Now before I get howls of protest from Rock On fans, allow me to put in a disclaimer. I liked Rock On, it’s a great movie. We need more movies like Rock On. It’s great there are other genres of movies being made – Sports team movie, Rock Band Movie, Umm.. Sports team movie.
So anyway, not saying Rock On was bad, just saying it had too many Déjà vu moments… Would love to hear your views… leave a comment.
Update: There’s some discussion in the comments about the lack of a Bass Guitarist. I’d like to ADD that topic to the Doors box. They also didnt have a bass guitar. The keyboard guy did bass. Mostly.
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Hahahahaaa…
I really wondered where all the others were leading… Cool man!
BTW, am I the only one who noticed there was no bass guitar(ist) in the band?
@Sree : You are not the only one. Almost everyone with an ear for music has written about it in the blogosphere.
But this is clarified when Purab introduces the band to Prachi.
More details here : http://iyerdeepak.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/rock-on-and-the-bass-guitar/
Oh forgot to add.
Great one Saad !!
It was pretty much like Drona, a mixture of scenes you have seen, only done way better than Drona.
Well, the bass was the real ‘magik’. And when did a bollywood character need a chord, let alone an amp to play the guitar onstage.
Farhan is an ass of a singer (hear the saanson ki zaroorat hai). Behind his shot to fame are modern mixers and programming technologies.
School of rock is a classic. This was crap (in a pathologist’s test tube).
But the direction was right. This made people familiar with some simple rock riffs and drum rolls (whatever little) and they appreciated it.
Evil bitch=Yoko Ono…..ROFL, quite right.
oOh…clever anna….
Cool one! It adds up quite nicely indeed!
@rahul munshi: Umm.. So the man has a wierd voice.. but hey, sings OKish. At least it sounds like something you might hear in a rock band. Unlike that other Reincarnated Nasal Singing Dude.
@abhiroop, rockus: Thanks
lol. great interpretive.
and how to forget the dumb uh-so meeky lyrics, for a supposedly musical movie, that too from one of the best lyricists around. shame!!
Dude, really nice.
@saurabh: Dude, thanks.
haha….love your take on the movie. i got beaten & abused cause i did not fall in love with “Rock On”. It was better than what the “Phookh” but nothing to write home about.
http://cleanragamuffin.blogspot.com/search/label/Rock%20On
btw. love your work……
Oh my God. Lmao. Yoko Ono is so crap. Love the Doors tho. And Almost Famous. Tho Guns N Roses bit got me mixed up in between
Deepak said:” You are not the only one. Almost everyone with an ear for music has written about it in the blogosphere.
But this is clarified when Purab introduces the band to Prachi.”
Yup, you’re right about the first part. Everyone, including me, has blogged about it.
In retort, many have also pointed out that the Doors didn’t have a dedicated bassist.
However, and forgive me if I’m being too pedantic, you might want to consider that Manzarek played the bass on a keyboard, which sounds rather different from a bass guitar. Are you meaning to say that Rock On’s songs have the bass being played on a keyboard?
Of course, truth be told, these points are too insignificant for a movie (any movie not just a “Hindi Movie”).
But no harm making fun of it, right?
About the Doors specifically: For the later, studio albums of the Doors they did use a bass guitarist. “The Doors” and doesn’t have one but please do listen to “The Soft Parade”. You should be able to pick up a bass guitar.
Anyways, using the Doors as an example when it comes to music isn’t the best policy. In my opinion, at least, in the music dept. the Doors aren’t all that great. What makes it a great band are the lyrics, which is one reason why the Doors without Morrison is totally fucked up.
Oh! and nice comic!
Lol @ Yoko
I can’t put my finger on it, but I think you’re a Doors fanboy!
great movie…great music…great acting..great music again..and now a great comic!!!
p.s. hmm.. true.. lyrics are a bit sad.. and hey…farhan akhtar has sung really really well.. sounds like a real rocker
saad as usual the work is great ….
wel i m not very much into rock but certainly as u said in disclaimer i loved rock on
i dnt exactly gt the theme of this comic …. strip
There was a drug reference, incidentally. Mary Jane ka ek packet, or some such.
Lovely comic. Been following it for a while.
@pri: Thank you, you always need a disclaimer, specially on topics like these. Like Satyajit said in a comment above, you can get beaten and abused if you dont fall in love with rock on instantly
@vipul: No shit, they mentioned sweet ol’ maryjane in a squeeky clean movie like this? Now what will our anti-smoking health minister think of this?
If our Health Minister figures out what he means, only then can he do something about it.
It’s all quite amusing, really. Recently, the Supreme Court said TV these days was ‘totally objectionable’ and called for the I&B Ministry to effectively censor it.
Although censoring is not the solution. Better taste and quality control is.
I don’t know why, all my friends loved Rock on but not me. Something was missing.
hey… i liked the movie “the dark knight”… joker was awesome!! might not deserve an oscar, but not too many movies out there which keep you glued to your seat.. (i cant seem to find my bottle of superglue ever since… hmmm..)
p.s. the last lines were AMAZING!! (the ones about what the city deserves/needs)
The School of rock band loses in the end.
OMG Are you really Jack Black!!! :O
haha..Good one Saad.. though it must be pointed out that the movie atleast was bearable even considering the very cliched story. Btw the top 6 words in your tag cloud are - Agony uncle rant rave sex wisdom - i dont know if this is some weird ass “six steps to nirvana”