Best/Worst Rock Songs About Rock, Part 2
Worst
Billy Joel "Still Rock and Roll To Me"
I am consistently baffled that a song about rock could rock so little. Billy Joel consumed doo-wop, new wave and big band and threw up this vile concoction directly into the waiting mouths of the baby birds of the 70s. They begged for more. And this was sustenance? Those pricks deserve Jimmy Buffet.
Best
Savage Republic "Viva La Rock 'n' Roll"
This is sort of a lyrical bust. It proclaims Jim Morrison a hero and New York's new wave–assuming he means Jim Carroll–as a suitable conduit of Rimbaud. My rock playbook doesn't have room for anyone named Jim. They tend toward overrated gasbagism. That said, the refrain "Qu'est que c'est? The people say/Paris is a wonderful city on 40 francs a day" is more clever than it should be, though, offset by the primitive music: a rhythmic anti-groove, siren guitars and chanted vocals. Close second by Savage Republic: "Rapeman's First EP."
Billy Joel "Still Rock and Roll To Me"
I am consistently baffled that a song about rock could rock so little. Billy Joel consumed doo-wop, new wave and big band and threw up this vile concoction directly into the waiting mouths of the baby birds of the 70s. They begged for more. And this was sustenance? Those pricks deserve Jimmy Buffet.
Best
Savage Republic "Viva La Rock 'n' Roll"
This is sort of a lyrical bust. It proclaims Jim Morrison a hero and New York's new wave–assuming he means Jim Carroll–as a suitable conduit of Rimbaud. My rock playbook doesn't have room for anyone named Jim. They tend toward overrated gasbagism. That said, the refrain "Qu'est que c'est? The people say/Paris is a wonderful city on 40 francs a day" is more clever than it should be, though, offset by the primitive music: a rhythmic anti-groove, siren guitars and chanted vocals. Close second by Savage Republic: "Rapeman's First EP."
posted by VoteJoe at 9:18 PM
3 Comments:
"Gasbagism" is a wonderful word.
YOU LEAVE BILLY JOEL ALONE! HE'S HAD A VERY HARD TIME OF IT. HIS DIVORCE FROM CHRISTIE WASN'T EASY ON ANY OF US. YOU ARE A MONSTER!!!
FUCK Billy Joel.
Being from NY is no excuse for liking Billy Joel.
There, I said it.
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