FOCUS Created This Strange Yodeling Song To Diss Prog Rock, And Landed A Smash Hit; PROFESSOR OF ROCK Reports (Video)

November 29, 2024, a week ago

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FOCUS Created This Strange Yodeling Song To Diss Prog Rock, And Landed A Smash Hit; PROFESSOR OF ROCK Reports (Video)

Professor Of Rock has released the new video below, along with the following intro...

"Coming up... It’s one of the most mind-bending tracks in rock history - a fusion of blistering guitar riffs, wild improvisation, and sheer audacity. 'Hocus Pocus' by the Dutch rock band Focus. Born from a mix of spontaneity and a wicked sense of humour, the guitarist Jan Akkerman played it as a send-up of all the rock bands of his time. He wrote it as a joke to take the piss out of them a bit and in the process, he created a rock classic that could hold its own alongside his contemporaries. 'Hocus Pocus' was an unexpected masterpiece and defied every convention of the time, proving that music could be both virtuosic and downright fun. It was never supposed to be a hit, and even though there’s plenty of singing in it, it doesn’t really have lyrics... yet it broke boundaries and climbed the charts, leaving audiences speechless on both sides of the Atlantic. This is the story of how a little madness turned into musical magic as the only yodeling orc song to hit the charts… next on Professor Of Rock."


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