Word: rhythm
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With the formalities suspended, Elvis picked up a guitar and started goofing around, playing an old blues song by Arthur (Big Boy) Crudup called That's All Right. Except Elvis wasn't singing the blues. He sounded almost euphoric, and the rhythm was all wrong--far too frenetic. There were no drums, so Black was slapping his bass to keep time while Moore's guitar leaped in and out of the melody line. Phillips knew immediately. He stuck his head out of the control room and told the threesome to pick a place to start and keep playing. Two nights...
...Kids, kids,” he says, “Come on, let’s get a rhythm...
...This is what democracy looks like,” shouts the crowd in rhythm...
...crowd moves on. A student tries to coordinate a new chant with a “rhythm section” of a few protestors beating empty drums...
...group of percussionists from MIT, wearing white jumpsuits, beats a complex rhythm on a full complement of real instruments as news and police helicopters circle overhead...