Rock N Roll Poems - Poems about Rock N Roll

Classical is from the Middle Ages in the mid-1940's we had Bebop a fast-tempo 19th / 20th century Jazz then along came Doo-wop with group harmonies the 50's brought us rock and roll which developed the 1960's (sad to say) Disco and its glitter ball then psychedelic pop rock blues and folk rock and in the 1970's it was Hip-hop and also Rap which they misspelled it should read...

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Neon haze on cobblestone nights, whispers ride on the southern moonlight. Shadows dance in the lamplight’s gleam, bourbon burns, but so do my dreams. There's a preacher on the corner, selling sinners one last prayer. But the devil’s got a table, and he’s pulling up a chair. Oh, Bourbon Street, take my soul, drown my sins in rock and roll. Golden whiskey, lace and lies, where...

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Hopin' and flyin' high Still somethin' was amiss, Just you know why ... It had to end like this Not fade away a shining star With three million records sold, Yet, silent fell his guitar ... And, glasses rest infold A sound never to be heard Soon after that final show, Boy, give us a clue, a word Maybe one day we'll know What happened that...

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I was sitting on the dock of the bay listening to a song when Otis Redding happened to come walking along. He said, "You watching the ships roll in?" I said, "Yeah, and then watching ‘em roll away again." He said, "That stuff's really dug by some, but I think it’s all pretty much ho-hum." ...

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there's no one around you see it's just me and cliff ear buds help cushion the volume my smartphone warns me it could damage my ears i put it at full volume it's 9:40pm and the family are asleep this could go on all night cliff said he was proud he never adopted a hedonistic rock and roll lifestyle and never...

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From the Summer of Love this snake slithers Exposes its fangs from a sleeve of gold Shakes the Venice beaches to the apocalypse of Viet Nam A song A poem Black leather pants wrapped around Apollo The End A worldwide revolution lasting 11 minutes 42 seconds How many tens of millions of people have had their lives changed For so many decades By a trance...

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Econo Lodge sign High On Its Pylon Best we can do For you Tedeschi Trucks To put a moon in the sky Over this interstate interchange Jammed with cars and a decrepit minor league hockey...

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christ is a liberty christ is a liberty of rock n roll christ is a liberty of hell christ is christ of liberty rock n roll is a christ of a crisis rock n roll is hail as a crisis rock n roll is hail as hell a crisis is a crisis of hell a crisis is a crisis of rock n roll hell...

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to the beat beat beat my heart bears the melody holds dear the magic spell ...

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Louhi Louhi, me gotta go Louhi Louhi, me gotta go. Fine little demoness waits for me Me sail across Pohjola Sea Me sail dat ship all alone I never think I go back home. Oh Louhi Louhi, oh behbee now, me gotta go Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Louhi Louhi, me gotta go. Three nights and days me sail that sea Me thinks of...

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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...

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In front of the China Palace restaurant there was a stone frog, it was not hatched in a cloud of spawn like the rest of us, it was decorative, placed as it was, upon a rock above an ornamental pond. Inside the China Palace there was, at some time, a similar stone frog, it could have been a female frog, hard to say for sure. If given a...

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Maybe I didn't listen when you told me Your heart was gentle and kind Maybe I didn't understand, but you could have shown me... All the reasons you were going to move on All the feelings that were finally gone All the chances I had actually blown! Maybe I didn't know you because I never knew the way that you would leave me deceive me...

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At one time loud rock and roll music Would drive me up the wall Guess I must have really mellowed out It no longer upsets me at all Either that or I'm losing my hearing That could be the reason Whichever the case it's sure a relief To finally get rid of those demons My son Scottie is into loud music Middle aged but...

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Pickled okra, pickled beets Pickled corn and pickled beans Of all the pickles that I see Cucumber pickles are the best Dancers, players, pickles Celebrating, showing their Vinegar tails, their garlic Smells – dill with a zest All the aspects of becoming A pickle worthy of munching A pickle devoured by the ones Who pick these pickles From the depths of the jar Where they linger,...

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