SONG: Rock On
ARTIST: David Essex
ALBUM: Rock On
This song has really confused the heck out of me. For the longest time I thought David Essex was black, I thought the song was from the 80's, and I categorized it as Reggae, and I though he was talking about a pretty girl he saw a dance that he was trying to find again. And to top it all of I have no idea when or where I came up with this song in my itunes.
Well after a little research---David Essex is most definetely white, "Rock On" was recorded in 1973, it is not in fact reggae but rock, and he is talking about early rock and roll and James Dean.
Okay, enough with my mumbo jumbo, ON TO THE REVIEW!!!
I was hooked right off the bat with the beat. Very reggae sounding if I do say so myself. Its got some great toe tapping qualitys about it. Starts off very basic, then another beat is added on top, a more interesting one complete with exotic sounding drum and percussion additions. Then David Essex jumps in with the vocals and they jive very well with the beat. His vocals are very choppy in parts and in other parts they are very slow and lingering, add this to some pauses for effect and it makes for a pretty interesting song. Other attention getting factors are the spacey sounding strings and horns bit for the instrumental part in the middle. Makes a good summertime song, and is good if you're in the mood for something a little groovy.
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