Memnoch The Devil Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I've heard some people say, with regards, ''that's not rock n' roll'' or whateverI'm just asking--What is Rock N' Roll to you? Where does Rock begin, and at what point does it turn into something else? When you think of Rock N' Roll, what's the image you associate with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 To be politically correct - the new music wave that started in the '50s with guys like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. What really pops into my mind first, though, is basically rock music and its subgenres like hard rock, psychedelic rock, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandead Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Rock n' roll is any music that when you listen to it you feel different, the hairs on your neck stand up, you can't help but move to the music (if only slightly, and I'm not being clichéd) and you just wanna go and fucking do something else, and you maybe even decide to change your life there & then, if only for the duration of that song.It's a mood/attitude, not so much a genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdo242 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Outdated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEskimo Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 A form of music that makes you rock your head/body back and forth and occasional roll around on the ground like a pentecostal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Sal Bug Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) Being yourself, doing what you want, and not letting anybody stop you.Rebellion! Edited January 3, 2009 by Lone Sal Bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonham Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 1,2, or 3 Electric guitars, electric bass guitar, drums and sometimes piano/keyboards.Lyrics dealing with sex/love/heartbreak and or drugs/alcohol/fighting/breaking-the-law.That's Rock N' Roll to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 A good, usually overpriced, time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KetchupNotMayo Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Doing what the hell you want.And musically I'd say its a wide variety of things, from Elvis to Zeppelin to GN'R and Metallica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolceVita Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Rawness - the darker side of the emotional spectrum. Feeling ripped open somehow by the drums and the guitars. That's why it can't be too smooth. Then it becomes something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Fun House. Not the mildly nostalgia inducing kids tv show with Pat Sharp though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.A. Guns Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannon21 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Zeppelin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalFlame Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) Edited January 3, 2009 by EternalFlame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted_19765 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 1,2, or 3 Electric guitars, electric bass guitar, drums and sometimes piano/keyboards.Lyrics dealing with sex/love/heartbreak and or drugs/alcohol/fighting/breaking-the-law.That's Rock N' Roll to me.Or Blues, or Country... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtylenny Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly. Its youth culture basically, the birth of the first international (and that bits important, international) youth culture. I say this because musically rock n roll is a very flimsy definition as i am increasingly finding, most definitions of musical styles are. Kids went crazy about Jazz and Bebop, it jus didnt have the television to fly the shit over oceans and get to as many people. Kids just want an excuse to get together and rock n roll was the first time a whole lot of motherfuckers got the chance...internationally. It has more to do with Elvis on Ed Sullivan and The Beatles stepping off the plane into America than anything else. Cuz the music was there before and even half the same amount of people didnt give a shit.What is rock n roll? i dunno, what is life? you'd answer your question quicker by living it rather than thinking about it maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Rock n' Roll is never having to say you're sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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