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68. The biggest problem with classic rock is the name

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Sat Jan 30, 2016, 06:12 AM

Jan 2016

The moment something (especially music) gets called "classic" it's become old.

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I am fucking sick of classic fucking rock! [View all] ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 OP

Take it easy. rug Jan 2016 #1

Keep a Knockin Major Nikon Jan 2016 #9

DUzy!!! kairos12 Jan 2016 #67

because boomers shanti Jan 2016 #2

Plus boomers kids. kentauros Jan 2016 #71

Play Freebird! aidbo Jan 2016 #3

... hopemountain Jan 2016 #64

Freeway to Stairbird kentauros Jan 2016 #72

LOL! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #77

Brule Airo Donkees Jan 2016 #4

hak�! hopemountain Jan 2016 #66

My definition of classic rock is not the same as the corporate FM stations' definition. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #5

Me too. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #78

... Lochloosa Jan 2016 #6

Preach it! hibbing Jan 2016 #7

If you only heard it once or twice a year, you'd like it again. Iggo Jan 2016 #13

Even Worse, Iggo. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #18

What's funny is that we didn't listen to that shit back then Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #8

THIS!!!^^^ Kali Jan 2016 #41

You nailed that! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #79

It's still better than the god awful over synthed late 90s+ pop garbage that gets played mythology Jan 2016 #10

I agree jakeXT Jan 2016 #28

Today's pop music is dull... zanana1 Jan 2016 #30

I like my pop music the old school way jakeXT Jan 2016 #34

And INFINITELY better than Disco! lastlib Jan 2016 #47

Now, now, there are worse things than Disco... mike in raleigh Feb 2016 #89

It pretty much went downhill from "Jive Talkin'" on.... lastlib Feb 2016 #92

The biggest difference between eras... Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #75

Yes. nt LWolf Feb 2016 #98

Says the person with the classic rock name....... we can do it Jan 2016 #11

I thought Odin was Thor's father. nt valerief Jan 2016 #52

This 63 year old agrees 100%. Jeeze. We evolve, FFS! vanlassie Jan 2016 #12

"we evolve" well, except for the Trump supporters. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #49

They're stuck in high school. vanlassie Jan 2016 #50

Lol, whining about music tastes! Got to love it. Nt Logical Jan 2016 #14

For about 65-75 years Music has been sold like any money-making product. BlueJazz Jan 2016 #15

Are you Close to the Edge? Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #16

Or Close to the Edit? SwankyXomb Jan 2016 #38

OH BOY. A CLASSIC ROCK THREAD! GreydeeThos Jan 2016 #17

Okay, just a second here. I'm 66, a Boomer, and THIS AIN'T MY ROCK ERA, OKAY?! Stones! Doors! Zep! WinkyDink Jan 2016 #19

Agree. avaistheone1 Jan 2016 #46

Try driving in Europe GoneOffShore Jan 2016 #20

They play The Clash in Raley's the other night mackerel Jan 2016 #21

I once got Rick Rolled in a store in Hawai'i KamaAina Jan 2016 #23

My aunt often tells me the story OriginalGeek Jan 2016 #31

WTF? Calm down, it's only music. I'd rather hear Pink Floyd than One Direction. So shoot me. catbyte Jan 2016 #22

I Hate The Eagles KamaAina Jan 2016 #24

I don't hate classic rock, just what "classic rock" stations ( over ) play as classic rock Populist_Prole Jan 2016 #25

I Agree RobinA Jan 2016 #58

I need to hang out with you. Orsino Jan 2016 #26

I am solidly in middle age and I have my car radio tuned into an alternative rock station. Arugula Latte Jan 2016 #27

+1000s DinahMoeHum Jan 2016 #42

I'm pretty much in the same place. MH1 Jan 2016 #56

I am in my 40's and so tired of people my age & up complaining about "no good music anymore" nadine_mn Jan 2016 #85

Exactly! Arugula Latte Jan 2016 #86

I don't mind classic rock so much gratuitous Jan 2016 #29

I like Devo's cover of Satisfaction OriginalGeek Jan 2016 #33

Baby, baby, baby Baby, baby, baby Baby, baby, baby progressoid Jan 2016 #35

Completely awesome OriginalGeek Jan 2016 #39

Did you get the Grateful Dead? ghostsinthemachine Feb 2016 #93

I like your answer the best. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #81

Coincidental timing gratuitous Jan 2016 #83

That is good! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #84

I just came back from biometric screening for my health insurance. Avalux Jan 2016 #32

Fret not. Soon enough it will be classic Rap. progressoid Jan 2016 #36

Classic rock stations in Seattle already play that song every now and again. cemaphonic Jan 2016 #40

Funny, but my (sort of) band, white, middle aged classic rockers all ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 #57

Or clasical rap, even! kentauros Jan 2016 #69

Sounds like you've lost that loving feeling pokerfan Jan 2016 #37

Good God! Time to bury that thing! sammythecat Feb 2016 #88

HANG THE DJ!!!!!1111 jpak Jan 2016 #43

Get the hell offa my lawn!!!! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #44

You say you want a revolution... avaistheone1 Jan 2016 #45

I think you just pissed of every Boomer on Earth! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #48

You are so right. I hated it back then, too, and hate it even more now. valerief Jan 2016 #51

Here's my idea of classic rock Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2016 #53

Love that LP. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #82

(My) Maria ashling Jan 2016 #54

I Stopped Listening to the local Classic Rock Station at work. Wolf Frankula Jan 2016 #55

I may be one of the biggest classic rock fans here mvd Jan 2016 #59

The playlist today at the gym..... ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 #60

The playlist at my gym: Fox News. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #61

Me too.... ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 #76

It could be worse. kentauros Jan 2016 #62

....... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #65

That goes without saying. kentauros Jan 2016 #70

Schvahnstucker. n/t A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #74

Go to Cutomer Service and demand a Welcome person who hands out joints as you go in. gvstn Jan 2016 #63

The biggest problem with classic rock is the name T_i_B Jan 2016 #68

Muzak would be preferable to that crap. kentauros Jan 2016 #73

Classic rock? malthaussen Jan 2016 #80

I hear ya. sammythecat Feb 2016 #87

My observation Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #90

They don't play the best bands of the era. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #97

Sounds onerous, dictatorial and oppressive. LanternWaste Feb 2016 #91

Ironic - it was presented as 'vanguard' back then, but it was safe actually, closeupready Feb 2016 #94

internet music is the way to go. astral Feb 2016 #95

me too trueblue2007 Feb 2016 #96

You can't get no satisfaction? southerncrone Feb 2016 #99