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Rock Around the Clock“ SONNTAG, 11. MAI 2014 / NR. 22 041 DIE GESCHICHTE DER TAGESSPIEGEL S7 aro k un Bill Haley gelingt 1954 c der erste große Hit d des Rock’n’Roll: 2 Minuten 8 Sekunden o treffen den Nerv Die Schmalzlocke wurde Haleys Markenzeichen (links). Angefan- der Jugend – die bei gen hat er als Jodler in einer Wes- Haleys Auftritt in Berlin Rock around ternband (oben, Zweiter von links). R Fotos: Michael Ochs Archive/ den Sportpalast zerlegt the Clock Getty Images, Cinetext/HBA Von Christoph Dorner r rockt am 25. Oktober 1958 t hängt die Band auf der drichsen, die im März diesen Jahres er- nichtaroundtheclock.Nichtein- Fähre nach New Jersey schienen ist: Nicht die Band entscheidet mal eine ganze Umdrehung fest, die auf einer Sand- mitihremSound allein, was Pop-Musikist schafftdergroßeZeigerderUhr. bank im Delaware-Fluss – und auch nicht eine kapitalistische Kul- Nach acht Songs und 40 Minu- stecken bleibt. Haley & His turindustrie mit ihren Vermarktungsstra- EtenistderSpaßfür7000Zuschauerimaus- k Comets kommen zwei Stun- tegien. Pop-Musik, und damit auch der verkauften Berliner Sportpalast schon h denzu spät ins Studio.Dort hält Rock’n’Roll als seine früheste Form, wird wieder zu Ende. sich Produzent Milt Gabler lange für Diederichsen erst lebendig, wenn der Der Konzertabend, der mit preußi- mit der Aufnahme von „Thirteen Hörer mit einem Musikstück persönliche schem Jazz von Kapellmeister Kurt Edel- Women“ auf, weil er glaubt, mit dem Zusammenhängeherstellt.WenneinMäd- hagen beginnt und mit zivilisiertem SongdieweißeZielgruppedesLabelsbes- chen wissen muss, wie die Musiker ausse- Schunkeln zuBillHaley enden soll,kippt c ser erreichen zu können. Für „Rock hen, die im Radio zu hören sind. Oder in eine wüste Saalschlacht. Angesta- e Around The Clock“ bleiben schließlich wenn ein Teenager eine B-Seite zu einer chelt vom Beat zersäbelt eine Hun- 40 Minuten. existenziellen Ange- dertschaft falscher Elvisse in Röh- Es gehört zu den schöneren Mythen, legenheit erklärt, in- renjeans und Lederjacken die o dass Kunst aus Mangel entsteht. Beim be- Ein dem er sie täglich 50 Soundanlage. Sie zertrümmern l rühmtesten Rock’n’Roll-Stück aller Zei- elfjähriger Mal am Stück hört, Stuhlreihen, schießen Schein- C ten ist es Zeitmangel. Bill Haley & His Co- ohne ihrer überdrüs- werfer mit Flaschen aus, feu- mets sind übermüdet und ausgehungert, Junge verhilft sig zu werden. ern Schreckschusspistolen ab als sie den Song im Pythian Temple auf die Peter Ford, Sohn –undzerstören damit auch die Schnelle aufnehmen sollen. Studio-Gitar- dem Stück der Schauspieler eigentliche Botschaft des AusRhythmus,TempoundWiederho- rist Danny Cedrone wird angehalten, zum Erfolg GlennFordundElea- Abends: dass eine rhythmus- lung wird sie einmal bestehen, die das markante, Jazz-inspirierte Solo nor Powell, ist dieser hungrige Nachkriegsjugend Weltformel der Pop-Musik. Nicht als zu wiederholen, dass er bereits Teenager.Einneugie- die Wohlstandsgläubigkeit und Charismatiker wie Elvis oder Jagger, zwei Jahre zuvor bei „Rock The riger Junge, der sich zu Hause im Musik- die Häuslichkeit der Aden- nicht als großer Songschreiber wie Len- Joint“ gespielt hat. Für seine Be- zimmer