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Rock and Roll !??

Rock and Roll (Rock'n Roll) 真是某類音樂的稱乎嗎? 其來源是怎麼來的啊? 雖然我不是建築工人, 但我想Rock'n Roll 其實原本代表水泥(石屎)與鋼筋。正如某英文歌所唱:"We build this city on rock and roll..."。應該不是唱歌唱出一個城市吧!---希望有人指正。

[[i] 本帖最後由 Old Coin 於 2006-11-13 04:36 PM 編輯 [/i]]

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See [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll[/url]

They have a good explanation on the origin of rock and roll music.

actually the Wikipedia is a pretty good resource :givemefive:

The definition in Wikipedia sounds like a man looking for relatives fron now and then, but still couldn't found who is the one gave birth to him. It still doesn't tell the relationship between rock, roll and the form of music.
But why do these musicians "Rock" but don't "Roll"? I don't think I'll take the name seriously and I certainly won't try to understand such silly name.更加不會理會/認同香港人將之釋為"樂與怒".

[[i] 本帖最後由 Old Coin 於 2006-11-14 05:58 PM 編輯 [/i]]

[quote]原帖由 [i]Old Coin[/i] 於 2006-11-14 09:36 AM 發表
The definition in Wikipedia sounds like a man looking for relatives fron now and then, but still couldn't found who is the one gave birth to him. It still doesn't tell the relationship between rock ... [/quote]

Why would you take the music too seriously anyway?  Just enjoy it, or even rock to it! :lol

Also the Chinese translation is actually a [color=Blue]transcription[/color] of the phrase "Rock & Roll", so don't worry about any mapping in meaning of the words.

i don't know!!!!!!

[quote]原帖由 [i]Old Coin[/i] 於 2006-11-13 03:33 發表
Rock and Roll (Rock'n Roll) 真是某類音樂的稱乎嗎? 其來源是怎麼來的啊? 雖然我不是建築工人, 但我想Rock'n Roll 其實原本代表水泥(石屎)與鋼筋。正如某英文歌所唱:"We build this city on rock and roll. ... [/quote]

Dear Brother Old Coin,

I hope you are still interested in this topic.

Actually, "rock and roll" did not come from building materials.  The name of the music genre came from the verb usage of the words, with "rock" meaning "move or shake", and roll meaning "turn around".  Examples:

- The mother gently rocked the cradle while her baby slept inside.
- The sea was very rough today, and the waves rocked the boat violently.
- The diplomat "rocked the boat" at the conference by suggesting that U.S. President George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes for his decision to invade Iraq.  (Figurative use of "rock", the diplomat shook up the minds of the conference attendees)

- The ball rolled down the hill.
- As soon as its master sat down, the dog rolled over on its back, hoping to receive some tummy scratching.
- The student has already finished twice the number of exercises he normally does in a day, but is still able to do more!  He is really on a roll!  (Figurative use of "roll", the student's progress was running ahead like a ball rolling downhill, without regard to whatever is in its way)

Before rock and roll, music was static and there was little movement by the singers.  Rock and roll musicians such as Elvis danced and moved around a lot, so the genre was named after movement words, specifically those that signify pushing aside existing norms - see "rock the boat" and "on a roll" above.  Indeed, Elvis was extremely controversial at his time, with many believing that he would corrupt the minds of young people then.

Soon, rock and roll music would become part of the general counter-cultural movement in the 1960's that saw many social norms being challenged.  From that, "rock and roll" became representative terms for this rebellious attitude.  To this day, the song "we will we will rock you" is still often heard at protest rallies, to show the protesters' desire to "rock" the established political authority.

In "we built this city on rock and roll" (not build), the band (Starship) dismisses the existing socio-economic structure, saying that what matters is their counter-cultural attitude.  Their segment of society, i.e. their "city", is based on rock and roll and nothing else.

Thank you gwaimuilover for clearing up my mind.:handshake

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What a wise person gwaimuilover is!

Don't get too serious with the literal meanings.

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