rock-and-roll

List: A Hard Day’s Night

John Moe’s Pop Song Correspondences: Letters to Fogerty

List: Adjective and Noun Combinations Considered and Then Discarded in Favor of “Black Betty” in the Song “Black Betty,” Which Is Perhaps Better Known as “Whoa! Black Betty! Bam-ba-Lam.”

List: Working Titles for Sly and the Family Stone’s “Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin.”

List: Some Famous Names That Can Replace the Word Yesterday in the Song “Yesterday,” by Paul McCartney

AC/DC: The Board Meeting

List: Murder Techniques Offered by the Killer-for-Hire in AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap.”

List: VH-1’s Greatest Songs of Rock and Roll, Adjusted for Not Sucking by Dan, a Viacom Intern, With Minimal Input From Dan’s Older Brother Jim, Whose Girlfriend Just Broke Up With Him Over the Phone