Best rock n roll song about rock n roll?

[Radical Activist]

Poll question: Best rock n roll song about rock n roll?

I'm listening to Velvet Underground right now and man do they kick so much ass!

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1. how could you omit "rock and roll music" by the beatles??

it's gotta be rock and roll music
if you wanna dance with me!

[Radical Activist]

3. oh yeah. Good one.

But wasn't that a cover? I don't remember who did it first. Chuck Berry maybe?

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5. chuck berry wrote it, but the beatles perfected it

[Radical Activist]

6. Ok. I'll add it to the poll.

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11. thanks, but, nuts! i already voted for "other"! :)

[Radical Activist]

12. doh!

:shrug:

[jus_the_facts]

24. You Can't Kill Rock'n'Roll ~ Ozzy

....it's here to staaaay...yeah! :headbang:

[stellanoir]

2. another classic

came to mind. . ."Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. . .

"Look a them yoyos. . ."

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. How about "Turn the Page"?

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9. that's not about rock so much as it's about touring

and on that theme, i'd put jackson browne's "the load out / stay" at the top.

[Radical Activist]

10. I would have included that song

if it wasn't so lame. :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. VU.

But the Pixies' "Rock Music" holds a special place in my heart.

[CanuckAmok]

8. Motorhead - Built for Speed:

You know the rules, you all know the game
Try and do whats right
And I swear I can't complain
If I die tonight
But I don't think its in the stars
For me to go that way
I'll be here for a long, long time babe
I'm here to stay

(Chorus)
I was born to rock'n'roll, everything I need
I was born with the hammer down
I was built for speed.

Bet your life it ain't no easy money
But you won't hear me bitch
Spent a long time wrecked and funny
I've got the ten year itch
See me running all around the world
Trying to make some time
A million miles, a million girls
A million real good times

Chorus

Don't you listen to a single word
Against rock'n'roll
The new religion, the electric church
The only way to go
I don't give a good goddam
My lifes been alright
I'm gonna crazy out of my mind
Every single night.

Chorus

[Magrittes Pipe]

13. Not fair.

Every Motorhead song about ANYTHING is the best song about that particular thing ever written.

It should be assumed that Radical Activist was talking about non-Motorhead songs.

[johnnie]

14. What?

No "Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger?
Kidding...

[Radical Activist]

23. hehehehe

I probably should have included that, but I won't.

[asthmaticeog]

15. "Hey Hey, My My."

[Radical Activist]

20. How could I forget that one?!

I even thought to myself "Didn't Neil Young do some song about rock?" But then the moment passed.

[sportndandy]

16. Led Zepplin "Rock 'n Roll"

Been a long time since I rock n roll
been so long since I did the stroll

been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time

[Radical Activist]

21. Oh yeah. That used to be one of my favorite songs.

Hmm...maybe I should have made this poll AFTER I had breakfast and woke up.

[salin]

17. Bye Bye Miss American Pie

"The Day the Music Died" = tribute to the death of Holly and Valens - a bit indirect per about rock n roll - but nonethe less...

[Lone Pawn]

33. Certainly.

[Theres-a]

18. Do you remember Rock n' Roll radio

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. Do you remember lying in bed

With the covers pulled up over your head
Radio playin' so no-one could see?
We need change, and we need it fast
Before rock's just part of the past
'cause lately it all sounds the same to me.


Great choice. My favorite Ramones song.

[Theres-a]

27. GabbaGabba Hey!

I love da ramones.peace.

[UdoKier]

19. None of the above. (wet blanket alert)

I hate songs about rock n' roll. They are inherently cheesy.

[Radical Activist]

22. hahaha I changed the poll again!!

Its my poll so I get to screw it up all I want! I added Led Zeppelin's Rock n Roll and took out that dumb song from Grease.

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26. why didn't you include "heart of rock 'n roll' by huey lewis and the news?

oh yeah, right, because it truly SUCKS!

