The Importance of Rock and Roll in an Egalitarian Society
I speak for all the free world when I state that rock and roll is more than just music. A rolling storm of melodic revelry, it is the embodiment of a free nation. In 1951 the seedling of rock was planted. Resolute to push it’s way into our very souls, it has since managed to break the boundaries of race, religion and social stratification.
Rock and roll knows no color or religion, rather it touches the lives of any person willing to accept it. It is the dizzy love child of labels like Chess records Chicago electric blues , Castles country and western and Sinatra’s own Reprise pop. The melding of musical styles such as Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, by artists such as Chuck Barry, Chubby checker, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis bid goodbye to Tin Pan Alley forever.
Thanks to pushers Like Alan Freed and Dick Clark it wasn’t too long before this “Fad” was to engulf the globe, spreading like a California Wild fire. Burning up the boundaries between “white” and “black” music. Allowing us to come together to sing, dance and give praise to the gods of rock!
In short, rock and roll is what brings us together. It is what makes us forget our differences. All walks of life can unite in glorious sanctum and be welcomed with open arms by their fellow rockers. Many people thought rock would pass away. That it was just a fad bound for the next train to splits-vill. That it would burn up in the atmosphere and be forgotten. Well I am here to tell you that we rockers are here to stay.
Our Country and our world have been through many changes over the centuries. Wars have been won and lost, diplomacy has been extended. Nothing speaks louder of the best kind of culture- a mixed one- than that of rock and roll. White, black, latin, asian, straight, gay, bi, man, woman, child – you are all the same in the eyes of rock.
I live it, breathe it, scream it loud-
Keep it rockin’ my brothers and sisters!
XOXO
Mz. Sinner
