Rocking pneumonia
Abstract Ever since Chuck Berry coined the term “rocking pneumonia” in his 1956 song “Roll over Beethoven”, pneumonia has been mentioned frequently in modern blues and rock songs. We analyzed the lyrics of these songs to examine how various elements of pneumonia have been represented in popular musi...
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| description | Abstract Ever since Chuck Berry coined the term “rocking pneumonia” in his 1956 song “Roll over Beethoven”, pneumonia has been mentioned frequently in modern blues and rock songs. We analyzed the lyrics of these songs to examine how various elements of pneumonia have been represented in popular music, specifically the cause of pneumonia, the risk groups, comorbidity (such as the boogie woogie flu), the clinical symptoms, and treatment and outcome. Up to this day, songwriters suggest that pneumonia is caused mainly by the cold and rain and that treatment is hardly possible, aside from a shot of rhythm and blues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0859f0f492e4351a86767655ef11d2f2022-12-21T18:20:22ZengBMCPneumonia2200-61332017-12-01911410.1186/s41479-017-0043-0Rocking pneumoniaGer T. Rijkers0Maria Rodriguez Gomez1Science Department, University College RooseveltScience Department, University College RooseveltAbstract Ever since Chuck Berry coined the term “rocking pneumonia” in his 1956 song “Roll over Beethoven”, pneumonia has been mentioned frequently in modern blues and rock songs. We analyzed the lyrics of these songs to examine how various elements of pneumonia have been represented in popular music, specifically the cause of pneumonia, the risk groups, comorbidity (such as the boogie woogie flu), the clinical symptoms, and treatment and outcome. Up to this day, songwriters suggest that pneumonia is caused mainly by the cold and rain and that treatment is hardly possible, aside from a shot of rhythm and blues.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41479-017-0043-0Rocking pneumoniaLyricsSymptomsComorbidityTreatment |
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| topic | Rocking pneumonia Lyrics Symptoms Comorbidity Treatment |
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