Happy New Year. My goal is to learn the accurate lyrics of many of the rock & roll songs I've loved throughout my life. Here are three tunes that have been somewhat hazy until I did a little research. Well, OK. I didn't do much research so thanks to the youtube nuts who did. BTW, the headline refers to Elton John's often misheard lyric "Hold me closer, tiny dancer." BONUS: Joe Cocker takes a clearly understandable Feelin' Alright song and turns it into a garbled classic.
Tag: gimme shelter
Make me wanna holler with joy
As boomers weep over a few rock star heroes dying, it's a good time to appreciate the ones who are still above ground. I wasn't perceptive enough to know that Marvin Gaye's dad was going to shoot him before I got a chance to tell him that "What's Going On" redirected my life. Once I heard the title track, well, mercy mercy me...inner city blues made me wanna holler, too. This incredible album took me away from my white boy working class neighborhood to places that I hadn't considered. My musical tastes and capacity for empathy grew exponentially. But Marvin was gone long before I had a radio show that could have allowed me to thank him. It's