The History of Rock Told in Ten Songs
This is the basis of a new book called Greil Marcus entitled The History of Rock’n’Roll in Ten Songs. Those songs are:
- Shake Some Action (1976)
- Transmission (1979/2008/2010)
- In the Still of the Nite (1956/1959/2010)
- All I Could Do Was Cry (1960/2008/2013)
- Crying, Waiting, Hoping (1959/1969)
- Money (That’s What I Want) (1959/1963)
- Money Changes Everything (1978/1983/2005/2008)
- This Magic Moment (1959/2007)
- Guitar Drag (2000/2006)
If you want to know why these songs are important, we’ll have to read the book. (Via VVN)
