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"classic rock" is dead.
don't agree?
fine, go out and point out for me ten stoner kids under twenty with Led Zeppelin shirts on.
you won't be able to do it, because the stoner kids don't listen to rock anymore.
if i may make a prediction, the classic rock radio format will be non-existant within 10-15 years, and replaced by the Classic Rap format "Featuring the best of the nineties, zeroes AND tens!" it'll be impossible to avoid gottdamned Eminem even thirty years from now.
as much as i pined for the death of the classic rock radio format while it was king,
given its death, and the negligible value of the new royalty,
i'm a little nostalgic for it.
please, enter into the comments zone, and list out a few of your favorite Classic Rock hits.
there is no shame here, bare all!
don't agree?
fine, go out and point out for me ten stoner kids under twenty with Led Zeppelin shirts on.
you won't be able to do it, because the stoner kids don't listen to rock anymore.
if i may make a prediction, the classic rock radio format will be non-existant within 10-15 years, and replaced by the Classic Rap format "Featuring the best of the nineties, zeroes AND tens!" it'll be impossible to avoid gottdamned Eminem even thirty years from now.
as much as i pined for the death of the classic rock radio format while it was king,
given its death, and the negligible value of the new royalty,
i'm a little nostalgic for it.
please, enter into the comments zone, and list out a few of your favorite Classic Rock hits.
there is no shame here, bare all!
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you havta list some shamefully bad classic rock chunes that you like!
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i like all of the above, with the exception of the Rolling Stones one, (which i don't hate) and the Doors (which i DO hate)
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i've always hated the Beach Boys, but lately, i've been kinda warming up to the very late stuff that they did... "Pet Sounds" basically. and i heard Brian Wilson's "Smile" and it didn't sound bad.
BeeGees are ok,
myself, i'm starting to wonder exactly what is wrong with disco?
why does it suck?
maybe it's worth some investigation.
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re: beach boys
60-70 yr olds. singing along to beach boy tunes around lunch time @ pub in tinyville cornwall Uk.
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A few Classic Rock moments:
Anything by Led Zepplin. CP already nabbed "Kashmir", so I'll say "All of My Love".
"All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix.
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by the Beatles.
"Dream On" by Aerosmith.
"Ziggy Stardust" by Bowie.
Should be some CCR on this list, but I can't be bothered right now to remember which of their songs I dug.
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boy, they sure are a different band now that they've given up the heroin.
i like a few of their songs, like "Nobody's Fault" and "Round and Round", although those aren't really hits.
"Sweet Emotion" was always a hit that i could sing along to.
"Ziggy Stardust" by Bowie.
well come on. you can't go wrong with Bowie. unless you're talking about records he's done in the last five years or so.
"All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix.
everyone always says what a waste it was that he died at the peak of his creativity,
but dude, just imagine what a parody of himself he'd be if he were still alive!
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As much as I'm glad for anyone who escapes the clutches of an opiate addiction, the departure seems to degrade bands' creative output. Why is pain the fuel for so much excellent art? Hendrix would almost certainly have lost his shot at musical sainthood by stickin' around the living world.
Ole' switch-eyes
I picked a glam era Bowie tune because it seemed to fit the genre best. The classic rock stations in LA tend to play Young Americans, Fame, or Golden Years though, all of which I usually prefer over the Stardust. For recent Davey, I enjoy the Heathen album. I like what that famous Brazilian singer did with his songs in the Life Aquatic too, just picked up that soundtrack last month.
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they are becoming more appealing to us 20 TO 30somethings....
(DIDN'T VHI USED TO BE NONSTOP PHIL COLLINS??)
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they were kinda AOR at the time...
some Phil Collins, some Paula Abdul, some The The, some Fine Young Cannibals, Depeche Mode, Soho.
you know, the safe stuff.
do they even play videos now?
... and now, Ms. Fexofenadine Sleep, you must out with your fave classic rock tunes!!!
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stones-gimme shelter
zepplin-trampled underfoot, immigrant song
anything from heart when ann was skinny
aerosmith- lost child, toys in the attic
jimi- hey joe, crosstown traffic
steve miller band greatest hits (#1 stoner album when i was in 9th grade)
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yuck. Heart. ew.
haw haw Steve Miller!!
