wandering lost 2: an exploration of idiom and rock & roll

I wonder 
as is often my wont,
want, and indeed, expressive 
of some lack - if the music 
that became known as "rock
and roll," which in its original form
could have been described as "black 
music played on white instruments,"

but which in fact was described as 
"rhythm & blues music played on 
country & western instruments," 
(which rather suggests black music
played on white instruments in a 
white way) had instead been called 

something else, not rock & roll at all

...would the band AC/DC even have had
a career? 'Cause I swear, how many songs
can you have with "rock," or both "rock" 
and "roll" right in the title (let alone all 
those songs featuring either or both quite
prominently in-lyric) before it starts to smack
of some obsession? It ain't broke, so "fixation"
seems inapt, but come on! Their rock, roll song 
name game beats the devil and hell put 
together in sheer titles racked up!

Song titles, I think, are or can be
psychologically indicative of our
preoccupations, in performing
musicians or audience 
alike.

I love rock and roll. And 
I'm glad it's called that. But 
sometimes I think the name 

is just too good. Too huge 
and supportive a crutch 

to swing with. Arguably,

we'll never know. 

Maybe any name picked -
with that driving mutation and growing
power of selection behind it - would have
picked up just such charge. Yet 

I can't help feeling somehow, 
if it had been called "Pound & 
Bounce" instead - which would have
worked similarly well for the act so
wink-alluded-to - and we'd ended up

being treated to such gems as "Pound
& Bounce Ain't Noise Pollution,"
"Pound 'n' Bounce Train" and "It's
A Long Way To The Top (If You
Wanna Pound And Bounce),"

I dunno. Wouldn't that have taken 
some essential wind from the sails,
so to speak? 

We won't know. But we can about 
guess