Excerpt:
There are several songs that Ian has written that celebrate rock 'n' roll and as on The Hoople they work well as opening tracks and The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll also opened their live shows whereas in his solo career the song appears mid-set. In 1973 there was a furor about noise levels at rock concerts, the 96 decibel freaks, about the time the song was written. As performed during Ian's solo career the song celebrated the fun times he had as a singer with a band. Hunter resurrected this tune since on the 1979 tour it was very much a band effort reminding Ian of the Mott The Hoople days.
Ian wrote and recorded this originally as the opening track on Mott The Hoople's 7th LP, The Hoople. During his solo career it appears on Welcome to the Club in November 1979 and another recording from the same month a previously unreleased version on If You Wait Long Enough for Anything, You Can Get It On Sale (box set only). For these November releases you can hear the band on both sides of the pond, in LA and London respectively.
Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me
If You Wait Long Enough For Anything, You Can Get It On Sale (box set only).
The Hoople
The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll
(Ian Hunter)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The golden age of rock and roll....
Everybody hazy, shell-shocked and crazy.
Screaming for the face at the window.
Jeans for the genies, dresses for the dreamies,
Fighting for a place in the front row.
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
(It's good for your body, it's good for your soul)
Ohhh, Ohhh, let's go!
(It's the golden age of rock and roll).
Well you getta little buzz, send for the fuzz,
Guitars getting higher and higher.
The dude in the paint thinks he's gonna faint,
Stoke more coke on the fire.
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
(You gotta stay young, you can never grow old)
Ohhh, Ohhh, Whoooa
(It's the golden age of rock and roll).
The golden age of rock and roll will never die,
As long as children feel the need to laugh and cry.
Don't wanna smash - want a smash sensation,
Don't wanna wreck; just recreation,
Don't wanna fight - but if you turn us down
We're gonna turn you around gonna mess with the sound.
The show's gotta move, everybody groove
There ain't no trouble on the streets now.
So if the going gets rough,
Don't you blame us
You ninety-six decible freaks
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
(Its good for body, its good for your soul)
Ohhh, Ohhh, Whoooa
(It's the golden age of rock and roll).
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
(You gotta stay young, you can never grow old)
Ohhh, Ohhh, Whoooa
(Its good for body, its good for your soul)
Ohhh, Ohhh, Whoooa
(It's the golden age of rock and roll).
Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh
(You gotta stay young, you can never grow old)
Ohhh, Ohhh, Whoooa
(Its good for body, its good for your soul)
Ohhh, Ohhh, Whoooa
(It's the golden age of rock and roll).
That's all
| The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll (live 5-11th November 1979) | 4:01 | Originally a Mott The Hoople track. This live version (recorded at The Roxy, Los Angeles CA) is on the CD version of Welcome to the Club and on the compilation From The Knees Of My Heart. |
| The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll (live 22nd November 1979) | 4:34 | This live version (recorded Hammermith Odeon, London England) was originally issued on If You Wait Long Enough For Anything, You Can Get It On Sale (box set only). |
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