The History of Rock n Roll Vol.1: 1995 Rock N Roll (1 of 21)

The History of Rock n Roll

Rock 'n' roll music.
It was the single thing that was able to reach down, communicate...
and give you a sense of the world outside.
It 's not even recognizable as the same thing that people called...
''this rock 'n' roll that won't survive.'' Mystery and mischief are the two most important ingredients in rock 'n' roll.
This great music we've discovered, this great music which is still growing...
which now you can write songs about what's really happening deep inside you...
and what's happening around you in the world...
can also sound extraordinary.
There's no reason why it shouldn't sound as good...
as Mozart, or Beethoven, or a great Ellington gig.

People let bands change them in their lifestyle.
There's people who listen to music ritually.
''God, I need to listen to Metallica when I wake up.
It 's my coffee.'' Or something like that.
There's people that just flip on the radio...
and just...as they go to work.
Rock 'n' roll is fun.
It 's full of energy.
It 's full of laughter.
It 's naughty.
Music is like sex.
You spend more time talking about it than you actually do doing it.
Jazz was for the brain.
And blues, rhythm and blues, and rock 'n' roll...
was from the groin, from the belly.
Between wanting to make money and wanting to meet women...
is why we got into rock 'n' roll in the first place.
We loved music.
We wanted to express ourselves.
But anyone who says he didn't get into rock to get laid is lying.
In the '90s, we've had time to look and inspect...
and analyze everything and be influenced by everything.
There's not a whole lot of pioneering going on right this minute.
The pioneering went on earlier.
There's nothing but rhythm and blues.
That ''R'' and ''B'' stands for Real Black.