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When Rock 'n' Roll Was Young

from The Nature Of Things by TAKE OFF TO NOVA

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The zeitgeist shapes the music and at the same time, music inspires deeds that can change the world. Every generation has its soundtrack. Songs become anthems carrying the spirit of the time. Singers and songwriters give voice to the streets. A song becomes a manifesto, the pen a sword. Music is empowerment! Before your voice falters, join the choir, it's the loudest roar. To understand the thoughts and emotions of bygone eras, one need only listen to the songs of that time. In a world in turmoil, as long as the music plays, we are all right.

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When Rock 'n' Roll Was Young

Dusting off some old vinyl
World starts to spin with a crackling
From Pete Seeger to the King
Songs from a world in divide
White dove labours under the olive branch
People singing give peace a chance
To the head a gun
A bomb for a second sun, yes a deadly one
In times when rock ‘n’ roll was young

I hear the beat, feel the pulse of the time
Songs against battle cries
When I see the pictures of Vietnam
I can hear Jimi´s Machine Gun

James Brown was no smooth crooner
He said it loud, you should be proud
Show yourself, go dancing in the streets
These days demand a new sound
MLK he lead the way from
Selma to Montgomery
Left and right in one big fray
A fight for a new era, a brighter dawn
In times when rock ‘n’ roll was young

The zeitgeist is the poet´s muse
And words can be like tinder
Before they stood up and took to the streets
People hung on his Lip, sat at her feet

To liberate the body, mind and soul
They pray to the gods of rock ‘n’ roll
It can´t be stopped by no rain and mud
A mass with hundred thousand at Woodstock
Girls in short skirts, flowers in the hair
Make love not war, sounding through the air
Turn on, tune it, then drop out
Old certainties called into doubt, they´ve come undone
In times when rock ‘n’ roll was young

Has our world become a better place?
There is a new divide!
Those same dreams are still alive and
We are hammer and anvil shaping the times

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from The Nature Of Things, track released November 24, 2023
Roger Barrach - Guitar, Vocals, Keys
André Philippi - Drums
Jacek Moczulski - Bass

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