Why Somalia have a stamp commemorating Elvis Presley, I have no idea. But that Presley, even more than Armstrong, is an image of freedom and independence is undoubted.
Jazz is the great American art form except rock and roll is the great American art form. Jazz gave popular music improvisation, rock and roll gave music made by blacks and whites together. AN..
1. True freedom. It pisses all over the "Outliers" 10,000 hours concept. You don't need 10,000 hours to play rock and roll, you don't need 10,000 minutes. It belongs to you. If Presley could do it. you can do it. It's yours, take it.
2. Miscegenation – The end of INSTITUTIONALIZED racism is in rock and roll's DNA. It is what rock and roll is.
3. It rules the world the way your woman rules you. Not through force but through love. Reagan never beat the USSR, rock and roll did. The people of the USSR saw Elvis and wanted them some. China will NEVER be the USA because it will NEVER invent rock and roll.
4. At its best, rock and roll is the embodiment of every single thing that is great about the USA. It is light, sexy, free…
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