durch die Plattensammlung der auer-Jahre am liebsten wegtan- non oder Dylan, nein, als Chefchemiker teiligung an einem Welthit be- Eltern hört und Bill Haley & His Comets zen möchte. Rund um die Uhr. des Rock’n’Roll wird Bill Haley in die kommt Cedrone 21 Dollar. vergöttert. Als Glenn Ford den Regisseur Bill Haley und seine Begleitband, Geschichte eingehen. Denn die Jugend Gleichwohl ist Haleys Ver- Richard Brooks im Herbst 1954 zu sich die Comets, flüchten nach ihrem gelen- identifiziert sich zwar mit seiner Mu- sion von „Rock Around The nach Hause einlädt, um über das laufende kigen Kurzauftritt von der Bühne, als die sik, aber nicht mit ihm selbst. Clock“ kein Zufallsprodukt. Filmprojekt „Blackboard Jungle“ zu spre- Polizei knüppelschwingend in das Tohu- 1952 schreibt Haley für Mit seiner Band hat er sich chen, hören sie sich Peters Platten an und wabohu im Sportpalast rauscht. Zum „Rock-A-Beatin’ Boogie“ die vorab darauf verständigt, entdecken „Rock Around The Clock“. Abendausklang steht „alles am Schlag- Der Rock ’n’Roller 1957 mit seiner Song-Zeile: „Rock, rock, rock every- dem raffinierten Song durch Brooks wird sich am Ende des Abends die zeug“,schreibtderKritikerdesTagesspie- zweiten Frau auf Tournee in Austra- body, roll, roll, roll everybody“. Im prü- ein Stakkato-Gitarrenriff, das Single ausleihen. Er ist ein unkonventio- gel süffisant. Wenigstens der hanseati- lien. Den Stoff-Koala gab’s von den den Amerika der McCarthy-Ära ist rock Metal-Bands ähnlich einset- nellerFilmemacher,der sich an harte,rea- sche Tour-Veranstalter Kurt Collien hat Fans. Bill Haley war dreimal verhei- androll einEuphemismus fürSex. Der po- zen, dem trötenden Saxofon listische Stoffe herantraut. In „Blackboard die Schockwellen auf dem Parkett voraus- ratet. Foto: AFP puläre Diskjockey Alan Freed macht da- und einem atemlosen Gesang zu- Jungle“ erzählt er die Geschichte eines geahntunderstmalseineVersicherungge- raus bei seinem Radiosender in Cleve- sätzliche Rasanz zu verleihen. Lehrers, gespielt von Glenn Ford, der sich gen mutwillige Zerstörung abgeschlos- land einen Markennamen, mit Hört man „Rock Around The Clock“ in einer New Yorker Schule gegen eine re- sen. Weil der Schaden im Sportpalast mit dem sich der neue Sound wie freilich mit Ohren, die um den bellen- bellische Gang behaupten muss. 50000 Mark fast doppelt so hoch ausfällt meistverkaufte Rock-Song aller Zeiten, ein Lauffeuer verbreiten den Lärm von Punk und den Wumms von Als „Blackboard Jungle“ – hierzulande wie die Versiche- nicht zunächst auf der B-Seite einer Vi- lässt. Techno wissen, mutet es wie ein zahmes heißtderFilm„SaatderGewalt“–imMärz rungssumme, bläst nyl-Single versteckt. In der ewig umzank- Nach kleineren Hits Liedchen für den Tanztee an. Für dama- 1955 in die Kinos kommt, läuft im Vor- Bis heute ist Collien die große ten Geschichtsschreibung des Pop gilt wie „Rock The Joint“, lige Verhältnisse ist das Lied eine Dampf- spann und der Eröffnungsszene „Rock Markteinführung „Rock Around The Clock“ als der Song, das 1952 bereits wie walze. Seine Anziehungskraft bezieht es Around The Clock“. Zwei Monate später es der des Rock’n’Roll in mit dem alles begann: The record that die Rockabilly-Blau- vor allem auch aus den einprägsamen