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The Velvet Underground — Rock And Roll
Album: Loaded
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Released: 1970
Length: 4:39
Plays (last 30 days): 0
Jenny said when she was just five years old
You know there's nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothing goin' down at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll

Despite all the amputations
You could just dance to a rock 'n' roll station

Jenny said when she was just five years old
My parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars--
Ain't gonna help us at all

Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She don't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll

Despite all the computations
You could just dance to a rock 'n' roll station
And it was alright.
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 rockroll360 wrote:
When I heard this song on a FM Station - I knew I Was At The Right Place back In The Day.      Thank You WBCN-WNEW-WMVY-WMMR-WMMS-KSAN-KMET-KFML  and of course Radio Paradise.   A Very Big 10.1 for me. 
 


Come, fly with me. Allison Steele, The Nightbird. On WNEW-FM, in New York City.
for a song that 50 years old...this still kicks ass
Always up for the Velvets. Love this track.
When I heard this song on a FM Station - I knew I Was At The Right Place back In The Day.      Thank You WBCN-WNEW-WMVY-WMMR-WMMS-KSAN-KMET-KFML  and of course Radio Paradise.   A Very Big 10.1 for me. 
excellent rate it 8 
So good!
Desert Island Record for sure.
This is what you call very very cool Rock n Roll
Count of hands whose life was saved by R & R?

I'm one of em!  
Have it a 9 just because if Lou
And it was alright . .
 folkrocker wrote:
Love the live version of this on Rock n Roll Animal. The guitar work of Hunter and Wagner is outstanding.
I wore that album out.
Did "Mo" leave her sunglasses back at The Factory?

Image result for Uncut magazine
Sounds like Bob Dylan in an alternate universe.
Love the live version of this on Rock n Roll Animal. The guitar work of Hunter and Wagner is outstanding.
 Al wrote:

Couldn't agree more. Damn, 1970 was a lonnnnnng time ago, but THIS tune is timeless.

 
Yessssssssssss.  
Meh.


                The only train that goes there ~



 msymmes wrote:
Never heard this before in my life but I really like it.   

 

Man at bridge holding head with hands and screaming

aye carumba NEVER?!!!

Lou Reed = Rock and Roll
 DaidyBoy wrote:
It's 14:47 here in the rainy UK and I'm listening to top tunes and getting nothing done at work.  This time of day is always great with the RP crew: the afternoon just slips round.  I've also just realised that you folks are just getting up in the morning to this stuff!  Sweet start to your day.  My greatest respect and admiration.  I love RP.

 
{#Cheers} It's early in my work day and this song definitely boosted my mood. BillG's comment hit the nail on the head - if ever there was a song that's the antitheses of sliced & diced & pitch-corrected (paraphrasing here), this is it. I recall hearing this song on the radio back in the 1980s - on a Toronto, not NY station, though {#Wink}
It's 14:47 here in the rainy UK and I'm listening to top tunes and getting nothing done at work.  This time of day is always great with the RP crew: the afternoon just slips round.  I've also just realised that you folks are just getting up in the morning to this stuff!  Sweet start to your day.  My greatest respect and admiration.  I love RP.

Great link, great version... 

 

Skydog wrote:

Lou Reed said that this song should have sounded this way
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mag6jxiHXXk  


 


Jenny should have been listening to Radio Paradise  {#Smile}
 wierdsley wrote:
Still sounds fresh today. Love this tune. 

 
Couldn't agree more. Damn, 1970 was a lonnnnnng time ago, but THIS tune is timeless.
 msymmes wrote:
Never heard this before in my life but I really like it.   

 
Yes, I do love those moments on RP!
Still sounds fresh today. Love this tune. 
Never heard this before in my life but I really like it.   


NYC, baby. 



Hey, baby, rock 'n' roll.
 Steely_D wrote:
Every time I put on the radio, you know there's nothing happening at all.

 
That's why you are here isn't it?

BTW easy 9 for me
{#Dancingbanana_2}
 Steely_D wrote:
Every time I put on the radio, you know there's nothing happening at all.

 
Not at all....
Love hearing this on RP! Used to get a kick out of blowing my parents' minds by blurting out the words to this in Lou's amazing manner
Every time I put on the radio, you know there's nothing happening at all.
Lou Reed said that this song should have sounded this way
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mag6jxiHXXk  

Yes yes yes!{#Bananajam}
Almost 45.5 years after it came out, this song makes its debut on Radio Paradise!  BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!
Thanks for finally adding this one... 
never played before, shut the front door!