The history of Rock.
-
Well, this friday I was blown away. It was shocking. We had a spare half hour at the end of the day so I was giving my 16-18 year old conservation students a wildlife quiz. They really enjoyed it and wanted to do more, but I'd got no more relvant questions. But I did have a general knowledge quiz, multiple choice, that was knocking around from some other time so I gave them that.
Last question: Which Band has featured Battersea Power Station on one of its album covers, was it a)Led Zepplin, b)Pink Floyd, c) The Who. My students said, 'Nick thats not fair we've not heard of any of them.' !!!!
I Couldn't believe it. None of them had!
Terrible. So I'm planning next's week lesson to be the history of Rock.
-
It's a trick question - Everyone knows it was S-Club 7.
What?
Answer: Pink FloydPost edited by Sir_LANsalot at 2012-05-19 14:33:32 -
And we will teach them "Rock"...
-
In the beginning
Back in 1955 -
The thing that got me was for me music is so important, and they are three of the major bands of one of the most popular strands of modern music. Or maybe I'm just an old dinosaur and the music that is important now is RnB and Dubstep or something (not that I know what Dubstep is) and Rock music is irrelevant now.
Should have asked them If they've heard of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Bet they haven't.
-Yep that's it PVB, I wondered how could they be in their late teens and not have anyone introduce them to a whole realm of music. Perhaps it is my job to do it!
Post edited by nockyT at 2012-05-19 20:08:56 -
I recon they'd have known the Puff Daddy song from Godzilla, the theme(s) from CSI(s) and that Scissor Sisters song.
I guess technically classic rock is now "Parents" music, so only those kids who are exposed to it will know it, Otherwise it will all be James Blunt and One Direction I guess ;) -
Can I just say that the teenage me would never have expected the me now to be listening to Miles Davis or John Coltrane it's just the way things happen.
In the same way that I once tried to listen to Dark side of the moon and and thought it was rubbish, does mean it is rubbish for those that love it but to my ears I couldn't/can't see what all the fuss is about. -
stormyX73 said:
My niece who is a proper emo shouty-shouty metal 'music' listener, really likes U.F.O.
I did that :)
much respect!
UFO are such an amazing and influential band, but cast as so uncool
Strangers In The Night is IMHO one of the best classic rock (live) albums everPost edited by sty at 2012-05-20 07:50:03 -
sty said:stormyX73 said:
My niece who is a proper emo shouty-shouty metal 'music' listener, really likes U.F.O.
I did that :)
much respect!
UFO are such an amazing and influential band, but cast as so uncool
Strangers In The Night is IMHO one of the best classic rock (live) albums ever
They can be a little Smashy and Nicey in places but I do have a soft spot for them.
It came about because I showed her some photos of me in my teenage long hair metal days and played her some music. Out of the 70s and 80s retrospective I laid on with many bands, for some reason the one that struck a chord with her (no pun intended) was U.F.O. Very odd!
I never gave Pink Floyd any time at all, they just never appeared on my radar. Then only a couple of years ago my uncle was clearing out all of his vinyl and he gave me a pile of them, Dark Side of the Moon included.
I listened to it and loved it straight away. It is one of my favourite albums now and I only ever listen to it in one sitting, from beginning to end. I don't even have the individual tracks on my ipod. It is the same age as me, so I always play it on my birthday.
-
I think Spinal Tap said it best:
"And that's The Majesty Of Rock!
The Mystery of Roll!
The darning of the sock,
The scoring of the goal!
The farmer takes a wife
The barber takes a pole.
We're in this together...and ever..." -
stormyX73 said:
Out of the 70s and 80s retrospective I laid on with many bands, for some reason the one that struck a chord with her (no pun intended) was U.F.O. Very odd!
It's weird how that happens. I remember back in the day that my brother was given a load of dodgy C90s by one of his school friends, of all sorts of 70s rock, including Led Zeppelin and Yes, and the one that appealed to me most was Uriah Heep.
-
I had a similar experience with the Michael Schenker Group.
-
It's proper parenting isn't it? I mean how can a child appreciate what they have today unless they listen to the classics? This goes for video games as well..
Sure, sure, some may think it borderlines abuse, but I've been known to sequester a child in the basement and insist they try to write a program in BASIC before they can play any modern systems for the day.
"Dad I'm hungry, can I go upstairs yet?"
"No, who is this?" as I hide the album cover to Zeppelin IV behind my back as the vinyl spins..
-
"No food until you give me a passable version of the cover of Houses Of The Holy done in Commodore 64 graphics characters!"
-
I very actively lead my kids through the various parts of my record collection. I'm avoiding just giving them the whole collection on iPods etc. Instead I play albums and songs when we're doing other stuff to guage what they like and don't like. For stuff they especially like tehy each have a playlist on the main house iTunes so they can have "their music"
Niamh has a rich collection now and has homed in on some interesting stuff including Journey, Iron Maiden, Guns And Roses, Bon Jovi, Paramore, Heart, Paul Gilbert, Free etc.
Jack has less on his so far but I'm really impressed that the first three songs he added were
Aerosmith - Mama Kin
AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill (the Iron Man song)
Gun's and Roses - Paradise City
I've no idea how he latched onto Mama Kin, I was just playing it one Sunday morning as we had breakfast and he was rocking out to it and throwing shapes as he ate his weetbix.
We also listen to a lot of my music when we drive.
I do also test them on who artists are when we listen to stuff which is good fun and reminds me of being a teenager when me and my mates would play our latest albums for each other and make people guess who they were.
I was cruel to Niamh over the weekend, we were sat in the Spa listening to the Richie Sambora solo album (some would say that on it's own was cruel ;) but I was trying to get her to think who it might be, fair since her fave song is Livin On A Prayer. She eventually got it with a lot of clues, but now she can hear his voice on some Bon Jovi songs when we were listening to a live CD which is pretty promising.
-
Paradise City he possibly got from Burnout:Paradise, if he's played that.
-
My boys continue to randomly request songs to be added to their playlist when they hear something they like (shared at the moment, so they don't argue over who's gets played).
Recent additions are:
Ginger Wildheart - Forget About It
Ginger Wildheart - I-N-T-E-R-N-A-L R-adio
Ginger Wildheart - Lie When You Tell Me The Truth
Jonathan Coulton and GlaDOS - Still Alive
The Wildhearts – You Took the Sunshine from New York -
I love the fact that my kids love music and can sing as well, nothing funnier than hearing jack at only 4 years old doing a bloody good job of singing Adele :)
To be fair jack likes this version of paradise city
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vSB9EHWHHvw
But he does also like a lot of appetite era gnr -
OnePunchMickey said:
Paradise City he possibly got from Burnout:Paradise, if he's played that.
Well, I never want to hear it again, from playing that.
I don't particularly object to it, as a song, it's just the cumulative effect of hearing the intro every single time I start the game. -
Yeah and the fact that out of all the 'rock' channels on the Sky EPG, it or Sweet Child is *always* on one of them.
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!