Non-rock songs about rock n roll/Rock songs about non-rock n roll

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The former...
Skeeter Davis - We Need A Whole Lot More of Jesus and a Lot Less Rock N Roll
Schooly D - No More Rock N Roll
Elder Chales Beck - Rock N Roll Sermon

The latter...
I'm drawing a blank here

Brio, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:31 (sixteen years ago)

The latter (sort of): Rapture by Blondie

Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

Lovin' Spoonful, "Nashville Cats"

I Poxy the Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:35 (sixteen years ago)

... but I imagine quite a lot of country rock and folk rock... if that counts as "rock"

I Poxy the Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:35 (sixteen years ago)

Paul McCartney - Ballroom Dancing
Wang Chung - Dancehall Days

The bugger in the short sleeves (NickB), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:36 (sixteen years ago)

I'm trying to think of any explicitly anti-disco or anti-rap rock songs and I can't think of any - there must be some Disco Sucks anthem.

Brio, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:36 (sixteen years ago)

There's some anti-disco funk and P-funk songs

I Poxy the Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, Undisco Kidd would kind of fit, right?

Brio, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.discomusic.com/images/uploads/bridesoffunken-discotogo.jpg

I Poxy the Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:41 (sixteen years ago)

I guess I'm curious about any inter-genre commentary really.

Brio, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:43 (sixteen years ago)

Gillian Welch - 'I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll'

I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:43 (sixteen years ago)

Jet - Rollover DJ

George Mucus (ledge), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:44 (sixteen years ago)

A bunch of song poems are coming to mind, mostly (i.e. 'How Long Are You Staying?').

I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:46 (sixteen years ago)

thread reminds me of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG_rEqCivn4

sexually blount country matters (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:46 (sixteen years ago)

Is there really no full-on anti-rap song? Nugent must've done one.

Brio, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

The Smiths - Panic

The bugger in the short sleeves (NickB), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:49 (sixteen years ago)

xpost Of course there is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmD39hdjmnM

sexually blount country matters (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:50 (sixteen years ago)

10cc, "Dreadlock Holiday"

I Poxy the Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:50 (sixteen years ago)

Also, the Nuge was on the Beastie Boys album ffs

sexually blount country matters (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:50 (sixteen years ago)

There was some "I hate rap" country song I heard all the goddamn time blastin from the mud buggies in my high school but damned if i remember what it was

sexually blount country matters (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:51 (sixteen years ago)

Oh yeah, it was some wrestling guy (Curtis Henning?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8CEKTXn8Jk

sexually blount country matters (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:54 (sixteen years ago)

what about an anti-rock song?
"I Dig Rock 'n' Roll Music" - Peter, Paul, & Mary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMj2WqwehU4

great song, too

lukevalentine, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:07 (sixteen years ago)

Nuge raps at 3:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCvYFVQyzzI&mode=related&search

Brio, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)

Funk song about disco: Betty Davis, "Bottom of the Barrel"
Rock song about opera: ELO, "Rockaria!"
Rock song about classical music: Chuck Berry, "Roll Over Beethoven"

mottdeterre, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

Funkadelic, Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?

I Poxy the Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:31 (sixteen years ago)

sultans of swing. um, a rock song about dixieland jazz and creole music and honky tonk music apparently.

scott seward, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:34 (sixteen years ago)

valdy!

rent, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:40 (sixteen years ago)

Johnny Cash – "I Will Rock and Roll with You"

A bit of fluff that sticks in my memory from the Class of '55 album, the lyrics are about how rock and roll is not really Cash's thing, but "I will rock and roll with you...if I have to!"

Bob Saget's "Night Moves": C or D (WmC), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:44 (sixteen years ago)

A verse of Crash Test Dummies' 'An Old Scab' is about Schumann

my fave thing to do on the computer is what im doing right now (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:50 (sixteen years ago)

Rock'n'Roll by the Boswell Sisters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxFqtuEDLc

everything, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:56 (sixteen years ago)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Ballad of Curtis Lowe" - rock song about a bluesman

o. nate, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:10 (sixteen years ago)

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

A europop song about rock and/or Mozart

The bugger in the short sleeves (NickB), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:24 (sixteen years ago)

Big Black - My Disco

nothing (onimo), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 20:35 (sixteen years ago)

The Who - Sister Disco

dad a, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:08 (sixteen years ago)

Muddy Waters - The Blues Had a Baby (And They Named It Rock'n'Roll)

Mark, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:12 (sixteen years ago)

Quasimoto and Guru both have annoying songs where they just name jazz musicians

strawtrekman (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:19 (sixteen years ago)

Richard Thompson - Al Bowlly's in Heaven
Richard Thompson - Don't Sit on My Jimmy Shands

Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:38 (sixteen years ago)

I wanted to start a "rock talking about techno" thread starting with "Sing Me Spanish Techno"

This part of the sentence is even dumber. (lukas), Wednesday, 25 November 2009 03:59 (sixteen years ago)

Gruppo Sportivo - "Disco Really Made It"
There's your disco sucks song, a new wave one.

disco really made it/it's empty and i hate it

willem, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 06:02 (sixteen years ago)

It's not exclusively about rock and roll, but Willie Rosario's "Busca el Ritmo" kind of fits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf6msGTN01Y

_Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 06:44 (sixteen years ago)

The Who - Sister Disco

Brio, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 15:12 (sixteen years ago)

I'm trying to think of any explicitly anti-disco or anti-rap rock songs and I can't think of any - there must be some Disco Sucks anthem.

― Brio, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:36 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

How about "Disco Oui Oui" by The Members?

It's really crap. (They did loads of great stuff...)

Mark G, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 15:22 (sixteen years ago)

The Smiths - Panic

Dead Milkmen - "You'll Dance To Anything"

"you'll dance to anything by The Smiths..."

henry s, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

Pet Shop Boys - "How can you expect to be taken seriously?"

one boob is free with one (daavid), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 21:09 (sixteen years ago)

Originally I thought this thread was about non-rock songs ABOUT rock songs ABOUT non-rock.

one boob is free with one (daavid), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 21:11 (sixteen years ago)

Frank Zappa - Disco Boy

Brad C., Tuesday, 1 December 2009 23:25 (sixteen years ago)

"Rock'n'Roll" is possibly the least rock'n'roll song Status Quo ever recorded.

Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 00:14 (sixteen years ago)

lol at Whiney being unfamiliar with the concept of "sampling"

Santa Boars (winshit@burgerfuel.co.nz) (sic), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 05:16 (sixteen years ago)

whitehouse - rock and roll

electrical audio's sm57 (electricsound), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 05:19 (sixteen years ago)


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