Moby Criticizes Classic Rock Hit Lola

It's March 23rd.

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Moby stirred up some talk over the weekend by picking a classic rock track he says he can

no longer listen to.

In a feature for the Guardian, the producer named The Kinks, 1970 hit Lola, calling its lyrics

Gross and Transphobic after it popped up on, his Spotify playlist.

The song tells a story of a guy who meets a character named Lola in a bar with a twist

in the final verse that sparked a bay right away.

Some see Lola as a trans woman, others as a cross-dresser, but the band stuck to the idea

that it does not matter what sex she is.

Back when Lola came out, it climbed the charts but faced pushback from radio stations.

UK DJs often faded it out before the big reveal, and some spots in Australia band it completely.

Not everyone agrees with Moby's take.

A trans musician named Jane County has long praised the track for opening doors to real-world

stories about all kinds of people, even referencing it in her own songwriting.

The discussion shows how views on old tunes keep evolving with the times, leaving fans

to decide for themselves what holds up today.