The B Side (Ben Yagoda) by Ben Yagoda

Author:Ben Yagoda [Yagoda, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group, USA
Published: 2015-01-12T22:00:00+00:00

VII

The Big Beat

1951–1968

Things were pretty sleepy on the Americana music scene in the late ’50s and early ’60s. Popular radio was sort of at a standstill and filled with empty pleasantries.

• Bob Dylan

Once upon a time a song had melody and rhyme,

And lovely ballads fused to fill the air.

The songs were sweet and lyrical,

And sang about the miracle

Of love in bloom and love beyond despair.

But gone are the June songs,

The how-high-the-moon songs.

And baritones that used to sing romantic airs

Are singing songs more frantic than romantic.

One o’clock, two o’clock, three o’clock, rock.

You gotta sing rock or you go into hock.

Four o’clock, five o’clock, six o’clock, roll.

Throw away your senses and your self-control.

But brother I’ve got news,

Mr. Cole won’t rock and roll!

• “Mr. Cole Won’t Rock and Roll,” by Joe Sherman and Noel Sherman

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