And just like our experience of sexuality and eroticism, we have to go to another place to really feel it.īROWN: OK. And when I say nonsense, I mean language that goes beyond linear understanding. And, you know, Dwane, I think nonsense is a key element of rock 'n' roll and of American music. ![]() So when he went to record it, he and a young woman named Dorothy LaBostrie rewrote the lyrics and made them that wonderful nonsense. They were something you couldn't play on the radio. And the lyrics were very, very dirty, frankly. POWERS: Well, in the song we all know, it's tutti frutti, oh, Rudy. Tell us about the inspiration Sir Little Richard played in this book title. Tutti frutti, oh Rudy.īROWN: Thanks to you and your book title for the opportunity to play some of this oldie but goodie. LITTLE RICHARD: (Singing) Tutti frutti, oh Rudy (ph). ![]() Ann Powers, great to talk with you.ĪNN POWERS, BYLINE: Thank you so much for having me on.īROWN: Well, of course, we can't start a conversation with a music critic without a little music. And she joins me now from Nashville, Tenn. Punk, rock 'n' roll, soul, gospel, jazz - NPR music critic Ann Powers takes us on the wide-ranging history of American pop music in her new book "Good Booty: Love And Sex, Black And White, Body And Soul In American Music." No big deal, just all of that.
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