Byrne's lyrics spoke to the artifice of the American landscape. It presented this facade that everything around us is solid and real and going to be here forever, even though we know we created it. David Byrne's parents lived there for a while. It was a planned community with man-made lakes. The town that I grew up in was called Columbia, in Maryland. I feel like they saw Brian Eno, their producer, as another instrument. If Talking Heads were around a cool idea, they would make it their own. If you listen to a Talking Heads bass line, you think the song's going one way, and then you listen to the drums and you think it's going a different way, and then you listen to David Byrne's lyrics and you're like, "This is a completely different song from what I thought it was going to be." And then the guitars come in, and then the ambience comes in - it's like several songs all blending into one. I was a kid, but I still thought, "I should have been involved in that record!" It's amazing. Remain in Light was this combination of ambient music and strong lyrics and incredibly inventive percussion and bass parts. The first song I really liked was "Once in a Lifetime." MTV had just started to sink its claws into people, and that song was like an anthem for coked-up adults trying to make sense of their world. Talking Heads was the first band I remember telling my punk friends about, saying, "Yo, check this out! This four-chord thing we're doing? We're missing out on something!" When I was a kid, I was really into hardcore punk. As you read this book, remember: This is what we have to live up to. But at its best, it is still the sound of forward motion. In these fan testimonials, indie rockers pay tribute to world-beating rappers (Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig on Jay-Z), young pop stars honor stylistic godmothers (Britney Spears on Madonna) and Billy Joel admits that Elton John “kicks my ass on piano.” Rock & roll is now a music with a rich past. The essays on these top 100 artists are by their peers: singers, producers and musicians. The resulting list of 100 artists, published in two issues of Rolling Stone in 20, and updated in 2011, is a broad survey of rock history, spanning Sixties heroes (the Beatles) and modern insurgents (Eminem), and touching on early pioneers (Chuck Berry) and the bluesmen who made it all possible (Howlin’ Wolf).
Grandma picks up her fiddle and starts playing along to the music.In 2004 - 50 years after Elvis Presley walked into Sun Studios and cut “That’s All Right” - Rolling Stone celebrated rock & roll’s first half-century in grand style, assembling a panel of 55 top musicians, writers and industry executives (everyone from Keith Richards to ?uestlove of the Roots) and asking them to pick the most influential artists of the rock & roll era. Grandma's letting loose and dancing freely! Grandma looks beautiful when she lets her hair down. Grandpa's enjoying the music and moving to the beat in his chair. Uncle Earl is playing his banjo and getting us in the mood to dance. Someone is urging us to get moving and dance! We're gonna rock and roll with some good ol' country music tonight!Įveryone is outside and ready to have a good time. Grab a bottle and hold on tight, we're in for a wild ride. It's a Saturday night and everyone's coming together to have a good time.īring a little bottle, buddy, hold on tight Saturday night and the folks gather round
We're up in the mountains away from the city lights and sounds. Overall, "Hillbilly Rock" is a feel-good anthem that invites listeners to let loose and embrace the joy of music and community. The mention of Johnny Be Goode getting his first guitar also speaks to the importance of music as a cultural tradition and a way of passing down history and stories through generations. The moonshine and meat mentioned in the lyrics suggest a down-home meal and homemade alcohol, adding to the rustic, homespun vibe of the song. The underlying theme of the song seems to be a celebration of traditional folk music and an appreciation for the simple pleasures in life. Throughout the song, the refrain of "Do the hillbilly rock, hillbilly roll" encourages everyone to dance and join in the festive atmosphere. Grandpa and Grandma also get in on the act, with Grandma grabbing her fiddle and playing along with the bop. The lyrics paint a picture of a community gathering on a mountain outside of town, with families, friends, and even Uncle Earl on his old banjo all joining in for a fun-filled evening. The song "Hillbilly Rock" by Die Campbells is a lively tune about a night of hillbilly music and dancing. She grabs a fiddle and she fiddles to the bop Grandma's pretty when she lets down her hair
A little bit of moonshine, a little bit of meat