Story Behind The Song
I was the drum major of my high school marching band and at at the same time I played in a rock and roll band
I thought it would be great and funny if I could somehow do both
Song Description
I wanted to take a marching band and a rock band in the studio at the same time. This was quite a production task to take on and make it work. It somehow worked.
| Song Length |
3:54 |
Genre |
Unique - Unclassified, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Uptight, Sociable |
Subject |
School, Conformity |
| Similar Artists |
Frank Zappa, Weird Al Yankovic |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
"They Won't Let Me Play My Rock & Roll Guitar In The High School Marching Band"
School is in again
I'm gonna show my stuff
It's time to begin
But this semester I've got great big plans
I think I'm going to join
the high school marching band
I heard there were tryouts this afternoon
So I took my guitar to play the man some tunes
But before I got a chance to play eight to the bar
The leader raised his hands and said "I'am sorry young man, but no guitar"
"No guitar"
"No guitar"
Oh it hurt me so bad
Now I'm feeling so sad
Cause They Won't Let Me Play My Rock & Roll Guitar In The High School Marching Band
Disappointed, brokenhearted
The whistle blew and the music got started
I heard the trombones playing low
The trumpets start to blow
But on my face there was a frown 'cause I could not make a sound with my guitar
Well it hurt me so bad
Now I'm feeling so sad
'Cause They Won't Let Me Play My Rock & Roll Guitar In The High School Marching Band
Then the rhythm of the drums start marking time
And I saw this was my chance to blow their minds
So I reached in my bag of tricks
And pulled out my hottest licks
And It came out sounding something like this
They Won't Let Me Play My Rock & Roll Guitar In The High School Marching Band
They Won't Let Me Play My Rock & Roll Guitar In The High School Marching Band