I Dig Rock and Roll Music

Credited to Stookey-Mason-Dixon, the song's lyrics references contemporary rock artists including: the Mamas & the Papas, Donovan, and the Beatles. The song parodies and satirizes the vocal style of the Mamas & the Papas in the first verse, Donovan in the second verse and the Beatles in the third verse.^[1]^[2] Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic commented that the song "simply celebrates the simple joy of pop music at the time."^[3] The song was a hit single for the group and reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4]

In an interview with the Chicago Daily News in 1966, a year before the song's release, Mary Travers had expressed contempt on the emergence of the folk rock genre, "it's so badly written. ... When the fad changed from folk to rock, they didn't take along any good writers."^[5]

The line about Donovan and "his crystal images" refers to the mention of "crystal spectacles" in "Epistle to Dippy". The song is also noted for its psychedelic feedback effects, miming the volume swell on the electric guitar from Donovan's 1966 song "Sunshine Superman". The backing vocal effect in the verse, parodying the Beatles, reflects "Yellow Submarine".

References

↑ John Shepherd (8 July 2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: VolumeII: Performance and Production. A&C Black. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-8264-6322-7.
↑ Rock Eras: Interpretations of Music and Society, 1954-1984. Popular Press. 1987. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-87972-369-9.
↑ Greenwald, Matthew. Song Review by Matthew Greenwald at AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
↑ David F. Lonergan (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975. Scarecrow Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8108-5129-0.
↑ "Obituary: Mary Travers, 72; Member of Folk Group Peter, Paul and Mary". The Washington Post. September 17, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2016.

Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey Mary Travers

Studio albums	Peter, Paul and Mary Moving In the Wind A Song Will Rise See What Tomorrow Brings The Peter, Paul and Mary Album Album 1700 Late Again Peter, Paul and Mommy In These Times

Compilation albums	The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together Songs of Conscience and Concern

Live albums	In Concert Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too

Singles	"Lemon Tree" "If I Had a Hammer" "Puff, the Magic Dragon" "500 Miles" "Blowin' in the Wind" "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" "Stewball" "Tell It on the Mountain" "The Times They Are a-Changin'" "When the Ship Comes In" "San Francisco Bay Blues" "Early Morning Rain" "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" "Too Much of Nothing" "Day Is Done" "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

Other songs	"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" "And When I Die" "El Salvador" "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "This Land Is Your Land"

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