So we leave the 1960’s behind and take our first tentative steps into the new decade by looking at… one of the most defining bands of the Sixties. But there’s no way this series couldn’t discuss “Lola”, which peaked at Number 2 in the UK charts in the summer of 1970. And the reason it couldn’t possibly be passed by is because it is essentially perfect. Of all the singles by The Kinks – and some of them are beyond outstanding – “Lola” is the perfect summary of everything the band is. Post-“Lola” and its accompanying album, the catchily-titled Lola vs Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part 1, the Kinks would have one more bona fide hit – the aged-like-milk “Apeman” – then never trouble the top ten again on either side of the Atlantic.
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