A tall hamburger on a small silver plate with a red guitar pick above the bun against a turquoise background.

Original artwork, not a still

Peter York

Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The metaphor turns rock and roll into a hamburger large enough to consume the world. Its comic exaggeration suggests an appetite that has become overwhelming. Joining music with familiar food gives the picture an everyday starting point before expanding it to a planetary scale.

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