Kinks / Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround - Part One (US, Reprise Records, RS 6423) <November 27, 1970>

Kinks / Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround - Part One (US, Reprise Records, RS 6423) <November 27, 1970>
(SIDE 1) RS-6428-31128-A 1B
(SIDE 2) RS-6423-31129-B 1B

アルバム一枚を通して、ロック・シンガーの成功譚・・・というにはコミカルで自虐的な物語（おそらく自伝）になっています。Moneygoroundは、メリー・ゴー・ラウンドから作られた造語でカネにまつわる狂騒を意味するんだと思います。音楽として聴いても楽しめる「一家に一枚」レベルで推奨の決定的な名盤。

"Lola"

I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [LP version - Coca-Cola:]
C O L A cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
L O L A Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walk like a woman but talk like a man
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said little boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Well I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said little boy I'm gonna make you a man

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

歌詞の「コカコーラ」がBBCのNGワードのためツアー中のバンドは「チェリーコーラ」に差し替えるだけのためにニューヨークからイギリスに帰ったそうです。藤岡藤巻が「紅白に出るのに抵触するから"牛乳トイレットペーパー海苔"というタイトルにした」と言っていたのを思い出しました。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemG0cvc4oU&index=5&list=PL40xdWb-2paf3N_48AI9WOgqKoIEs8I_I

ジャケがアシュラ男爵みたい。。。。