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JohnnyRingo

(20,971 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 01:44 PM Apr 21

"Rockin' Rock and Roll" by Nancy Sinatra.

Picture this: It's 1966 and you lean your surfboard against the wall outside a dive bar in Reno and walk down the steps to the club. As you belly up to the Tiki bar you unzip your biker jacket halfway and brush your pompadour out of your eyes. You order something strong and your eyes scan the room. There are a few gangsters at a table by the bathroom and a few B list movie stars scattered about ( There's Gilligan!). You ogle the caged Go Go Dancers on either side of a stage as they dance The Monkey. Finally, your eyes lock on a shapely blonde chick singing a slightly off key masochistic melody about walking all over people she knew. Not one you'd take home to meet mom.

You catch her mascara laden eye and in that bonding moment she knows you're a rock & roll maniac. A guy who likes it fast and hard and she's gonna give it to you because she likes to see you hurt. She signals the orchestra and she breaks into this song:

You want to know, what color was that acid tab you took and why didn't you quarter it like he said?

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"Rockin' Rock and Roll" by Nancy Sinatra. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Apr 21 OP
I had zero musical use for Nancy Sinatra then, but I kinda love her now! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 21 #1
Same here JohnnyRingo Apr 21 #2
I was (still am!) into British invasion/ folk rock back then... she just wasn't my speed. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 21 #3
I Reach For The Volume Knob, Too ProfessorGAC Apr 22 #4
I couldn't stand Fat Elvis, musically or politically. JohnnyRingo Apr 23 #5
I Guess I Understand ProfessorGAC Apr 23 #6
No! I hate you now! JohnnyRingo Apr 23 #7

JohnnyRingo

(20,971 posts)
2. Same here
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:51 PM
Apr 21

"Tony Rome" and "Mack The Knife" are pretty good "her way". I didn't think I liked Elvis - that was my big sister's music - but now I'm hearing his old rockabilly songs that make me reach for the volume knob.

I hope I don't start realizing how far ahead of his time Pat Boone was.

Her dad played Tony Rome in an old gangster flick:

50 Shades Of Blue

(11,493 posts)
3. I was (still am!) into British invasion/ folk rock back then... she just wasn't my speed.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:01 PM
Apr 21

Now I have more appreciation for her music, plus she HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATES Trump. That makes her sound even better, LOL.

ProfessorGAC

(77,139 posts)
4. I Reach For The Volume Knob, Too
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 06:37 PM
Apr 22

Bur, it's to turn the radio way down or off.
Can't stand Elvis or what he stood for musically.

JohnnyRingo

(20,971 posts)
5. I couldn't stand Fat Elvis, musically or politically.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:29 AM
Apr 23

He became a real POS and a lame parody of rock & roll with his scarfs and the pop crooning that dampened the panties of middle aged housewives, Teaming up with J Edgar was the day his music died to me.

However, the stuff from the '50s was roots rock that still strikes a chord with me. It's where it all began with parents' concern for the morality of a generation captivated by a low brow assault on the senses, wasn't it? He was Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, and The Ramones all in one.

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ProfessorGAC

(77,139 posts)
6. I Guess I Understand
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:01 PM
Apr 23

But, I don't like any of it.
It certainly matters that I'm not a roots guy.
Even if based in roots music, it has to be taken to a place quite far from the influences.
Perfect example of "different strokes for different folks".

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