rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (10/19/84)
> The Kink's classic "Lola" comes to > mind, but homosexuality might or might not qualify as a perversion anymore. > Baba Is Lola about a) a man's encounter with a transvestite/transsexual OR b) a man's encounter with a dominatrix? Davies has always been ambiguous about the true meaning of the song. "I know who I am and I'm glad I'm a man, and so's Lola." Is she glad he's a man, too, or is she a man herself as well? (HUH?) "Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, it's a mixed-up muddled-up shook-up world 'cept for Lola." TRIVIA QUESTION: What's the difference between the American release of this song and the British release? ANSWER: Va gur Nzrevpna irefvba gur jbeqf "Pbpn-Pbyn" jrer ercynprq jvgu "pureel pbyn". Lola was also but one of a series of songs with extended redundant endings (starting with "Hey, Jude" and "Atlantis"). BUT... does anyone remember (while we're on the topic): "She's a boy that we like and he's gonna go far" from "Lawnchairs" by Our Daughter's Wedding ? -- "I was dreaming when I wrote this. Forgive me if it goes astray." Rich Rosen pyuxd!rlr