤣🤣🤣
@GaryRPeters 3 жыл бұрын
Do you like Coca-Cola (C-O-L-A, cola)?
@joelliebler5690 3 жыл бұрын
LoL👍🏻
@ceeemmdee2599 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@malcolml309 3 жыл бұрын
Ray Davies, is vastly underrated as a songwriter.
@derekardito2032 Жыл бұрын
Underated, he is a fucking 👍 genius
@skunyon6195 Жыл бұрын
Your underrated comment is overrated. Please STOP!!!
@stevenmather6276 10 ай бұрын
Underrated?? Not by me he isn't? 😂
@tallysblood 3 жыл бұрын
This moved me to joyful tears. Thank you Ray & Dave and thank you Jamel. I first heard this record on a crappy transistor radio , more than half a century ago, and fell in love with it. But now listening to it with you, well it took me right back to when I was 10 years old and listening to it for the first time again! Unbearably beautiful.
@tortimeese 3 жыл бұрын
When I saw that you were reacting to "Lola," I rubbed my hands together and said, "Oh boy, this is going to be great." I was not disappointed.
@bapples 3 жыл бұрын
Nice. Also by Kinks- Waterloo Sunset. Would love Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale next😁😁😁😁
@guycampbell733 3 жыл бұрын
YES to Whiter Shade of Pale! Here's the official video Jamel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8hjnLOBktqslHU.html
@kilgoretrout3966 3 жыл бұрын
i second, call to vote and pass the motion for both the above songs. "Sha la la...every night i look at the world thru my window" Waterloo Sunset is a perfect postcard vie of London, and the way life carries on. For Whiter Shade of Pale, i recommend first watching the original video from the 60s, then a live version from Denmark, in 2012(i think) Gary Brooker has every bit of his vocal instrument, that my Oldest Son says sounds like Percy Faith, as he did when he began...both versions are crucial!
@GoEqBro 3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lahxd6eWrre7hoU.html Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale Extended version with lyrics.
@jonathanreich6360 3 жыл бұрын
Kinks have tons of great songs. From the same album as Lola, This Time Tomorrow, Strangers and Apeman.
@allenjones5525 3 жыл бұрын
I also second , third etc Waterloo Sunset
@dionsands3113 3 ай бұрын
Don;t judge or let your silly belief in a magic man stop you enjoying a masterpiece!
@patrickmccutcheon8860 3 жыл бұрын
“Unless that’s a liquor reference, like dark brown liquor..” Just wait, it all comes into focus in the next verse.
@halweiss8671 3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps Lola was black. That's always been my take on that line.
@SaxyLament 3 жыл бұрын
@@halweiss8671 I'm not sure I even thought of it before because I had no idea what he was saying. I heard "purple voice" which I knew wasn't right at all. lol
@chrisgraham5186 2 жыл бұрын
@@SaxyLament In the original, it was 'Saffron voice'.
@my_stomach_hurt1876 2 жыл бұрын
@@halweiss8671 she was. Or at least the person the character she’s based on was
@redarmysoja 3 жыл бұрын
The thing about this song that strikes me most, when he sings "I'd never ever kissed a woman before", after all that, he still hadn't kissed a woman.
@sherribrock2726 3 жыл бұрын
@Tejas Rob Maybe deep down his preference was a man. Even if he didn’t realize that was his preference.
@sn1ckers100 3 жыл бұрын
The punctuation in the written lyrics makes it more ambiguous.
@ashleymassett610 3 жыл бұрын
You're implying that transwomen aren't women though....which they are...🤷♀️🙅♀️
@percysowner 3 жыл бұрын
It depends, are you talking physiology or identity? Back then we didn't know or talk about transgendered people, so Lola would have been seen as a transvestite. Today she may well be seen as a Trans woman who hasn't had surgery. The song always refers to Lola as she, so I'm going with she is a she.
@redarmysoja 3 жыл бұрын
@@percysowner Umm, yeah, we knew and talked about transgendered people. Hell, they wrote a song about them.
@DirtDiggersUK 3 жыл бұрын
I spat my coffee out when you made the face when I was thinking what you were thinking bahahahaha Jamel, you crack me up............
@annastecher3492 3 жыл бұрын
What about low budget
@zbagz01 3 жыл бұрын
@@annastecher3492 YES! And Celluloid Heroes!
@shishkabobby 3 жыл бұрын
I love how quickly you caught on. It took me years to figure that out... Of course, I was eight when it came out.
