OT: is classic rock killing the genre?

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by Bostic

I checked the last songs played on 106.7 The Eagle in San Antonio from early this morning till now. This mirrors the two Classic Rock stations in the Bay Area perfectly with the same old tunes.

Bringin'OnTheHeartbreak Def Leppard
IHateMyselfForLovingYou Joan Jett
FreeBird - LynyrdSkynyrd
GimmeAllYourLovin' ZZ Top
RockYouLikeAHurricane Scorpions
WalkThisWay Aerosmith
WithOrWithoutYou U2
EdgeOfSeventeen StevieNicks
Oh,Sherrie StevePerry
IWantYouToWantMe CheapTrick
HereIGoAgain Whitesnake
TuffEnough FabulousThunderbirds
TurnThePage BobSeger & The Silver Bullet Band
18AndLife SkidRow
EyeOfTheTiger Survivor
IDon'tCareAnymore PhilCollins
WelcomeToTheJungle GunsN'Roses
TheJoker SteveMiller
TakeTheMoneyAndRun SteveMillerBand
NoOneLikeYou Scorpions
JukeBoxHero Foreigner
DreamOn Aerosmith
Runnin'DownADream TomPetty
LiveAndLetDie GunsN'Roses
EveryLittleThingSheDoesIsMagic The Police
AllMyLove LedZeppelin
Jessie'sGirl RickSpringfield
YouCan'tAlwaysGetWhatYouWant Rolling Stones
PourSomeSugarOnMe DefLeppard
AddictedToLove RobertPalmer
BadMedicine BonJovi
BohemianRhapsody Queen
Can'tFightThisFeeling REOSpeedwagon
CrazyTrain OzzyOsbourne
AnotherBrickInTheWall Pink Floyd
AgainstTheWind BobSeger & The Silver Bullet Band
That'sAll Genesis
Thunderstruck AC/DC
Dres FleetwoodMac
AnyWayYouWantIt Journey
TakeItEasy Eagles
Knockin'OnHeaven'sDoor GunsN'Roses
TheOneILove R.E.M.
WhatItTakes Aerosmith
KeepYourHandsToYourself Georgia Satellites
BadToTheBone George Thorogood & TheDestroyers
LoveBites DefLeppard
WeWillRockYou/WeAreTheChpions Queen
MaryJane'sLastDance TomPetty&TheHeartbreakers
TinyDancer EltonJohn
YouGiveLoveABadName BonJovi
Ma,I'mComingHome OzzyOsbourne
Shakin' EddieMoney
TheLogicalSong Supertramp
KeepOnLovingYou REOSpeedwagon
YouShookMeAllNightLong AC/DC
Rock'nMe SteveMillerBand
OnceBitten,TwiceShy GreatWhite
SharpDressedMan ZZTop
MoreThanAFeeling Boston
Angel Aerosmith
BangYourHead(MetalHealth) QuietRiot
HoldTheLine Toto
Don'tStopBelievin' Journey
Misunderstanding Genesis
BlackMagicWoman/GypsyWoman Santana
Mr.Roboto Styx
EveryBreathYouTake The Police
BlindedByTheLight Manfred Mann'sEarth Band
Dr.Feelgood MotleyCrue

And Thin Lizzy. Two rock bands that never really got their due ...

[MattTuck]

I've recently begun listening to Spotify. I thought it would be better at suggesting new songs, but it mainly thinks I want to listen to Tom petty, Paul Simon and smattering of other folks like Allman Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, etc.

I guess I need to go in and add more songs that I like, so it can get to know me better.

Classic rock is great. The music today is barely music by comparison. The hooks and compositions they wrote back then actually took time and talent. Today it is all obvious chord progressions.

[jtbadge]

Originally Posted by jmoore

re: post above

[FlashUNC]

Yeah but ZZ Top is awesome.

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by jtbadge

re: post above

I was being sarcastic. Great music was produced in the past, is being produced today, and will be produced in the future. The idea that old music is the end all and be all of music is a trope that goes back generations. My grandfather still listened to Dean Martin and Perry Como until the day he died, and couldn't wrap his mind around rock music.

[Dekonick]

Originally Posted by MattTuck

I was being sarcastic. Great music was produced in the past, is being produced today, and will be produced in the future. The idea that old music is the end all and be all of music is a trope that goes back generations. My grandfather still listened to Dean Martin and Perry Como until the day he died, and couldn't wrap his mind around rock music.

When I work part time in a nursing home (I do it because I really love my residents and I need an escape from the reality of emergency medicine... My residents may die, but they die with dignity... Oh how I wish the same were true in the ER and out on the street... I digress) one of my joys is playing music from whatever 'generation' of resident I am working with happens to like. I have 'grandparents' in their 90's down to their 50's... a wide range of music. One truth: All of them have memories associated with their music, it is amazing to watch the transformation in an Alzheimers patient when you play Perry Como... Music definitely evokes strong emotions. It brings out the humanity in all of us.

[PeregrineA1]

My Dad, a Dixieland and Big Band fan, also Hawaiian slack key guitar. One day we were getting out of the family truckster in a beachfront parking lot on the Central California coast. The guy parked next to us is listening to a nice guitar jam. Dad says to me that he really likes the music, sounds like slack key guitar. So he asks the guy what it is. Jimi Hendrix is the response. Dad goes on a rant, to me, about how horrible Hendrix is......


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[Drmojo]

is not dead
you just need to know how to find it
limited range
but
I started my own station playing R§B from the 1940’s
the best music

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by MattTuck

I was being sarcastic. Great music was produced in the past, is being produced today, and will be produced in the future. The idea that old music is the end all and be all of music is a trope that goes back generations. My grandfather still listened to Dean Martin and Perry Como until the day he died, and couldn't wrap his mind around rock music.

Studies have shown that we form our tastes in music at an early age - typically in the early teens. So your favorite type of music depends largely on when you were born.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/12/1...lt-taste-music




I must be a late bloomer, as my taste in music formed closer to my college years. Which is a probably a good thing, since the most popular music when I was a teenager was disco (and it's been proven beyond doubt that disco sucks!).

[Dekonick]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

Studies have shown that we form our tastes in music at an early age - typically in the early teens. So your favorite type of music depends largely on when you were born.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/12/1...lt-taste-music




I must be a late bloomer, as my taste in music formed closer to my college years. Which is a probably a good thing, since the most popular music when I was a teenager was disco (and it's been proven beyond doubt that disco sucks!).

So strange. I find I have grown to love many different kinds of music I never listened to until MUCH later in life - Metal being one... Big Band being another... An interest in math led to physics that led to music theory... and suddenly most forms of music have an appeal... I still struggle with modern R&B and rap... but I do appreciate it.

[m4rk540]

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-...-age-30-2018-6

"In 2015, the Skynet & Ebert blog looked at data from US Spotify users and Echo Nest. On average, teen music taste was dominated by popular music, then this steadily dropped until people's tastes "matured" in their early 30s. By age 33, it was more likely they'd never listen to new music again."

[Spoker]

The sense of community from pirate and illegal-non commercial stations was so awesome.
Miss it.

[9tubes]

Anyone have memories of KSHE 95?

[choke]

Originally Posted by 9tubes

Anyone have memories of KSHE 95?

Post #66.

Originally Posted by choke

For those of you who do like classic rock, I'll suggest KSHE...IMO the best rock station anywhere.

https://live.kshe95.com/listen/

It's still my favorite station though it's not like it was back in the day.

[jtbadge]

KSHE still plays Alice's Restaurant on Thanksgiving, so at least classic rock radio is good for something.