A question for the 40 something music lovers?

Question

There is this song in my head that I remember from my youth. I can't understand a lot of the words but I think it goes Liiiiiiife is a rock but the radio roooooolled me, then the singer rambles off in quick succesion dozens of bands from the late sixties and early seventies. The only other line I understand is "At the end of my rainbow is a golden oldie." Does anyone know the title and artist and maybe even the year it was a hit.

Answer 1

Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
By: Reunion
(Norman Dolph-Paul DiFranco-Joey Levine)
1974

B. B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers
Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy, here's my ring we're goin' steady
Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire
Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction
Baby baby gotta gotta gimme gimme gettin' hotter
Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story
Mahavishnu, fujiyama, kama-sutra, rama-lama
Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Rogers-Hart, Nilsson, Harry
Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and Fats is back and Finger Poppin'

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie

FM, AM, hits are clickin' while the clock is tock-a-tickin'
Friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations
Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfolder
Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can't stop now, I got the shivers
Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary
Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper
Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter
Miracles in smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses
Mushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, Wilson Pickett, stop and kick it

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Life is a rock but the radio . . .

Arthur Janov's primal screamin', Hawkins, Jay and Dale and Ronnie
Kukla, Fran and Norma Okla Denver, John and Osmond, Donny
JJ Cale and ZZ Top and LL Bean and De De Dinah
David Bowie, Steely Dan and sing me prouder, CC Rider
Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Ides of March and Johnny Thunder
Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, do-dah do-dah
Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda
Tighter, tighter, honey, honey, sugar, sugar, yummy, yummy
CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others

Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie

Listen (remember) they're playing our song

Rock it, sock it, Alan Freed me, Murray Kaufman, try to leave me
Fish, and Swim, and Boston Monkey, make it bad and play it funky

(Wanna take you higher!)

Answer 2

Life is a Rock but The Radio Rolled Me by Reunion Year 1974

Answer 3

Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) by reunion 1974

Answer 4

I am sorry, but how can a question about a song released in 1973 be for 40 somethings!!! Good Lord, I was 7 at the time! My allowance didn't cover the price of a 45!

Answer 5

It was called Life is a Rock and I think it was sung by someone called David Essex. It was the early 70s I was in hs.

Then later Billy Joel kind of revived it with we didn't light the fire in the mid 80s early 90s.

Answer 6

I know the song but not sure of the title and have no idea who sings it. I think the song is "Life is a Rock". I would say early to mid 70's. Sorry I couldn't help more!

Answer 7

Life is a Rock by Reunion

Answer 8

1970's rock
Life Is A Rock by Reunion

Answer 9

i used to be rather like that yet i found out that it rather is a stupid reason to piss somebody off. those music elitists in basic terms choose to sense greater clever than all and sundry else so they pass off insulting human beings on their musical style. i think of that pop music is such an common aim via fact a majority of it rather is, in actuality, controlled via enormous checklist agencies that choose to effect the artists' music and seems to get additional money. What makes me indignant is the actuality that each and every physique a pop musical artist rather desires those days is connections and then they are on authentic of the charts. possibly the actuality that I in basic terms like rock music greater fuels this. although, i'm rather ill of 12 365 days olds whining on movies of classic rock bands approximately right this moment's "sucky music" and attempting to look unique or mature for liking older music. some human beings would desire to get some self-nicely worth and locate deeper values in themselves different than the actuality that they like a definite musical type.

Answer 10

Reunion - Life is a Rock