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JohnnyRingo

(20,933 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 01:44 PM 12 hrs ago

"Rockin' Rock and Roll" by Nancy Sinatra.

Picture this: It's 1966 and you lean your surfboard against the wall outside a dive bar in Reno and walk down the steps to the club. As you belly up to the Tiki bar you unzip your biker jacket halfway and brush your pompadour out of your eyes. You order something strong and your eyes scan the room. There are a few gangsters at a table by the bathroom and a few B list movie stars scattered about ( There's Gilligan!). You ogle the caged Go Go Dancers on either side of a stage as they dance The Monkey. Finally, your eyes lock on a shapely blonde chick singing a slightly off key masochistic melody about walking all over people she knew. Not one you'd take home to meet mom.

You catch her mascara laden eye and in that bonding moment she knows you're a rock & roll maniac. A guy who likes it fast and hard and she's gonna give it to you because she likes to see you hurt. She signals the orchestra and she breaks into this song:

You want to know, what color was that acid tab you took and why didn't you quarter it like he said?

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"Rockin' Rock and Roll" by Nancy Sinatra. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo 12 hrs ago OP
I had zero musical use for Nancy Sinatra then, but I kinda love her now! 50 Shades Of Blue 7 hrs ago #1
Same here JohnnyRingo 5 hrs ago #2
I was (still am!) into British invasion/ folk rock back then... she just wasn't my speed. 50 Shades Of Blue 5 hrs ago #3

JohnnyRingo

(20,933 posts)
2. Same here
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:51 PM
5 hrs ago

"Tony Rome" and "Mack The Knife" are pretty good "her way". I didn't think I liked Elvis - that was my big sister's music - but now I'm hearing his old rockabilly songs that make me reach for the volume knob.

I hope I don't start realizing how far ahead of his time Pat Boone was.

Her dad played Tony Rome in an old gangster flick:

50 Shades Of Blue

(11,445 posts)
3. I was (still am!) into British invasion/ folk rock back then... she just wasn't my speed.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:01 PM
5 hrs ago

Now I have more appreciation for her music, plus she HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATES Trump. That makes her sound even better, LOL.

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