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Songs about 'rock and roll'...
Or any other music type
I see Radio 2 is having a celebration of the guitar for the next THREE MONTHS! But listening to a lot of the songs they are playing now in that vein, the 50s songs especially were often about rock and roll. But we dont hear songs nowadays about a particular musical genre do we? Or not many anyway, sometimes in the 70s people sang about 'rock'. But are there any songs about soul, or classical, folk, house music etc etc etc? |
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A song about soul?...
Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley |
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There are many songs about house music - 'House Music' by Eddie Amador for one.
'We Call it Acieeed' was about acid house (sort of). |
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This ole house by Shakin Stevens.
What a visionary he was. |
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There's a lot of songs about hip hop in hip hop
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Loads of songs about Metal
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To raise the tone a bit, 'Tosca' is an opera about an opera singer.
To lower it again, 'Black Metal' by Venom. |
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All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (glam rock)
Motown Junk - Manic Street Preachers (Motown, pop music and the shooting of Lennon) It Don't Mean a Thing If it Ain't Got that Swing - Duke Ellington (jazz) Rock Me, Amadeus - Falco (Amadeus) Ooh, rock me, Amadeus Rock me, Amadeus Rock rock rock rock me, Amadeus Rock me all the time to the top |
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Liverpool Scene - The Fleetwood Mac Chicken Shack John Mayall Can't Fail Blues
great music but also a satirical comment on the British Blues scene of the 60s.........mentions most of the bands of the time ! |
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I still believe - Frank Turner
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It's Indie rock and roll for me.
It's all I need. |
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D.i.s.c.o
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oasis - rock n roll star
the killer - glamourous indie rock n roll |
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"Just give me some of that adult contemporary music"
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There are still plenty of songs about rock'n'roll these days. Motorhead's "Rock Out", for example (with the classic couplet "rock out with your cock out / impress your ladyfriends"), or pretty much anything by Guitar Wolf.
Admittedly you don't get as many tracks proclaiming their own status as krautrock-influenced neo-industrial grindcore. Or if you do, they're either in German or the lyrics are inaudible. |
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The Blues often mentions the blues
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Venus in Furs by Velvet Underground..... that was about bondage, wasn't it. All seems very Rock n Roll to me... lol
Anyway, on a more sensible note.... Rock n Roll was a brand new thing. In fact being "teenagers" was a pretty new concept too. I doubt there was the media saturation possible back then, so songs about Rock 'n Roll was kind of a version of self publicity for a new and upcoming genre I guess. Now then, Do the Hucklebuck .... what's that all about
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Blame it on the Bossa Nova - Eydie Gorme
God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You - Kiss Rock 'n' Roll High School - Ramones Sheena is a Punk Rocker - Ramones |
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Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey
Can't believe nobody mentioned that yet |
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Music about music....plenty of that.
Gary Glitter had 'Rock and Roll, parts 1 and 2' Led Zepp 'Rock and Roll' David Essex 'Rock On' ( surprisingly original song) Zap Pow - 'This is Reggae Music' Black Uhuru - 'Natural Reggae Beat' Waylon Jennings 'Are you sure Hank Done it this way' ( brilliant reflection on C/W music) |
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It's Only Rock N Roll
I Love Rock N Roll |
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To raise the tone a bit, 'Tosca' is an opera about an opera singer.
To lower it again, 'Black Metal' by Venom.
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KRS-One - Hip Hop lives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KiG5pQ-wg0 Common - I used to love H.E.R. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmOeEV85h5Y Erykah Badu ft. Common - Love of My Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNk3R23Twgw CunninLynguists ft. Masta Ace - Seasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrPIcIYV6ao Mos Def - Hip Hop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_01opqSpo Naughty by nature - Hip Hop Hooray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA2_-eQ26tY Gang starr - Jazz thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is5xMd1nT5o |
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M - 'Pop Musik' a song about music threads?
Springsteen - 'Radio Nowhere' Pink Floyd - 'Welcome to the Machine' more about the biz? Doobie Bros - 'Listen to the Music' ELO - 'Roll Over Beethoven' Don McClean - 'American Pie' (adding Buddy Holly to the pop canon?) |
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Rainbow - "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll"
Neil Young - "Mr Soul" XTC - "This is pop!" The Divine Comedy - "At The Indie Disco" Pulp - "Sorted For Es and Whizz" |
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