Velvet Underground, The - Rock And Roll Lyrics

The mournful guitar is just ...just Yeah it is!

Is lou Reed the coolest man to walk the earth?

David bowie takes the cake for me i think.

Motorhead saved my life...poppa chubby now.

omg that second solo is otherworldly fuck yeah

Oh yeah!

Did J.Geils do a version of this? I could swear I heard them on a record doing this in '71 or so.

See also: Chris Chappell’s Distortion Pedal

My life was saved by rock and roll.

Honestly when I was 5 years old I was listening to Mister Rogers . . .

Genius.

Can't listen to this song without tapping my foot.

Lou. Period. Graduate.

this song makes me throw up in my pants - in most countries that's a compliment - MONSTER 2019

Jenny said when she was just five years old
There was nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on a radio
There was a nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
You know, she couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started shakin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll

Despite all the amputations
You know you could just go out
And dance to a rock 'n' roll station

It was alright (it was alright)
Hey baby, you know it was alright (it was alright)

Jenny said
When she was just about five years old
You know why parents gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
Well you know, it ain't gonna help me at all, not just a tiny bit
Then one fine mornin' she turns on a New York station
She doesn't believe what she hears at all
Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life is saved by rock 'n' roll, yeah rock 'n' roll

Despite all the computations
You could just dance
To that rock 'n' roll station

And baby it was alright (it was alright)
Hey it was alright (it was alright)
Hey here she comes now!
Jump! jump!

Jenny said when she was just about five years old
Hey, you know, there was nothing happening at all, not at all
Every time I put on the radio
You know there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
Then one fine mornin' she hears a New York station
She just didn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll, yes rock 'n' roll

Despite all the computation
You know you could just dance
To a rock 'n' roll station

All right
All right
And it was alright
Well, listen to me now
And it was alright
Come on, man, listen
It was alright
It was alright
And it was alright
Alright!
It's alright
Alright!
Yeah, it's alright now
Alright!
Yeah, it's alright now
Alright!
It is all alright
Alright!
Yeah, alright now
Alright!
And it's alright right now
Alright!
And it's alright now
Alright!
Oh baby
Alright!
Oh baby
Alright!
Oh baby
Alright!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Alright!
Now it's alright now
Alright!
Ooh, it's alright now
Alright!
Oh, alright
Alright!
Alright now
Alright!

Velvet Underground wrote this 1969ish. THE RUNAWAYS - ROCK N ROLL - 1976. Early California punk version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYFeY1PcDow&list=PLo2aaBamFnLSZo7Xe19baRwlvGacPCBHf&index=16

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67 square mofos deny a stark reality :that your life can be saved by rock and roll

Best VU song

Loaded was so much better than nico, not even a competition

The first bars of the song and I have to dance.
That was already 30 years ago.
fine fine music ......😊

Her life wasn't saved; Her mind was changed.


Brilliant song: groovy, bouncy, yet grounded. Life-affirming, Sincere.

this is the BEST version

THANK YOU FOR ALL LOU. THANKS FOR ALL, MAN.

This song is the perfect tonic for my mood today,
❤️

Despite all the amputations you could just dance to the rock n roll station, it was alright. Yeah, it was alright.

Now it’s time for life to save rock and roll.

I agree with you on that

@gary DIFFLEY you got life, life in you....you saved it.

If all audio equipment got fried, we would tell tales of how great music was between the 30s to 72.

Yeah - death to all this over-produced, un-original, heartless crap already.

As fresh as it was when it was originally recorded.

Also very important to know that they never made any money, so important for any music fan. This is God Like Genius.

Very cloe to the most important song of all time.

why do velvets fans all say shit like this? come the fuck on.

Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars . . . wait, according to the intelligentsia, that qualifies as poverty level.

Who else’s life was saved by rock and roll?

Sympathy For The Devil chords

great viola of John Cale

Try not dancing...

I love how mad the climax of this song is.

Was listening to the entirety of TVU+N, and this song came after the album ended with European Son as a sort of mixed TVU playlist as Spotify does. And honestly, this would be a PERFECT ending for that album, especially since the whole half is Incredibly dreary.

Hearing the Happiness in Reeds voice in this song .
Especially by the second verse .
Love it .
" fine fine music "

Romeo Alpha68 Hell dude, the backing acoustic riff alone can make the dreariest man happy in no time.

leçons en français .........cheers.

👍👍👍👍👍

The velvet underground is like a mix between bob dylan and the rolling stones

Have you heard Sister Ray?

Rock N Roll has so many great anthems, well Lou found one of them with this gem..

rock n' roll station !

How fucking cool is Lou Reed??

Ty Segall used part of this song on his song The Drag. I hear it

woodward season 9?

Where's Lou when we need him the most? Oh the songs he would of written regarding the "Coward In Chief" and the whore Melania.

To everyone who’s here listen .
You have a good taste of music

Thank you 😌

Yeah, go pat yourself on the back dweeb. You like what I like so you’re smart. Agreed? Good for us.

Nice name, No Body! I’d say we have similar names. Also, I cannot comprehend the previous reply as it seems to deprecate both you and the replier, which is quite odd to me

Hahah :-)

This is my favorite Velvet Underground song. Music saved my life. Thank God for Rock and Roll!

Very much like bob dylan

In this song there is The 60th Spirit! La viola di John Cale è un capolavoro... masterpiece!

Who F..k are those 44 people ??

Now is 45.

Civ IV brought me here.

What a beautiful sweet little simple yet profound guitar solo twice

Reminds me of the kinks with different levels on the amp.

FINE FINE music!