[Radical Activist]

29. lol Exactly! n/t

[no name no slogan]

28. David Essex -- Rock On

Not a rocking song per se, but a very moody, evocative tune about the state of rock-n-roll in the early 70s:

Hey kid, rock and roll
Rock on, ooh, my soul
Hey kid, boogey too, did ya

Hey shout, summertime blues
Jump up and down in my blue suede shoes
Hey kid, rock and roll, rock on

And where do we go from here
Which is the way that's clear

Still looking for that blue jean, baby queen
Prettiest girl I ever seen
See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean
(James Dean)



And where do we go from here
Which is the way that's clear

Still looking for that blue jean, baby queen
Prettiest girl I ever seen
See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean
Rock on
Rock on
Rock on

Hey, hey
Rock and roll
Rock on

Rock on
Hey, hey
Rock and roll
Rock on

Rock on
Hey, hey
Rock and roll
Rock on

Rock on
Hey, hey
Rock and roll
Rock on........

[NightTrain]

30. "That Is Rock and Roll," The Coasters.

The dynamite B-side of "Along Came Jones."

[caledesi]

31. How about "I Dig Rock & Roll Music" - Mamas & Papas

How soon we forget.

[Blue_In_AK]

36. Didn't Peter, Paul & Mary do that one?

I seem to recall it on the same album as "Leaving on a Jet Plane." Maybe Mamas and the Papas wrote it.

[progmom]

37. it was Peter Paul & Mary - on Album 1700

Yes - you are right. There is a reference to the Mamas and the Papas in the lyrics.

[caledesi]

38. My mistake...it was PP&M. nt

[caledesi]

39. Txs. Now I know why I was thinking of the Mamas and Papas. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

41. Here ya go.......

I dig the mamas and the papas at "the trip,"
Sunset strip in l.a.
And they got a good thing goin'
When the words don't get in the way.
And when they're really wailing,
Michelle and cass are sailin'.
Hey! they really nail me to the wall.

[tsakshaug]

32. rock and roll hoochie koo

Rick Derringer

[kwassa]

45. I agree with this choice, very good song

[bobthedrummer]

34. The entire work: Joe's Garage Pts. 1&2 by Frank Zappa

"Crew Slut" for instance.

[deutsey]

44. Zappa's "Flower Punk"

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand?
Hey Punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand?

Well, I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a psychedelic band.
I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a psychedelic band.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that button on your shirt?
Hey Punk, where you goin' with that button on your shirt?

I'm goin' to the love-in to sit & play my bongos in the dirt.
Yes, I'm goin' to the love-in to sit & play my bongos in the dirt.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that hair on your head?
Hey Punk, where you goin' with that hair on your head?

I'm goin' to the dance to get some action, then I'm goin' home to bed.
I'm goin' to the dance to get some action, then I'm goin' home to bed.

Hey Punk, where you goin' with those beads around your neck?
Hey Punk, where you goin' with those beads around your neck?

I'm goin' to the shrink so he can help me be a nervous wreck . . .

Hey Punk!
Punky!
Hey Punk!
Punk!
Hey Punk!
(Hey Punk!)
Hey Punk!
Hey Punk!
Punky!
(Hey Punk!)
Hey-hey!
(Hey Punk!)
Go man, go . . . go man, go . . .
Just a little bit softer
Golly, do I ever have a lot of soul!
Punk, I think I love you!
Come on, Roy
Questi dominga?

Let me see that nose, it didn't . . .
Orale!
I wanna know for sure!
Leave my nose alone please!
What are you trying to do?
He's gonna stand over there
Bigashi' nunga!
But this is Cheetah
Buirote
Chita!

FZ on the left:
It's one of the most exciting things that's ever happened to me. You know, every time I think about how lucky I am to be in the rock & roll industry, it's SO exciting. You know, when I first got into the rock & roll business I could barely even play the changes to this song on my, on my guitar. But now I'm very proficient at it, I can play the guitar, I can strum it rhythmically, I can sing along with my guitar as I strum. I can strum, sing, dance, I can make merry fun all over the stage. And you know, it's so wonderful to . . . It's wonderful to feel that I'm doing something for the kids, because I know that the kids and their music are where it's at. The youth of America today is so wonderful . . . And I'm proud to be a part of this gigantic mass deception. I hope she sees me twirling, yes . . . I hope she sees me dancing and twirling, I will say: "Hello, dolly!" Is the song over?

