From: eaiu243@orion.oac.uci.edu ()
Subject: Re: The end of Rock  LONG LIVE ROCK!!!
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 22 Jan 93 03:50:03 GMT

In article <1jmvg1INN7op@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu> fjs@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank J Sereno) writes:
>
>Here is a little food for thought written be critic David Browne of
>'Entertainment Weekly' about the Clinton inaugural concert series........
>
>
>     "It's ridiculous to continue thinking of rock as standing for anything it
>once did--rebellion, anxiety, teen hormonal frenzy, distrust of authority.  And
>the rock inaugural is also definitive, saddening proof that rock 'n' roll is now
>merely music, merely entertainment...ready to be stuffed, mounted and enshrined
>as feel-good nostalgia for baby boomers."
>
>
>R.I.P. Rock Music

The following written by Pete Townsend, performed by THE WHO:

LONG LIVE ROCK

I'm tellin' you the story of the scene was changin'
Been gone rock was pushin out and scrapin' [very muddy line]
We were the first band to vomit in the park
And find the distance to the stage to far.
Meanwhile it's gettin' late, ten o'clock
Rock is dead they say...
Long live rock!

LONG LIVE ROCK!
I need it every night.
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Come on and join the line.
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Be it dead or alive.

People walk inside, 
they're pretending that they're leavin'
We put on our makeup
And work out all the lead-ins
Scalpers in the alley
selling tickets to the [something I didn't catch]
Promoter in the pay-box
Wonderin' where the band's gone
Back in the parking lot (?)
He starts the clock...
Meanwhile it's gettin' late, ten o'clock
Rock is dead they say...
Long live rock!
 
LONG LIVE ROCK!
I need it every night.
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Come on and join the line.
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Be it dead or alive.
 
Dance slide rock's a fallin'
Fallin down by our very heads
He tried but you were yawnin'
Look again...rock is dead...
Rock is dead...
Rock is dead...

Place is really jumpin'
To the high-watt amps
And twenty-inch cymbals
Really cut the lamps
In the blackout the dance
Right into th aisle
As the door flies open
Even the promoter smiles
Someone takes his pants off
And the rafters knock
Rock is dead they say...
Long live rock!
Long live rock!
Long live rock!

LONG LIVE ROCK!
LONG LIVE ROCK!
LONG LIVE ROCK!
LONG LIVE ROCK!
LONG LIVE ROCK!

LONG LIVE ROCK!
I need it every night
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Come on and join the line
LONG LIVE ROCK!
be it dead or alive!


--Andrew "just a prisoner of rock 'n' roll" Laurence


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Subject: Re: The end of Rock
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In article <1jmvg1INN7op@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu> fjs@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank J Sereno) writes:
>
>Here is a little food for thought written be critic David Browne of
>'Entertainment Weekly' about the Clinton inaugural concert series........
>
>
>     "It's ridiculous to continue thinking of rock as standing for anything it
>once did--rebellion, anxiety, teen hormonal frenzy, distrust of authority.  And
>the rock inaugural is also definitive, saddening proof that rock 'n' roll is now
>merely music, merely entertainment...ready to be stuffed, mounted and enshrined
>as feel-good nostalgia for baby boomers."
>
>
>R.I.P. Rock Music

Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.classic
Subject: Re: The end of Rock
Summary: 
Expires: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: world
Organization: University of California, Irvine
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In article <1jmvg1INN7op@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu> fjs@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank J Sereno) writes:
>
>Here is a little food for thought written be critic David Browne of
>'Entertainment Weekly' about the Clinton inaugural concert series........
>
>     "It's ridiculous to continue thinking of rock as standing for anything it
>once did--rebellion, anxiety, teen hormonal frenzy, distrust of authority.  And
>the rock inaugural is also definitive, saddening proof that rock 'n' roll is now
>merely music, merely entertainment...ready to be stuffed, mounted and enshrined
>as feel-good nostalgia for baby boomers."
>
>
>R.I.P. Rock Music

The following written by Pete Townsend, performed by THE WHO:

"LONG LIVE ROCK"

I'm tellin' you the story of the scene was changin'
Been gone rock was pushin out and scrapin' [very muddy line]
We were the first band to vomit in the park
And find the distance to the stage to far.
Meanwhile it's gettin' late, ten o'clock
Rock is dead they say...
Long live rock!

LONG LIVE ROCK!
I need it every night.
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Come on and join the line.
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Be it dead or alive.

People walk inside, 
they're pretending that they're leavin'
We put on our makeup
And work out all the lead-ins
Scalpers in the alley
selling tickets to the [something I didn't catch]
Promoter in the pay-box
Wonderin' where the band's gone
Back in the parking lot (?)
He starts the clock...
Meanwhile it's gettin' late, ten o'clock
Rock is dead they say...
Long live rock!
 
LONG LIVE ROCK!
I need it every night.
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Come on and join the line.
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Be it dead or alive.
 
Dance slide rock's a fallin'
Fallin down by our very heads
He tried but you were yawnin'
Look again...rock is dead...
Rock is dead...
Rock is dead...

Place is really jumpin'
To the high-watt amps
And twenty-inch cymbals
Really cut the lamps
In the blackout the dance
Right into th aisle
As the door flies open
Even the promoter smiles
Someone takes his pants off
And the rafters knock
Rock is dead they say...
Long live rock!
Long live rock!
Long live rock!

LONG LIVE ROCK!
LONG LIVE ROCK!
LONG LIVE ROCK!
LONG LIVE ROCK!
LONG LIVE ROCK!

LONG LIVE ROCK!
I need it every night
LONG LIVE ROCK!
Come on and join the line
LONG LIVE ROCK!
be it dead or alive!


--Andrew "just a prisoner of rock 'n' roll" Laurence


Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.classic
Subject: Re: The end of Rock
Summary: 
Expires: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: world
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Keywords: 

In article <1jmvg1INN7op@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu> fjs@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank J Sereno) writes:
>
>Here is a little food for thought written be critic David Browne of
>'Entertainment Weekly' about the Clinton inaugural concert series........
>
>
>     "It's ridiculous to continue thinking of rock as standing for anything it
>once did--rebellion, anxiety, teen hormonal frenzy, distrust of authority.  And
>the rock inaugural is also definitive, saddening proof that rock 'n' roll is now
>merely music, merely entertainment...ready to be stuffed, mounted and enshrined
>as feel-good nostalgia for baby boomers."
>
>
>R.I.P. Rock Music