The Kinks’ Dave Davies Hits Back At Moby For Calling “Lola” Transphobic

Today as part of The Guardian's Honest Playlist column, Moby revealed the song he can no longer listen to: "'Lola' by the Kinks came up on a Spotify playlist, and I thought the lyrics were gross and transphobic," he said. "I like their early music, but I was really taken aback at how unevolved the lyrics are." Moby didn't specify exactly which lyrics bothered him in the 1970 hit, on which Ray Davies proclaims: "Girls will be boys and boys will be girls/ It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, except for Lola." Music historians have cited it as an early LGBT anthem, which was pretty much Davies' goal with the song: "I did a bit of research with drag queens," he said in a 50-year retrospective. "I admire anyone who can get up and be what they want to be." The post The Kinks’ Dave Davies Hits Back At Moby For Calling “Lola” Transphobic appeared first on Stereogum.