![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve got no kick against modern jazz Unless they try to play it too darn fast And lose the beauty of the melody Until they sound just like a symphony Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music Any old way you choose it It’s got a back beat, you can’t lose it Any old time you use it It’s gotta be rock roll music If you wanna dance with me If you wanna dance with me The performance of ‘Rock And Roll Music’ was included on the 1994 collection Live At The BBC. They were ‘I’m A Loser’, ‘Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’, ‘I Feel Fine’, and ‘She’s A Woman’. When the 26 December edition of Saturday Club was broadcast, four songs from The Beatles’ 17 November 1964 session for Top Gear were also included. The Beatles recorded two songs during the session – ‘Rock And Roll Music’ and ‘Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!’ – along with banter with host Brian Matthew. The session was for the Saturday Club show, and was recorded at the BBC’s Aeolian Hall in London on 25 November 1964. In addition to their EMI studio version, The Beatles also recorded ‘Rock And Roll Music’ once for BBC radio. ‘Rock And Roll Music’ was the penultimate song to be tackled. During the same nine-hour session they also recorded ‘Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!’, ‘Mr Moonlight’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘I’ll Follow The Sun’, ‘Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’ and ‘Words Of Love’. The Beatles recorded it on 18 October 1964. Afterwards Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Martin all overdubbed a piano part on a Steinway together. The basic track was recorded with drums and bass on track one, two guitars on the second, and Lennon’s vocals on track three. Owing to their familiarity with the song, it took The Beatles just one take to record. ‘Rock And Roll Music’ was one of John Lennon’s great vocal performances, and a thrilling rendition by the group as a whole. A later live version, recorded at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo in June 1966, shortly before The Beatles abandoned touring, appears on Anthology 2.
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