Rock n' roll song (about rock n' roll)

I was inspired by Cortex's argument here that "songs that explicitly talk about how great rock and roll are rarely rock."

This is a rhythm section-less demo of a song that is arena-rock huge in my head.

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posted by umbú (8 comments total)

umbú, this is very funny. Nice job! And leaving out drums is the touch that brings it to the realm of genius. I'm so glad you did that.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:20 PM on May 15, 2008

I'd also add that this is a shining example of how the MeFi Music Challenge (even though this wasn't the result of a formal one) can lead to great things. Anyone not aware of what's going on with the Challenge now, please see here.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:35 PM on May 15, 2008

Agreed, flapjax. This is the sort of thing I'd like to see more of. Rockin. Well, not. But still.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:35 AM on May 16, 2008

LOL, sir.
posted by danb at 7:28 AM on May 16, 2008

\m/ He's a guitar God \m/
posted by Corduroy at 12:09 PM on May 16, 2008

Woot! I mean---YEAH!!!!
posted by snsranch at 3:42 PM on May 16, 2008

> 10 GOTO 20
> 20 GOTO 10
> RUN
posted by not_on_display at 11:37 PM on May 16, 2008

Actually, I really like this arrangement at least for the first half (despite my fondness for self-reference and the awesome lyric "rock about rock about rock rocks", the opening is much better than the ending). I'd love to hear this handled by a full band.
posted by ErWenn at 4:08 PM on May 22, 2008