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Category Archives: Rock and Roll
The Perfect Audacity of “Jesus of Suburbia”
“Jesus of Suburbia” by Green Day
Everything Begins with “Johnny B. Goode”
“Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry
Don’t Worry Baby, by The Beach Boys
“Don’t Worry Baby” and The Year of The Beatles
A Perfectly “Blue Sky”
A “Blue Sky” and a Perfect Guitar Solo
Rock and Roll Easter Eggs
Wikipedia defines an Easter egg as a “hidden message, or a secret feature.” In software, it could be a simple game that appears when a certain keyboard combination is used, or on a DVD, hidden features are revealed when a menu image is selected. Rock and roll is filled with wonderful Easter eggs. An EasterContinue reading “Rock and Roll Easter Eggs”
Johnny Come Lately, by Steve Earle
“Johnny Come Lately” and a Difficult America
Running Up the Stairs to “Sweet Child o’ Mine”
Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Guns and Roses
Just Like Pagliacci Did. “Tears of a Clown”
“Smokey Robinson is America’s greatest living poet.” Though this quote has been attributed to Bob Dylan, it has never been confirmed that our modern day Bard actually uttered these exact words. It may have been him, it may have been his manager, or it may have just been a creative journalist with a wild imagination.Continue reading “Just Like Pagliacci Did. “Tears of a Clown””
My Sweet Teenage Summer Nights, and “No Surrender”
“No Surrender,” by Bruce Springsteen