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It Don't Rock Like Elvis
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Track 5 from GONNA RISE UP: featuring Jeff Taylor, Paula Chavis, Mike Dunbar, Razzy Bailey and Nashville Session Players
progressive rock rb folk blues southern rock country politics inspirational comedy jesus bluegrass humor
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Top Nashville musicians and vocalists perform 21 songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-
Top Nashville musicians and session vocalists perform songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-war, poverty, health, taxation, immigration, environmental, social security privatization, gun control, negative effects of neo-con and religious 'right' agendas, etc. Genres include country, blues, rock, folk, R&B soul, pop, Native USA, bluegrass, Americana, Southern Rock, Rock-a-Billy and alternative.
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Country • Rockabilly
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Peak #275
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Richard Aberdeen
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2006 Freedom Tracks Music
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September 12, 2006
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MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 4:13
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In this dot.com bubble age some folks have all the luck They can afford an SUV bigger than a garbage truck They can get their news on cell phones, hitch a ride up to the moon An’ sell tickets to a wide-screen movie in their livin’ room But it don’t rock like Elvis and it don’t roll like Jerry Lee An’ there’s no one to inform us like Walter Cronkite on tv Any line that’s genuine is censored off the radio And freedom’s just another word for a memory long ago Corporate heads make enough to buy a great castle in the sand With plenty left over to bribe each an’ every congressman Though most kids can’t afford a seat, hot dog or ice cream Some inherit enough to buy their very own pro ball team But it don’t rock like Elvis and it don’t roll like Jerry Lee An’ there’s no one to inform us like Walter Cronkite on tv Any line that’s genuine is censored off the radio And freedom’s just another word for a memory long ago There’s a lot’ta talk in this new century about spreadin’ democracy While we sing about a land God once blessed from sea to shining sea, yeah But it no longer rocks like Elvis and it don’t roll like Jerry Lee An’ there’s no one to inform us like Walter Cronkite on tv You know, every line that’s genuine is censored off the radio And freedom’s just another word for a memory long ago It’s damn hard to find real country and good times just don’t wan’na roll And freedom’s just another word for a memory long ago
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