Let's Rock'n Roll

Zita 2021-10-20 17:36:52

I don’t understand music, and I still don’t understand what rock is. Seeing JB holding an electric guitar in the film, shaking and jumping into the microphone hoarsely, and then lying on the ground and rolling, I finally understood: Oh, this is rock and roll.

I've seen "America: Eight Stories" written by Zhang Beihai before, which specifically talks about rock music. Rock and roll originated from black people, from the small town of Memphis. There is no rock environment and soil in China, and few rock people are struggling to survive. This point, whether it is the United States or China, is surprisingly similar.

In the film, even in the United States, where it originated, rock is regarded by parents as a scourge. JB is an extremely crazy and persistent rock guy, so crazy that he has no means of making a living except rock, and he is too crazy, even his teammates who also play rock can't bear it. In the end, he successfully counterattacked with the help of a group of children. Such a perfect ending has become a fairy tale.

JB, the fat guy, has a very good appearance in the film, especially when he is playing rock, the audience has only one idea: he is rock and rock is him. It is impossible to perform so perfectly without the love of rock and roll. Later, I learned that JB in real life was originally a rock man. No wonder...

I'm not from that rock era, but when I heard that passionate and wild rock and roll, I found my thighs jittered rhythmically to the deafening music...

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School of Rock quotes

  • [last lines]

    Dewey Finn: All right, that's it. Stop, you guys, stop. Seriously, you guys. All right, take five. Take five. You wanna go? All right. That was a good class.

    Zack Mooneyham: I'll see you, man.

  • Dewey Finn: [singing] Come on come on come on/Touch me babe, bada bada, can't you see/ that I am not afraid, shaga tada!/ Lawrence is good at piano/He shall be rocking in my show, shaga tada!