A rocking good time
I enjoyed The School of Rock with Jack Black - thought it was fun.
I tuned in to watch Gene Simmons bring his own version to UK schools in both series of Rock School, too. The first series was a posh school; the second was a comprehensive. Both shows were compelling.
So it was inevitable that I would watch the US documentary film that is also, somewhat confusingly, called Rock School. I suppose there are only so many variations of names for a show or film about a school that teaches rock.
This latest effort is rather interesting. Where Black was a fun faux teacher, and Simmons was a No More Mr Nice Guy cut-the-shit type, Paul Green, the tutor and founder of the rock school in the documentary, is a bit of a psycho. And not a particularly likable psycho, either.
He's not supposed to be wholly likable, of course. He kind of tries to keep in with the kids by swearing and shit like that, but he comes across as a bit of a nerdy paedo type. And he basically forces the kids to listen to the music he likes: Zappa. I'm not familiar with Zappa, although I was pleasantly surprised by what I heard.
The kids are really cool, though: they definitely make the movie worth a look. It's quite amazing how talented some of them are; and watching 8-year-olds doing Ozzy impressions has got to be worth the video hire price!
Overall, a good movie. It's only 85 minutes, too, so you can squeeze it in before Prison Break on a Monday evening or something.
If I was a rock-school teacher, though, I'd have the kids learning something a bit more contemporary. This is my current pick (with help from Wife) of what "da kidz" should be listening to and learning to play. Here you go, Camie: you kind of asked for this.
This list is based on bands that still exist today, so the kids can relate. Of course, if we're talking the annals of history, that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish...
Today I'm listening to: From Under the Cork Tree, by Fall Out Boy
I tuned in to watch Gene Simmons bring his own version to UK schools in both series of Rock School, too. The first series was a posh school; the second was a comprehensive. Both shows were compelling.
So it was inevitable that I would watch the US documentary film that is also, somewhat confusingly, called Rock School. I suppose there are only so many variations of names for a show or film about a school that teaches rock.
This latest effort is rather interesting. Where Black was a fun faux teacher, and Simmons was a No More Mr Nice Guy cut-the-shit type, Paul Green, the tutor and founder of the rock school in the documentary, is a bit of a psycho. And not a particularly likable psycho, either.
He's not supposed to be wholly likable, of course. He kind of tries to keep in with the kids by swearing and shit like that, but he comes across as a bit of a nerdy paedo type. And he basically forces the kids to listen to the music he likes: Zappa. I'm not familiar with Zappa, although I was pleasantly surprised by what I heard.
The kids are really cool, though: they definitely make the movie worth a look. It's quite amazing how talented some of them are; and watching 8-year-olds doing Ozzy impressions has got to be worth the video hire price!
Overall, a good movie. It's only 85 minutes, too, so you can squeeze it in before Prison Break on a Monday evening or something.
If I was a rock-school teacher, though, I'd have the kids learning something a bit more contemporary. This is my current pick (with help from Wife) of what "da kidz" should be listening to and learning to play. Here you go, Camie: you kind of asked for this.
This list is based on bands that still exist today, so the kids can relate. Of course, if we're talking the annals of history, that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish...
| Alkaline Trio | Fall Out Boy | Franz Ferdinand |
| Funeral For A Friend | Green Day | Interpol |
| My Chemical Romance | Panic! At The Disco | Razorlight |
| System Of A Down | Trivium | Weezer |
Today I'm listening to: From Under the Cork Tree, by Fall Out Boy
Labels: my chemical romance
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7 Comments:
I love School of Rock - in fact I love Jack Black in general. As stupid as it is, I really love Shallow Hal, it cracks me up.
i had never heard of that movie...i will have to go look for it. did you say it was a documentary?
School of Rock makes my heart go a flutter! Jack Black, well, I wish I could invite him to my house.
How do you like that Fall Out Boy??
It has been playing non-stop on that iPod thingy attached to my ears...
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Mozart, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, early Elvis, Stones, Bowie, Punk, Grunge, more Punk .....lesson planned.
Lookin' forward t'yer list
I thought the teacher in Rock School was thoroughly unlikeable. What a tosser. And so far up his own arse. And of course, when he uttered those immortal words "Having a baby puts everything in perspective", I knew I was on to a loser.
The twins were cute, though, especially the drummer. But then, I have a passion for drummers...
I'm amazed at how many women dig Jack Black.
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