ROCK AND ROLL REMINISCING
The first rock and roll song I remember is "Hound Dog", by Elvis Pretzel. I was 6 years old.
I'm sure there were other rock and roll songs on the radio before 1956, but the first I remember is ....
🎶"You ain't nuthin' but a hound dogga, cryin' all the time"🎶...
The 3 reasons I liked the song are...
1. Elvis had a cool voice.
2. The song REALLY ROCKED!
3. I felt sorry for the poor dog, who was rejected, and un-friended, just because he was too slow to catch a speedy rabbit.
"Rock Around The Clock", "Shake Rattle And Roll", and even "Tutti Frutti" came before "Hound Dog", but they must have not impressed me much, because the very FIRST rock-n-roll song that stuck in my little brain was "Hound Dog". (Am I becoming redundant about this "Hound Dog" thing?)
Moving on in history, I liked the Beach Boy scene. (a little California lingo for ya). Groovy harmony, that made me want to surf, even though I lived in St. Louis, which had no surf, unless you count the gentle barge waves slapping up against the banks of the muddy Mississippi River.
The Beatles don't count in my personal rock and roll history, because their rock and roll sounded quite different to me. More like a bloody bit-o-bloomin' skiffle, govner!
Don't get me wrong. I LOVED the Fab Four, but I do not consider them pure rockin' rollers, like, uh, maybe...The Monkeys. Just kidding folks! How much of a dweeb do you think I am?
The 3 reasons I liked the song are...
1. Elvis had a cool voice.
2. The song REALLY ROCKED!
3. I felt sorry for the poor dog, who was rejected, and un-friended, just because he was too slow to catch a speedy rabbit.
C'mon! Give the old dog a break!
"Rock Around The Clock", "Shake Rattle And Roll", and even "Tutti Frutti" came before "Hound Dog", but they must have not impressed me much, because the very FIRST rock-n-roll song that stuck in my little brain was "Hound Dog". (Am I becoming redundant about this "Hound Dog" thing?)
Moving on in history, I liked the Beach Boy scene. (a little California lingo for ya). Groovy harmony, that made me want to surf, even though I lived in St. Louis, which had no surf, unless you count the gentle barge waves slapping up against the banks of the muddy Mississippi River.
The Beatles don't count in my personal rock and roll history, because their rock and roll sounded quite different to me. More like a bloody bit-o-bloomin' skiffle, govner!
Don't get me wrong. I LOVED the Fab Four, but I do not consider them pure rockin' rollers, like, uh, maybe...The Monkeys. Just kidding folks! How much of a dweeb do you think I am?
This much⬆
I dug Grand Funk Railroad, Mountain, the J. Geils Band, Edgar Winter, Black Sabbath...I mean, I literally dug these albums out of the dumpster behind Jerry Teeman's house, where his parents threw them away for being too "worldly"!
Okay, Mr. and Mrs. Teeman weren't totally wrong.
After that STRANGE period in my life, I didn't listen to much rock and roll, until NOW!
At age 68 I'm in to grunge, post grunge, garage, post-punk revival, digital electric, rap rock, nu metal, post garage- nu metal - alternative - indie
- digital nuclear AND ....you guys know me better than that! Ha! Lawrence Welk is more my style, as long as they don't play the polkas too fast!
See ya later! From an old rocker!!!
