The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman 1970 [EAC - FLAC] (oan)

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One 1970 [EAC - FLAC] 2004 (oan)



Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One is an album by the English rock

band The Kinks, recorded and released in 1970.



Lyrically, Lola versus Powerman is a satirical look at the various facets of the music industry

including song publishers ("Denmark Street"), unions ("Get Back in Line"), the hitmaking

machine ("Top of the Pops"), accountants and business managers ("The Moneygoround")

and the road ("This Time Tomorrow"). "Apeman" finds Davies becoming fed up with it all and

expressing a desire to leave society and go swinging through the jungle. The closing track,

"Got to Be Free", is an anthem for maintaining personal independence in the face of all

opposition. Musically, the album is an extremely varied affair, contrasting gentle ballads like

"Get Back in Line" and "A Long Way From Home" against songs like "Rats" and "Powerman",

two of the hardest rockers in the Kinks repertoire. "Denmark Street" and "The

Moneygoround", like much of Ray Davies's work, pay homage to the English music hall

tradition.



The album's most famous song and a worldwide hit single, "Lola", is about an encounter with

a tranvestite. Encouraged by his father, Davies consciously and carefully crafted the song to

be a hit after a long dry spell for the band on both the U.K. and U.S. charts. He was even

forced to fly from the United States to England to overdub the trademarked word "Coca-Cola"

from the original master tape to prevent potential legal problems. The success of the single

and album had important ramifications for the band's career at a critical time, allowing them to

negotiate a new contract with RCA Records, construct their own London Studio and assume

more creative and managerial control. "Lola" also became their most popular sing-a-long

anthem at concerts, as they struggled to regain a footing in the U.S. concert market after the

American Federation of Musicians, who had refused permits for the group to perform

concerts there since 1965, relented in 1969.

1. (02:42) - The Contenders

2. (03:20) - Strangers

3. (02:02) - Denmark Street

4. (03:04) - Get Back In Line

5. (04:01) - Lola

6. (03:39) - Top Of The Pops

7. (01:46) - The Moneygoround

8. (03:21) - This Time Tomorrow

9. (02:27) - A Long Way From Home

10. (02:40) - Rats

11. (03:52) - Apeman

12. (04:18) - Powerman

13. (03:01) - Got To Be Free[Bonus tracks]14. (04:08) - Lola (single A-side 1970, mono)

15. (03:41) - Apeman (alternate mix, mono)

16. (04:23) - Powerman (demo)



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