@lindanorris2455 3 жыл бұрын
THE 1970'S WAS A FABULOUS TIME IN MUSIC. WHEN A BAND COULD SING ABOUT ANYTHING AND NOT BE CRITICISED OR BANNNED (WELL ALMOST BLOODROCK & THE SONG "DOA" WAS BANNED FOREVER!!! OFF THE RADIO.
@chrisbeerguy1489 2 жыл бұрын
Woah I just Googled that. Youngster here. Never heard that song. Heavy subject matter.
@maggieking6619 2 жыл бұрын
Stones had to change lyrics in "Can't Get No Satisfaction" cuz they said "pregnant"( tho I never heard that)
@Jackson-jd1um 2 жыл бұрын
This is just objectively wrong
@llamasarus1 2 жыл бұрын
I like how you're slowly coming to your senses with "there's something fishy going on in this song"....then you finally realize "Oh!!!"
@Severinate 3 жыл бұрын
This is the original recording with the reference to 'Coca-Cola.' The BBC refused to play it because of advertising rules, so Ray had to re-record the line changing it to 'Cherry-Cola.' Which, to this day, tends to be the version played by radio stations.
@mpolo 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting tidbit.
@Ds-zv6oo Жыл бұрын
I could swear that line was Cherry Cola when listening to the song but every time I've seen the Lyrics it's Coca Cola. Now I know why. 👍
@maggieg.recommendsandrants3081 Жыл бұрын
@@Ds-zv6oo Right? I thought I was experiencing the Mandela Effect!
@KeithB417 3 жыл бұрын
Almost 50 years ago it was a bit of a shocker. Add Lou Reed talking about Takin a walk on the wild side and your ride through the rabbit hole was complete.
@samsparks7239 2 жыл бұрын
My wife & I love this song so much. One of the very few we can agree on. Regardless of what the song is about, it was this song that we decided to name our daughter Lola.
@SilentEcho9194 Жыл бұрын
This song is way ahead of its time 😂 It's truly funny when people really listen to the lyrics. Some have sung along with it for years without actually hearing what it says 😂
@toothybj 3 жыл бұрын
On a side note, Weird Al Yankovic did a parody of this song called “Yoda”.
@retailescapeartist 3 жыл бұрын
Yo yo yo yo yoda!
@sven_86 3 жыл бұрын
man that would be an awesome one for him to review now haha
@TheJudge308 3 жыл бұрын
Came here to post that
@shanehebert396 3 жыл бұрын
Not just any parody, an awesome parody :)
@genevieveking8819 3 жыл бұрын
One of his best! 🤣😊🤣😊
@mikeledrew5830 3 жыл бұрын
Ray Davies has claimed that he was inspired to write "Lola" after Kinks manager Robert Wace spent a night in Paris dancing with a cross-dresser.
@timothy790110 3 жыл бұрын
"oh yea... ehh, it was Robert!"
@GBlues1 3 жыл бұрын
True. I watched an interview with the Kinks years ago, and they said “Lola” was a song based on an incident that happened with their manager. They wrote it to fuck with him! Lol!
@VortexGaming1121 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly this is my fave song of all time. The way the song builds up and layers is phenomenal and the vocals leaves chills
@cflo1386 3 жыл бұрын
I love the play on words with the lyrics, what a great song.
@DMB088 3 жыл бұрын
When I was in seventh grade, our Music Teacher had us pick a song and write down the lyrics and bring it to class to talk about. Even though it was about 12 years old at the time, I picked this song 😁 I was a shy girl, but I never shied away from being just a little bit different
@fleaflicker1451 3 жыл бұрын
Atta girl!!👏👏👏
@sophiejameson4064 3 жыл бұрын
Cool.
@jitkasuarez 3 жыл бұрын
Aw! Lovely. God bless!
@boomdelted 3 жыл бұрын
Anticipating your magnificent face for this song xD Waitin for that " hol'up"
@ThisCharmingBat 3 жыл бұрын
The best part!
@gerizkid 3 жыл бұрын
We know him well!
@p.millard557 3 жыл бұрын
The Kinks is one of the best British bands of the sixties and Lola is a Classic. Please do a reaction to: "You really got me", "Sunny Afternoon" and "Dead end street".
@powellmountainmike8853 2 жыл бұрын
Remember when this song came out, 1970... It was very groundbreaking.... no wonder it has become something of an anthem among the LGBT community.