steht der Song an der Spitze der erfolgreichste Deutschlanderstein- startedtherevolution.Nuristes eine Revo- pause von „Rock Song-Zeilen, die ein Leben im Hier und US-Charts, in Deutschland klettert er im mal ab: Die geplante lution, die zunächst Ladehemmung hat. Around The Clock“ Jetzt einfordern und damit den Konflikt Januar 1956 auf Platz eins. Es ist der ei- Song aller Tour von Elvis, der Bill Haley, 1925 in einem Kaff in Michi- klingt, und „Crazy mitderElterngenerationgeradezuherauf- gentliche Initiationsmoment des Zeiten zu Monatsbeginn als gan als Sohn eines Textilarbeiters gebo- Man Crazy“ wech- beschwören. Rock’nRoll, weil der neue Sound zum er- G.I. ins hessische ren, ist im Mai 1954 bereits ein Empor- selt Haley 1954 zu Als die Single „Thirteen Women“ am lebbaren, popkulturellen Zeichensystem Friedberg versetzt kömmling.NachumtriebigenAnfangsjah- Decca Records. Die 20. Mai 1954 in den Plattenläden steht, wird, mit dem sich die Jugend bis zur worden ist,wirdausgesetzt. DenGeist zu- renalsDiskjockey,MeisterjodlerundWes- Plattenfirma erlangt passiert: nichts. Kein Wunder, schließlich Schmerzensgrenze identifiziert. Holly- rück in die Flasche zwängen kann jedoch tern-Musiker beginnt er Ende der noch zweifelhafte Be- ist das Stück ziemlicher Quatsch. Der wood reagiert auf den Erfolg von „Rock auch Collien nicht. Der Rock’n’Roll er- 40er-Jahre die Rassentrennung, die der rühmtheit, weil sie Text,eineTraumfantasie:NachAbwurfei- Around The Clock“ prompt und dreht mit fasst Deutschland mit voller Wucht. Vier Oberste Gerichtshof an Schulen 1954 für sichachtJahrespäterda- ner Atombome „kümmert“ sich der letzte Bill Haley „Außer Rand und Band“, den Jahre nach den USA. verfassungswidrig erklärt, auch im Klein- gegen entscheidet, die Mann auf Erden um 13 Frauen gleichzei- sich sogar die Queen in ihrem Privatkino Die Öffentlichkeit der alten Bundesre- format eines Songs zu überwinden. Beatles zu verpflichten. tig. Die Musik: ein hampeliger Blues. vorführen lässt. Der wilde publik reagiert nach dem Konzert schwer Weiße Country-Melodien reichert er mit Am 12. April 1954 betreten Nach einer Woche verschwindet die Sin- Rock’n’Roll-Film gilt als Katalysator für gereizt.Siehat längstgenugvonden Halb- der Explosivität des afroamerikanischen Bill Haley und seine Comets das gle aus den Charts. „Rock Around The die deutschen Jugendkrawalle, die durch starken-Krawallen,diedeutscheStädtebe- Rhythm and Blues und Bebop-Jazz an. Er Studio „Pythian Temple“ in New York, um Clock“ wird überhört, weil B-Seiten nie den Kinofilm „Die Halbstarken“ mit dem reits seit 1956 überziehen. Schuld am Sit- verknüpft und dramatisiert den Sound die zwei Songs der ersten Single für Decca Auf der Deutschlandtournee traf im Radio laufen. Die Plattenfirma Decca jungen Neuköllner Schauspieler Horst tenverfall und der Raserei der proletari- von Hank Williams und Louis Jordan. aufzunehmen: „Thirteen Women“ und Bill Haley 1958 den zehn Jahre jün- ist von den Verkaufszahlen der Single ent- Buchholznochmehrbefeuertwerden.Tat- schen Jugend sind die Amerikaner: Ihr Haley,der als Kind auf dem linken Auge „Rock Around The Clock“. Auf Platz eins geren Elvis Presley. Das Bild darun-
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