Rock & Roll

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"Rock & Roll" is a seminal song by The Velvet Underground that celebrates the transformative, life-changing power of rock music.

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instanceOf song
albumSide Side 2 of Loaded (original LP)
artist The Velvet Underground NERFINISHED
associatedAct Doug Yule NERFINISHED
Lou Reed NERFINISHED
Maureen Tucker NERFINISHED
Sterling Morrison NERFINISHED
composer Lou Reed NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describesEvent a girl discovering rock and roll on the radio
featuresCharacter Jenny NERFINISHED
genre proto-punk
rock
hasCriticalReception widely acclaimed by rock critics
hasInfluenceOn later rock and alternative rock artists
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
piano
hasLiveVersionsOn 1969: The Velvet Underground Live NERFINISHED
Live at Max’s Kansas City NERFINISHED
hasNarrativeTheme life-changing impact of radio
transformative power of rock music
hasNotableLyric It was all right
Jenny said when she was just five years old, there was nothin’ happenin’ at all
Then one fine mornin’ she puts on a New York station, you know, she don’t believe what she heard at all
hasSubjectMatter personal liberation through music
youth culture
includedIn Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition NERFINISHED
Peel Slowly and See NERFINISHED
various The Velvet Underground compilation albums
isConsidered a classic rock song
one of The Velvet Underground’s best-known songs
language English
originallyAppearedOn Loaded NERFINISHED
partOf The Velvet Underground discography NERFINISHED
performer The Velvet Underground NERFINISHED
producer Geoff Haslam NERFINISHED
Shel Kagan NERFINISHED
The Velvet Underground NERFINISHED
recordLabel Atlantic Records
Cotillion Records NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1970
tempo up-tempo
trackPositionOnAlbum 6
writer Lou Reed NERFINISHED

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The Velvet Underground notableSong Rock & Roll