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Song · 1978 · New wave

Rock Lobster

1978

★ 6.7 editorial score

A baritone Mosrite missing its two middle strings, and a party record that talked Lennon out of retirement.

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Genre

New wave Dance rock Rock

Subject

Nonsense The beach

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Quote · 1867

“Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Aegean.”

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Quote · 1955

“The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place. All through the long history of Earth it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land, where the tides have pressed forward over the continents, receded, and then returned. For no two successive days is the shore line precisely the same.”

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Quote · 2007

“I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.”

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