Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music. Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s, and in blues records from the 1920s, rock and roll did not acquire its name until the 1950s.
The term "rock and roll" now has at least two different meanings, both in common usage. The American Heritage Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary both define rock and roll as synonymous with rock music. Encyclopædia Britannica, on the other hand, regards it as the music that originated in the mid-1950s and later developed "into the more encompassing international style known as rock music". For the purpose of differentiation, this article uses the second definition.
In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum. Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit.
Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronunciation: /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/; AV-ril lə-VEEN; born 27 September 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million. In 2002, when she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album Let Go.
Let Go made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach No. 1 in the UK, and the album was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. By 2009, over 16 million copies had been sold worldwide. Her breakthrough single, "Complicated", peaked at No. 1 in many countries around the world, as did the album Let Go. Her second album, Under My Skin, was released in 2004 and was her first album to peak at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, eventually selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. The Best Damn Thing, Lavigne’s third album, was released in 2007, becoming her third No. 1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featuring her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single, "Girlfriend". Lavigne has scored six number-one singles worldwide, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You", "My Happy Ending", "Nobody's Home", and "Girlfriend". With more than 30 million copies of her albums sold worldwide, Lavigne is one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the U.S., with over 10.25 million copies certified by the RIAA. Her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby, was released in March 2011. Goodbye Lullaby gave Lavigne her fourth top 10 album on the U.S. Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart and her third No. 1 album in both Japan and Australia. Three months after the release of Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne began work on her fifth album, which will be released on Epic Records following her departure from RCA Records.
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.
As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the "System" from his recordings, and he continued to strive for broader success with other various bands. In 1973, he put together The Silver Bullet Band, an evolving group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the album Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that dealt with blue-collar themes and was an exemplar of heartland rock. Seger has recorded many hits, including "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "We've Got Tonight", "Against the Wind", and "Like a Rock", and also co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight". His iconic recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001.
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled,
It's been a long time since I did the Stroll.
Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back,
Let me get it back, baby, where I come from.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Yes it has.
It's been a long time since the book of love,
I can't count the tears of a life with no love.
Carry me back, carry me back,
Carry me back, baby, where I come from.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.
Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight,
Making vows that just can't work right.
Open your arms, opens your arms,
Open your arms, baby, let my love come running in.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.
yeah it has yeah it has
ooh yeah ooh ooh yeah
ooh yeah ooh ooh yeah
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled
It's been a long time since I did the stroll
Ooh let me get back, let me get back
Let me get back, Baby where I come from
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
It's been a long time since the book of love
I can't count the tears of a life with no love
Carry me back, carry me back,
Carry me back, Baby where I come from
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight
Making vows that just can't work right
Open your arms, opens your arms,
Open your arms, Baby let my love come running in
It's been a long time, been a long time,
(L. Reed)
Ginni said when she was five years old
You know there's nothing going down at all
She turned on that radio
And there was nothing happenin' at all
She turned on that LA station
Couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancing to that fine fine music
Her life was saved by rock and roll
Despite all the complications
You could just dance to that rock and roll station
And it was alright
It was alright
It was alright
It was alright, you betcha
Ginni said when she was five years old
You know our parents will be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two cadillac cars
Well they don't mean nothin' at all
She turned on that LA station
Couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
Her life was saved by rock and roll
Despite all the complications
You could just dance to that rock and roll station
And it was alright
It was alright
It was alright
Jenny said when she was just five years old
you know there's nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothing goin' down at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the amputations
You could just dance to a rock 'n' roll station
Jenny said when she was just five years old
My parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars--
Ain't gonna help us at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She don't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to a rock 'n ' roll station
Some’ll smile
Some’ll roll their eyes
Like it’s a lost dark heart that sees
This world is black
And we can’t get back
So feeing good feels good to me
You can call it my constitution
Call it the common need
Call it a strange devotion man
But if it gets ya what you need
It’s just rock and roll to me
Get it on
Get you what you want
You gotchya best last chance to feel
We gonna roll honey
We got gold, gotta whole damn world to steel
It’s like the drums of the revolution
The backseat scratch and scream
The whiskey shot burn IN the snake oil man
But if it brings you to your knees
It’s just rock and roll to me
Rock and roll, little mama
I got what you need
Rock and roll, motherfuckers
Get down on your knees
It’s like the drums of the revolution
The backseat scratch and scream
The whiskey shot burn in the snake oil man
But if it gets ya what you need
It’s just rock and roll
Rock And Roll, little mama
Rock And Roll, little mama
Rock And Roll
Rock And Roll, motherfuckers
Come on, come on,
[Dagha]
I be the headbanger with the double-edged razor
The breathtaker, dragon slayer slash savior
Assassinator, flame thrower, fascinator
My dagger blade cascade and catch you later
Captivator, spectator, activator
Palladium's packed, they pay me in stacks of paper
Aggravated assault, halt the path of strangers
The strangler, long ranger, the devil devastator
Educated rebel with the heavy metal flavor
Levels is elevated through decibels of danger
Volts from that generator blow the detonator
Decimate the place and left the radius a crater
I cater to the greater entertainer
And blaze the remainder with the energy of anger
Celebrate the maker, I mutilate later
And play a naysayer like a amplified bass player
[Edan]
The riders on the storm enter when The Doors open
To bring raw dosage in the form of swarmed locusts
beatles and byrds that seem evil and absurd
Gather with The Eagles who swerve to form herds
Butterflies made of Iron ride the horizon
Giving credence to the revival of Poseidon
Who feeds in the clearwater, you fear slaughter
But Lovecraft author pens the horror for tomorrow
Zombies and walking dead stalk the Talking Heads
Insects with awkward legs halt with awful dread
All along the web the thread remains red
With bloodshed that led to where the Little Feat fled
To lost places, thoughts lost for all ages
Where Small Faces sit on the walls of tall mazes
That overlook the 13th Floor with long gazes
Connected to the earthly core through elevators
Check it, the Underground is made of Velvet
Where butter-soft brothers talk tough on wax but ain't sell shit
Every cracker that rap ain't the Elvis
My Aqualung cultivates the Blue Öyster shellfish
I design my Pearls Before Swine
And form rhymes that take you to a world before time
Where living things coexisted with Crimson Kings
Who on the Moon's Dark Side painted Pretty Things
That illustrated lesson, conceived by the The Mothers of Invention
Who also built the Stairway To Heaven; it's a present
Only to be stolen by a thief, the Judas Priest
Who unleashed his devil magic
My mental fabric: too thick for Lenny Kravitz
Who imitates Jimi Hendrix in every facet
Semi-Automatic Rap Heavy Metal Jackets
Jenny said when she was just five years old
you know there's nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothing goin' down at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the amputations
You could just dance to a rock 'n' roll station
Jenny said when she was just five years old
My parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars--
Ain't gonna help us at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She don't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to a rock 'n ' roll station
This is rock n' roll shouts out
Back to the rappers
A lot of people stake claims
Saying hip hop doesn't matter
But really what could be phatter than
Jungle J.B's beats and streetside sounds
Profound are the sounds
That i was hearing
When at the basketball league
This kid said "Yo come here and
Put these head phones on your ears"
I was converted then
And practiced it for years
Rap music, like Jazz, Funk and R&B;
Blues Reggae Rock n' Roll, and rock steady G.
Will be around forever
And its never going out
That's why I took this time to spell these lyrics out
I wanna give thanx to the lyricists MC's
And DJ's that brought me near to this
Blastmaster, KRS-One the teacher
Run D-M-C and the movie Beat Street
Erik B. and Rakim was Paid in Full
De La Soul came along and broke all the rules
I remember when my girl bought me Tribe Called Quest
We broke up later but I kept the cassette
Kool Moe Dee, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane
Main Source, Pharcyde and Dana Dane
Steady B on the hilltop
With Lady B on Power 99 West Philly
Cypress Hill, The Goats and Das EFX
Tupac, EPMD
Lets see who's next
Jungle Brothers, Gang Starr and Bizmarkie Jazzy Jeff, the Fresh Prince
Puts summer in my ears
Slick Rick, Funk Doobie and the Beastie Boys
And all the rest that make some noise
There's plenty more people that's comin on
And the list could run
Til the break of dawn
But right now yo
Its back to the bluesman
Trippin', Rollin', Flyin' or just cruisin'
Yeah fire it up
Eh yo do it right
We gonna go go until the mornin light
Its justa rock n' roll
A little bit of rock n' roll
I like a rock and roll
And give me some rock n' roll
Oh la Oh la yeah
Do you remember the times we spent
All of the old songs
And what they meant to you
Where did you go
Flip it to the b-side one more time
Singing ever word,
Singing every line with you
No they could never know
Around and Around
There's a rock and roll
Record spinning on my stereo
Around and around
There's a rock and roll
Record spinning
And I'm thinking about you
We were the hopeless, the wild ones
Ten years, it's been ten years gone
Now you're gone, and I'm all alone
But I can listen to the music and
It takes me back
Every note just like a photograph on my heart
Before it fell apart
I'm playing records on my stereo
With all the songs we used to know
Rock and Roll, R & B, Pop and
Rock, Reggae and DJ
You whiny, whiny, whiny
You shaky, shaky, shaky
Rock and Roll
We have to live,
Happy be strong,
Have the best of health.
