Any Classic Rock or Oldies fans out there?

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  • centexhusker
    centexhusker Posts: 115 Member
    I listen to all kinds of music but classic rock is still my go to.

    Some of the bands I've seen live at least the ones I can remember seeing live :)

    Paul Mcartney
    Doobie Brothers
    Chicago
    The Police
    Journey
    Foreigner
    Night Ranger
    Humble Pie
    Van Halen
    Quiet Riot
    REO Speedwagon
    Bad Company
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Pat Benatar
    Queen
    Crosby Stills Nash
    Boz Skaggs
    Michael McDonald
    Bryan Adams
    Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
    Steely Dan
    Peter Frampton
    Eddie Money
    Jefferson Starship
    Kansas

    That's an awesome list. I was born in the wrong decade. :cry:

    Hey most of those bands I listed are still out there on tour. Some are getting a little old and have have had some changes in members but they are still out there. Checkout ticketmaster, stub hub etc :)
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    How are you defining Classic Rock? Because Classic Rock now includes '80s Hair Metal and Grunge bands ...

    If we get to define it anyway we want then I will go ahead and declare Everclear my favorite classic rock band of all time lol.

    I'm not defining it any way I want. I'm 45. I started High School in 1982 - At the time, The Beatles were classic rock. At the time, They had been done for 10 years. Led Zeppelin Was classic rock - they had been gone for 2 years ...

    My Son is 17. When he started high school in 2010, Nirvana had been done for 16 years ....

    Doo-Wop Music had been dead and gone for 20 years when I started High shcool, and it was what the "Oldies" stations played. When my son started high school, Hair Metal had been dead and gone for 20 years ...

    In my area, the classic Rock Stations have all added 80's and Grunge Pioneers to their playlists.

    Time marches on, man ....

    Oh I agree....except I don't think a band has to be "done" to be classic. Bruce Springsteen is classic and he is still going.

    Agreed .. i was just establishing a timeline with some numbers I knew off the top of my head.
  • martinytime
    martinytime Posts: 41 Member
    replying so I can remember the songs posted :) I am a 70's, 80's girl....
  • kxbailey25
    kxbailey25 Posts: 4 Member
    I am a huge fan of Classic Rock/Oldies. Admittedly, I don't listen to much post '79. Some of my favorites include:

    The Beatles
    Paul McCartney
    The Who
    Pink Floyd
    Jimi Hendrix
    Led Zeppelin
    The Guess Who
    Three Dog Night
    James Taylor
    Carol King
    Janis Joplin
    The Zombies
    The Animals
    Cream
    Clapton
    The Stones
    Little Richard
    James Brown
    The Doobie Bros.
    Wings
    The Eagles
    The Turtles
    Boz Scaggs
    Chicago
    CSNY
    Simon & Garfunkle
    The Yardbirds
    Derek & the Dominos

    In concert, I've seen:

    McCartney
    The Eagles
    Boz Scaggs
    James Taylor
    Chicago
    This list is waaaay too short! Of course, I'm only 30. So my chance to see many of these artists live came and went long before I was born :(

    It's encouraging to see that there are still people with decent musical taste in this world :)
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    Budgie
    Thin Lizzy
    Blue Cheer
    Pentagram
    Sabbath w/ Dio
    Bedemon
    Def Leppard -only the High and Dry album
    Glass Harp
    King Crimson
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    Pink Floyd. The rest are just wannabees.
  • dbanks80
    dbanks80 Posts: 3,685 Member
    Seen all these people in concert:
    AC / DC
    Aerosmith
    Atomic Punks
    BB King
    Beach Boys
    Bette Midler
    Billy Joel
    Billy Squire
    Black Oak Arkansas
    Black Sabbath
    Blue Oyster Cult
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
    Bonnie Raitt
    Bruce Springsteen
    Buddy Guy
    Canterbury Fair
    Cat Stevens
    Cheap Trick
    Creedence Clearwater Revisited
    Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
    David Lee Roth
    Deep Purple
    Dolly Parton
    Don Henley
    Eagles
    Earth, Wind and Fire
    Edgar Winter
    El Tri
    Elton John
    Elvin Bishop
    Emerson, Lake and Palmer
    Eric Burdon and the Animals
    Eric Clapton
    Foreigner
    Gary Wright
    Gin Blossoms
    Heart
    Huey Lewis and the News
    Janis Joplin
    Johnny Lang
    Johnny Winter
    Journey
    Keb Mo
    Kenny Rogers
    Kings of Leon
    Kiss
    Led Zeppagain
    Live Wire
    Loggins and Messina
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Moreland and Arbuckle
    Mr. Mister
    Neil Diamond
    Neil Young
    Norton Buffalo
    Paul Rodgers
    Robert Randolph and the Family Band
    Poison
    Pretenders
    Queen
    Rare Earth
    Reba McIntire
    Rick Derringer
    Ringo Starr
    Robert Cray
    Robert Randolph and the Family Band
    Rod Stewart
    Rory Gallagher
    Roy Rogers
    Sammy Hagar
    Santana
    Seals and Crofts
    Shania Twain
    Steve Miller
    Stray Cats
    Ted Nugent
    Terry Robb
    Tinsley Ellis
    Van Halen
    ZZ Top

    Plus I have tickets to see Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos, Night Ranger and a couple Blues Festivals over the summer.

    Wow very impressive!
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    Beatles
    Led Zeppelin
    Doors
    Pink Floyd
    Temptations
    Supremes

    And I like a lot of one hit wonders.

    I grew up listening to the Oldies and Classic Rock stations. I could probably sing word for word about 90% of the songs my stations play. Maybe not so much the classic rock station since they play a bit more 80's nowadays.

