Shock Therapy

Some claim you played to the gods on that night
Some older folk warned you were devils
I know that you played with immortal might
(My Sony's at Richter-Scale level)

What a monster, primal and primitive sound!
My chair ain't electro-shock proof
Vibrating the floor and shaking the ground
And blowing my brains through the roof

Strutting and sneering, it's bad-boy St. Mick
Mocking and shocking tradition
Keith's chugging cords and earth-quaking licks
Bludgeon me into submission

Those Liverpool lads are far too polite
Your music MURDERS my troubles
'Penny Lane'? Uh-uh! You wanna' pick FIGHTS!
And BLAST those bad-blues into rubble...

***'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'...The Rolling Stones Live at Madison Square Garden...November - 1969...Yes, 1969 and to this day no band has been able to match that sound
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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A  Avatar
August 9, 2013 at 7:39 PM
AWESOME...............SKAT
A   Avatar
August 8, 2013 at 9:44 PM
TIM enjoyed your late night poem. CONGRATULATIONS!!! :-) :-) :-) in Nathan's contest... xox Linda
D. Avatar
August 8, 2013 at 8:30 PM
congrats nate
Wesley Avatar
September 14, 2012 at 9:00 AM
So cool reading this; the wild world of rock you describe has a certain following but I like your words better than reality. You described it all perfectly Tim! Love, Lizzie
Onclaud Avatar
September 13, 2012 at 10:35 AM
tim!.. this is so vibrant, free and boundless --- definitely memories worthy of nostalgia!.. your images spells of flashbacks!.. superb :) huggs!
Horsman Avatar
September 11, 2012 at 3:23 PM
This takes me back, Tim, i've still got the first three vinyl Decca (uk) LP's of the stones, in fact i can go back even further to bill Haley, first three LP's ... anyhow, your poem, awesome and nostalgic, thank you.
Susan Avatar
September 10, 2012 at 8:08 AM
Love that fourth verse - how their music murders, beatles too polite - great analogy! Sounds like it was a great concert/recording :)
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