Rock and Roll Music
The Beach Boys Lyrics
Any old way you choose it
It's got a back beat
You can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be
Rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
I've got no kick against modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darn fast.
And change the beauty of the melody
Until they sound just like a symphony
That's why I go for that
Rock and roll music
I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks
So she can hear man awail a sax
I must admit they have a rockin' band
Man
They were goin' like a hurrican'
That's why I go for that
Rock and roll music
'Way down south they grave a jubilee
The jokey folks they had a jamboree
They're drinkin' homebrew from a water cup
The folks dancin' got all shook up
And started playin' that
Rock and roll music
Don't care to hear 'em play a tango
I'm in the mood to hear a mambo
It's 'way too early for a congo
So keep a-rockin' that piano
So I can hear some of that
Rock and roll music
Lyrics © OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT LP
Written by: Chuck Berry
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The Beach Boys is an iconic American rock band, frequently cited as one of the most influential and commercially successful groups in the history of popular music due to their intricate vocal harmonies, studio experiments, and novel approaches to pop songwriting. Rooted in doo-wop and rock and roll, their early string of vocal surf hits defined the '60s California Sound. For a period afterward, they notably delved into progressive pop styles. often combining elements from classical and jazz in innovative ways. Read Full BioThe Beach Boys is an iconic American rock band, frequently cited as one of the most influential and commercially successful groups in the history of popular music due to their intricate vocal harmonies, studio experiments, and novel approaches to pop songwriting. Rooted in doo-wop and rock and roll, their early string of vocal surf hits defined the '60s California Sound. For a period afterward, they notably delved into progressive pop styles. often combining elements from classical and jazz in innovative ways.
Formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, the original group comprised singer-musician-composer and bandleader Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Wilson neighbor David Marks appeared on their first four albums and was a member from 1962 to 1963 as a temporary replacement for Jardine, who had left the group to pursue a career in dentistry.
On their first few studio albums, the group primarily played surf music, but this changed after 1964 as their songs became more sophisticated and autobiographical. The 1965 album Today! particularly represented this shift in sound. Bruce Johnston joined the group that same year. Session drummer Hal Blaine is quoted: "We all studied in conservatories; we were trained musicians. We thought it was a fluke at first, but then we realized Brian was writing these incredible songs. This was not just a young kid writing about high school and surfing."
Following their most esteemed work, Pet Sounds (1966), the band became symbols of psychedelic counterculture. The highly anticipated follow-up, Smile, was left unfinished, and Brian soon relinquished his creative hold on the group. A trilogy of lo-fi releases followed: Smiley Smile (1967), Wild Honey (1967), and Friends (1968). Brian would not be credited as a primary composer for any Beach Boys album until 1977's Love You, an album on the fringe of synth-pop, new wave, and punk.
In Brian's absence, the Beach Boys still managed to release music that was regarded favorably by fans and critics despite poor sales: Sunflower (1970) and Surf's Up (1971). South African musicians Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar played and sang with the band on the next two albums: Carl & the Passions - So Tough (1972), and Holland (1973).
Many changes in both musical style and personnel have occurred in their sometimes-stormy career: Brian Wilson's mental illness and drug addiction; the deaths of Dennis Wilson in 1983 and Carl Wilson in 1998; and continuing legal battles among surviving members of the group. With the release of 1974's Endless Summer they became a more popular touring act, playing their greatest hits. They have recorded 36 Billboard Top 40 hits (including four number-one singles), have had over 100 million sales, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
Official site: http://www.thebeachboys.com
Formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, the original group comprised singer-musician-composer and bandleader Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Wilson neighbor David Marks appeared on their first four albums and was a member from 1962 to 1963 as a temporary replacement for Jardine, who had left the group to pursue a career in dentistry.
On their first few studio albums, the group primarily played surf music, but this changed after 1964 as their songs became more sophisticated and autobiographical. The 1965 album Today! particularly represented this shift in sound. Bruce Johnston joined the group that same year. Session drummer Hal Blaine is quoted: "We all studied in conservatories; we were trained musicians. We thought it was a fluke at first, but then we realized Brian was writing these incredible songs. This was not just a young kid writing about high school and surfing."