My life was saved by the Velvet Underground

I heard this at the end of the Brian Clough I believe in miracles documentary and had to find out what it was. This is a fantastic tune.

Same here bro. What a documentary, what an ending, what a song to discover.

Amazing song but it's doug yule singing not lou.
However I love it

you are wrong

@John Coan Totally. Reed has one of the most distinctive voices ever.

They velvets are for people who have heard too much music and want something different and unorthodox. They are the Ginsburg of music and that ain't a compliment to Ginsburg I fucking hate Ginsburg and Kerouac. Howl is what I want to do after reading that pretentious bullshit. It's just a comparison.

Most underrated band there is

Underrated? The Velvets??

Nah there definitely 'rated'.

Nah. Over-hyped for sure, but not underrated. A great NYC band.

in my opinion Detroit's version is the best one out there Steve Hunter killed it

Rock and Fucking Roll

Musically its a combo of the stones under my thumb and Roxy music's love is the drug terrific

"In 17 years you're gonna like it, my friends. You're gonna call it Shaun Ryder"

don't hear that at ALL

probably the origionaters of punk

martin smith they did it, along with Detroit bands like the stooges, mc5, and death. They all laid down the foundation for pumk, imo

Don't forget Bowie with ziggy stardust album as well.

Takes you to the depths of NYC 1970 like nothing else.

What a tune - thank you Lou - ROCK & FUCKIN ROLL!

Best song EVER prove me wrong.

no u provite it right

Allison eats Lou out

Kim Thayil sent me here.

from where

@The Lonely Traveller This link is the interview. He talks about this song re: Soundgarden "A Thousand Days before" slide solo. Here ya go -it's an awesome interview. https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Interview_Soundgardens_Kim_Thayil

tryin 2 narrow choices 4 me last funeral song,specials-enjoy yurself,splodgenessabounds us-2 little boys,eddie an the hot rods-do anything u wanna do,then lou reed throughs this tiune in2 the mix

Ive been listening to soul exclusively lately and uni is cussing stressful and mighty lonely but this is a well deserved break : )

I think this is something like Proust to the new generation.

no seven volumes, just pure.

Rock 'n' Roll provides your civilization with five Hit Singles resources (which provide happiness). It increases the odds that its city will create a Great Artist.

this is definitely one of the best YouTube comments ever

Civ 4 baby

I'm dancing to that fine, fine music. It was alright...

It was aaaaaaaallright!

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Discovered this yesterday, half a life in!!!

....Makes me wanna shake my thang

this remastered version sounds pretty good. that's some nice tambourine work

Play that guitar!

I just heard this in the car this morning, rushed home and found it here! It's now my favorite!

And how can you not like this

2019, it's alright!

As a rule I love all art made under the influence of heroin

Erik Wright It's disgusting and killed plenty of people but it sure has made it's contribution to art and music, especially rock.

If I shit the bed, steal my granma's cuckoo clock, lose my teeth and call it art, will you love it?

@ComboverSoul tig perfect discription ,and I've been one! Lol

Love this. This one and Sweet Jane are my favourites from the Loaded album. I don't know what my favourite VU song overall is, there's so many great ones I couldn't possibly choose. I'm not very good at having favourites in general.

I don't listen to Jane anymore, but this is still good, though.

Am I the only one who thinks Loaded is their weakest album?


Not to say it's not a very good album, because it is, but compared to the first three it's not quite as intense and beautiful; it's more middle of the road. But then I think that was intentional. This was their 'classic rock' album.

The best one is the one you heard last.
Simple.

Who played bass?

I don't know, but it sounds damn good.

Doug Yule I believe

Doug Yule. Awesome bass on this album.

My life was saved by rock and roll.

Eyebrows raised. Really?

Really... for us :-)

Amen to that, Brother Paul! And Rabbi, it DID save MINE. Now it's my conduit to "The Source" as well as the one true and holy thing for me.

🤘🍻

if there's a religion here that matters is rock'n'roll. It saves lives.

Very few songs make me as happy as this one!!!!!

M A S T E R P I E C E

fabulous

This is always the first song I play whenever I pick up a guitar.
One of the finest songs ever written.

this song is ridiculously hard to play on guitar

I found it pretty easy, and I'm not even that good. what part were you stuck on?

Takes me back to highschool ... Los Angeles 2008 John F Kennedy high... Was a huge fan of Jane's addiction and discovered these guys thru perry farell and Dave navarro..

That's around the time I got into them as well, and I was also a senior in 2008 lol. I had a book that had "the best 500 albums ever" and Velvet Underground made quite a few mentions, so I checked em out and ended up loving them.

@Dildo Schwaggins wow aren't you guys just a couple of dinosaurs. College freshman here and I love velvet underground

Janes Addiction & Velvet Underground are both amazing groups of musicians

6 people took the time to give this a thumbs down huh? Please just fuck off next time and grow a bit in the process

One of the best songs ever!!!

Lou Reed and David Bowie, R.I.P. Iggy Pop is still with us!

I am so happy he still is here, but with the way he lived for a while I am surprised he didn't join them. But long live that beautiful man!

Who'd o' predicted that, amirite?

^^^ the real holy trinity

And Keith

It was alright!!

fk yeah

& this is supposed to be one of the greatest bands ever 😂🤦🏼‍♂️💩💩

You're an infant

Lol youre a fetus.

You're an idiot kid. Learn some basic music history.

Detroit's version of this kicked ass Steve Hunter took it to another level

They are good but overrated by hipsters. people have the gall to say they better than the Beatles 😂🤦, Lou Reed was so damn overrated. Frank Zappa >>>> Lou reeed