IT’S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL
“I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll”
The music genre that emerged
In the early to mid-fifties
Called rock music in mid-sixties
With a back beat and a dance rhythm
I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll
“I wanna rock and roll all night”
To this edgy style of music.
Music derived from the rhythm and
Blues, boogie-woogie, jazz and swing
I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll
With “Rhythm and rhyme and harmony”
So “Let that rhythm get into you”
In freeing your soul, in dancing
And grooving, in drifting away
I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll
1. “I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll” – It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (but I Like it) – The Rolling Stones
2. “I wanna rock and roll all night” – Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss
3. “Rhythm and rhyme and harmony” – Drift Away – Mentor Williams
4. “Let that rhythm get into you” – Rock With You – Michael Jackson
REGGAE
Reggae music genre,
rhythmic cell of eight beats,
repeated short patterns.
Represents a movement,
religious in nature.
Roots of moral lessons,
rich spiritually.
10/12/20 Pleiades 2 Poetry Contest Joseph May
cool clear brothers
waters and skies
relaxing piano jazz
its the blues
hey the bandwidth
is music genre
classical and smooth
relaxing stay cool
as you can
rile their beliefs
perceiving the web
that they weave
stan sand
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