Seems a lot of people here listen to metal, hard rock, current rock, etc. (not that those are bad genres)

 

 

 

But does anyone besides me find the best day is a day coming home to The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, etc.?

 

 

 

I'm listening to the stones right now; Exile on Main St. :D

Classic rock is the only way to go.

 

 

 

And...thrash metal. But that's beside the point.

everyone at my prep school listened to this stuff (and guitar hero, people actually bring it to school). I get really tired of hearing classic rock songs because I have to listen to them a lot at school. I'll listen to just about anything but I'm pretty picky about music I will BUY (mostly just metal stuff).

 

 

 

Classic rock is just a little too boring for me. Also, I don't like it when guys try to sing like girls, I find that very annoying.

everyone at my prep school listened to this stuff (and guitar hero, people actually bring it to school). I get really tired of hearing classic rock songs because I have to listen to them a lot at school. I'll listen to just about anything but I'm pretty picky about music I will BUY (mostly just metal stuff).

 

 

 

Classic rock is just a little too boring for me. Also, I don't like it when guys try to sing like girls, I find that very annoying.

 

 

 

 

 

That's falsetto, but even so...I respect your opinions thoroughly. But I have my own. :D

 

 

 

 

 

Classic rock is NOT boring!! Even if you hear it a lot, it's just so good!! Not only that, but in rock music to write something good is very hard. I mean, rap music, don't get me started. Talk about no talent...they're not even singing!! Even so, it is nice to dance too sometimes... :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

Regardless, I love classic rock, I always will, it never gets boring, and I'm always looking for some new stuff to listen to.

everyone at my prep school listened to this stuff (and guitar hero, people actually bring it to school). I get really tired of hearing classic rock songs because I have to listen to them a lot at school. I'll listen to just about anything but I'm pretty picky about music I will BUY (mostly just metal stuff).

 

 

 

Classic rock is just a little too boring for me. Also, I don't like it when guys try to sing like girls, I find that very annoying.

 

 

 

 

 

That's falsetto, but even so...I respect your opinions thoroughly. But I have my own. :D

 

 

 

 

 

Classic rock is NOT boring!! Even if you hear it a lot, it's just so good!! Not only that, but in rock music to write something good is very hard. I mean, rap music, don't get me started. Talk about no talent...they're not even singing!! Even so, it is nice to dance too sometimes... :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

Regardless, I love classic rock, I always will, it never gets boring, and I'm always looking for some new stuff to listen to.

Alot of people seem to enjoy it, eventually the metal we listen to that has become popular in the 90's will be the classic rock lol. I knew it was falsetto, and I never liked falsetto, tis just kinda cheesy sounding to me. I'd rather a male sing like a male should, not necessary like a metal growl but just a mid range vocal like Nickelback or something. Either way, its better than rap :P (well depending on if the rapper plays with a live band, which some do and I like those).

 

 

 

The beatles were always way overdone in my opinion, I can't hear anything in they're music that really stands out or seems like it took much talent to play. I'll never understand what made them popular.

everyone at my prep school listened to this stuff (and guitar hero, people actually bring it to school). I get really tired of hearing classic rock songs because I have to listen to them a lot at school. I'll listen to just about anything but I'm pretty picky about music I will BUY (mostly just metal stuff).

 

 

 

Classic rock is just a little too boring for me. Also, I don't like it when guys try to sing like girls, I find that very annoying.

 

 

 

 

 

That's falsetto, but even so...I respect your opinions thoroughly. But I have my own. :D

 

 

 

 

 

Classic rock is NOT boring!! Even if you hear it a lot, it's just so good!! Not only that, but in rock music to write something good is very hard. I mean, rap music, don't get me started. Talk about no talent...they're not even singing!! Even so, it is nice to dance too sometimes... :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

Regardless, I love classic rock, I always will, it never gets boring, and I'm always looking for some new stuff to listen to.

Alot of people seem to enjoy it, eventually the metal we listen to that has become popular in the 90's will be the classic rock lol. I knew it was falsetto, and I never liked falsetto, tis just kinda cheesy sounding to me. I'd rather a male sing like a male should, not necessary like a metal growl but just a mid range vocal like Nickelback or something. Either way, its better than rap :P (well depending on if the rapper plays with a live band, which some do and I like those).

 

 

 

The beatles were always way overdone in my opinion, I can't hear anything in they're music that really stands out or seems like it took much talent to play. I'll never understand what made them popular.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree. Males should sing like males, but hey, you do what you can do. I have to say I respect rap, but I hate rap that's vulgar, demoralizes women, talks about doing drugs, and, well, you know...

 

 

 

Smart rap with cathcy lyrics; smart lyrics, now that takes talent.

 

 

 

As for the Beatles, well, Lennon and McCartney knew how to write good, catchy songs. Myself, the Beatles are not my favorite, but they're still very good. For me it's the late 60's and all the 70's where the good stuff's at. 8-)

Im not so much into The Who, Rolling Stones etc. but more earlier stuff from 1958 - 61 ish like Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent. As you can probably tell from the sig ;)

I like classic rock, but I just have one thing to say. I have no idea why people like Led Zeppelin and ACDC so much. I honestly can't think of one amazing song by either. Obviously it's an opinion thing, and Stairway to Heaven is pretty good, but I really don't find either of these bands to be better than many others.

gimme that deep purple plz :D

I like classic rock, but I just have one thing to say. I have no idea why people like Led Zeppelin and ACDC so much. I honestly can't think of one amazing song by either. Obviously it's an opinion thing, and Stairway to Heaven is pretty good, but I really don't find either of these bands to be better than many others.

