His talent was so incandescent, it could not be denied. There’s always a figure who comes along with enough charisma and raw talent who knocks down doors, becoming any musical or cultural revolution’s definitive exponent, the one who clears a path for the rest to walk through. He didn’t invent rock ‘n’ roll anymore than the Sex Pistols invented punk. The effect of Elvis Aron Presley of Tupelo, Mississippi, cannot be overestimated, though many nowadays try to underestimate it. Listen to our custom Spotify playlist, “Go, Cat, Go!”: Rockabilly, 1955-1959, as you read: African American rock ‘n’ rollers and future greasy country boys benefitted as much as Phillips when the embodiment of his dreams of a white blues singer walked through Sun’s front door in 1953. Contemporaneous with rockabilly’s rise was the hard-driving R&B DJ Alan Freed sold to white teens as rock ‘n’ roll-pounding eighth-note raunch by Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Bo Diddley. Phillips kept musing aloud that if he could find a white musician who played with the soulfulness and conviction of the blues performers he’d been recording, he could make a million dollars. Most immediate were the “hillbilly” boogie records of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, especially Arthur Smith ’s “Guitar Boogie” and Hank Williams ’ “Move It On Over.” Then there were the raw blues artists Phillips was recording at Sun in the early ‘50s- Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Parker, James Cotton. Rebel rock will always look back at rebel rock past for inspiration.Īs with any cultural tumult, rockabilly had its precedents. Then there was the Cramps ’ obvious retrofit of rockabilly for the ‘70s punk era. The Clash especially flashed a strong rockabilly yen: aping the first Elvis Presley album’s graphics for London Calling adopting greasy ducktail haircuts and cat clothes covering Vince Taylor ’s “Brand New Cadillac,” Britain’s first authentic stab at rockabilly glory. Rockabilly’s influence on punk is incalculable, from Richard Hell writing in his memoir I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp of tapping into its primal energy to the Sex Pistols covering Eddie Cochran classics. Read more: Gang Of Four on their political roots, new box set '‘77-’81’ and more And their daughters were screaming at these twangy hoodlums!
To those good gray-flanneled parents of the age, this was sinful. To his right, an utterly impassive statue of a man reels off flashy runs on an over-amped electric guitar. To his left, some clown is jumping around atop a doghouse bass.
And nothing terrified the good Eisenhower-voting parents of the era than the sight of some skinny country boy shakin’ on TV, overly Brylcreemed hair hanging in his eyes and dolled up in a pink-and-black suit, mumbling about what he wanted to do to mah bay-beh over a loud, thumping mashup of honky-tonk country and gutbucket blues. It originated the impulse to strap a rocket-engine to basic three-chord music and flash some serious attitude. Nothing is more rebellious and life-affirming than some greasy hillbilly gittin’ real, real gone on a fistfull of pills and moonshine in Sam Phillips ’ Sun Records echo chamber. Nonetheless, it creates a warm feeling, and the eerie lines " Let's do some living, after we die" and " We'll ride them some day" provide hope for the future.Rockabilly is the original punk rock, from back in the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s. The song has a sorrow and heavy tone, which makes you think and question life. Faith has been broken, tears must be cried." Mick once stated: " ' Wild Horses' was about the usual thing of not wanting to be on the road, being a million miles from where you want to be, " which sounds a lot similar to message of " Moonlight Mile." The lyrics as a whole also tell the story of a relationship, first starting out wonderful during the 'honeymoon phase,' before the downfall, and pain of the breakup: " You know I can't let you slide through my hands. The first line, " Childhood living is easy to do" reminds us of the meaning of " As Tears Go By" reflecting on our adolescence. "Wild Horses" gives the feeling of being on the great plains riding horses with someone significant, especially at 2:50 - 3:27 during the songs main melody and the first guitar solo. The ballad's meaning can be interpreted in many different ways.
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