What’s your song?

[kellyt1994]

Union Pacific is due for a visit
And believe me . . .
I'm got a plan
But the plan's no good without the train
And when you need a train it never comes
And when you need a train it never comes

 

[kellyt1994]

There's one in every crowd
For cryin' out loud
But why is it always turnin' out to be me?

Piano roll blues
I danced holes in my shoes
There just ain't another other way to be
For those loveable losers
And no-account boozers
And Honky Tonk Heroes
Like me

 

[gran_pron]

 

[Cory_Vett]

This dude lived within 30 minutes of me.

 

[Whynotyeahwhynot]

Peaceful easy feeling.

 

[kellyt1994]

That's hilarious.

 

[kellyt1994]

Arguably the greatest song ever written about going down on Stevie Nicks.

 

[Imagine33]

 

[Wetkitty09]

 

[Random_NPC]

Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer.

 

[kellyt1994]

Way sexier in French.

 

[kellyt1994]

 

[kellyt1994]

 

[Random_NPC]

My anthem almost every day

 

[kellyt1994]

My anthem almost every day

Love it.

 

[Wetkitty09]

In the year 2525…

You are welcome.

 

[gran_pron]

 

[kellyt1994]

 

[kellyt1994]

Tho my eye may sometimes wander
It don't mean that I'm untrue
Honey, you're not the best
But you're the best that I can do

 

[Wetkitty09]

 

[Wetkitty09]

We have had a death in the family. I have no music today.

 

[kellyt1994]

Rock me daddy,
Like my back ain't got no bone



Fun fact: That Cleveland DJ who coined the term "rock and roll" got it from this song.

 

[kellyt1994]

More from Mama, sort of the eternal theme of my early morning pedal boat adventures . .

 

[Dw313]

We have had a death in the family. I have no music today.

Condolences

 

[Seokrocks]

Rock me daddy,
Like my back ain't got no bone



Fun fact: That Cleveland DJ who coined the term "rock and roll" got it from this song.

There are true facts and false facts… this one, though popular is among the false ones.

Although Alan Freed is credited with popularizing the term, its musical application stems from the African American community in the 1920s. If any one song can be credited, it is Trixie Smith’s 1922 song “My Man Rocks Me, (with One Steady Roll.)” Although her song was probably a reflection of the term’s emergence rather than its origin.

Cleveland DJ Bill Randle (William McKinley Randle, Jr.) was the first to use the term on the air, which was then borrowed by Alan Freed and used as the name of his radio show “Rock and Roll Party.”

Bill’s career started in Detroit in the 1940’s where he was a successful DJ and pioneered the general popularization of African American music with his show, “the Interracial Goodwill Hour.”

In Detroit, Bill was sanctioned for playing music by black artists before 10:00 PM which then was illegal. In Cleveland, Bill was fired by his station manager for playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s version of Silent Night on Thanksgiving day. The station owner then rehired Randle and fired the station manager.