THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
301-Link Wray & His Ray Men-Rumble.
1954-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 1.10.Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction.This song was banned from being played on the radio.’IT’S AN INSTRUMENTAL!’
The reason it was banned was because ‘rumble’ was a slang term for a gang fight and it was feared that the songs harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency.
The song can be heard at it’s most ‘menacing’ in a scene from the Pulp Fiction film during a scene between John Travolta and Uma Thurman.
‘Rumble’ was a groundbreaking song as it used the then new techniques of guitar distortion and feedback and led the way towards Rock ‘N’ Roll and Rock Music.
Bob Dylan has referred to the song as ‘the best instrumental ever’ and Pete Townshend said that after hearing the song it made him want to pick up a guitar.
Fred Lincoln ‘Link’ Wray Jr was born in Dunn,North Carolina,The United States on May 2,1929 and died in Copenhagen,Denmark on November 5,2005,he was 76.
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