Edit from below:  I just knew I find a few of those "this isn't the best version" comments if I read down the page a little.  Yeah, maybe it is, maybe it isn't.  Still has value, yes?

Sorry it makes you cry.  Life is often mean and cruel, or maybe it's just incredibly indifferent to humans and our emotions.  Personally, I find this is a love song; the guy finds love in a place he didn't really know existed.  And he's happy.

This song makes me cry... personal reasons....but I would`nt and won`t stop listening it... 

Good documentary playing on TV this month:
A Midlife Crisis Prompts Mission To Reunite The Kinks 

 Propayne wrote: 

Yes to both questions.  There are some extremely attractive Trannies out there, BTW.  Extremely.

 Shimmer wrote: 

For historical accuracy.  Every live performance is a unique experience.  In the case of this particular one, you can hear me in background.  Thank you, thank you very much.

 black321 wrote: 
The only reason I remember my 11th grade science teacher's name is because of this song.  His name was Mr. Studola.  So of course, we would all sing Stud-da-da-da-dola whenever he walked in the room. 

 Shimmer wrote: 
Because this one is very good too and it's the most recent live cut of the song from an excellent, possibly among the last, Kinks live performance.

My jr. high schooler son is going through a Weird Al phase... I keep hearing Yo-Da.

Nice!

There are some much better live versions of this song out there. Why play this one?

 vandal wrote: 
Right you are.

One of the great Rock and Roll questions;

Is Lola a man, or is she glad he's a man?

Such a great song. 

 pinklife wrote: 
Vitamin C, you need all you can get when taking gel tabs.   

 robco1 wrote: 
It wasn't censored because of any drug reference, but because of a BBC rule against product placements like that.

And even without the BBC, the Coca Cola line isn't a drug reference. It's just a comment on how the singer drank a bit too much too fast. The champagne was easy to drink... could have said it "taste just like Dr. Pepper" but that dun't rhyme too good with Lola.

pinklife wrote:
Grapefruit and green gel tabs? Wow, now I'm feeling a little naive . . .

radiojunkie wrote:
Censored? Coke sued or something? I find it hard to believe the drug double-entendre would get noticed in a song about a transvestite, even back in the day . . .

I was a little kid when this came out; took years for the meaning to sink in.

Takes me back to the dorm room, grapefruit, and green gel tabs...pretty sure I discovered the point of religion that night.  If only I could remember...

 OHMish wrote: 
This is an eclectic radio station yet you complain about the choices played.

Tell me then, son, why are you here? Go back to your spoon fed Clear Channel crap.

Have a nice day

stop

Sorry — live version just doesn't do it for me. Plus, they used the "censored" version of the lyrics — cherry cola instead of Coca-Cola! How lame is that?

Live version is helping this tune with me back.

One of my faverite songs to bash out on my old Takamine

Never thought this was among their best songs, but this version is outstanding.

zaknafein wrote:

It was on Dare To Be Stupid. My best friend had it on tape, and we wore that thing out!

UltraNurd wrote:

nah man, you do it how you do it, and don't let anyone tell you it's wrong! the high-five emoticon was meant to express the congruence of our responses, not the difference.

This is not the live version we used to play when I was a kid. That version was much better than this.