Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Juri wrote:
> "Yes, but Bill Haley and his Comets aren't actually
very hardboiled.
> They are, well, more cozy than hardboiled... at
least to my mind."
>
> I think part of this is that the song has become
divorced from time and
> setting.
You're absolutely right. "Rock Around the Clock" sounds
nowadays very lame, but must've been quite a riot back in the
fifties. Sorry, Bill!
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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