Lo-lo-lo-lo Lola\u2019s got them ma-ma-ma-ma mad.<\/p>\n
Celebrated musician and producer Moby took a cheap shot at the Kinks in a biting new interview published Sunday, calling the British rockers\u2019 classic \u201cLola\u201d \u201cunevolved\u201d \u2014 and sparking a nasty spat with the rock icons.<\/p>\n
\u201cLola by the Kinks came up on a Spotify playlist, and I thought the lyrics were gross and transphobic,\u201d Moby said during a sit-down with the Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cI like their early music, but I was really taken aback at how unevolved the lyrics are.\u201d<\/p>\n Kinks guitarist Dave Davies took exception to Moby\u2019s jab at their hit \u201cLola.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n The jab didn\u2019t sit well with Kinks\u2019 guitarist Dave Davies, the brother of front man and songwriter Ray Davies \u2014 who even invoked the name of a noted transgender punk rocker in his sharp rebuke.<\/p>\n \u201cTo @thelittleidiot Moby\u2019s criticism of our song LOLA these are the words sent to me and Ray from our dear friend trans icon @jaynecounty27 #JayneCounty,\u201d Davies wrote in a scathing X post<\/a>. \u201cI am highly insulted that MOBY would accuse my brother of being \u2018unevolved\u2019 or transphobic in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n Jayne County is a punk icon and onetime regular at CBGB\u2019s during the 1970s punk explosion under the name Wayne County, and was one of the first transgender music industry figures to come out publicly.<\/p>\n Moby, born Richard Hall, uses thelittleidiot as his handle on X but has not posted in recent years.<\/p>\n Musician and producer Moby said the Kinks\u2019 tune \u201cLola\u201d is \u201cgross\u201d and \u201cunevolved.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cLola,\u201d the 1970 classic tune by the Kinks, hit No. 1 in the UK and reached the Top 10 in the US.<\/p>\n Released in 1970, \u201cLola\u201d is a tune about a young man who falls for a drag queen while out at a Soho nightclub, a brave statement at a time of societal uncertainty over gender identity.<\/p>\n \u201cGirls will be boys and boys will be girls, it\u2019s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world, except for Lola,\u201d the lyrics say. \u201cI\u2019d never ever kissed a woman before but Lola smiled and took me by the hand and said, \u2018Dear boy, I\u2019m gonna make you a man.’\u201d<\/p>\n The tune hit No. 1 on the British charts and rose into the Top 10 in the US, and is still considered one of the band\u2019s most popular and recognizable songs.<\/p>\n Jayne County, formerly Wayne County, was a transgender punk icon and a regular at CBGB\u2019s in the 1970s. Ian Dickson \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n