I happen to be one to enjoy much classic rock music. Many of my friends tell me that I am stupid because classic rock is dead. I disagree. I believe that it is making a come back.
Does anybody agree with me ro do they also believe that Classic Rock is dead?
I listen to it, myself, so I sure don’t think it’s dead.
But, how do you figure it’s making a comeback? The artists aren’t getting any younger, and they’re slowly starting to be unable to perform (retirement, death, moving into acting, etc.).
What really scares me is hearing REM and U2 on the local “classic rock” station. I can’t be that old yet! :eek: (I’m 27.)
I always get a big chuckle out from the idea of Classic Rock. I grew up on most of it–I never stopped listening to it. Of course, I was happy when J. Tull won the best metal grammy. *Hey! Put down those rocks! What’re you gonna do with that big club? Ouch! *
Since I work at the record company which houses the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, Motörhead, Rob Halford, Paul Rodgers and Peter Frampton, I fucking hope not!!!
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I’ve already booked the Wake at one of those megaresorts, so it’d better be dying! 
Classic rock isn’t dead, but the 500 songs the classic rock stations play ad nauseum deserve to be lined up against the wall and shot. Please tell me more songs than this were popular in the last 30 years.
Stairway to Heaven, anyone? How about Taking Care of Business? :rolleyes:
I’ve always been a devotee of what is today called “classic rock.” I think that the genre needs new fans in order to perpetuate itself, and I still see that happening. Many of my friends who were into dance and club music in the 80s and 90s are now becoming classic rock freaks.
I’m also a guitarist in a band that plays “party music,” much of which is actually classic rock. Lots of BTO, the Who, the Stones, Beatles, etc. Even in this Britney Spears-soaked world of prefabricated pop trash, we still get the party moving and people out on the dance floor.
I’d say Classic Rock is still very much alive and will continue to thrive for year to come.
neutron star – the 500 songs the classic rock stations play ad nauseum deserve to be lined up against the wall and shot.
I agree. I love classic rock, but this top 40 only crap has got to stop. There are tons of good tunes that never made it into the top 40 because of political or promotional reasons.
When’s the last time you heard Harry Nilsson’s ‘Jump into the Fire’, Aerosmith’s ‘Big 10-inch Record’, The Face’s ‘Ohh, La, La’, Van Halen’s ‘Ice Cream Man’, Heart’s ‘Little Queen’,. . .
Well, maybe some of those were top 40 – but I sure don’t hear them very often.
We have two classic rock stations in town, and both of them play “Big 10-inch Record” and “Ice Cream Man” every single day as part of their regular rotation. I’m actually getting sick of these two songs.
I’m a big fan of classic rock, but some of the stuff they play that they consider “classic” is stuff that only came out maybe five or ten years ago. The 94.7 station is better about playing some of the stuff from the 60’s and 70’s, but the other rock station’s (101) idea of classic rock is hair bands from the mid to late 80’s.
Shadowfax, yeah, that’s why I put in the disclaimer about some of those. It depends upon the part of the country, I guess. In Minneapolis I hear a lot of John Mellencamp, but I rarely hear him in Seattle.
The good news is that I can always find a reasonably good classic rock station, wherever I go. Sometimes I have to search for a while, but they’re definately out there.
I recently saw Styx and REO Speedwagon in concert, and it was a great show. From the local paper’s reporting of it:
I think there’s a bit of truth in this.
Add another person to the “Classic Rock Fan” list. Whenever I’m in the car, it’s the only thing I listen to. True, I wasn’t around when the songs were first coming out, but it’s clear when you hear the music that it’s about something, and I’ll take it over mass-produced boy bands and Britney Spears anyday. If you think that the Classic Rock stations repeat too much, you should listen to the pop stations! Can we hear more than 10 songs, please?
I’ve found that when younger folk listen to ‘classic rock’ they are often surprised at how contempoary it seems.
It is only then that they understand how cliched more recent stuff is and that includes much of the grunge and garage stuff about too.
They also start to realise just how much of the more recent stuff is just an image and is ‘rock establishment’ rather than the relevant and original material they thought it was.
Sometimes I’ll put on some Kinks , Spencer-Davis or Cream on which adds to the surprise but the real killer is when they hear Dick Dale,
When was he doing that? Geez!
I still listen to old Cheap Trick and 80’s Rush and it still seems contemporary to me. Same with a lot of the old bands. However, that doesn’t make these bands NEW stuff contemporary. Usually, it’s crap. The music lasts forever, the artist’s don’t.
Have to agree with you there Spooje
It isn’t easy to think of any decent stuff that any of them have come up with lately.
Voodoo Lounge by the Stones was ok but not that great. maybe you could include that latest Santana offering but IMHO some of it is good and some of it isn’t, even the latest Steely Dan CD is only average.
When I say, makeing a comeback, I mean that the music is getting popular again. People are starting to appreciate it more and more. I know that the artists aren’t getting any younger, but they can still perform. Isn’t that all that matters?
I hate to be the one to break this to you but U2 was making waves as a Christian rock group when you were in grammar school.
I listen to Classic Rock on Magic 105 all day at work. If you’re looking for songs that make you stop and try and figure out when the last time you heard it was, I recommend their “Brown Bagger” all request lunch hour (they do e-mail request from all over the world) or Clyde Clifford’s “Beaker Street” - yes, its the same program that most of you heard late at night on KAAY.
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Well, for those who loved the Styx / REO Speedwagon double bill, don’t forget to check out the double disc set featuring both bands! It will be accompanying a VHS and DVD of the show as well! And it is being put out on 9/26 by the label that pays me!
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Satan
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Them’s fighting words!
(Sorry, I’m a little protective of them.) IMO, they are still putting out great music. Well, The Flame was a big disappointment, but I’ve gotten over that. CT ('97) is great, Music For Hangovers also great, hey there’s a new one coming out next week, I have to pick that one up.