Gonna Be a Countdown: (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (63027)
United States
November 16, 2023 10:31am CST
After the trip comes the oil change. 
Oh, well. I don’t mind keeping my car in good repair. With Hondas (and Toyotas [the one my sister-in-law has is 20 years old]) all you have to do is keep the maintenance up on them and they’ll last…and last…and last. Kinda like this countdown of “gonna” songs. 
Here’s today’s song.
(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets
That’s right. The official title of the song has the parenthetical “we’re gonna” included. You can see it on the picture sleeve pictured in the screen grab.
What can I say about the song. As for Bill Haley, here’s some trivia: he recorded what Kris Kristofferson described as his favorite version of “Me and Bobbie McGee.” How about that!
Rock and roll doesn’t start right here, but it’s awful close!
(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
Written by Max Freedman and Jimmy DeKnight
Recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets
Released as a single, 1953
We’ll be right in seventh heaven:
Oh, well. I don’t mind keeping my car in good repair. With Hondas (and Toyotas [the one my sister-in-law has is 20 years old]) all you have to do is keep the maintenance up on them and they’ll last…and last…and last. Kinda like this countdown of “gonna” songs. Here’s today’s song.
(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets
That’s right. The official title of the song has the parenthetical “we’re gonna” included. You can see it on the picture sleeve pictured in the screen grab.
What can I say about the song. As for Bill Haley, here’s some trivia: he recorded what Kris Kristofferson described as his favorite version of “Me and Bobbie McGee.” How about that!
Rock and roll doesn’t start right here, but it’s awful close!
(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
Written by Max Freedman and Jimmy DeKnight
Recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets
Released as a single, 1953
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7 responses
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
16 Nov
Isn't that the song that they used for Happy Days? I remember it.
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@FourWalls (63027)
• United States
17 Nov
Hot dog! What, is that four songs this year that you’ve known????? 
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@FourWalls (63027)
• United States
17 Nov
I was listening to a podcast about the top ten vehicles expected (by consumer groups AND mechanics alike) to log at least 200,000 miles/300,000 KM without a lot of maintenance woes….nine of the ten vehicles were either Toyota or Honda.
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@JudyEv (328027)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Nov
@FourWalls That's nice to know but I'm not really surprised. My little Hyundai was a great little car too.
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@FourWalls (63027)
• United States
16 Nov
Start ‘em on the good music while they’re young!
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@RasmaSandra (74556)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Nov
I've been rocking with that song since way back when
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@FourWalls (63027)
• United States
16 Nov
I was gonna worry about you BIG TIME if you said “nope.”
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@LindaOHio (160129)
• United States
17 Nov
Yup I know this one. You're right about Toyotas. I had a Valiant for my first car. Those suckers used to run for 200,000 miles. Have a great day.
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@FourWalls (63027)
• United States
17 Nov
When I was little that was all my parents bought (Plymouth Valiant). Glad you know the song!
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@Tampa_girl7 (49367)
• United States
16 Nov
It’s such a fun song. I have mama’s 45 of it.
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@FourWalls (63027)
• United States
16 Nov
The innocent joy of the 50s, summed up in two and a half minutes.
