rock'n'roll songs about rock'n'roll

[jmtorres]

The Heart of Rock & Roll (is still beating) - Huey Lewis and the News
American Pie - Don McLean
Roll over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (but I like it) - Rolling Stones
I Love Rock'n'Roll - Joan Jett (most popular cover)

taking further suggestions.

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[blueraccoon]

It's Still Rock N Roll To Me - Billy Joel?

[blueraccoon]

Rock & Roll Band - Boston

[rushthatspeaks]

I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)-- The Moody Blues
So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star-- The Byrds
Creeque Alley-- The Mamas and the Papas (autobiographical w/callouts to other bands of the time)

depending on your definitions:

Into The Great Wide Open-- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (high school student becomes rock god, dramatic irony)
Rock the Casbah-- The Clash (rock'n'roll takes over repressive regime)
Ziggy Stardust-- David Bowie (the rise and fall of a rock messiah)

[middlemarcher]

Old Time Rock & Roll--Bob Seger

[petra]

God Gave Rock'n'Roll To You - Argent or KISS or various

[pocketmouse]

Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
Rock and Roll Aint Noise Pollution - ACDC
(Do You Remember) Rock'n'Roll Radio - The Ramones
Rock'n'Roll High School - The Ramones
Video Killed the Radio Star - The Bugglesa
Rock and Roll Music - The Beatles (well, they covered it. Don't remember original.)
Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss
Rock'n'Roll is Fat and Ugly - The Headstones (so technically it's punk)
Rock and Roll Lifestyle - Cake (technically about the fans, but also musicians)
Rock'n'Roll Song - Valdy
Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
The Spirit of Radio - Rush
Radio Gaga - Queen
Rock This Town - The Stray Cats (I think? I have the Brian Setzer cover)
For Those About to Rock - ACDC

[echan]

AC/DC! "We salute you....!"

Also, "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution". It ain't gonna die.

[coneyislandbaby]

Brian Setzer was the singer of the Stray Cats, though, so maybe he did it with the group and later did it solo?

[pocketmouse]

Maybe? My version is with the Brian Setzer Orchestra, and I knew it was a cover, but I only made a halfhearted attempt at finding out the original band.

[melannen]

Other people got most of mine, but how about non-rock songs that are about rock'n'roll? :D

I'm Just A Redneck in a Rock and Roll Bar
I Dig Rock and Roll Music
I Wanna Sing That Rock And Roll
Rock and Roll Waltz


(Okay, there's also "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay" by the Sha-Na-Nas, and "We Built This City on ROck And Roll" by Starship and "School of Rock and Roll" by the Polecats. ...and a significant proportion of early Rock'n'Roll, really. I'm particularly fond of "Too Pooped to Pop" by Chuck Berry...)

[gisho]

'Once Bitten Twice Shy', Great White.

'The Entertainer', Billy Joel - really more about the experience of stardom, but it's an awesome song.

[sasha_feather]

ROCK in the USA - John Mellencamp

[azurelunatic]

XTC vs. Adam Ant, TMBG
Number Three, TMBG
Turn the Page, Bob Seger (Metallica covered it also)

[coneyislandbaby]

Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes - George Jones. More country but does mention Elvis.
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles. About Elvis.
Rock & Roll - The Velvet Underground.
Rock & Roll - Led Zeppelin.
Rock & Roll - Daft Punk.
Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - AC/DC
It's A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock & Roll - AC/DC (forever said as It's A Long Way To The Shop If You Want A Sausage Roll if you're people I know lol)
Rock & Roll Heart - Lou Reed.
Apparently half of AC/DC's songs.
Long Live Rock - The Who.
Rock & Roll Junkie - Motley Crue.
Rock & Roll Heaven - not sure of the artist, but the one with the line "If there's a rock & roll heaven, they must have a hell of a band."
Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay - again not sure of the artist.

[cimadness.livejournal.com]

For country that mentions Elvis (and Janis Joplin), there's also Alcohol and Pills, by Fred Eaglesmith.