Serious parody/satire of famous VU song by Lou Reed written for Hawaiʻi water protectors.
Rock & Roll (Red Hill Version)
Original by Lou Reed, as performed by the Velvet Underground
Music and Lyrics reworked by Rich Rath and played by same.
Jamie said when she was just five years old
There's nothing going down at all
not at all
Every time she turned on the
radio station
There was nothing going on at all
not at all
Then one fine morning she turned
on the Honolulu station
she couldn't believe what she heard at all
she started dancin' to that fine fine music
you know her life was saved by rock & roll
rock & roll
because of the deocccupation
she would just dance to The
rock & roll station
and it was alright
Jamie said when she
was just 5 yrs old
the US'll be the death of us all
Leaking jet fuel in the water supply
& saying nothing's going down at all
not at all
Then one fine morning
she turned on the Honolulu station
it said the military left one & all
one & all
After demilitarization
she would just dance to The
rock & roll station
and it was alright
Jamie said when she was just 8 yrs old
There's nothing going on at all
Three years since the military left
& there's nothing going wrong at all
not at all
Each fine morning she turned the water faucet on,
The water ran clear as day
clear as day
she'd start dancing to that fine, fine music,
You know her life was saved
by rock and roll
rock & roll
After the deoccupation,
we would just dance to that rock and roll station
And it was alright
listen to me now....
[and it was alright - alright] repeat to ending