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I so wanna hear that!
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so yeah, you liked Pink Floyd "Money" and what else?
gimme the hits, kid!
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words mean
drivel
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I would have graduated in 93, but I was in college by then.
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That's it. I'm done now.
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Classic Rock lives and breathes in Cleveland. I could find those kids in a heartbeat.
In my opinion, Classic Rock covers the years 1971 through 1980, as that's when a vast number of bands that were once absolutely brilliant in the late 60s [The Who, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Move (who became ELO), and sooo many more] turned into bloated horrific beasts intent on moving pompous, 'complex' product rather than dishing out inspiring, heartfelt quality music. I would not consider The Beatles as falling under any musical category, especially Classic Rock; they are their own musical category.
Fact: I once heard Brian Eno's 'Driving Me Backwards' on a Classic Rock station (it was a request, and I think the DJ was confused.)
Fact: our local Cleveland Classic Rock station plays Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain" (one of the greatest songs ever committed to vinyl) every Saturday night at 11:45 PM. That is the only time I ever tune in.
Emerson Lake and Palmer should have been drawn and quartered at their conception, but "Lucky Man" is a fantastic song.
10CC, who poured out complete dreck like "I'm Not in Love", were once the backing band for a man who called himself Rameses and claimed to be a reincarnated Egyptian prince. Their music was crazed acid folk imbued with cryptic lyrics and was rather cool.
Neil Young is fantastic.
Ted Nugent is absolutely dire, then and now.
King Crimson, of course, rocks, even though Fripp is one of the world's biggest assholes along with Frank "I'm so fucking jazz I can play this song with my hands tied behind my back" Zappa.
Even Pink Floyd's Meddle has some quality tracks, but that was their last good album.
I'm grateful for college radio, that's all I know.
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Classic Rock lives and breathes in Cleveland. I could find those kids in a heartbeat.
some of the other ohians (ohiites?) have confirmed this. i think it's a regional thing, as i mentioned elsewhere in comments.
Ted Nugent is absolutely dire, then and now.
who could argue with that?
most of what you mention in this post, though, wouldn't be played on classic rock radio, except by accident... at least not any classic rock radio i've ever heard.
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i think you've misinterpreted my commentary.
my point is that if young people stop listening to the genre, the fan base has stopped growing.
the "stoner kids" comment was for reference, and not meant to be the be all end all of the idea.
there are young folks still listening to the stuff, but their numbers are in decline, in my observation.
classic just classic
And then, two weeks ago, it happened. They did the format change. It's all more modern.
I suppose now that Classic Rock is officially dead, it's officially time to adore Classic Rock.
Thank Goodness, I'm going to rock out to The Who, now.
Re: classic just classic
i'm actually glad it's kinda on its way out.
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To the lasting detriment of mankind. I hope that your prediction comes true. I hate all classic rock, in case you hadn't noticed. With every fiber of my being.
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in CO, classic rock was KING just ten years ago. there were like 5 or 6 different radio stations playing all the same songs.
now i think there's one, but they also play Pearl Jam and Matchbox 20 and they're getting more and more modern shit in there. if they have to compete with that style of music, then they're on the way out.
it certainly seemed like it'd never die, and i'm not saying it's GONE RIGHT NOW, i'm saying the root is drying up, the plant won't survive.
I hate all classic rock, in case you hadn't noticed. With every fiber of my being.
"I wanna rock and roll all night...
and party ev-a-ry day."
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pink floyd - echoes, dogs
rush - subdivisions
blue oyster cult - don't fear the reaper
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Turn the Paaaaaaaaa-juh
It will hibernate and eventually be "rediscovered."
I think I'm probably on the polar opposite of the iancstewart 'I hate classic rock' scale, but he's right--As long as there is Ohio. There will be classic rock. It is the mecca for E-A-D.
And now for the tunes:
There's more, but for me it really falls into essential classic rock albums (played on vinyl)...not individual songs.
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but it's dying as a marketable niche.
i'm not so good that the posting clearly at the outset, doncha know.