FZ on the right:
Boy, this is really exciting, making a rock & roll record. I can't even wait until our record comes out and the teen-agers start to buy it. We'll all be rich and famous! When my royalty check comes I think I'm going to buy a Mustang. No, I think I'll . . . I think I'll get a Corvette. No, I think I'll get a Harley Davidson. No, I don't think I'll buy any of those cars. I think what I will do is I will buy a boat. No, that wouldn't be good either. I think, ah, I'll go into real estate. I think I would like to . . . I think I would like to buy La Cienega Boulevard. No, that wouldn't do any good. Gee, I wonder if they can see me up here, twirling my tambourine and dancing . . .
Maybe after the show one of the girls who sees me up here, singing and twirling my tambourine and dancing, will like me. And she will come over to me and I will walk . . . I will walk up to her and I will smile at her and I will impress her and I will say: "Hello, baby, what's a girl like you doing in a place like this? I'm from a rock & roll band, I think we should . . . "
Is the song over?

Center mumbling:
Ay, ay!
Mingia!
There she is!
Ay!
Buirote.
When do we get paid for this?
Ay, ay!
. . . papa . . . huevos
Huevos?
Rock, bop, rock & roll
Rock, bop . . .
One more time!
Un . . .
Stop sloppy rock & roll
Bop bop bop!
YEAH! WHEEE!

[GOPBasher]

35. I went with Led Zeppelin, but I'm not a huge fan of any of those songs. nt

[deutsey]

40. Rock And Roll Lifestyle by Cake

Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly.
how much did you pay for your bad moto guzi?
and how much did you spend on your black leather jacket?
is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?

Now tickets to concerts and drinking at clubs,
Sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of.
And how much did you pay for your rock'n'roll t-shirt?
That proves you were there,
That you heard of them first

How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
oh, tell me.
Oh yeah,
All right,
All right
Oh yeah
All right
Oh

How much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar,
The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show?
And how much will he pay for a brand new guitar,
One which he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show?

And how long will the workers keep building him new ones?
As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
and how long will the workers keep building him new ones?
as long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.

Oh yeah,
Oh yeah,
Oh yeah,
All Right
Ho!
Oh, ho ho ho,
oh no

Aging black leather and hospital bills,
Tattoo removal and dozens of pills.
Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments,
But rock on completely with some brand new components.

Now,
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
All right,
Oh yeah,
So good,
Oh baby

Excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking what they're selling.
Your self-destruction doesn't hurt them.
Your chaos won't convert them.
They're so happy to rebuild it.
You'll never really kill it.
Oh, yeah
Yeah, excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking what they're selling.
Excess ain't rebellion.
You're drinking,
You're drinking,
Oh, yeah
You're drinking what they're selling.
Oh
Yeah
All right
Oh
Yeah
All right!

[masshole]

42. how about a couple about the BUSINESS of R&R

Like the Clash's "Complete Control"

...On the last tour my mates couldn't get in
I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again
At every hotel we were met by the law
Come for the party come to make sure
Ooh oohh oohh have we done something wrong?
Oohh oohh oohh complete control even over this song

They said we'd be artistically free
When we signed that bit of paper
They meant let's make a lots a money
An' worry about it later



or The Pistols "EMI"

...And you thought that we were faking
That we were all just money making
You do not believe we're for real
Or you would lose your cheap appeal?

Don't judge a book just by the cover
Unless you cover just another
And blind acceptance is a sign
Of stupid fools who stand in line
Like
E.M.I E.M.I E.M.I

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

43. The Byrds - "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star"

So you want to be a rock 'n' roll star?
Then listen now to what I say
Just get an electric guitar
Then take some time
and learn how to play
And with your hair swung right
And your pants too tight
It's gonna be all right
Then it's time to go downtown
Where the agent man won't let you down
Sell your soul to the company
Who are waiting there to sell plastic ware
And in a week or two
If you make the charts
The girls'll tear you apart

The price you paid for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game?
You're a little insane
The money, the fame, the public acclaim
Don't forget what you are
You're a rock 'n' roll star!

[kwassa]

46. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets

the first rock hit?