Dancing
Rock
Rock verb - To make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions.
Both words in one sentence
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Footloose is set in a small town where dancing is prohibited and we hear the pastor's sermons against the evils of rock music.
Source: The New Rock & Roll - The music video also sells the idea: it alternate between footage of people dancing, and the singer helping a friend vomit, having bathroom sex, and other rock bottom activities.
Source: Rockstar Song -
Pre-rock example: Irving Berlin's song "Pack Up Your Sins" suggests that "all the nice people" are having A Hell of a Time down there dancing to Satan's music, i.e. jazz.
Source: Rock Me, Asmodeus!
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