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pan6467 · 07-28-2004, 12:39 PM

I had King Crimson listed. I also listed Jackson 5, the Ramones, Motorhead, and Stevie Wonder.....lol

It all depends on who you are, where and when you were raised. I think everyone has a different opinion of what Classic Rock is.

I mean CR stations around here play G-N-R, AC/DC, the Ramones and such, but play very little if any Motown. Yet Motown (as a label and sound under Barry Gordy) outsold every other label (except Capitol, I think) in the 60's and was very much considered R&R.

So it all depends on who you ask because everyone has a different taste and belief, that's what makes music probably the greatest of all the arts, yet the hardest to classify, because you can have so many different sounds and each sound evokes differing emotions and opinions from each individual.

You can subset Classic Rock into groups also like: Hard/Heavy Metal (BOC, AC/DC), Punk (Ramones, Sex Pistols), Motown (because again it had it's own sound), California Surf (Beach Boys, Jan and Dean), Folk (Simon and Garfunkel, Mamas and The Papas), Pop (Billy Joel, Elton John), Brit Invasion (KINKS, the Who), Southern (Skynard, .38 Special), Blues/Orchestral (Floyd, Moody Blues) and Soft/R&B .... all depends. I went by the first list (which seemed to include all the subsets) in my choices. Some group all the subsets in under Classic Rock others choose what groups they think belong.

In my opinion, if they were around for any length of time, had good selling albums, can be considered for or are in the R&R HOF and had a distinct sound then they are classic rock to me. But That's just me, and I think the KINKS are the greatest band ever so that right there tells ya how nuts I am.

07-28-2004, 12:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I had King Crimson listed. I also listed Jackson 5, the Ramones, Motorhead, and Stevie Wonder.....lol It all depends on who you are, where and when you were raised. I think everyone has a different opinion of what Classic Rock is. I mean CR stations around here play G-N-R, AC/DC, the Ramones and such, but play very little if any Motown. Yet Motown (as a label and sound under Barry Gordy) outsold every other label (except Capitol, I think) in the 60's and was very much considered R&R. So it all depends on who you ask because everyone has a different taste and belief, that's what makes music probably the greatest of all the arts, yet the hardest to classify, because you can have so many different sounds and each sound evokes differing emotions and opinions from each individual. You can subset Classic Rock into groups also like: Hard/Heavy Metal (BOC, AC/DC), Punk (Ramones, Sex Pistols), Motown (because again it had it's own sound), California Surf (Beach Boys, Jan and Dean), Folk (Simon and Garfunkel, Mamas and The Papas), Pop (Billy Joel, Elton John), Brit Invasion (KINKS, the Who), Southern (Skynard, .38 Special), Blues/Orchestral (Floyd, Moody Blues) and Soft/R&B .... all depends. I went by the first list (which seemed to include all the subsets) in my choices. Some group all the subsets in under Classic Rock others choose what groups they think belong. In my opinion, if they were around for any length of time, had good selling albums, can be considered for or are in the R&R HOF and had a distinct sound then they are classic rock to me. But That's just me, and I think the KINKS are the greatest band ever so that right there tells ya how nuts I am. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"