Rock Show (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the Venus and Mars Official album.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1975

Song facts

[…] And there’s a bit about Jimmy Page, and I wanted to tell him before anybody else told him. In ‘Rock Show’ there’s a line about ‘what’s that he’s rolling across the stage/lt looks like the one used by Jimmy Page/Like a relic from a different age’. Personally, I was just thinking of a nice old amp and the people in the audience are saying ‘that’s an AK 300. Wowee, it looks just like the one used by Jimmy Page’. And he was the only guitarist who rhymed with ‘stage’. John Cage? Not the same.
Paul McCartney – Interview with New Musical Express, July 26, 1975

Paul sings “They’ve got Longhair at the Madison Square”.

It is that the audience has longhair or does it refer to Professor Longhair, the New Orleans pianist?

Yeah, it’s him. He’s great, a real dandy and still fancies his chances with the girls, or maybe he just likes to make certain you know that he used to be a ladies” man. The way he sits and that…
Paul McCartney – From Wings 1975 tour book

Last updated on August 29, 2023

Lyrics

Whats that man holding in his hand?
He looks a lot like a guy I knew way back when
It’s silly willy with the Philly band
Could be….. Oo-ee…..
Tell me, what’s that man movin’ cross the stage?
It looks a lot like the one used by Jimmy Page
It’s like a relic from a different age
Could be….. Oo-ee…..

If there’s a ROCK SHOW
at the Concertgebouw
They’ve got long hair
at the Madison Square
You’ve got Rock and Roll
at the Hollywood Bowl
we’ll be there….
Oh yeah…

The lights go down
They’re back in town O.K.
Behind the stacks
you glimpse an axe
The tension mounts
you score an ounce, ole!
Temperatures rise as
you see the whites of their eyes…

If there’s a ROCK SHOW
at the Concertgebouw
You’ve got long hair
at the Madison Square
They’ve got Rock and Roll
at the Hollywood Bowl
we’ll be there….
Oh yeah…

In my green metal suit
I’m preparing to shoot up the city
And the ring at the end of my nose
makes me look rather pretty
It’s a pity there’s nobody here
to witness the end. . . . .
Save for my dear old friend and confidante
Mademoiselle Kitty

Whats that man movin’ to and fro?
That decibel meter doesn’t seem to be reading low.
But they was louder at the Rainbow
Could be – Oo-ee. . . . .

If there’s a ROCK SHOW
at the Concertgebouw
They’ve got long hair
at the Madison Square
You’ve got rock and roll
at the Hollywood Bowl
We’ll be there. . .
Oh yeah. . . . .

If there’s a ROCK SHOW…….. [Repeat]

Who’s that there? Oh, it’s you babe.
Come on now, we’re going down to the rock show.
Remember last week when I promised I was gonna buy a good seat at the rock show
Well I bought it
Come on now get your dress on, place your wig on straight.
We can’t be late, come on, we’ve got a date,
We’re goin’ down to the rock show.