Artiste : Eddie Cochran
Titre : Summertime Blues
Année : 1958
Summertime Blues est le premier succès d'Eddie Cochran, artiste de la fin des années 50'. Mort tragiquement à l'âge de 21, Eddie Cochran est sans aucun doute un des artistes les plus talentueux de notre époque. Summertime Blues est une chanson qui illustre parfaitement les débuts du Rock 'N' Roll avec un riff des plus efficaces, des paroles parlant de la jeunesse américaine.
Lyrics :
I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby, and try to get a date
My boss says, "No dice son, you gotta work late"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some money,
If you want to use the car to go ridin' next Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
"Well you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
Well I called my congressman and he said whoa:
"I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues