I have never tried to label rock as one certain thing. I know it as a genre of music that almost every "old" band in the world is labeled as. I think rock needs guitar, drums, a singer with long hair, and some dude in the back goin' nuts. Rock and roll is my dad because his life revolves around his guitars and his music. Rock and roll is Mr. A's class because I came into his class thinking it was going to suck but now I love it!! Rock and roll is fast cars, leather jackets, rolled up white t-shirts, faded jeans, and some high top Converse.
I haven't taken the time to stop and think "what is rock? Is rock and rock and roll a different thing?"
I think our music genres and creations have created such a wide variety and we just kind of put them all under the "rock" genre because it's what everyone talks about and everyone is suppose to love becuase ROCK AND ROLL ROCKS!
Rock can be almost anything to me. I don't have a straight forward opinion on what it is so most of what people say I might agree with.
I think old rock like 50s-60s doesn't sound like what I would label as rock. I think bands like the Beatles have a little lighter and calmer sound than the rock and roll I think of.
Maybe I think of metal when I think of rock just because I grew up on the more heavier side of rock and the lighter side of metal. I slowly got into heavier metal so I'm not use to soft rock or country rock.
I think rock and roll is in the eye of the beholder.
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