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Song · Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, and YouTube Music · 1957

RCA · Sony Music Entertainment

Jailhouse Rock

RCA, under Sony. The beat is a gift. The joke is that the cage is fun.

RCA released it. Sony holds RCA. Elvis could sing a harder song, and sometimes did. This one is a warden's nightmare played for laughs, and the laughs won.

Keep it if you want the history of the voice. Do not let a child think the number is what a cage is.

The eight

  1. Industry

    7/10

    The record moves. The band earned that.

  2. Household

    2/10

    No house. A cell block as a dance floor.

  3. Piety

    2/10

    Nothing is weighed.

  4. Courage

    3/10

    Swagger in a costume.

  5. Republic

    2/10

    The law is a set for a number.

  6. Temperance

    4/10

    A party, and it ends.

  7. Truth

    4/10

    It knows it is a picture. It still makes the picture look like the good.

  8. Stewardship

    4/10

    A piece of the craft's history. Not a lesson about jail.

Live historicallyIf it plays, say it is a movie song, and that a real jail is not a party.

Song · Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, and YouTube Music · 1972

Asylum · Warner Music Group

Take It Easy

Asylum, under Warner. The advice is calm. The verse is a man who will not choose.

Asylum released it. Warner holds Asylum. The chorus became advice for anxious people, and sometimes that advice is just: stop grinding. The verses are a man sampling a town. Do not take the verses as the cure for the grinding.

If you are actually exhausted, rest. If you are avoiding a choice, this is not rest.

The eight

  1. Industry

    6/10

    A road song that knows its job.

  2. Household

    3/10

    A corner in Winslow, a glance. No household.

  3. Piety

    2/10

    Ease is the creed.

  4. Courage

    3/10

    The nerve is a flirt.

  5. Republic

    3/10

    A town as a backdrop.

  6. Temperance

    3/10

    Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy. And don't choose.

  7. Truth

    5/10

    He is honest that he is looking.

  8. Stewardship

    3/10

    A mood. Not a way to spend a year.

Live historicallyIf the house is frayed, rest tonight. If someone is using 'easy' to avoid a promise, name the promise.