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Rock and roll in the 1950s was primarily a youth cult, but its lasting importance in the seismic impact it had on the middle class and the middle-aged. It also the way for the next generation of rock idols, who listened to it awestruck and aware that this strange, unsettling sound would somehow, irrevocably, be
with their destinies. For Paul Simon, as for other youngsters in the US, the chief for hearing this new and invigorating type of music that was sweeping the country was courtesy of Alan Freed's radio show, Moondog Rock 'n' Roll Party. Freed's show was listening for a whole generation of fledgling rock idols. Like the young John Lennon, 3,000 miles away in Liverpool, with his ear to Radio Luxembourg — the only European outlet for the new rock and roll — Paul Simon was fascinated by the sounds pouring from Freed's show, and prepared himself for the next big step for a rock and roll obsessed teenager, the switch from listening to others' music to making his own.
with their destinies. For Paul Simon, as for other youngsters in the US, the chief for hearing this new and invigorating type of music that was sweeping the country was courtesy of Alan Freed's radio show, Moondog Rock 'n' Roll Party. Freed's show was listening for a whole generation of fledgling rock idols. Like the young John Lennon, 3,000 miles away in Liverpool, with his ear to Radio Luxembourg — the only European outlet for the new rock and roll — Paul Simon was fascinated by the sounds pouring from Freed's show, and prepared himself for the next big step for a rock and roll obsessed teenager, the switch from listening to others' music to making his own.
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