Twenty-One Twelve's Rock 'N' Roll Little Girls, Script Schurr Forschurr...

Kayla, too young for first grade can play the guitar like no one else in the world. Her counterparts, the other four little girls in the band are equally as fantastic as her on their musical instruments of dominance.

These five amazing musicians, little girls and their ability to write, sing and perform music brilliantly have made all the Gods, past and present question their own abilities and powers.

My blog site is very unfriendly to script formatting, I could not even use the tab key to properly format the screen play structure.

Script quick notes for those who don't know script structure;

 
A dose of Script Schurr:

    EXT    GRAVEL ROAD    DAY

    In the dark recesses of shrubbery and well foliaged trees on each side of the narrow gravel road is the        path leading to 2112 Oracle Way, located in a small suburban town somewhere in Hawaii. It's the year        2112.

    The government is now known as The Roolurs. Rock 'N' Roll music, although not outlawed is                    extremely regulated and not allowed to be heard by anyone under the age of 25. Violators have been put     in prison for life, even legally executed by the Roolurs.

    Mark Schurr is driving a well kept 70s van down the gravel road. The southern sun is in the beginning        of it's decent to the other side of the world. The hue of the vast sun cascades across the seemingly                endless branches of the trees and bushes emitting a wondrous sight of shadows and light amidst the path     of the nearby brook.
                                                                      KAYLA
                                                        (to Mark)
                                                   Can we take off our seat belts now?
                            

                                                                           MARK
                                                        (driving)
                                                     Sure, go ahead.

    Kayla, 5-years-old and four other little girls who are three to 5-years-old take off their seat belts and        within seconds, Kayla brandishes an acoustic guitar and immediate strums away. Her tune is very                catchy, especially when the other three girls start singing. For any aged musicians, Kayla and her four        band mates are arguably the best rock 'n' roll band in the universe.

    INT    BASEMENT    DAY

    Mark's basement is cluttered with musical and photography paraphernalia, complete with all the                instruments and equipment needed for a small rock 'n' band to perform and make quality videos, both        audibly and visually.

    Although cluttered, the basement is neatly organized. Various pictures of Laurel and Hardy, a sea of            Rush photos and a unique array of vinyl album covers dwell on the walls along with some Power Puff        Girls and Dora posters, courtesy of Kayla, Yalin, Ashley, Lauren and Temickra.

                                                                             MARK
                                                (looking up from his lap)

                                                        I've got a few more songs I need to finish the lyrics for,
                                                        so you all just go ahead and start practicing. I'll really
                                                        be glad when you girls are old enough to read and write.
                                                        If you want to record any of the music your doing, the
                                                        sound system is all connected and ready to go.
                                                  (Pointing left)
                                                        The tripod to the video camera is over there.
                                                    (very serious)
                                                        If you girls want to stop playing music and want me
                                                        to destroy all the songs I've recorded so far, I'm OK
                                                        with that, after all, I'm a felon on the run, and if the Roolurs                                                                           knew we were making and documenting rock 'n' roll music, I'd
                                                        be executed for sure, and all you girls will have all your musical                                                                     gear taken away and sent to live with extreme conservatives,                                                                         maybe even Christian zealots until your 18-years-old and that's                                                                       the best case scenario. The Roolurs may even have you girls                                                                           killed for playing rock 'n' roll music.

    The whole time Mark was talking, Ashley was writing music literally in thin air. She is using a                    hologram device and moving musical notes meticulously in a concentrated order. When Mark is done        talking, she taps the hologram device once which is harbored on her lap. The musical notes are no            longer in the air and saved into the hologram device.

    Temickra is watching footage of some of their music already recorded with her head phones on.

                                                                                ASHLEY
                                                                     (to Mark)
                                                                    That's right, we could all be killed because of you.
                                                                     You know what, I don't care, because If we were forced
                                                                    to stop playing music forever, what would be the point in                                                                                living, so thank you Mark for letting us play music.

