History Main / ThePowerOfRock

* In ''Website/TheOnion'' article "Clinton Threatens To Drop Da Bomb On Iraq," Music/GeorgeClinton threatens to "tear the roof off Baghdad" with the Power of Funk (the Mothership, 5,000 bop gunners and 2,500 Aquaboogie Amphibious Assault units are prepared for deployment).

In which the world is saved and the BigBad defeated, not only through ThePowerOfLove or ThePowerOfFriendship, but through ROCK!!!

Incidentally, it's only "The Power of Rock" because 99 percent of the time rock is the musical genre of choice for this trope. Rock tends to be [[RuleOfCool loud and theatrical]], and therefore more powerful. As the examples below show, other kinds of music work too.

* Played with in the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse:'' The hero team 4Justice is a quartet of young superhuman singer/dancers who won their place on the team by way of the "reality" TV game show "Who Wants to Be a Superhero". To date, they've not actually appeared in the field fighting crime, but have released four albums, had a nationwide tour, and a TV movie. While each member of the band has a "code name", they are all much better known by their real names among their fans (who are all tween- and teen-aged girls, apparently). Outside of their fans, they receive little respect from the hero community, and not much more respect from the musical community.

* [[GreekMythology Orpheus]], who had music to soothe the savage beast. And trees and rocks. And Hades himself. But not the Maenads, unfortunately for him.

[[caption-width-right:350:Nothing can stop a [[JustForPun power chord]]!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Nothing can stop the power of an A chord!]]

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[[caption-width-right:299:Nothing can stop the power of an A chord!]]

* [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' in a one-shot Yugioh 5D parody, where Godwin is despicted as a Corrupt manager who [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy knows trying to conquer the world with the power of darkness never works]]... so he intend to use the power of Rock'n Roll instead.

->''"Where I come from, this guitar makes noises. Here, [[StuffBlowingUp it blows stuff up!]] So I can't wait to see what a full-blown rock show does!"''
-->-- '''[[Creator/JackBlack Eddie Riggs]]''', ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''

[[caption-width-right:299: [[{{Music/Rush}} A modern day warrior, mean mean stride / Today's Tom Sawyer, mean mean pride!]]]]

** It's also worth noting that there are, canonically, precisely two ways for a seafarer to escape the sirens' song. One, as seen in ''The Odyssey'', is to stuff your crew's ears with wax and have them tie you to the mast. The other, as seen in ''Jason and the Argonauts'', is to bring along Orpheus and have him tune up his lyre and sing, ''[[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame enchanting the sirens themselves into shutting up and just listening]]''.

** It's also worth noting that there are, canonically, precisely two ways for a seafarer to escape the sirens' song. One is to stuff your crew's ears with wax and have them tie you to the mast. The other is to bring along Orpheus and have him tune up his lyre and sing, ''[[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame enchanting the sirens themselves into shutting up and just listen]]''.

* In [[Literature/TheBible The Book of Joshua]], the walls of Jericho fall after the Israelites march around the city for seven days blowing horns, "rock music" being OlderThanFeudalism. TheClash referenced this in their songs ''Jericho'' and also ''The Sound of Sinners''.

* ''Theatre/WeWillRockYou!'' If you've guessed that the protagonists fight an [[TheEmpire oppressive government]] using the music of {{Queen}}, you win a cookie.

* ThePowerOfRock/{{Live-Action TV}}

** It's also worth noting that there are, canonically, precisely two ways for a seafarer to escape the sirens' song. One is to stuff your crew's ears with wax and have them tie you to the mast. The other is to bring along Orpheus and have him tune up his lyre, turn every dial on his amp to 11, and totally rock the hell out so loud that nobody on board your ship can hear the sirens.

[[caption-width-right:299: [[{{Music/Rush}} A modern day warrior, mean mean stride Today's Tom Sawyer, mean mean pride!]]]]

-->-- '''Creator/JackBlack as Eddie Riggs''', ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''

* In SamShepard's ''Tooth of Crime'', apparently the primary form of entertainment in the future is watching cowboy/rock star/gangsters fight each other using rock's power.

->''"Hey, Antichrist-a! Beelzeboss!''
->''We know your weakness, our rockin' sauce!''
->''We [[Music/TheClash rock the casbah]], and blow your mind!''
->''We will defeat you, for all mankind!''
->''You hold the scepter, we hold the key!''
->''You are the devil, '''we are the D!'''"''
-->-- '''Creator/JackBlack of Music/TenaciousD''', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOBKxUT9Da4 "Beelzeboss"]]''

->''"Where I come from, this guitar makes noises. Here, [[StuffBlowingUp it blows stuff up!]] So I can't wait to see [[CrazyAwesome what a full-blown rock show does]]!"''

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan animation "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sob1t-iUCmE&feature=related Epic Wub Time]]" features an electronic music variant in lieu of rock; the sheer power of Vinyl Scratch's [[spoiler:bass cannon generates a [[FrickinLaserBeams gigantic energy blast]] that proves capable of [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu dispatching]] [[GodOfEvil Discord]] [[CurbStompBattle with astonishing ease]].]]

'''Note: Not to be confused with MusicalAssassin.''' This trope involves actual music playing that the audience can appreciate, not just characters playing instruments with the sonic power to kick ass. There are few game examples of ThePowerOfRock outside of music-based games.

-->-- '''Jack Black as Eddie Riggs''', ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''

->''"Hey, Antichrist-a! Beelzeboss!''
->''We know your weakness, our rockin' sauce!''
->''We [[Music/TheClash rock the casbah]], and blow your mind!''
->''We will defeat you, for all mankind!''
->''You hold the scepter, we hold the key!''
->''You are the devil, '''we are the D!'''"''
-->-- '''Creator/JackBlack of Music/TenaciousD''', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOBKxUT9Da4 "Beelzeboss"]]''

* ''WeWillRockYou!'' If you've guessed that the protagonists fight an [[TheEmpire oppressive government]] using the music of {{Queen}}, you win a cookie.

* The lovable gang in ''{{Rent}}'' brings Mimi [[DisneyDeath back from death]] by HIV, exposure and drugs through the power of song.