Classic Rock or Oldies??

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  • slackerwoman
    slackerwoman Posts: 261 Member
    Classic rock is my favorite. Kind of scary thinking nirvana and bands in the 90's are starting to fall under that category now. Huge Pink Floyd fan too, I wasn't lucky enough to see the band play live together but I have seen Roger Waters do Darkside of the moon and the Wall, and both were incredible.

    I saw Roger Waters "The Wall" back in the summer. Best concert ever!
  • ghostpixie
    ghostpixie Posts: 148 Member
    Classic rock for sure! I'm only 19 but I still think it'd be classic rock.
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
    Classic Rock! I'm 27.. but I consider it classic rock lol and I loooove it ;)
  • Merrychrissmith
    Merrychrissmith Posts: 231 Member
    I feel like I have now been slapped in the face and told to "Wake UP, you are OLD!" LOL

    To paraphrase John Barrymore Sr (actor) You are "not old until regrets take the place of dreams"

    and yes, there is a Santa.....albeit a thinner more active jolly old guy now....(:-)>
  • gingerjen7
    gingerjen7 Posts: 821 Member
    I was shocked this morning as I was driving to work. I was listening to a radio station that was playing Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, and the Doors etc.... Then as it went to commercial the radio station announced that they were our local only OLDIES radio station. I am only 40 years old and I have to say that there is a definite line between Classic Rock and the Oldies!! I was floored! Now in your opinion, what would you consider these groups to be???
    Yes, I would consider those classic rock groups, but I've been hearing The Doors on oldies stations since I was...well, for a long time. There's some overlap between our classic rock channel and our oldies channel, like The Eagles, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, etc. I don't mind that because that's how it's always been. What I DO mind is that my local oldies station (which syndicates The True Oldies Channel) has been playing 80s music. Uptown Girl? No. That is not oldies. Blasphemy. I do not accept that.
  • gingerjen7
    gingerjen7 Posts: 821 Member
    In my view, "classic rock" is any rock music from 1965 to 1979.

    That is probably the classic definition of classic rock, but I'd include some 80s rock in the classic rock definition. Guns N Roses, Def Leppard, Phil Collins and Genesis have been classic rock radio staples for a while. I have heard Ratt on classic rock stations.
    Yes. ^This^
  • heyshell79
    heyshell79 Posts: 65 Member
    At 51 years, to me OLDIES refers to the music from the Fifties. Classic Rock is from the mid to late 60's/70's. I'm a big fan. Classic and Southern Rock from that era has been the sound track to my life. I'm still listening.
  • heyshell79
    heyshell79 Posts: 65 Member
    My friends daughter called a Bruce Springsteen song an "oldie but goodie" the other day and I had to set her straight!
    Good for you!! :0)
  • MisterGoodBar
    MisterGoodBar Posts: 157 Member
    oldies
  • katamus
    katamus Posts: 2,363 Member
    Classic rock...definitely. However, the 90's are now being lumped in with "classic rock" and I vehemently protest that! I'm only 34 & that's the stuff I listened to in HS. :grumble:

    This.

    It seems that the definitions of "oldies" and classic rock" are shifting. I don't like it. I'm listening to the classic rock station a couple years back and they're like "Oh hey, here's some Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins."

    1994? That's classic rock? Wtf? Is 15 years the limit?
  • AnitaRose72
    AnitaRose72 Posts: 29 Member
    oldies

    You are the first person to say that.... LOL
  • lmdee73
    lmdee73 Posts: 36
    I was shocked this morning as I was driving to work. I was listening to a radio station that was playing Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, and the Doors etc.... Then as it went to commercial the radio station announced that they were our local only OLDIES radio station. I am only 40 years old and I have to say that there is a definite line between Classic Rock and the Oldies!! I was floored! Now in your opinion, what would you consider these groups to be???

    Funny you bring this up.....I was scrolling through Itunes last night and Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and the like are all listed under the "Classic Rock" genre. Our "oldies" station is also playing songs by these artists. I also just had this conversation with some co-workers. If 80s music is now "classic", what does that make the 50s & 60s? Prehistoric?????

    :laugh:
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Both.

    Oldies are songs that are at least 15 years old, which scares the *kitten* out of me because that's all the crap from the 1990s (most of it I hate).

    It sucks, but you're old and so is your favorite music. :/
  • Morningstar93
    Morningstar93 Posts: 161
    Classic Rock.. and I am 18!!
  • stephaniec78
    stephaniec78 Posts: 76 Member
    I would definitely say Classic Rock. I had a wake up call the other day that was scary. I was looking for videos on youtube from some of my favorite bands from the late 80's and early 90's. The comments from other people were stuff like, "i love old school music."

    I was like "old school" I'm only 34.
  • AnitaRose72
    AnitaRose72 Posts: 29 Member
    Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Chicago, Bee Gee's.... I LOVE THIS OLDIES STATION! I would have to say Chicago has always been my favorite!!!
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    Classic rock is my favorite. Kind of scary thinking nirvana and bands in the 90's are starting to fall under that category now. Huge Pink Floyd fan too, I wasn't lucky enough to see the band play live together but I have seen Roger Waters do Darkside of the moon and the Wall, and both were incredible.

    I saw Roger Waters "The Wall" back in the summer. Best concert ever!

    Yeah that was probably my favorite concert ever. I'm still mad about missing his Fenway park concert this summer. Tom Petty puts on some great concerts too, if your a fan of him. I've seen him 6 times now
  • AnitaRose72
    AnitaRose72 Posts: 29 Member
    Classic rock is my favorite. Kind of scary thinking nirvana and bands in the 90's are starting to fall under that category now. Huge Pink Floyd fan too, I wasn't lucky enough to see the band play live together but I have seen Roger Waters do Darkside of the moon and the Wall, and both were incredible.

    I saw Roger Waters "The Wall" back in the summer. Best concert ever!

    Yeah that was probably my favorite concert ever. I'm still mad about missing his Fenway park concert this summer. Tom Petty puts on some great concerts too, if your a fan of him. I've seen him 6 times now

    My first concert was Judas Priest and Cinderella. I never smoked anything before but I came out of that place higher than a kite! Amazing concert except for the fact that Cinderella should have been the main act! My favorite concert of all times was the Scorpions concert! They really kicked butt!!
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    classic rock 100%.
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