Okay the spirit of rock ?? eh ?? thats a very tricky question to answer .. There is a simple reason behind it , that many people mistake rock to be like anti religion , or as many Christian Catholics say , anti Christ . Rock ain’t anti GOD , or anti Christ . Rock is all about rebellion , all about standing against the people who run the society . or as Jack black says in his movie “ The School Of Rock” rock is all about sticking it the man …
Yes my friends , rock is all about sticking it to the man .
Rock is one layman’s term . Or to put in other words it is a very big genre of music , just as you have blues , jazz and pop . Rock has many sub genres for example ,
Classic rock , Grunge Rock , Hard Rock , Punk Rock , Progressive Rock , Soft Rock ( yeah rockstars are soft also .. ) Psychedelic Rock , Country rock , Alternative Rock and many more . And each genre has its own style of conveying a message .
For instance , grunge rock include bands like Nirvana , Alice in chains, Pearl Jam and many more .. There lyrics don’t make sense at all with the music and the lines are quite counfusing , but as you look at the lyrics as a whole , you will understand that the lyrics convey some potential meaning after all ..
Rock also gave birth to one of the genres that todays youngsters are really fascinated about .. – METAL
Yes my friends metal , this is a much bigger way of showing rebellion to a particular organization and it also has its sub genres . thrash metal , death metal , brutal death metal , heavy metal , gothich metal , psychedelic metal . and many more ..
First Metal band to name was BLACK SABBATH , who gave birth to one of the most famous names in entire rock history – OZZY OZBOURNE
And then in 1980’s came three bands , Metallica , Megadeth and Iron Maiden , bringing a revolution in the metal history and changed history of metal forever .
But there is one saying that sums up which of the bands gave the most to metal fans .
Black Sabbath created metal but METALLICA perfected it , and the rest is history …
To sum up Rock is not anti god . Rock is standing up for yourself , it is all about freedom of speech , freedom of mind from the shackles of laws that people have to abide by to live in it , but they do not know that these very rules and laws are the ones that feed upon them and brings upon them suffering . Rock goes against such rules , but you see as the famous song goes by Pink Floyd people are “ COMFORTABLY NUMB .”
1 comment:
Sure - Rock is definitely inclined towards 'Rebellion against rules'. But that's not where it's soul is.
Rock's soul lies in 'Expression' and the freedom to do what one sees fit. And Rock's biggest gift to us is that color, caste, creed and age don't interfere. It's in all sense the most harmonious glue that binds us rockers together !
Rock on my friend.
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