What is rock? Not long ago, a book was published in China, which is said to have been used to interview all famous Chinese rock players. As a result, most people did not know what rock is. I think one of the reasons is that they do not know what rock is, and the other reason is that they do not know how to generalize in a simple and clear language. This reminds me of Hawking's greatness in explaining profound theories to the masses in easy-to-understand languages. It can be seen that the popularization of science and literature is no easier than scientific and artistic work. Recently, I watched the film Rock School, which explained the rock attitude to primary school students and gave us a popular rock class.
The story of Rock School is simple. It's a down-to-earth rock singer (who claims to be mr. s) to make a living, impersonate his roommate as a teacher in an aristocratic Primary School, and finally organize the students in his class into a rock band. The scriptwriter of this film is Mike White and starring Jack Black (these two names are like couplets: White Mike and Black Jack). White is good at writing campus life, black is from Canada, which is rich in comedy stars. In fact, many famous American comedy stars are from Canada, such as Jim Carey and Michael J. at the same time, he is still a real rock player, so it is very suitable for him to show his passion and perseverance. You can see from the film that the creators behind the scenes have their own understanding of rock. We can combine the plot to see how they cleverly integrate their understanding of rock into the plot.
The form and origin of rock music
Mr. s found that the students in the class were very skillful in playing classical music, so they had the opportunity to switch to an electro-acoustic instrument. Therefore, the band was formed in the form of traditional ROCK: the original classical guitar became the main acoustic guitar, mr. s I played the rhythm guitar, played the bass violin, changed the guitar to play the bass guitar, the structural drum, and played the piano to the keyboard. This shows that rock and music are still very closely related to classical music, the voices produced by the church choir show the characteristics of black music in rock music. A black girl asked her to be the main singer. MR. s asked her to sing a piece. She actually sang a classic Aretha Franklin file with amazing voices.
Why rock?
Mr. s said that the praise of the advanced "little red flowers" on the classroom wall is rubbish and should be abolished. Is there any reason for a person to start chasing profits from their children? He said that there were no "Big Brother" in his life, and he gave orders to you, so if you want to resist, rock is a weapon to express your thoughts. This makes us wonder what kind of education is quality education? On the surface, the children in this aristocratic school are all well educated: computers, foreign languages, and classical music. However, they lack the ability to think independently, question authority, and solve problems.
What is good rock music?
Asked the children which band do you like most, they answered one after another: sweet little, blow big daddy... the former is popular, the latter is rap, mr. s fainted on the spot: Have you ever heard of Led Zeppelin? Indeed, the golden period of and has passed. In, all music was tagged for sale. No wonder mr. s said we had rock and roll, but there was something called MTV that ruined it.
What does rock music show?
It represents a real state of life. If it is a small scope, it represents the state of life of an individual in a society, and a large scope is the life of most people. So when the main guitar in the movie has the motivation to write a song, mr. s encouraged him to write it. Well, of course, it's student life: I learned so well, why didn't I play it for me? Mr. s also encouraged his keyboard player, a fat Asian boy, to fear that he was not cool enough. Of course, because the children are too young, they are not mentioned about the love and social issues that need to be concerned about rock and roll. But the film does mention how to educate the next generation of society. When other teachers asked mr. s what he thought about educating children, he blurted out: "I believe that children are our future. Please educate them and let them lead the way ...". A teacher said, "This is like a lyric. "Mr. s bluntly denies it. Of course, we laughed again: Everyone knows about the Houston switch. Looking back, mr. S has never studied educational psychology, but he has taught his children his sense of social responsibility, and pay attention to teaching his aptitude and how to motivate less criticism. This is because the rock-roll attitude should be like this: without imposing any ideas on you, you can think independently. For example, mr. s provides different musicians with music suitable for themselves,
Rock is not an outfit, drug abuse, idle, famous
When the band's drummer and other real rock players hid in the car to play cards, mr. s corrected him and said that it was not really rock. Similarly, after the band's clothing Artist designed a set of "gorgeous rock" style clothes, mr. s also had a negative attitude, and those were just superficial things. As a result, the band wore a primary school uniform to participate in the rock competition, and the beaters' clean uniforms appeared. Moreover, only school uniforms can truly show their real life status. Although they did not win the championship during the rock competition, participating in the performances is of its own significance. They only care about a perfect performance and express their views to the audience.
Rock is not noisy, it is to release yourself and fun
When we saw mr. s play a gentle Steve Nicks song to the female Principal, the principal, who had been restrained for the work image, immediately returned to her 17th year old. This shows that everyone is under pressure. Rock music only allows them to do their own work, release some stress, and get back to the fun of life. If many people know from an early age that Karen Carpenter is one of the best rock and roll women drummers, I'm afraid many people will understand Rock and Roll more correctly. What we see in the whole movie is fun. Because of the band, every child can do what he like: musical instruments, computer light control, clothing design, and broker, even play crazy fans. With the development of society, most young people like things. Elders often block things because they don't understand them. However, the film tells us that education should still be the primary education. The elders in the film finally showed their understanding, because they were also people who experienced the 1960s S.
The whole movie is also very rock-and-rock. The director scriptwriter and starring in a non-mainstream filmmaker in the United States, but he made this commercially successful movie. This reminds me that many people do not know who the "guns and roses" are, but they really like "don't cry" and "November Rain ", this phenomenon shows that the rock band is not inferior to the pop music, but they have more important issues to pay attention.
It is said that some schools in China have already set up electives for popular music in Europe and America, which is very interesting. If there is such a school, will you attend? Will you let your children get it? This is really a problem.
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