Tommy Lee Drum Solo
Much has been written on the question what rock really is. Yet, no convincing answer is in sight. So maybe it´s time for yet another attempt at answering a question, which, apparently, is quite hard to answer. First, let’s try to do some thinking on the angle which would lend itself for such an undertaking. There are lots of ways to look at music – you can set your sight on the emotional side to it, you can stick to the techniques employed, or you basically peruse lyrics to decide whether something is rock or not. Another possible way of arriving at an answer is to differentiate the music internally. This is, presumably, the most common way to decide what may be deemed rock and what is just some modification of it – say Stoner/Desert Rock, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Punk Rock, and so on. Paradoxically, in this way of deciding, the term rock assumes two different identities: in the first place, the term denotes the overall kind of music which is based on drum, guitars, bass and a singer as opposed to other kinds of music, let’s say Electro/Electronica. Secondly, the term refers to the kind of rock which is considered to be classic rock – as opposed to other varieties of rock. So there definitely is some kind of equivocality to the term and I´m sure one would be hard-pressed to rid the term of its ambiguity. So, why even bother? Let´s just turn another corner.
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