@raefrommn4914 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely should do “Take a Walk on the Wild Side” by Lou Reed!!! Nice follow up to this song!
@hyperboloidofonesheet1036 3 жыл бұрын
"She's a Dancer" by Crack the Sky
@andrewhawkins6754 3 жыл бұрын
"Dude Looks Like a Lady" is a good option too
@Swampie419 3 жыл бұрын
Also "Rangers at Midnight" by Crack the Sky - would LOVE seeing Jamel react to that
@Amandafromappalachia 3 жыл бұрын
I second this 😂
@zyffyr 3 жыл бұрын
"Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis is another good one along those lines.
@chrisf.7980 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone's right, the next one you should do is Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side." ( produced by the late, great David Bowie, I might add) Seems like a great follow-up and I think you'll love the heavy bass & jazzy / blues sax playing in it.
@g0fvt 3 жыл бұрын
Both songs allegedly inspired by Candy Darling.
@mrenb7 3 жыл бұрын
Hear hear!
@blaneadams9657 3 жыл бұрын
You beat me to it, I was going to recommend this one, and you're exactly right.
@robby1816 3 жыл бұрын
Watched this purely for the reaction of realising who the song is about. Not disappointed.
@michaelscholl6384 3 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS reaction .......
@edgarcia4794 3 жыл бұрын
I remember walking with my nephews who were 6 and 8 years old to school in 1984 and they were singing this song.Their grandmother who was a bit of a prude and very self conscious about them signing this song in public asked them if they knew what the lyrics meant? And the eldest said "Yes grandma." and the youngest said "Love is love."
@rupertmiller9690 3 жыл бұрын
And then everyone clapped...
@edgarcia4794 3 жыл бұрын
@@rupertmiller9690 I smiled mom was speechless.
@richhoops2413 3 жыл бұрын
But this song is not about love. Just a line the kid hears everyday in school.
@mikeobrien717 3 жыл бұрын
The youngest kid....... was Albert Einstein.
@edgarcia4794 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikeobrien717 He grew up and became a high school teacher and has had many of his students keep in touch with him after they've left high school.
@williamjackson6705 3 жыл бұрын
Just think. This song is 50 years old & still got top 40 radio play. Incredible! One of my favorites of that year.
@chaipup7045 3 жыл бұрын
This version was banned on the BBC, due to the reference to a certain fizzy drink.
@blondelebanese9922 3 жыл бұрын
Mine too, here in the US❣️
@mindya1799 3 жыл бұрын
You would love "Walk On The Wild Side" haha
@KittKattKlub 3 жыл бұрын
And the colored girls go .......
@mindya1799 3 жыл бұрын
@@KittKattKlub "Doo do doo do doo do do doo..."
@sourisvoleur4854 3 жыл бұрын
But she never lost her head.
@mindya1799 3 жыл бұрын
@@sourisvoleur4854 Even when she was giving head...
@susanfrye6944 3 жыл бұрын
Loving your facial expressions when you realize what Lola is about
@B5Blue1968 3 жыл бұрын
The look on Jamel's face when he hears that line "Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man". Priceless
@normanleroy1874 3 жыл бұрын
Jamel picked up on it instantaneously, quicker than most!
@ThisCharmingBat 3 жыл бұрын
My husband is 50 and didn’t know what this song was about until a year or two ago. He has an ex named Lola and I would occasionally ask if she was really a woman “like Lola from the song”. He had no idea what I was talking about until he actually LISTENED to the lyrics a year or 2 ago.
@fleaflicker1451 3 жыл бұрын
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLa😂
@MsToksick 3 жыл бұрын
The growing look of concern was priceless
@nadsnatcher8187 3 жыл бұрын
Concern???
@Peaceful-Dez 3 жыл бұрын
I saw them in concert in the mid to late 80s and it was such a fun concert and all of us were signing to this song!
@frugalaudio 3 жыл бұрын
Jamel, you got that look on your face that says: Grandma don't want me talkin' 'bout this at church!! :-)
@kenharness 3 жыл бұрын
Fun note: This song was banned when it came out, but not because of the transvestite. It was because they used Coca Cola, a trademarked brand name. On the radio version he said cherry cola.
@grahamhauritz6395 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. The band manager got drunk and danced with what he thought was a woman at a club. That was the inspiration for the song.
