Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" in English language version.
I thought the chorus of it was haiku without the syllabic law. Hotdog, jumping frog, Albuquerque. It hasn't got any sense other than this vaguely American feeling to it, and it's a bit like you know when you see shirts that have been made in Japan, T-shirts, and they've got three disconnected words on them, there was a touch of that involved in it.
McA – ...I also rediscovered the pleasure of playing with words for their sound. In "King Of Rock n 'Roll", for example," Hot Dog, Jumping Frog, Albuquerque", it doesn't mean anything. It's just a series of Americanisms. In a way it's kind of what Bolan did, or of course people like Chuck Berry. Memphis Tennessee … All that." // "R & F – What is King Of Rock n 'Roll about?" // "McA – You could imagine that it would be a sort of Elvis Presley imitator. Someone who still chases the dreams of adolescence, someone trying to convince himself and to convince others that he's still eighteen when he hasn't been for a very long time. "Hot Dog Jumping Frog, Albuquerque", the refrain is a happy contrast to the rest. You might imagine that this is the song he always dreamed of writing.
