DAVID CARROLL: Where’s that bathroom on the right?

As you may know by now, I love rock ‘n’ roll oldies. That’s what I grew up listening to. Now, all these decades later, I’m playing catch-up. There’s almost always some song from the ’60s, ’70s or ’80s blaring from my car speakers, and that’s me trying to sing along. The other day, a song was on the radio, and I realized I had no idea what the singer was saying. Since I was driving, I couldn’t go to Google and read the actual lyrics.

Many singers of that era just wail along, mumbling and slurring. For instance, if you thought John Fogerty was singing “There’s a bathroom on the right,” (a bad moon on the rise) I was right there with you.