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07 June 2007

Chuck Berry was both the chief musical architect and the first true poet of what we now know as rock and roll. One of his last hits was a tune about a dope-dealing couple ("Tulane and Johnny opened a novelty shop/Back under the counter, was the cream of the crop") that rarely gets heard on the oldies stations, for obvious reasons, so I give you Chuck Berry with "Tulane."
Nice one, jonmc. This is great, though the content is denied by my filter here.

I always thought the first true rock & roll poet was Louis Armstrong, but then, he didn't generally write his lyrics. That said, ain't no denyin', this number is rock to the roll to the roof, baby:

HELLZAPOPPIN'

Hold your hats, the roof is 'bout to tumble in
Holy cats, the walls and floors are crumblin'
Hellzapoppin', hellzapoppin', hellzapoppin'
The whole gang's whoopin' up the whoop-de-doo

Me-oh-my, it's gonna be uproarious
We'll fly high, tonight we'll be notorious
Hellzapoppin', hellzapoppin', hellzapoppin'
And you're invited to the party too

Better look out, ain't no cook-out
We're playin' this one by ear
We're throwin' the book out

It's a bash, the signs are unmistakable
What a smash, we're breakin' all that's breakable
There's no stoppin', hellzapoppin', why not drop in
We won't stop until the night is through

We won't tire, we'll fly higher
We'll be hotter than floor, a-than a floor on fire
Raise your glass, the party will be riotous
What a gas, the cops will never quiet us
There's no toppin', hellzapoppin', hellzapoppin'
We'll be hellzapoppin' till the night is through
posted by Hugh Janus 07 June | 09:54
Hail! Hail! jonmc!
posted by Triode 07 June | 11:54
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