[Dixielandjazz] Ma'oz tzur as Rock + Nancie Beaven

[David M Richoux]

Thanks, Steve.

Maybe everything ties together with Paul Simon (not with Garfunkel at  
that point) - OKOM for me - my band does several of their tunes...

> Like she loves me like a rock
> She rocks me like the rock of ages

although the context in this song could be a bit more chaste than some  
other jazzier "Rock" songs!

Dave Richoux


On Jun 25, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Stephen G Barbone wrote:

> Marek asked how ma'oz tzur is connected to "Rock"
>
> Dear Marek:
>
> The literal translation for the phrase is as you describe it.  
> However, as Dave Richoux pointed out, if you google the phrase, the  
> popular translation for the this song phrase composed around 1200 AD  
> is "Rock of Ages." -Ergo, the first mention of "Rock" in song. <grin>
>
> Googling turns up a lot of information. Some true, some false. Like  
> for example, check out Rock & Roll + slang and you find that some  
> folks insist it was a term for "sex" long before its use as a  
> descriptor for 1950s music. Having grown up during the transition, I  
> tend to agree with them. <grin>
>
> Now for the real purpose of this note. Nancie Beaven is having a  
> birthday tomorrow. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, love. Let's Rock & Roll. <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>