SCHNOZZOLA - A Parody of Lola | Don Caron

Executive Producers Sally Headley and Jerry Pender To help keep Parody Project alive and functioning, please visit https://parodyproject.com/supportus Parody Project Store: https://parodyproject.com/shop To become a Patron of Parody Project please visit our Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/parodyproject You can sign up to our mailing list on our website so you don't miss any of our new posts. https://parodyproject.com/subscribe/ LYRICS to SCHNOZZOLA Pandemic’s still here in case you mighta forgot when you wear your mask and it’s down below your schnozzola defeats the whole goal-a You say it’s too hot makes it hard to talk but the top of your mask is not designed to be a loophole-a Didn’t get the memo-a Cover up your schnozzola Glasses fogging up - difficult to breath you won’t have that trouble when you end up six feet below-a no mask for your soul-a You have some rights and your right to have some opinions but you’d better sneeze into your elbow-a and shut off the flow-a from your schnozzola If you think your freedoms have been infringed it’s your excuse to come unhinged If you think a mask just wrecks your style and you’re handicapped by your absent smile you might be wearing yours beneath your schnoz I’m here to tell you that it makes you look like a mole-a accents your schnozzola when you pull it below-a Don’t walk out the door Your schnoz hanging out Can kill with your snout Put a mask on please Do it for yourself if not for me I know it’s a challenge to comprehend but you could accidentally kill a friend that’s the toll-a when you free your schnozzola So put that stretchy band in its place cover up your mouth and don’t forget about your schnozzola schno -no-no-nozola Maybe you always got your way or maybe it’s just a game you play But this is a matter of life and death about someone else’s right to breath Sometimes an issue’s not about you there’s a larger meaning to what you chose to bestow-a you and your schnozzola you and your schnozzola ABOUT THE ORIGINAL SONG "Lola" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by English rock band the Kinks on their album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. The song details a romantic encounter between a young man and a possible cross-dresser, whom he meets in a club in Soho, London. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man". The song was released in the United Kingdom on 12 June 1970, while in the United States it was released on 28 June 1970. Commercially, the single reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. The track has since become one of The Kinks' most iconic and popular songs, later being ranked number 422 on "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", but was removed in the updated 2012 list. "Lola" was also ranked number 473 on the "NME's 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time" list. Ray Davies has claimed that he was inspired to write "Lola" after Kinks manager Robert Wace spent a night in Paris dancing with a cross-dresser. Davies said of the incident, "In his apartment, Robert had been dancing with this black woman, and he said, 'I'm really onto a thing here.' And it was okay until we left at six in the morning and then I said, 'Have you seen the stubble?' He said 'Yeah', but he was too pissed [intoxicated] to care, I think". Drummer Mick Avory has offered an alternative explanation for the song's lyrics, claiming that "Lola" was partially inspired by Avory's frequenting of certain bars in West London. Avory said, "We used to know this character called Michael McGrath. He used to hound the group a bit, because being called The Kinks did attract these sorts of people. He used to come down to Top of the Pops, and he was publicist for John Stephen's shop in Carnaby Street. He used to have this place in Earl's Court, and he used to invite me to all these drag queen acts and transsexual pubs. They were like secret clubs. And that's where Ray [Davies] got the idea for 'Lola'. When he was invited too, he wrote it while I was getting drunk". Ray Davies has denied claims that the song was written about a date between himself and Candy Darling—Davies contends the two only went out to dinner together and that he had known the whole time that Darling was trans. Since its release, "Lola" has appeared on multiple compilation and live albums. In 1980, a live version of the song from the album One for the Road was released as a single in the US and some European countries, becoming a minor hit. In the Netherlands it became #1, just as in 1970 with the studio version. Other versions include live renditions from 1972's Everybody's in Show-Biz and 1996's To the Bone. The "Lola" character also made an appearance in the lyrics of the band's 1981 song, "Destroyer".