I Have An Answer To Compromise

Eric did a post on Compromise. Here is my answer:

There were other versions of “Long Tall Sally” with better visuals. But this one had better audio by a smidge. Yeah. I was a recording/on the air engineer for radio stations in another life.

And here is my answer to my answer.

An explanation of the above:

Dick Clark was the center of the subversion:

The answer to my answer with subtitles:

This all happened back when rock ‘n roll was a subversive force destroying the morals of the nation.

“With the exception of Elvis Presley, Mr. Clark was considered by many to be the person most responsible for the bonfire spread of rock ‘n’ roll across the country in the late 1950s.”

Great Balls of Fire.

Clark was a leading cause of this deterioration of music. The decadence of the following decades in the United States can be attributed to Clark along with countless others.

I’d say the rollers did an excellent job too. Dionysian excess. In excess. “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. For it is only when you have too much that you know how much is enough.” Wm. Blake.

One more from the archives:

And a Little more Richard:

More Shakin from ’57. I was 13 and in my prime. Still am.: