[Dixielandjazz] What do you really think, Frank?

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/13/04 10:22:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mcvouty78 at hotmail.com writes:

> "Rock 'n' roll smells phony and false.  It is sung, played, and written for 
> 
> the most part by cretinous goons, and by means of its almost imbecilic 
> reiteration, and sly, lewd, in plain fact, dirty lyrics, it manages to be 
> the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.  
> It's the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has 
> been my misfortune to hear."
> 
> -- Frank Sinatra
> 
> 
> This quote shows up in the liner notes to the new CD by Brazilian pop singer 
> 
> Caetano Veloso.
> 
> 

Amazing especially since it evolved from Blues and Jazz, :))

Frank didn't like changes either, but they happened anyway.

There is good rock & Roll and Bad rock and Roll and plenty of both just like 
Jazz.

Cheers, 

Tom Wiggins