Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll (Punk Song) (Completed)
This song, from their eponymous 2001 record, simply kicks arse! Twenty years on it still feels fresh and emotionally relevant. Noisy, fast, hard, full of turbocharged angst and longing. This song is a beautiful, agonizing, soul-baring howl at the moon offered from one generation to the next. Garage rock at its most eloquent, beaten into the floor with a sledgehammer. Just four chords and the truth!
Whatever Happened To Our Rock ‘n’ Roll (Punk Song) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
INTRO:
(Heavy distorted guitar only - play 4x) ||:A - - - |- - D - :||
One two three woah!
(Kick it! Add drums & bass - play 4x) ||:A - - - |- - D - :||
VERSE 1:
|A - - - |- - D -
You want a part of me. You want the whole thing
|A - - - |- - D -
You want to feel something more than I could ever bring
|A - - - |- - D -
You want it badly. You want it tangled
|A - - - |- - D -
I want to feel something more than I was strangled
CHORUS:
|A - - - |- - D -
I fell in love with the sweet sen-sa-tion (Rock ‘n’ roll!)
|A - - - |- - D -
I gave my heart to a simple chord (Rock ‘n’ roll!)
|A - - - |- - D -
I gave my soul to a new re-ligion (Rock ‘n’ roll!)
|A - - - |- - D -
Whatever happened to you? (Rock ‘n’ roll!)
|G - - - |C - - - |A - - - |- - - -
Whatever happened to our rock 'n' roll?
|G - - - |C - - - |A - - - |- - D -
Whatever happened to my rock 'n' roll?
(Play 4x) ||:A - - - |- - D - :||
VERSE 2:
She wants it hallow. She wants it tainted.
She wants to feel something more than she was naked.
You want to hide away. You're scared to touch it.
I want to feel something more than I care to take.
Repeat CHORUS
BRIDGE:
D - - - |C - - - |A - - - |- - D -
You know you never de- cide
D - - - |C - - - |A - - - |- - D -
Why you won't trust their lies
D - - - |C - - - |A - - - |- - D -
It's so much pain you can't de-scribe
D - - - |C - - - |A - - - |- - D -
There's got to be an-other reason for liv-ing
VERSE 3:
She wants your image. She wants your kiss.
She wants to get inside your head and tell it like it is.
You want it badly. You want it so complete.
I want to feel something more 'cause I can't fuckin' breathe.
Repeat CHORUS, end with big ringing |A ~ ~ ~
My Rock n' Roll is pure. Thanks alll .........
it's The BRMC --- you'll need to wear a helmet. Least you bang you're head too hard. Thanks for the invite rever-r-rund.
Well compadres de rock 'n' roll, I'm feeling pretty good about our current mix. If anyone wants to add or change anything then please let me know now. Otherwise I'll call this one complete. Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm for this project. The more I listen to this the more I like it. You all brought emotional authenticity and guts and sweat to your performances. Y'all are serious garage rock animals, and I mean that in the best possible sense. I think we found another reason for living. THE CHURCH OF ROCK 'N' ROLL ROCKS ON!
OK CybeRGibson, I downloaded your bass track and edited by replacing your first two measures of the Bridge with a copy of the next two measures of the Bridge. So now you go to the hard D two measures earlier than before (as God intended). Hope you don't mind. I could have bugged you to re-record but it was one small fix in an otherwise very worthy performance. And now the Bridge kicks even more arse! Also did a bit of noise reduction and added a little compression. Adjusted sync a bit. Dropped the Backing Track into Drafts. And published new mix! Sounds thoroughly badass now. Rock 'n' roll!
I recorded better guitar tracks. Moved old ones to Drafts. Added a little reverb and pan to vocals. Boosted vocal levels a bit. New mix published.