Music – Rock and school

Classic rock’n’roll needed both school days and school girls.

School is one of the narrative contexts that recur in rock’n’roll of the 50’s: the secret language of ‘real life’ set against that of the teachers. Ten years later, in ’68, the revolt against the establishment will be partially achieved. But with the demise of the great movements, the ‘school days’ will be the receptacle of all lost opportunities and a source of nostalgia.

SCHOOL DAYS – Chuck Berry (1957)

This is the portrait of a youth who gets up in the morning to go to class and study American history, “practical math” and even, for rhyming purposes, “the Golden Rule“. The song Is built around a typical Chicago blues chord sequence. The musicians that play on the track were some of the best in town, such as bassist Willie James Dixon e drummer Fred Below, both very well known in Chicago at the time.

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