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Mar 3, 2021 · “Lola” was banned by the BBC for its use of a single word. Interestingly, the BBC was not offended by the song’s mention of cross-dressing, but by something else entirely.
- Matt Trzcinski
The BBC banned the track for a different reason: the original stereo recording had the words "Coca-Cola" in the lyrics, but because of BBC Radio's policy against product placement, Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000-mile (9,700 km) round-trip flight from New York to London and back on June 3, 1970, interrupting the band's American tour, to ...
May 19, 2019 · While the BBC was so scandalised by the song’s use of the words “Coca-Cola” that it banned the track (because of its policy against product placement, whether voluntary or otherwise), other...
Jun 5, 2021 · The Kinks' 'Lola' was banned because it was about a transgender woman, the song was the first to discuss this matter and it ended up blocked by radio.
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.
Jun 12, 2020 · For one last time in 1970, the band who had revolutionised pop six years before with You Really Got Me ’s proto-punk roar had seized back their crown. October 1969 had already seen a vital shift in fortunes, when The Kinks started their first US tour since 1965, ending a ruinous, mysterious ban.
Jun 12, 2020 · 'Lola,' the hit by The Kinks about an ingenue who "walked like a woman but talked like a man," is turning 50. Some transgender people are celebrating the "life saving" song.
