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Rock And Roll Music

This version of Rock And Roll Music was released by Beach Boys in 1976.

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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 sound 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

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The lyrics to Rock And Roll Music are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Beach Boys in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Rock And Roll Music are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Beach Boys and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Rock And Roll Music back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Rock And Roll Music by Beach Boys in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rock And Roll Music" means the words set to the music of Rock And Roll Music, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rock And Roll Music and the lyrics to Rock And Roll Music are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rock And Roll Music, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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