We have to live,
Happy be strong,
Have the best of health.
You whiny, whiny, whiny
You shaky, shaky, shaky
Come, come, Rock and Roll.
The music is a art,
It makes people laugh,
It makes people love,
It makes people shout.
You whiny, whiny, whiny
You shaky, shaky, shaky
Come, come, Rock and Roll.
Come on, forget
About the fear,
We need more confidence
Come people, come.
The time is now, to make
The best of everything.
The time is now, to make
The best of everything.
You whiny, whiny, whiny
You shaky, shaky, shaky
Come, come, Rock and Roll.
No more sadness, It's good
To be happy - so happy.
No more sadness, It's good
To be happy - so happy.
You whiny, whiny, whiny
You shaky, shaky, shaky
Come, come, Rock and Roll.
Rock and Roll, R & B, Pop and
Rock, Reggae and DJ
You whiny, whiny, whiny
You shaky, shaky, shaky
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled
It's been a long time since I did the stroll
Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back, let me get it back
Mmm baby, where I come from
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Yes, it has
It's been a long time since the book of love
I can't count the tears of a life with no love
Carry me back, carry me back, carry me back
Mmm baby, where I come from, whoa whoa
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Ah, ah, ah
Oh, it seems so long since we walked in the moonlight
Makin' vows that just couldn't work right
Haw yeah, open your arms, open your arms, open your arms
Baby, let my love come running in, yeah
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey
Ooh yeah, ooh ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh ooh yeah
It's been a long time, been a long time
Sometimes I sit and I wonder
Why things turned out this way
All the times she made me happy
But I couldn't make her stay
Now I need some lovin'
Don't want to spend my life alone
Yeah, yeah, I need somebody
It's so sad to be alone
It's so sad to be alone
(L. Reed)
Ginni said when she was five years old
You know there's nothing going down at all
She turned on that radio
And there was nothing happenin' at all
She turned on that LA station
Couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancing to that fine fine music
Her life was saved by rock and roll
Despite all the complications
You could just dance to that rock and roll station
And it was alright
It was alright
It was alright
It was alright, you betcha Ginni said when she was five years old
You know our parents will be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two cadillac cars
Well they don't mean nothin' at all
She turned on that LA station
Couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
Her life was saved by rock and roll
Despite all the complications
You could just dance to that rock and roll station
And it was alright
It was alright
It was alright
It was alright, you betcha
It's been a long time since I Rock and Rolled
It's been a long time since I did the Stroll
Oh let me get it back
let me get it back
Let me get it back, baby, where I come from
Oh Lord
It's been a long time
been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Yes it has
It's been a long time since I spoke of love
Many many tears of a life with no love
Carry me back
carry me back
Carry me back, baby, where I come from
It's been a long time
been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight
Oh Lord
Making vows that just can't work right
Oh yea
Open your arms
open your arms,
Open your arms, baby, let my love come running in
It's been a long time
been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled,
It's been a long time since I did the Stroll.
Ooh, let me get back, let me get back,
Let me get back, baby, where I come from.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
time.
Yes it has.
It's been a long time since the book of love,
I can't stand the tears of a life with no love.
Carry me back, carry me back,
Carry me back, baby, where I come from.
Woah oo oh oo oh oh
Its been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
time.
Waaaaahhhhhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhhh
(guitar solo)
Oohhh
It's been a long time since we walked in the moonlight,
Making vows that just can't work right.
Open your arms, open your arms,
Open your arms, baby let my love come in, oh oh, yeah
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
time.
yeah hey, yeah hey
yeah hey, yeah hey
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah,
ooh yeah, ooh yeah,
Been a long time, a long time,
I want to know
How many of you people out there
Want to rock and roll
Say it
Rock and roll
Say it louder
And I want to know
Do you believe in rock and roll
What don't you stand up for what you believe in
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled,
It's been a long time since I did the Stroll.
Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back,
Let me get it back, baby, where I come from.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Yes it has.
It's been a long time since the book of love,
I can't count the tears of a life with no love.
Carry me back, carry me back,
Carry me back, baby, where I come from.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.
Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight,
Making vows that just can't work right.
Open your arms, opens your arms,
Open your arms, baby, let my love come running in.
It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.