KIDS NEED MUSIC: VOTE NOW!

Last minute ask for your kind help...the very worthy All-Ages Music Project needs your vote NOW to win a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project. The top ten vote-getters get 50K each to help their causes, and voting closes February 28th. This is a smart organization that understands the great power that art and music can have in bringing people together and how the arts can be especially important to young people -- vital, even. I cannot imagine how my life would have gone without early exposure to music and opportunities to see, hear, and create it. I don't want to imagine it.

When I was a young teenager, I got my horrible fake ID out of the back of CREEM Magazine not so I could buy beer -- it was so I could get into clubs to see bands play. AMP works to create situations where this isn't necessary, and gives young people a chance to create and have a real say in their own arts community. It sure beats some 15-year-old girl from North Naive, WI. next to Drunky McPickup at some creepy bar just to be able to see the Flying Farts or something.

AMP: The What What from Shannon Stewart on Vimeo.

Anyway, I encourage you to look into AMP and to VOTE BY CLICKING HERE, NOW! Thank you!

Jenny said, when she was just five years old
There was nothin' happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
Then, one fine mornin', she puts on a New York station
You know, she couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started shakin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll

Despite all the imputations
You know, you could just go out
And dance to a rock'n'roll station
And it was all right, hey baby,
You know, it was all right

Jenny said, when she was just about five years old
`You know, my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
Well, you know, ain't gonna help me at all`

Then, one fine morning, she turns on a New York station
She doesn't believe what she hears at all
Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Yeah, rock'n'roll

Despite all the computations
You could just dance to that rock'n'roll station
And baby, it was all right, yeah
Hey, it was all right
Hey, here she comes now

Jenny said, when she was just about five years old
'Hey, you know, there's nothin' happening at all, not at all
Every time I put on the radio
You know, there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
But, one fine morning, she hears a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at all
She started dancing to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Yes, rock'n'roll

Despite all the computations
You know, you could just dance to the rock'n'roll station

All right
All right, all right, and it was all right
Oh, listen to me now, it was all right
Come on now, believe me, it was all right
it was all right
hey, it's all right now,.......

Lou Reed, "Rock And Roll"


The Velvet Underground-Rock`n Roll - MyVideo