                                                                            YALIN
                                                                       If I could live forever and was not allowed or able to play
                                                                       or write music I'd want to be dead.
 

    OC

    Temickra is laughing hysterically. Her laughter is extremely loud which causes Mark and the rest of the     girls to look toward her.
    Temickra is wearing headphones and watching a video of herself and the rest of the girls playing music.     She pauses the video and turns toward Mark and her band chums.

                                                                               TEMICKRA
                                                               (takes off headphone; puts them down)
                                                               (laughing voice)
                                                                    Look at Kayla's face while she's playing leads

                                                                     on the song I wrote, "Acquired Freedom."

    Mark, Kayla, Ashley, and Yalin look at the paused TV screen of Kayla's face and laugh out loud.

                                                                                KAYLA
                                                                (defensive)
                                                                     David Gilmour at his best day couldn't play that
                                                                     lead without a whammy bar, nor anyone else
                                                                     for that matter, I had to really concentrate to hit those
                                                                     notes.

    Suddenly a loud knock is heard by Mark and the girls. Mark and the girls look toward the noise of the        knock with the shear concern on their faces.

                                                                            MARK
                                                                  (Scared and demanding)
                                                                     I'll go upstairs and answer the door. Go to the hiding
                                                                     spot now!

    Another loud knock is heard by Mark and the girls.

    OC

    The front door is smashed open and footsteps race across the basement ceiling.

    The basement door at the top of the stairs opens, It's several heavily armed Roolurs.



Rush 'N' Roll; A Rare Hope For Today's Mainstream Music

Neil Peart's lyrics, in the 20 plus minute Rush Song "2112", is the year real music and the acceptance and expression of individuality are finally embraced which Peart learned from Ayn Rand's 1943 novel "The Fountainhead."

The vast control of government, lack of individuality and the demise of mainstream music is very prevalent in today's society and these are just some of the many things that are wrong with the world today. None the less, we still feed the machine of government control by shopping for things we don't need and soon find outdated; myself included. The Progressive rock 'n' roll band Rush points out all these facts with much more exquisite eloquence.

What if every neighbor in every neighborhood (community) all joined forces and grew their own food, and actually shared with one another? Certain neighbors could grow fruit, others vegetables, while others breed just enough animals for grazing the lands and feeding others, so the world would be a much better place to live in. What if solar power completely ended the need for monthly electrical bills for the rest of our days? What if the sun, which is proven it can do, completely ended the need for oil and coal and powered all vehicles, phones and everything else electrical?

'...just one more whose searching for a world that ought to be.' (Neil Peart, drummer, lyricist for Rush from their song "Circumstances," on their album / CD "Hemispheres" released in 1978.)

What if world leaders eliminated the 50 or so wars going on in the world, and started channeling billions of dollars into medical, dental, housing and food for the everyone? Imagine a place in which world leaders implemented a free world wide educational system instead of their (politicians) spending on extravagant travel, alcohol, drugs and prostitutes.

'And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start, to mold a new reality. (Peter Talbot, his words for the 1977 Rush song, "Closer to the Heart.")

Forty years ago Rush released their first album in 1974, simply titled "Rush." By 1976, they had solidified themselves as an iconic progressive rock 'n' roll group whose uniqueness is unmatched by any other rock 'n' roll trio in modern music. Many 70s heralded bands are gone or reduced to playing in venues seating hundreds instead of thousands or they do the occasional reunion tour every 10 years or so. Rush are still regulars in the huge venues and I've personally seen them do a three hour set performing their most popular song "Tom Sawyer" first. The repertoire of songs they can start or encore with is virtually limitless unlike any other rock band in the universe.

"Rush is one of those bands that has a deep reservoir of rocket sauce. A lot of bands only got so much in the bottle, they sometimes use it up all in one song. These guys (Rush) were the real deal. Their bottle was so big and so filled to the brim, they were shaking it literally for decades and still there was sauce coming out!" Jack Black said. (From the movie "Rush Beyond the Lighted Stage.")

