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| | Reason to Rock: School Day |
 | | So we can see that this brief rock song encapsulates the mission of rock music as a liberating force, freeing a generation from a value system that places structure, discipline and rote learning at the top of its pyramid, and releasing it to a new world dominated by passion and feeling. |
 | | To fully appreciate the first line of the song, you need to compare it to the first line of the last verse: “Hail, hail, rock and roll.” Note that, for ostensibly the same melody, you have only five syllables in the last verse, and a total of nine in the first. |
 | | This is not just a matter of convenience, or sloppiness: the crowded syllables in the first verse perfectly represent the hectic day at school, while the clean and graceful melody of the last verse represents the unfettered freedom offered by rock music. |
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