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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 3:20:38 GMT -5
Kind of run out of stuff of interest to watch off of Youtube at the moment, so past few days I've been listening to the radio a lot. Lot of classic country and classic rock.
But the thing is, like.... Okay, I get that a classic country station isn't going to exclusively stick to early 90s at the latest (even if that's really as far as I'm wanting to go, and would prefer to generally be earlier than that), but it still jars me in the middle of hearing Shelly West and Conway Twitty to suddenly have "You Belong To Me" thrown at me. Like, that song is a decade old at this point (time is merciless), but at the same time, it's still pretty firmly modern-sounding (even if it does avoid the shitty wannabe rap sludge that modern country largely is) and is from someone who's still one of the biggest acts in music.
So I dunno, the whole thing's got me wondering a lot of things about just what exactly should be the qualifier for being considered classic rather than current.
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Post by 4real on Sept 16, 2019 5:17:35 GMT -5
It all depends when you were born I guess. I was born in 84 so can barely remember the 80’s so anything 80’s or sooner is classic to me. 90’s at a stretch since it was the last century.
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Post by Glitch on Sept 16, 2019 6:05:39 GMT -5
In the case of rock, Id say rock roughly from 50s-70s. Thats when rock really started to get far from it's blues/rock n roll roots. Not that they weren't bands doing that before, but late 70s and onward is when the mainstreaming or rising of genres such as new wave, punk, metal, alternative rock, ect.
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Post by ERON on Sept 16, 2019 7:10:14 GMT -5
I think where you cut it off depends a lot on where you cut it on, so to speak. If you're starting with '50s rock, you'd probably want to cut it off in the early '70s or you're going to get some serious clashes of style. Likewise, if you start in the '60s or '70s, you can get up to around '92 or so before you start getting stuff that sticks out like a sore thumb.
That said, I also think it would be cool to hear a station that plays any and all rock, where you could go from Chuck Berry to the Killers to Motorhead to Van Morrison and so on.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Sept 16, 2019 7:12:26 GMT -5
That said, I also think it would be cool to hear a station that plays any and all rock, where you could go from Chuck Berry to the Killers to Motorhead to Van Morrison and so on. That sounds like my itunes on random  |
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Post by Gremlin on Sept 16, 2019 8:07:35 GMT -5
A friend and I were talking about this the other day. The best solution we could come up with is to date music like cars, both classics and antiques. A car is a classic at 20 years and an antique at 45 years. So, music would be considered classic if it is from 1975-1999 and antique if it is pre-1975.
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Post by wildojinx on Sept 16, 2019 8:43:54 GMT -5
I've been hearing stuff from the 2000s on my classic rock station recently (ie, Seven Nation Army, Kryptonite, Boulevard of Broken Dreams), so the definition of "classic" changes through time.
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Post by Push R Truth on Sept 16, 2019 9:32:24 GMT -5
Our local classic rock station plays a mix from Black Sabbath to Weezer to Joan Jett to Pearl Jam. More or less nothing after 2000.
It's pretty sweet.
The funny part is that it's playlist is about 90% the same as the "Current Rock" Station.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 16, 2019 9:40:21 GMT -5
If you're calling yourself "classic rock" with no qualifiers I'd say 60s-80s is most appropriate, with some 90s sprinkled in if it doesn't feel out of place in the catalogue.
"Oldies" rolls in the 50s and motown stuff to me
Most commonly I hear the commercials say what decades are included though
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 16, 2019 10:31:14 GMT -5
'50s-'80s seems right to me. But I can see how certain classic/"oldies" stations have evolved...some of the music that seems very modern is now 20-30 years old!
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Sept 16, 2019 10:50:40 GMT -5
It should be the same line that a station advertising "today's best music" should be using.
Last time I heard that, it was followed with Eminem's "Lose Yourself", a song old enough to drive.
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Post by Cyno on Sept 16, 2019 11:01:14 GMT -5
What's going to be modern to people of my generation is going to be classic to the one younger to me and oldies to the one younger than that. Such is the way of time.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Sept 16, 2019 13:08:02 GMT -5
If we're talking radio stations, classic is generally "old enough to drive" so that it's the same stuff someone was hearing when they first became aware of music.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Sept 16, 2019 13:09:55 GMT -5
That said, I also think it would be cool to hear a station that plays any and all rock, where you could go from Chuck Berry to the Killers to Motorhead to Van Morrison and so on. There is a local channel that is similar to that, though Motorhead never would be on their rotation. Motley Crue is about as hard rock as the station plays, but I that still is a pretty good stretch for a station that plays Little Richard and some Motown. |
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Post by arrogantmodel on Sept 16, 2019 18:22:31 GMT -5
I think early 80s. That's almost 40 years ago.
Furthermore, a "throwback" should be at least ten years. I have radio stations say they're playing a throwback, and it's from 2012 or something.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 16, 2019 18:59:39 GMT -5
The classic rock station here has “Flashback Friday” where they play....classic rock.
Yeah, I don’t get it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 19:26:01 GMT -5
Our local classic rock station plays a mix from Black Sabbath to Weezer to Joan Jett to Pearl Jam. More or less nothing after 2000. It's pretty sweet. The funny part is that it's playlist is about 90% the same as the "Current Rock" Station. Ugh, my "current rock" station is the same way. When I was a teenager in the 90's they played stuff from the 70's-90's. I moved away for 20 years, and now that same station still plays the same freaking songs, just with a little Volbeat and Five Finger Death Punch thrown in every 10th song or so. |
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Post by Duke Cameron on Sept 16, 2019 20:19:28 GMT -5
I’d say 60s-90s
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Post by karl100589 on Sept 17, 2019 15:15:28 GMT -5
Anything older then 25 years.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 18, 2019 1:49:36 GMT -5
What's going to be modern to people of my generation is going to be classic to the one younger to me and oldies to the one younger than that. Such is the way of time.
I think I'm normally the one posting this in every argument about this lol. As for an answer, I'd say 15 to 20 years, that's like 2 or 3 generations in pop culture terms. As much as it pains people, if it gets puzzled stares from your average under 30 year old, it's old. |
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