Following their most esteemed work, Pet Sounds (1966), the band became symbols of psychedelic counterculture. The highly anticipated follow-up, Smile, was left unfinished, and Brian soon relinquished his creative hold on the group. A trilogy of lo-fi releases followed: Smiley Smile (1967), Wild Honey (1967), and Friends (1968). Brian would not be credited as a primary composer for any Beach Boys album until 1977's Love You, an album on the fringe of synth-pop, new wave, and punk.
In Brian's absence, the Beach Boys still managed to release music that was regarded favorably by fans and critics despite poor sales: Sunflower (1970) and Surf's Up (1971). South African musicians Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar played and sang with the band on the next two albums: Carl & the Passions - So Tough (1972), and Holland (1973).
Many changes in both musical style and personnel have occurred in their sometimes-stormy career: Brian Wilson's mental illness and drug addiction; the deaths of Dennis Wilson in 1983 and Carl Wilson in 1998; and continuing legal battles among surviving members of the group. With the release of 1974's Endless Summer they became a more popular touring act, playing their greatest hits. They have recorded 36 Billboard Top 40 hits (including four number-one singles), have had over 100 million sales, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
Official site: http://www.thebeachboys.com
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Priyadarshini Modak
Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
I have no kicks against modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darned fast
And change the beauty of the melody
Until it sounds just like a symphony
That's why I go for that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks
So she could hear my man a-wailin' sax
I must admit they have a rockin' band
Man they was blowing like a hurricane
That's why I go for that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
Way down south they gave a jubilee
I tell you folks they had a jamboree
And drinking beer from a wooden cup
The folks a-dancin' got all shook up
They started playing that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat you can't lose it
Any old way you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
Say if you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
It's gotta be some of that
If you wanna dance with me
TnseWlms
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
So how can you refuse it?
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
In the middle of Massachusetts.
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
So please try not to abuse it.
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me.
IIIIIIf you wanna dance with me.
Topazthecat
+General Snuggles I never liked The Beach Boys that much,I don't dislike them either though.But really,all of their 1960's hit songs were non-rocking beach surfing hits,and the early Beatles hit songs like I Want To Hold Your Hand,She Loves You,I Saw Her Standing There from early 1963,Can't Buy Me Love,You Can't Do That from early 1964, and I Feel Fine,She's A Woman from late 1964,I'm Down from 1965 etc,are much harder rocking than anything out at the time especially the 1963 and early 1964 songs,including those Beach Boys beach surfing hits.I never heard the Pet Sounds album,but everyone who did describes it as a pop,not rock album.
And see what poster Ed Sulivan says in the comments here about how obviously better The Beatles version of the rock n roll song, I Wanna Be Your Man they wrote and gave to The Rolling Stones,which was one of their first hits,was much better,and what he says about how this comparison becomes doubly true between The Beach Boys version of the cover Rock & Roll Music and what is presented on The Beatles For Sale album,and he rightfully said that The Beatles are obviously in a class by themselves.
http://www.popmatters.com/feature/115747-re-meet-the-beatles-the-records-day-one-1963-1964/
JS Initials
Chuck Berry died today. 90 years old. Lived a good long life. Rock on, Chuck!
The other Tony Dutch
Yeah, pretty good life for a guy who had cameras installed toilets.
RaananVolesPianist
I'd say Chuck Berry first, the Beatles second, and the Beach Boys (this version) third, although this version is pretty good! Bear in mind that by the time this song was recorded, the Beach Boys were on the decline and were no longer charting new musical territory they way they were when they did "Heroes and Villains" and "Good Vibrations."
Miguel Campos
Chuck berry version sucks
Victor Graulau
But this song did chart well in 1976
Jude Starkey McCartney
i like the beatles version better too, but this version still rocks too! and of course, berry beats all :D
Neal Marshall
Love how Brian saves the bass groove for the verse. Gives the song more Beach Boy Vibe!
Dave Wollenberg
The Boys hit #5 in Billboard, 8-14-76. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Dennis and Carl Wilson.
Ethan Hohn
I personally like the Beatles version myself.
Scruz051
I respect that but beach boys sounds nicer to me and slower!