Originally released in 1984, this track has been covered by the likes of Crash Test Dummies and Joan Jett who share an affinity for its message.
“She says it helps their relationship /She says a change is as good as a rest /And their friends finally coming ’round to their way of thinking/She wears the trousers and smokes the pipe /And he washes up/ She helps him wipe/Cause when he puts on that dress/He looks like a princess.” The band followed this up eight years later with “Out of the Wardrobe,” a homophobic track (even using the word “faggot” in one of its lines), but worth noting for its story about a trans woman who comes out to her wife, that ultimately has a happy ending. Lo lo lo lo Lola,” it’s with affection rather than disdain for his love interest. It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, Except for Lola.
When Kinks singer Ray Davies croons, “Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls. The 1970 song “Lola” has been debated as transphobic, but others see it as a love story between a cis man and the trans woman he unexpectedly falls for. 11 Transgender & Non-Binary Musicians You Need to Know
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