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Ahoy shipmates, how goes it? Appy polly ogies for not writing when I should have been writing. I've suffered a bout of writers block. Frankly I still am suffering from it but I don't want a "help wanted" sign where my column used to be. (I know Keavin wouldn't do that, but it makes for keen dramatic effect). Today we are going to touch on the subject
that should have had people up in arms since 1955. And that is the title
of "King Of Rock N Roll". Being dubbed the "king" of anything shouldn't
be handed out as lightly like "roller coaster thrill ride" reviews at some
magazine we all loathe and despise. Now I'm not going to get into who I
think should be king of rock n roll *cough cough* Chuck Berry. Think about
it, John Lennon once said "if you tried to give rock and roll another name,
you might call it 'Chuck Berry'". Jerry Lee Lewis's mother once told him
" you and Elvis are pretty good, but you�re no Chuck Berry". Plus, most
convincing, Chuck could do the duck walk, Elvis shook his silly hips. C'mon
which do you think is a better stage move? But the thing that really should
be reason for Elvis to turn in his crown is the fact that he never wrote
a song. Yes, you read that right. He never wrote his own songs. The rationale
is absurd, that's like dubbing NSync the Kings of Rock n Roll. Why has
the king of the genre that binds us all together gotten away with one of
the highest crimes against rock n roll?
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