The Kinks livestreaming new special based on ‘Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround’
The Kinks recently reissued their 1970 album
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, which includes their hits Lola and Apeman, as a deluxe 50th anniversary box set which was overseen by Ray Davies. It includes new medleys with Ray & Dave Davies in intimate conversation in Ray’s kitchen, as well as nine new Ray Davies remixes and out-takes from the original session tapes, previously unreleased session and live tapes, instrumental and acoustic versions, previously unreleased demos and BBC material, 7 represses of Lola and Apeman, a 60-page book, and more. “The album is a celebration of artistic freedom (including my own) and the right for anyone to be gender free if one wishes, says Kinks frontman Ray Davies. The secret is to be a good and trusting person and friend.”
Continuing the 50th celebrations and following December’s special multi-format release of
Lola Versus Powerman and the
Moneygoround, Part One,
The Kinks return again with the unveiling of The Moneygoround one-man show live stream - available to watch as a one time broadcast HERE at The Kinks’ YouTube channel on January 29th at 8PM (GMT). Subscribe to the channel now to set a reminder.
Ray commented: “
The Moneygoround is a one-man show documenting a character facing the challenging circumstances of making an album under extreme pressure. This play, similar to a psychodrama, follows the ups and downs of the character as he plays out events in his life. He confronts the dark forces surrounding him after falling into an emotional and financial hole eventually he is saved by a song after confiding in his friend, Lola.
Dave Davies recalls the making of 1970 s Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One as a period of transition for the Kinks, who were forging ahead into a future whose trajectory they couldn t quite make out on the horizon. We didn’t know where we were going, the guitarist says. But it seemed like it might be a good place.
As it turns out, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One took the Kinks to a very good place in the U.S., where it managed to become the band s highest-charting studio release since 1964 s You Really Got Me, a debut whose U.S. pressing shared a title with their breakthrough single.
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Dave Davies recalls the making of 1970 s Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One as a period of transition for the Kinks, who were forging ahead into a future whose trajectory they couldn t quite make out on the horizon. We didn’t know where we were going, the guitarist says. But it seemed like it might be a good place.
As it turns out, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One took the Kinks to a very good place in the U.S., where it managed to become the band s highest-charting studio release since 1964 s You Really Got Me, a debut whose U.S. pressing shared a title with their breakthrough single.