    ETA: Alice Cooper :drinker:
  • sugarkissprincess
    sugarkissprincess Posts: 2,595 Member
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    Led Zeppelin
    ZZ Top
    Prince
    U2
    Bruce Springsteen
    Van Halen
    The Police
    Phil Collins
    Guns N' Roses
    Def Leppard
    20. AC/DC
    Bon Jovi
    Genesis
    R.E.M.
    The Cure
    Journey
    John Mellencamp
    REO Speedwagon
    Tina Turner
    Queen
    Beastie Boys
    Bryan Adams
    Hall & Oates
    Pat Benatar
  • kxbailey25
    kxbailey25 Posts: 4 Member
    ...and The Doors! How could I forget The Doors? Jim Morrison was born in my hometown! Shame on me!
  • FatOldManMN
    FatOldManMN Posts: 1,116 Member
    The Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band.

    (Look them up)
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    Too many bands to list for me.

    Anyone from Chicago remember **** Biondi? 104.3FM

    EDIT: Oh, phuck MFP's stupid censoring!!! D-i-c-k Biondi. It's a name, not something needs to be censored out!!!
  • STrooper
    STrooper Posts: 659 Member
    Another one: Yes, "Starship Trooper"

    Hence the "Genesis" of my screen name STrooper
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    This is the link to the concerts coming to my area: http://www.kgon.com/Concerts/3917503

    I've already got tickets to a couple of them, but am wating for my nephew to announce his wedding date this summer, so I can start getting more tickets. Going to be a great summer for Classic Rock.
  • FoxBean
    FoxBean Posts: 910 Member
    ACDC
    Jimi Hendrix
    Pink Floyd
    Genisis
    Metallica
    U2 (the early days)
    Dire Straits (maybe not rock, but it qualifies as older music imo)
    Live (early 90's rock)

    Dire Straits definitely counts! Money for nothin' and chicks for free~
  • mrphil86
    mrphil86 Posts: 2,382 Member
    ACDC
    Jimi Hendrix
    Pink Floyd
    Genisis
    Metallica
    U2 (the early days)
    Dire Straits (maybe not rock, but it qualifies as older music imo)
    Live (early 90's rock)

    Dire Straits definitely counts! Money for nothin' and chicks for free~

    Love Dire Straits!! Mark Knopfler is my friggen hero. He's the reason why I picked up the guitar.

    And Dire Straits is considered Blues-Rockish so it should count ;)
  • BigBellyGoAway
    BigBellyGoAway Posts: 781 Member
    Dire Straits (maybe not rock, but it qualifies as older music imo)

    With Mark Knopfler on guitar, it counts.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Not making a list, but if it rocks, I don't care when it was first recorded! I like them all, from the roots of rock to the latest song just played on the radio! I'm a rock fan, through and through.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Dire Straits (maybe not rock, but it qualifies as older music imo)

    With Mark Knopfler on guitar, it counts.
    ^^ Yep

    Dire Straits is most definitely rock. The original MTV song, "Money for Nothing," immediately comes to mind.
  • TLwineguzzler
    TLwineguzzler Posts: 289 Member
    Led Zeppelin
    Black Sabbath
    Whitesnake
    Uriah Heep
    Alex Harvey Band
    Nazareth
    Free
    Def Leppard
    Motorhead
  • BigBellyGoAway
    BigBellyGoAway Posts: 781 Member
    Dire Straits (maybe not rock, but it qualifies as older music imo)

    With Mark Knopfler on guitar, it counts.
    ^^ Yep

    Dire Straits is most definitely rock. The original MTV song, "Money for Nothing," immediately comes to mind.

    They are the Sultans, the Sultans of Swing.
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
    Yes!!!
  • landriajennette7
    landriajennette7 Posts: 7
    I don't even know what the classic rock era is considered to be now. I hear songs from the mid to late 90s on classic rock stations sometimes now.
    hear that lol
  • trivard676
    trivard676 Posts: 90 Member
    I grew up listening to all kinds of music, from oldies to country to whatever counted as pop music. I'm more of song person than a band person, but there are a couple of bands out there whose songs I listen to more than others - so I guess they count as my favourite bands ;)

    AC/DC
    Van Halen
    Led Zepp
    Aerosmith
    The Rolling Stones
    Ted Nugent
    Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band <--favourite band, favourite artist :D
  • henriettevanittersum
    henriettevanittersum Posts: 179 Member
    Have to add some "Nederpop":

    Stray Cats
    Golden Earring
    Shocking Blue
    Earth & Fire

    Make me proud to be Dutch...
  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 4 Member
    The Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band.

    (Look them up)

    Boy, that's an acquired taste...
  • mrphil86
    mrphil86 Posts: 2,382 Member
    Dire Straits (maybe not rock, but it qualifies as older music imo)

    With Mark Knopfler on guitar, it counts.
    ^^ Yep

    Dire Straits is most definitely rock. The original MTV song, "Money for Nothing," immediately comes to mind.

    They are the Sultans, the Sultans of Swing.

    It ain't what they call rock and roll
  • drgmac
    drgmac Posts: 716 Member
    Steely Dan
    James Taylor
    Beatles
    Carol king
    Doobie Brothers
  • MrsPaulSmith
    MrsPaulSmith Posts: 401 Member
    Billy Joel
    Queen
    Pink Floyd
    Blondie
    The Beach Boys
    The Temptations

    First ones that come to mind...
  • FatOldManMN
    FatOldManMN Posts: 1,116 Member
    The Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band.

    (Look them up)

    Boy, that's an acquired taste...

    Gotta love em!

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