Trolling for some ideas...

[Silicon Valley Tom]

Classic Rock. To the younger generation, that was last week!

I like some of the rock from the 1950's. Forget the rest. Chuck Berry is my favorite. Elvis? No way Jose!

Tom

 

[TexBill]

@Silicon Valley Tom, you nailed that one. That was the daily joke at the campus B4 retiring. And dodging all the TEXTERS walking aimlessly in the hall ways.

 

[sdbrit68]

I first heard the term Classic Rock sometime in the 90's, as mentioned a marketing thing by the radio stations of the day. Many things to many people, but for me it means late 60's to late 70's, basically Sgt Pepper thru Hotel California.

I remember hearing the term in the 80's...............I always thought it was marketing to the Gen x group. Kind of a thing with MTV hitting hard, we wanted to differentiate ourselves from the baby boomers, so the late 60's and 70's became class rock and we had hair rock, hair metal, glam rock (different than David Bowie glam)

But, who knows, some people make a lot of money to make us think certain ways

 

[PapaRaptor]

I always thought of Classic Rock as beginning in the early 70's up until anything that's no longer on the charts.
When I was in Florida, I have a friend who worked on a classic rock station and he rather cynically defined it as Bob Seger, John Mellencamp, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.

 

[TexBill]

I always thought of Classic Rock as beginning in the early 70's up until anything that's no longer on the charts.
When I was in Florida, I have a friend who worked on a classic rock station and he rather cynically defined it as Bob Seger, John Mellencamp, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.

That time line pretty much matches what I recall hearing when I returned stateside in early 70s. For five years prior, we relied on AFTV primarily. Don't recall a radio in my residence for the entire time.

 

[DaveFromVA]

I remember hearing the term in the 80's...............I always thought it was marketing to the Gen x group. Kind of a thing with MTV hitting hard, we wanted to differentiate ourselves from the baby boomers, so the late 60's and 70's became class rock and we had hair rock, hair metal, glam rock (different than David Bowie glam)

But, who knows, some people make a lot of money to make us think certain ways

Right. As a Gen-X’er, classic rock was anything from the mid-60s (Beatlemania) to the early ‘80s, when hair bands and heavy metal took over, then became popular when grunge appeared (early ‘90s).

Now they’re all lumped together.

 

[Elwood]

You guys are killing me! Or should I say "Get Off of My Cloud", "I Can't get No Satisfaction", Revolver, Rubber Soul, The Kinks, The Hollies, some Seattle guy called Hendrix, and on and on and on. Now I don't feel old, just plain ancient. Tons of Pre-70s stuff that was, in the day, besmirched as "that damn long hair rock music".
I was used to not sharing a common definition of what I call "blues" or "country", and for sure not "jazz" music with folks these days but I thought "rock" was still pretty self explanatory. I guess I'll just have to stick with my own terminology. Well, this is a tune I like.....

Geez, Woodstock was 1969......

 

[PapaBear]

I always thought of Classic Rock as beginning in the early 70's up until anything that's no longer on the charts.
When I was in Florida, I have a friend who worked on a classic rock station and he rather cynically defined it as Bob Seger, John Mellencamp, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.

I always thought it went back to 1965ish

 

[Silicon Valley Tom]

Well, I was born (1942) before the Baby Boomer Generation, and they call us the “Silent Generation “. We are known for such things as being involved with civil rights, and attempting to improve the plight of humanity. No cell phones or social media involved.

Spin offs included hippies, druggies, and a few other not so desirable elements of society, who seem to be in many other eras of our nations history. The Dick Clark days are memorable, as is Walt Disney and his productions. Davy Crockett was a hero! Hurray for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck!

People argue as to what was the first rock and roll song. Who cares? One thing for sure!

Tom

 

[sdbrit68]

Right. As a Gen-X’er, classic rock was anything from the mid-60s (Beatlemania) to the early ‘80s, when hair bands and heavy metal took over, then became popular when grunge appeared (early ‘90s).

Now they’re all lumped together.

Hearing Motley Crue in a grocery store Muzak was painful

 

[TexBill]

Well, I was born (1942) before the Baby Boomer Generation, and they call us the “Silent Generation “. We are known for such things as being involved with civil rights, and attempting to improve the plight of humanity. No cell phones or social media involved.

Spin offs included hippies, druggies, and a few other not so desirable elements of society, who seem to be in many other eras of our nations history. The Dick Clark days are memorable, as is Walt Disney and his productions. Davy Crockett was a hero! Hurray for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck!

People argue as to what was the first rock and roll song. Who cares? One thing for sure!

Tom

You and I Tom, we both of the same Generation...

 

[Elwood]

Hearing Motley Crue in a grocery store Muzak was painful

I wouldn't know even if I heard them Mark.

 

[Paleo]

Funny how so much of history is made up of things that happened in the past.

It'd be kind of difficult to define a musical era that included music that hasn't happened yet during the time you're defining it.

In the future there will be even more things that will be considered to have been "classic".

But not before their time.

 

[PapaRaptor]

Funny how so much of history is made up of things that happened in the past.

It'd be kind of difficult to define a musical era that included music that hasn't happened yet during the time you're defining it.

In the future there will be even more things that will be considered to have been "classic".

But not before their time.

Wow! A truly masterful tongue-in-cheek statement!
Wise, caustic and not quite gibberish!
Bravo!

But let's put that behind us.

 

[dvs]

On "Classic Rock" these words of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart seem apt:

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it.

(I guess he was writing about hard-core pornography, but there you go...)

 

[Robb H]

I love what I call "southern fried rock and roll" i.,e. CDB, MTB, etc.

How does one learn to sing while playing guitar?

How does one learn how to sus out the melody of a song to play on guitar instead of singing?

 

[MikeS]

I consider the Beatles to be the start of the Classic Rock era. I define my show as Classic Rock from the 60's to the 90's.

 

[Larry H.]

This started as Trolling for Ideas, right? Hahahahahaha.

 

[sdbrit68]

I wouldn't know even if I heard them Mark.

with the way Vince Neils voice was at the stadium show, I am not sure I would recognize them

 

[Paleo]

So was Y2K responsible for the demise of classic rock?