![]() Presley’s 1957 hit single embodies the tough-as-nails sound of early rock and roll: it’s the starting gun for everything that came after. ![]() Forgive me as I wax poetic upon the latter for a moment, before stepping back to tackle the former. “Mystery Dance” and “Jailhouse Rock” are, after all, birds of a black-and-white-striped feather. I’m talking about the other one, the first one – our guy’s namesake – and this is the opening to “ Jailhouse Rock.” But I can see how you might have gotten confused. Wait, what’s that? Oh, I’m sorry – I didn’t mean to mislead you. The band was jumpin’ and the joint began to swing! The prison band was there and they began to wail! The warden threw a party in the county jail! ![]() Hear that, friends? That’s a demand for surrender, in every conceivable sense: mean, tough, dominating, sexy – and Elvis hasn’t even started singing yet. ![]() It’s the roar of a lion, followed by its menacing footsteps the bugle blasts of an oncoming army and the rumble of its tanks. The song has begun, announcing itself with a snarl and a boom! It’s powerful.
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