History Music / LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne

* AmbiguousSyntax: A classic example with "I'm glad I'm a man, and so is Lola." Lola's also glad he's a man? Or Lola also ''is'' a man?

* LongTitle: The Kinks were fond of long titles -- ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety'', ''Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)'', but ''Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One'' takes the cake for being long, zany and memorable .

* [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Avory]] - drums, percussion

''Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One'' is the eighth studio album by Music/TheKinks, released in 1970. While not a big seller initially, it proved to be a critical success and featured the BreakawayPopHit "Lola", which topped the ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' chart in the UK and gave the band their first Top 10 hit in the US in five years. It is generally considered by most aficionados to be one of their greatest albums and a classic of its era. The album was initially floated as a two-part album, hence the otherwise confusing "Part One" at the end of the title. (There were plans for a "Part Two", but the band went in a different direction with ''Percy'' and ''Music/MuswellHillbillies''.) It is also their first Kinks album to officially feature keyboardist John Gosling, who'd joined the band the previous year.

''Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One'' is the eighth studio album by Music/TheKinks, released in 1970. While not a big seller initially, it proved to be a critical success and featured the BreakawayPopHit "Lola", which topped the ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' chart in the UK and gave the band their first Top 10 hit in the US in five years. It is generally considered by most aficionados to be one of their greatest albums and a classic of that era. The album was initially floated as a two-part album, hence the otherwise confusing "Part One" at the end of the title. (There were plans for a "Part Two", but the band went in a different direction with ''Percy'' and ''Music/MuswellHillbillies''.) It is also their first album to officially feature keyboardist John Gosling, who'd joined the band the previous year.

''Lola'' is a ConceptAlbum in that it deals with the Music Industry and the consequences of a career in the business -- the agents, the hangers-on, the publishers, the soul-crushing capitalism, the constant touring and loneliness. Of course given the nature of Ray Davies style, there's a lot of {{Applicability}} in terms of lyrics and the general theme is how life is full of compromises, melancholy and regret but friends and relationships make it worthwhile. Two of the songs, "Lola" and "Apeman" were released as singles, and stand out for its more general themes -- romantic confusion and modern-life lacking fulfilment.

The album has become more prominent in the millennial decade thanks to its use as soundtrack in several recent films. Creator/WesAnderson's ''Film/TheDarjeelingLimited'' (which uses three songs from the album) and the French film, "Les Amants reguliers" (also featuring "This Time Tomorrow"). The 2012 indie film, ''Lola Versus'' also gives a ShoutOut to the title of this album. Music/WeirdAlYankovic also memorably parodied "Lola" as [[Music/DareToBeStupid "Yoda"]] in 1985.

''Lola'' is a ConceptAlbum in that it deals with the Music Industry and the consequences of a career in the business -- the agents, the hangers on, the publishers, the soul-crushing capitalism, the constant touring and loneliness. Of course given the nature of Ray Davies style, there's a lot of {{Applicability}} in terms of lyrics and the general theme is how life is full of compromises, melancholy and regret but friends and relationships make it worthwhile. Two of the songs, "Lola" and "Apeman" were released as singles, and stand out for its more general themes -- romantic confusion and modern-life lacking fulfilment.

''Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One'' is the eighth studio album by Music/TheKinks, released in 1970. While not a big seller initially, it proved to be a critical success and featured the BreakawayPopHit "Lola", which topped the ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' chart in the UK and gave the band their first Top 10 hit in the US in five years. It is generally considered by most aficionados to be one of their greatest albums and a classic of that era. The album was initially floated as a two-part album, hence the otherwise confusing "Part One" at the end of the title. There were plans for a "Part Two" but the band went in a different direction with ''Percy'' and ''Music/MuswellHillbillies''. It is also their first album to officially feature keyboardist John Gosling, who'd joined the band the previous year.

''Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One'' is the eighth studio album by Music/TheKinks, released in 1970. While not a big seller initially, it proved to be a critical success and featured the BreakawayPopHit "Lola", which topped the ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' chart in the UK and gave the band their first Top 10 hit in the US in five years. It is generally considered by most aficionados to be one of their greatest albums and a classic of that era. The album was initially floated as a two-part album, hence the otherwise confusing "Part One" at the end of the title. There were plans for a "Part Two" but the band went in a different direction with ''Percy'' and ''Music/MuswellHillbillies''. It is also their first album to officially feature keyboardist John Gosling, who joined the band the previous year.

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[[caption-width-right:320:''El-oh-el-aye Lola.'']]

''Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One'' is the eighth studio album by Music/TheKinks, released in 1970. It proved to be a critical and commercial success featuring the BreakawayPopHit "Lola". It is generally considered by most aficionados to be one of their greatest albums and a classic of that era. The album was initially floated as a two-part album, hence the otherwise confusing "Part One" at the end of the title. There were plans for a "Part Two" but the band went in a different direction with ''Percy'' and ''Music/MuswellHillbillies''. It is also their first album to officially feature keyboardist John Gosling, who joined the band the previous year.

* GenreShift: "The Moneygoround" is SomethingCompletelyDifferent. It wouldn't sound out-of-place in an old-fashioned music hall. Likewise "Apeman" suddenly introduces a kind of Reggae sound in an otherwise conventional blues-ballad rock album, with Ray Davies singing the verses with a Reggae twang ("They're walking around like flies, mon"). Still awesome.

The album has become more prominent in the millennial decade thanks to its use as soundtrack in several recent films. Creator/WesAnderson's ''Film/TheDarjeelingLimited'' (which uses three songs from the album) and the French film, "Les Amants reguliers" (also featuring "This Time Tomorrow"). The 2012 indie film, ''Lola Versus'' also gives a ShoutOut to the title of this album.

* LongTitle: The Kinks were fond of long titles -- ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety, ''Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)'', but ''Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One'' takes the cake for being long, zany and memorable .

* RockStarSong: "Top Of The Pops" is an intentionally naïve and starstruck-sounding song about first experience with rock stardom.

** "Apeman", from the title onwards, recalls the {{Franchise/Tarzan}} character and also name-drops ''Film/KingKong'' and generally has fun with the Chimp theme.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: From "A Long Way From Home":

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[[caption-width-right:350:''El-oh-el-aye Lola.'']]

* LongTitle: The Kinks were fond of long titles -- ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety, ''Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)'', but ''Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One'' takes the cake for being long, zany and memorable .