The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll

About The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll

"The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" is a single by Mott the Hoople, from 1974's The Hoople. It reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. Performed live by Mott, "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" would usually follow a piano take on the first verse of Don McLean's "American Pie", hence following the latter's statement, "The day the music died". Ian Hunter would declare: "Or did it? Ladies and gentlemen, The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll!", whereupon the whole band launched into the song. This can be heard among the 2006 bonus tracks on The Hoople and on the Broadway disc of the 2004 remastered and expanded 30th Anniversary Edition of Live. Def Leppard covered the song for their 2006 covers album Yeah!. "The one I assumed I'd breeze through was 'The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll'," observed singer Joe Elliott, "which I know backwards, inside out and in foreign languages. We had to take that one down a key because I just couldn't do it." more »

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2009

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Everybody hazy shell-shocked and crazy 
Screaming for the face at the window
Jeans for the genies dresses for the dreamies
Fighting for a place in the front row  

Oh oh oh good for your body it's good for your soul
Oh oh let's go it's the golden age of rock and roll

Well you get a little buzz send for the fuzz
Guitars gettin' higher and higher
The dude in the paint thinks he's gonna faint
Stoke more coke on the fire 

Oh oh oh gotta stay young you can never grow old
Oh oh the golden age of rock and roll

The golden age of rock and roll will never die
As long as the children feel the need to laugh and cry
Don't wanna wreck, just recreation
Don't wanna fight but if you turn us down 
We're gonna turn you 'round
Don't mess with the sound
The show's gotta move everybody groove
There ain't no trouble on the streets now
So if the going gets rough don't you blame us

Oh oh oh gotta stay young you can never grow old
Oh oh the golden age of rock and roll

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Mott the Hoople

Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name. more »

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