@barryashby5394 3 жыл бұрын
An amazing song, this slow reveal and realization has been happening millions of times over the last 50+ years. The same reactions that we had in the 60s.
@MrDesertdogg69 3 жыл бұрын
Nice One Jamel. "Weird Al" Yankovic did a parody of this song called "Yoda"
@matthewgraham2619 3 жыл бұрын
And it's been some time since he's done any weird al.
@MrDesertdogg69 3 жыл бұрын
@@matthewgraham2619 Yeah it has been. Maybe he'll react to it? Let's hope right? Take care. Stay safe.
@Schwabguitar 3 жыл бұрын
Was just going to say, he's gotta do yoda now
@MrDesertdogg69 3 жыл бұрын
@@Schwabguitar Yes. For sure Codi. Take care. Stay safe.
@sageanimist48 3 жыл бұрын
It was Al’s birthday yesterday
@leewinstead917 3 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend tells me her ultra-religious father loves this song and she just laughs because he obviously has never paid attention to the words.
@6666Imperator 3 жыл бұрын
typical :D "its old and its rock so it is good! Lyrics? What are those?" :D
@gordowg1wg145 3 жыл бұрын
That is priceless - just hope she's around if, and when, it clicks! 🤣
@MrAdriaxe 3 жыл бұрын
Or he's deep in the closet.
@gordowg1wg145 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrAdriaxe Could be, I've always been suspicious of those who are strongly fundamantalist or 'macho'. To paraphrase the bard - 'methinks they doth protest too much', for much the same reason - to divert attention.
@astramouseeverywhere6923 3 жыл бұрын
I think our older fathers just see it as the “haha funny u got tricked bud” “scooby and shaggy cross dressing to escape the baddie” deal
@aretelivingarts 24 күн бұрын
I'm so glad I heard this song on the radio when I was a kid. It helped me grow up open-minded and accepting of people who are different.
@danbaxter2599 2 жыл бұрын
That glance at the camera is one of my favorite reactions of yours when you catch the lyrics. Love your videos, keep up the great work.
@traviscook5768 3 жыл бұрын
“I’m glad I’m a man and so is Lola.” A skillfully worded line that purposely makes you think, “Is she also glad the singer is a man or is she a man as well?”
@thegirlinquestion 3 жыл бұрын
confusing! are you saying that Lola is glad the singer is a man, as well as the man being glad Lola is a man??! ahh!
@dtop668 3 жыл бұрын
Probably the single best line ever written.
@xarglethegreat 3 жыл бұрын
why not both :P
@MearasRex 3 жыл бұрын
😳🤦🏼♀️ THAT'S what he says??? I'm 51. Always thought it said "I know what I am and in bed I'm a man and so was Lola."
@dawnwojtkowiak2554 3 жыл бұрын
@@MearasRex same, i have always misheard it and wondered how anyone could think it was ambigious... whoops
@nancycox7061 3 жыл бұрын
“The Kinks done went to kinky!” Dead 😂😂😂😂
@JohnSmith-ur4do 3 жыл бұрын
Did you all know that this song was originally banned from English radio not because of the subject matter but because it mentioned Coca-Cola which the BCC had a rule no one could mention commercial products in their songs ?
@eamonquinn5188 Жыл бұрын
Possibly the most compassionate song ever written, it's slightly jokey but there is a real feeling of love running through these lyrics, for the "young man" and for Lola. x
@ceeexemcee 3 жыл бұрын
The clue is in the title: Lo (masculine) La (feminine)
@drewcama5481 3 жыл бұрын
In what language? Le is Masculine and La is feminine in French.
@ceeexemcee 3 жыл бұрын
@@drewcama5481 In Italian La is a female definite article. Lo actually become L' for the male definite article..I was close, but no cigar c'est la vie
@thecityman1910 3 жыл бұрын
Yea, I'm not seeing that
@HUHBAT 3 жыл бұрын
I get it. Don't fret. ;-)
@dudley7540 3 жыл бұрын
Whoosh!
@ReeseMac 3 жыл бұрын
"Waterloo Sunset" , "Celluloid Heroes" & "Sunny Afternoon" are great reaction choices from The Kink.
@raygunsforronnie847 3 жыл бұрын
"Rudolph Valentino looks very much alive, as he looks up lady's dresses as they sadly pass him by." "To those who are successful, be always on your guard, success walks hand in hand with failure, down Hollywood Boulevard"
@thechomiji 3 жыл бұрын
Another vote for "Sunny Afternoon."
