-�Harry Potter is over. There will be no more release parties, no more speculations as to who will live and who will die and whether or not Good will finally triumph over Evil. Sure, there may be the next few movies to look forward to, but everyone already knows what has happened. Besides, the actors will probably be 40 before the movies are finally finished. No. Harry Potter is done for good. There�s nothing you can do about it.�

-A true Harry Potter fan should be heartbroken at this, should one not?
-Of course one should not! A true Harry Potter fan knows that that�s entirely untrue.

-Harry Potter, as will any media, will never be truly over.

-Perhaps the movies don�t really compare, but any devotee can find a way to keep Harry Potter alive without waiting for, or even watching, the movies, fantastic as they are.

-What way is this, you may ask? Why, Wizard Rock!
-�Wizard Rock?� you may scoff. But Wizard Rock is indeed one of the major ways that Harry Potter is kept alive and evolving. A simple guess will lead one to the correct conclusion�it is a genre of music devoted to all things Harry Potter. What began as a simple attempt to keep people entertained by Joe and Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters has become an international project, fueled by a love of music and Harry Potter.

-Every band has its own interpretation of the books, and voices that interpretation in the music.
-The Remus Lupins, for instance, sing of the potential love between Ron and Hermione as slightly raunchy in �By the Fire,� while The Ministry of Magic sings of the charming and innocent puppy love that is so apparent between the two in �Accio Love.�
-Both of these songs tell stories that are not necessarily told in the books, but that the bands see fit to tell. Thus, the bands keep Harry Potter alive and well, telling new stories for eager listeners to dig into, and providing new ways for devoted fans to experience the themes portrayed in the books.

-Not only does Wizard Rock serve to keep Harry Potter alive, but it brings Harry Potter to life. Matt, of the Whomping Willows, is a board member of the Harry Potter Alliance. The HPA is an organization dedicating to fighting the �dark and difficult times� and Voldemorts we face in the �real� world. Using Harry Potter parallels and not a little Wizard Rock, they work to fight genocide, poverty, and global warming, as well as other problems this world sees today.

-With out Wizard rock many HPA projects would not have been started, such as �Wizard Rock The Vote,� which encourages Harry Potter lovers and Wizard Rock fans to vote in upcoming elections, nor would Harry Potter be quite as ever-changing and evolving as it is today.

-The Parselmouths say it best: �We may not have any more books to read, but we have each other now, and nothing can keep us all apart;� but Bella�s Love sings it best: �He�s not really dead you see, he�s alive in you me, a long as we believe.�







Souch a rough draft, it's ridiculous. Also, I cranked it out in about 2 and a half hours. Lots of internet surfing was involved, but I will say that much of that was research. Looking for quotes and such.

I find it slightly disturbing that there is a type of music dedicated to Harry Potter. :S
» randomjunk on 2008-07-10 12:45:44

Good indeed
Wizard Rock is quite interesting, and the next tour, I plan on going. I went and saw two band already from wizard rock. And I loved every second of it.

But you still can't help be sad knowing you will never have the rush or adrenaline when reading the books not knowing what is going to happen.
» Brutaly on 2008-07-10 01:47:44

seems like the parselmouths should just say, "SSSs-sssSs-SSssssSSs".
» Zanzibar on 2008-07-10 01:48:40

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