School~of~Rock

[Lilith]

I just saw this movie and it was darlin' precious cute! Jack Black is a hoot!


If you were going to teach a class at the School~of~Rock, who or what would you teach????? What should a person growing up today learn about to broaden their musical horizons ?

[PantyFanatic]

Bobby "Blue" Bland
Tchaikovsky
Ellington
Wagner
Keiko Matsui
Schubert
Aretha
Vivaldi
Miles
Gershwin
Johnny "Guitar" Watson





.....could make a start.:rolleyes:


(they'll find DMX and The Back Street Boys on their own);)

[monkeyjoe]

my niece watched it and she seemed to like it. i saw kill bill instead. it was a toss up. i think i made the right decision.

[dancingrugger]

Etta James, Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman

As for "newer" stuff ... Pat Benatar is a personal idol of mine
The Cure
& Depeche Mode

[BigBear57]

John Lee Hooker
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bonnie Raitt
BB King
Delbert McClinton
Jerry Jeff Walker
John Prine
Carlos Santana
Pink Floyd



That's a start, how long is this class? LOL

[Belial]

Oooh er...

Bo Diddley
Chuck Berry
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
Nicolo Paganini
Kraftwerk
Parliament Funkadelic
Steve Vai
Prince
Afrika Bambaataa
James Brown
Antonio Vivaldi
Andres Segovia
Jan Hammer
John Coltrane
Meshuggah
NWA
Philip Glass

...is that enough? :)

[Lilith]

Very cool! So far each of you have named a couple of people I would also include in my curriculum.:D

[Casperr]

Queen, majoring in Freddie Mercury.

[WildIrish]

Frank Sinatra
Billy Joel
Rolling Stones (not because I'm a huge fan, but you can't deny their impact on the music world)
Beatles
Elvis
Chicago
Ella Fitzgerald
Andrea Bocelli
Phil Collins (just because of his musical diversity)
Paul Simons (oh what the heck...throw Garfunkle in as well, ha ha)
and
Disturbed (because I love "Get Down with the Sickness")

[LixyChick]

Van Halen (Eddie's guitar, more specifically)
Aerosmith (show em longevity)
Queen (octaves)
Pink Floyd (showmanship)
The Beatles (phases of a carreer)
Michael Bolton (what NOT to do...lmfao!)
Prince (versatility...instrumental and performance)
BB King (add some class)
Buddy Rich and/or Phil Collins (percussion)
Kid Rock and Rob Zombie (self explainitory)
My Brother (how to NOT waste a talent!!!)
Celene Dion (octaves again! Shaddup! She has quite a vocal range)
Elvis and David Bowie (vision)
Nat King Cole (woo em)
Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles (nothing can hold you down)
Kiss (ya gotta have a gimmick)
Elton John (all of the above)

[PantyFanatic]

A lady with thought and reason!----^ I like that.:)

[Steph]

I loved "Kill Bill" but want to see "School of Rock", too!

-James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen & Sting for lyrical craftsmanship

[quisath]

I would have to choose "Pink Floyd". I think all young people should at least Learn to read Music .................. So Many things to be learned in all Genres' of MUSIC.

"And on the Eighth Day he gave us ROCK"

[Oldfart]

1. Read music

2. History of Music

3. Relevance of Music.

4. Fun of Music.

In that order.

[Booger]

Bob Dylan

Jimmi Hendrix

Janis Joplin

The Who

The Doors

Led Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

[Navarre]

Eric Clapton
Steve Hunter
Jack Waggoner
The Velvet Underground
Lou Reed
Bo Diddly
John Lee Hooker