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The Kinks: Lola Vs. Powerman And The Moneygoround (Part One)

John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 7 January 1971

SO, APPARENTLY having forgotten the Byrds' words of caution, you wanna be a rock and roll star, eh? Before you trade in your stereo components toward the price of an electric guitar, there's this latest rock and roll essay by Ray Davies and his boys that your ears just have to read. Paragraph by paragraph it goes like this:

Total word count of piece: 753

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