@ReeseMac 3 жыл бұрын
@@thechomiji I'd also toss in "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" and this one underrated song called "Did Ya".
@alenemarie 3 жыл бұрын
Sunny Afternoon cracks me up, lolol!
@chipdamutt108 3 жыл бұрын
Father Christmas
@JohnSmith_1920 3 жыл бұрын
i'm not the best at understanding lyrics while listening to a song and it took me to just now to realize what this song is about i love it even more now
@stevenfuller5333 2 жыл бұрын
Think how wonderful this world would be with a bazillion Jamels.
@rhettboy1 3 жыл бұрын
Man. This song was released in 1970... subject matter *WAY* ahead of its time. The Kinks were a great band for that. Wrote songs with lyrics that were well ahead of their time, and wrote songs that were musically ahead of their time too. You gotta listen to You Really Got Me by The Kinks after this. It was written in 1964 and it sounded nothing like any other song in 1964. They did things with sound and with lyrics that no one else was doing at the time.
@kayelle8005 3 жыл бұрын
Yes. A great song.
@clbcl5 3 жыл бұрын
After this version was released Coke complained about the use of their name as copy write infringement. The name was changed to Cherry Cola in in the more played version. The singer had to fly back to England from L.A. to record 2 words EDIT.. I found out the change from the word COKE was to get air play on BBC which did not allow anything that could be seen as an endorsement or advertising. The same as Dr. hook song " cover of the rolling stone" could not be played as it was seen as advertising for the magazine. They tried a song which said the name of the BBC magazine and it too was banned.
@drkjk 3 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that had to do with the law in England prohibiting product placement in songs. Paul Simon's "Kodachrome" was banned from airplay in Britain for that precise reason. Simon said he wasn't shilling for Kodak, and he probably wasn't, but the Brits didn't see it that way.
@christopherconard2831 3 жыл бұрын
It's a BBC rule against advertising. You couldn't have brand names in songs. The Beach Boys and a few other bands have had issues with it too.
@sugarpop6155 3 жыл бұрын
I would’ve thought the coke company would have been thrilled w free advertising. Sheesh
@clbcl5 3 жыл бұрын
@@drkjk It is a BBC regulation. The most famous case is DR.HOOK ....On the cover of the rolling stones. The BBC would not play it. DR. HOOK even did a version saying the name of the BBC's own magazine, it still did not work.
@scottsoloway 3 жыл бұрын
The change was made before the initial release in the UK on June 12, 1970 and was only used for the single version, not the LP track. Ray flew back to make the changes after the Minneapolis portion of the Kinks tour but had to go back and do it again after finishing the Chicago leg. The Kinks weren’t in LA that year until July 3.
@michaelairley2015 3 жыл бұрын
Haha. You can actually hear and see when the penny drops. Great to watch.
@gfpookah 3 жыл бұрын
He didn't go all the way, he realized the truth of the matter. Based on a true story about their manager.
@stoneblue1795 3 жыл бұрын
The live versions are fun. Also look up "Ape Man" by the Kinks.
@linnymaemullins3319 3 жыл бұрын
😍
@darrylcarden1851 3 жыл бұрын
Was going to suggest same song but ya’ beat me to it. 👍🏻
@franksmith7419 3 жыл бұрын
They dont have a greatest song. They are all amazing.
@papabones6307 3 жыл бұрын
Gotta love Ape Man.
@thatoneguyagain2252 3 жыл бұрын
"Ape Man" is the only song I ever heard on AM radio to drop the F-bomb. I guess they didn't notice
@dpoultski2499 3 жыл бұрын
You'll have to give us a reaction to Sweet Transvestite from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
@billboth6572 3 жыл бұрын
THIS!
@belindascott6916 3 жыл бұрын
We've been nagging for this one for months lol
@jfrommer6130 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, but the title gives it away
@LongandWeirdName 3 жыл бұрын
How'd you do?
@belindascott6916 3 жыл бұрын
@@LongandWeirdName ?
@artbagley1406 Жыл бұрын
JAKAJ ... As the lyrics morphed from sounds into understanding, you tilted your head like a little puppy hearing a strange sound, you know, that quizzical stare at the source of confusion. It's only been 2 days since I learned the background to this wonderful song; it's particularly relevant to our social world today. I can see it blowing up into new popularity if it's marketed correctly. Enjoyed your efforts on this one for sure!
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