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toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world to Music@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

The guy who wrote "Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo" also wrote "Hang On Sloopy"

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The guy who wrote "Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo" also wrote "Hang On Sloopy"

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toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world to Music@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" by Rick Derringer
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Rick Derringer! The All-American Boy! The Real American! The man who stood tall for rock and roll AND hoochie koo!
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  • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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    Even more alarming to me is that he helped Weird Al create the “Even Worse” album and played the guitar solo in “Eat It”!

    • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldOP
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      i thought eddie van halen played that solo, but my grasp on history is a bit weird…

      • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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        yeah learning this totally blew my mind

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_It#Production

        freaking LOVE Todd in the Shadows _

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          he overtook my old favourite professor of rock when i found his channel. best retrospectives on the internet.

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    Sloopy? SLOOPY? All this time I thought it was SNOOPY! I feel like such an idiot…

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      don’t feel bad - on top of sharing the same misunderstanding, i thought snoopy was scooby doo

      edit - sLoopy! see, i’m still messing it up

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    Had never heard of sloopy but I knew the other one from guitar hero 2 haha

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