Gist: Music Is Sex




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Summary: Did the sexual revolution inspire rock ’n’ roll or vice versa? Was Elvis Presley a knowing sex symbol or a total innocent? Is it true that there are still blue laws on the books against playing “Tutti Frutti” after dark? NPR’s music critic <a href="https://twitter.com/annkpowers">Ann Powers</a> tackles these and other questions in her book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Good-Booty-Bl"><em>Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music</em></a>. <br>In the Spiel, the perfect late-summer sports scandal.