Der Kurienkardinal Jean-Louis Tauran anlässlich der Eröffnung der Salzburger Festspiele: "Musik ist dazu fähig, den Menschen in Gottes Gegenwart einzuführen. (..) Musik vermittelt etwas vom zu uns sprechenden Gott, eröffnet eine Sprache des Transzendenten zwischen Erde und Himmel."
Hier ein himmlischer rock'n'roll von Ronnie Self, sein einziger Hit, 1958,
No. 68 in den Billboard charts - Bop-A-Lena
Das macht Freude! Oop-scooby-dooby-lena, go-gal-go
Hier der Text dieser
Frohen Botschaft zum Mitsingen:
Oop-scooby-dooby-lena, go-gal-go
Bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, she's my gal
Oh, bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, yeah she's my gal
She's my gal and I love her so
Oop-scooby-dooby-lena, go-gal-go
Well the school bells are ringin', everybody went out
Goin' to the shag, gonna shake it all about
Bop-a-lena lookin' like a rose in the wil
Man I dig that freak juvenile
When she gets a-goin' she's a real cool chick
She do the bop like a pogostick
Bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, she's my gal
Oh bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, yeah she's my gal
She's my gal and I love her so
Oop-scooby-dooby-lena, go-gal-go
I got my pattern-leather shoes on my hounddog feet
Me and bop-a-lena gonna walk the beat
To the whole jukebox in the be-bop shag
When we get a-goin', gonna ball a jack
Bop-a-lena got two feet that talk
Look at her go on a camelwalk
Bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, she's my gal
Oh bop-a-lena, bop-a-lena, yeah she's my gal
She's my gal and I love her so
Oop-scooby-dooby-lena, go-gal-go!
Songwriters: Mel
Tillis / Webb Pierce