Musical Sunday started with the song from 1968 the Steve Miller band. We moved up to 1978 and Linda Ronstadt.
Time to move to 1983 Huey Lewis and the News rolled out an album called Sports with the hit song The Heart of Rock & Roll. In 1984 rocker Bruce Springsteen had a hit song & album entitled Born in the USA.
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Artist: Huey Lewis and the News
Album: Sports Released: 1983
Songwriter(s): Johnny Colla; Huey Lewis
Lyrics
New York, New York, is everything they say
And no place that I’d rather be
Where else can you do a half a million things
All at a quarter to three
When they play their music, ooh that modern music
They like it with a lot of style
But it’s still that same old back beat rhythm
That really, really drives ’em wild
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ’em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating
LA, Hollywood, and the Sunset Strip
Is something everyone should see
Neon lights and the pretty pretty girls
All dressed so scantily
When they play their music
That hard rock music
They like it with a lot of flash
But it’s still that same old back beat rhythm
That really, really kicks ’em in the
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ’em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating
Johnny, awDC, San Antone and the Liberty Town, Boston and Baton Rouge
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, too
Everywhere there’s music, real live music, bands with a million styles
But It’s still that some old rock and roll music
That really, really drives ’em wild
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ’em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating, yeahIn Cleveland
Detroit
Uh, heart of rock and roll
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Born in the U.S.A. Released: 1984
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Born down in a dead man’s town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much
‘Til you spend half your life just coverin’ up
[Chorus]
Born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
Born in the U.S.A
[Verse 2]
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
[Chorus]
Born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
[Verse 3]
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says, “Son if it was up to me”
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said, “Son, don’t you understand”
This section of Today’s blog will have a finali that takes you back to woodstock. What a time in history. Since this part of the blog is about Rock and Roll, America, and standing up for the flag and our national anthem. We introduce Jimmy Hendrix and his version of The National Anthem.