[1. 록앤롤이여 영원하라 배경 음악] 342. 프레디 머큐리 추모공연 - 8 - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll

Daughtry - Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll

록앤롤의 찬가를 대표하는 두 곡입니다.

하드록이나 헤비메탈에 조금이라도 관심이 있으셨던 분이시라면 윗 곡은 들어보셨을 겁니다. 제가 예전에도 소개한 적이 있었지요.

재미있는 것은 아래 곡입니다.

아메리칸 아이돌을 통해 늙어서 데뷔한 록커 도트리의 ‘록앤롤이여 영원하라’입니다.

레인보우의 곡과는 제목만 똑같지 완전히 다른 곡입니다. 

그런데 가사가 너무 재미있습니다. 하드록과 헤비메탈, 팝을 진지하게 들어본 경험이 있는 분이라면 공감할 수밖에 없는 내용입니다. 

시간이 되시는 독자님께서는 아래의 가사를 확인하시며 노래를 들어보시면 더욱 커다란 재미를 느끼실 수 있습니다.

"Long Live Rock & Roll"

Well I was born
The year that disco died
And U2 was in high school
Thank the Lord that they survived
Got my first taste, on a Seger '45
And since that Kiss I rocked out
All day and partied every night

We still argue about who's better
Elton John or Billy Joel
We still wonder if Kurt really
Wrote the song she sang in Hole
No we'll never stop believing
That's the Journey of our lives
So won't you help me Pour Some Sugar
On these memories tonight?

Sing it
Long live rock
Long live roll
Long live big guitars and music for the soul
Sayin'
Don't give up, don't grow old
Long live crazy nights and records made of gold
Long live rock and roll

Summer of '96, I got my first guitar
I played it till my fingers said,
"You're gonna be a star."
Grunge was everything, at least it was to me
A Marshall in my Chevy Sprint
Just winding down a dream

We still argue about who's better
Motley Crue or GNR
We still can't believe Van Halen
Turned into Van Hagar
Now the record shops are gone for good
And no one seems to care
But me and you and all our friends
Keep Living On That Prayer

Sing it
Long live rock
Long live roll
Long live big guitars and music for the soul
Sayin'
Don't give up, don't grow old
Long live crazy nights and records made of gold
Long live rock and roll

Went to bed in Cleveland
Woke up in Tennessee
No matter where I'll roll tonight
I'm chasing history

We still argue about who's better
The Beatles or The Stones
They're forever 27
Jimi, Janis, Brian Jones
And we stand here in their memory
'Cause their songs, they still survive
So throw your lighters up
And, darling, sing with me tonight

Come on

Long live rock
Long live roll
Long live big guitars and music for the soul
Sayin'
Don't give up, don't grow old
Long live crazy nights and records made of gold
Long live rock and roll

Long live rock
Long live roll
Long live big guitars and music for the soul
Sing it
Don't give up, don't grow old
Long live crazy nights and records made of gold

Long live rock and roll