The 1976 Rush song "2112," (first song on the vinyl "2112") in simple terms is about the quest for true freedom and the right to be an individual. Based on Rand's novel "The Fountainhead," music is stripped from the people by the government. Peart's change on Rand's book was the musical aspect. Rand did not mention the taking away of music in "The Fountainhead," but when "The Fountainhead," was released in the 40s, music, even mainstream tunes were real. Peart used Rand's theme of stripped individuality, the ultimate rule of government and weaved his own wisdom with Rand's.

Neil Peart, their lyricist and drummer ignited my passion for the written word and desire to read books. Every Rush release with the exception of their first two, "Rush" and "Fly by Night" has the lyrics to every song. Listening to Rush without knowing the words is like the internet without high speed.

Soon after I got out of the Army in 1987, Steve Joiner, my friend also to this very day was extremely vehement that I put on his head phones which were very high quality and read the lyric sheet while listening to Rush. I complied with his pushy insistence and have been hooked on Rush ever since. Neil Peart can write about any subject and cover extreme points about them is just a few words:

Teen pregnancy / unwanted ones, aides and other sexually transmitted diseases: 'The heat of the moment, the curse of the young.' ("Counter Parts" CD, 1993, lyrics by Peart)

Vanity, shallowness and dating the wrong ones: 'Boys and girls together, mistake conceit for pride, boys and girls together, let's paint the mirror black.' ("Presto" CD 1989)

The evils and greediness government: 'So much poison in power, the principles get left out.' ("Power Windows" CD 1985; Peart)

Going from young to old; 'Once we loved the flowers, now we ask the price of the land... my life is slipping away, I'm aging every day, but even when I'm grey, I'll still be grey my way.' ("Caress of Steel" CD 1975; Peart)

That's just the tip of the ice burg on how Peart's lyrics can cover all the bases for any subject.

If your female, the male to female ratio at a Rush concert is by far more males. I believe a band member from the Foo Fighters said Rush is 'cock rock,' meaning mostly males like the band. The term 'cock rock' was indeed used to describes Rush's predominately male audiences, but I don't feel like researching who said it. I believe it was said at their rock 'n' roll hall of fame induction, but I do know it was said, my brother Eddie whose not a Rush fan still makes fun of me for liking 'cock rock.'

A book I read back in the mid 90s, solely about Rush was titled "Visions." The book pointed out how talented, professional and precise Rush is. An example of this is when Rush did a live show in Japan and as each song ended, not a sound from the more than 10,000 audience members was emitted, and while Rush played their music, they thought they were bombing big time, but when they finished their set, they got a 20 minute standing ovation. Afterwards the band was told by the Japanese people the reason for no applause during or after any of their songs was because they didn't want to disrupt the band in anyway and that they were mesmerized by the show. Being mesmerized may be wrong, but indeed the Japanese people did not want to disrupt Rush with applause and so forth throughout the show.

Think about all the bands from the 60s and 70s. How many are still extremely relevant or making a serious impact today? The Rolling Stones are still doing it, and the oldest iconic rock 'n' roll band thus far. AC/DC are still kicking gluteus max. Aerosmith is still hanging with these heavy weight bands. ZZ Top are still regulars, though they are doing the smaller venues now with the occasional stadium act. Kiss, The Eagles and The Who among several other vintage rock bands only do reunion tours, but non the less still sell out the big venues. In the grand scheme of musical talent, success and the test of time, Rush has embedded their words and music into the heart of time itself.

"What makes Rush unique is fearlessness, it's the quality of starting a song and not caring what's popular, what's not, there's only one band that sounds like that. What kind of band is Rush? It's Rush!" Gene Simmons (Kiss vocalist / bassist) said. A quote from the rocumentary "Rush Beyond the Lighted Stage."