How The Beach Boys & David Bowie Inspired Rock’s Most Unexpected Album

In 2001, the most unlikely rock album took the world by storm. It didn't feature seasoned musicians. It featured 200 elementary school kids in a school gym, performing rock and pop songs of the 1970s, in the 1970s, in a single take. It's backbone: the music of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. A main attraction among many: a song by David Bowie that he felt was the best cover of one of his songs he had ever heard. This is the story of The Langley Schools Music Project and the teacher behind it, Hans Fenger -- a story that ultimately inspired the film School of Rock.

The black and white photos from The Langley Schools Music Project featured in this video are courtesy Bar None Records and were taken by Kevin Finseth.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Cover Song That Shocked David Bowie
1:47 The Philosopher Who Became a Music Teacher
4:33 One Bass Guitar Changed Everything
8:19 From Bowie to the Beach Boys (Teaching by Ear, Not by the Book)
13:30 Why the Beach Boys Became the Project's Backbone
17:29 Recording Innocence and Despair
22:14 The Rediscovery That Shocked the World
28:10 What Happened to Hans After Langley?
34:39 The Echo That Still Rings

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