 

 

 

 

 

That's the idea. I try to delve deep and find songs I like, and believe me not all popular songs are good songs (Fall Out Boy, I'm looking at you... :shame: )

 

 

 

Even so, I still think it's just a matter of what sounds good in your ears. :)

I cant listen to classic rock cause its so old. after i hear it a lot i get bored. i can't even listen to the billboard stuff for tool ong.

Classic rock may be old, but it is far superior to a lot of today's popular music. Did I mention that rap is crap? :notalk:

Honestly, there's a whole world of B-list classic rock acts. They generally fall into four categories:

 

 

 

Were a really awesome band to begin with but were corrupted by fame

 

Probably the best example of this would be REO Speedwagon. REO Speedwagon was essentially American Midwestern hard bar rock and a great live act with some virtuous playing on the part of Gary Richrath until they scored a hit with "Take It On The Run," "Time For Me To Fly," and so forth. Real sad in my opinion. The J. Geils Band would be another one. They started out as an amalgamation of boogie-in' white R&B and rock and stayed that way for the better part of a decade, but once they hit it big with Centerfold it all went down the tubes, with the band effectively breaking up.

 

 

 

Bands that had a few singles and were big acts but are not critically lauded today

 

Blue Oyster Cult would fall into this category. They had three big hits but nobody even bothers to pick up any of their albums besides Agents of Fortune (which has "Reaper)," Fire of Unknown Origin ("Burnin' For You"), or their Greatest Hits which draws primarily on those two plus Spectres (which has "Godzilla"). Real shame - they put out some freaky stuff with some of the best damned guitar work ever, and not even half bad keyboardage either! Boston would be another example, but to a lesser extent because of that stupid "More Than A Feeling" song.

 

 

 

Bands that never got their break

 

Montrose comes to mind. Montrose has been called by critics "the first US-bred hard rock group to challenge British supremacy of the genre," and although that really is a bunch of BS, they rock. Sammy Hagar got his start in Montrose alongside guitar maverick Ronnie Montrose (the group's namesake), putting out hot and heavy rockers such as "Space Station #5," "Bad Motor Scooter," and "Rock Candy." Sammy was replaced after one studio album (maybe he did one live one too? Can't remember), and although the second singer (his name escapes me) was serviceable, the band essentially dissolved a few albums later. Riggs also comes to mind - they were an 80s hard rock band fronted by Jerry Riggs (who later joined Pat Travers) that contributed a few songs to the Heavy Metal soundtrack.

 

 

 

Bands from Europe that Americans were largely ignorant of

 

I can think of quite a few here such as Budgie and Nazareth, but perhaps the most important is Slade. Slade was largely a hard rock/glam band from England headed by vocalist and rhythm player Noddy Holder. Although best remembered for the pop song "Merry Xmas Everybody," they had a string of hits in their native land but pretty much just one in America: "Run Runaway." However their influence on music was felt when post-Randy Rhoads era metal band Quiet Riot covered "[bleep] on Feel the Noize" in the 1980s. In sum: Slade rocks. Deep Purple also qualifies because the only damned song anybody knows by them is "Smoke on the Water," so everyone I know runs around like "llololol deep purpl sux lol".

 

 

 

For the record, Deep Purple pwns, just because of Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore. Pick up Made In Japan if you don't believe me. Ritchie Blackmore is also the Yngwie Malmsteen of the 70s... think about it, larger than life ego, scalloped fretboards, Fender Strats though Marshall Super Leads, classical influence, black stage suit... the resemblance is striking. But that's something else altogether.

 

 

 

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My playlist consists largely of music like this, and it's great because when you play it for people they say "I never knew this was so awesome! Give me more!" And also just because it's something different from the generic plodding AC/DC or Led Zeppelin that all kids seem to like nowadays. It just plain rocks.

 

 

 

I might also add that I don't understand how people say that Led Zeppelin is metal when the percentage of their electric, heavy, dark songs is actually quite low compared to their acoustic or bluesy numbers. Or how Jimmy Page is a visionary for nixing old blues riffs royalty-free on their albums. They're an alright band, but the very nature of them frustrates me.

 

 

 

So yeah. My long winded rant basically says "Lesser known classic rock is awesome. Go check it out!"

:wall: it is in no way or form superior. i guarantee you you can find music with the same sound as most classic rock and then some stuff that sounds better

:wall: it is in no way or form superior. i guarantee you you can find music with the same sound as most classic rock and then some stuff that sounds better

 

 

 

cant listen to classic rock cause its so old

 

 

 

That makes me think you discount it on the basis of age alone. Yeah, real great.

 

 

 

"I can't listen to new music because it's so new." Whee, this is fun.

 

 

 

**NOTE: I could make a "Yo mama" joke here regarding discounting on the basis of age, but I think I'll refrain.

why didnt you quote the whole thing? where i say that after i listened to the songs a while, i get bored of them?

why didnt you quote the whole thing? where i say that after i listened to the songs a while, i get bored of them?

 

 

 

Well then...maybe you just don't know enough bands? I mean, if I were to listen to modern rock, I would get bored within minutes with all the mainstream bands because they all sound exactly the same, and you definitely can't say the same about the bands of the 60's-80's.

 

 

 

And yes, you'll find that there are many classic rock fans on these forums, me being one. I've gotta say that I'm not big on the Beatles (although A Day in the Life is one of my favorites) or the Stones, I love the Who and the Allman Brothers Band :thumbsup: . But I like a bunch of bands: Queen, Yes, Deep Purple, Klaatu, Kansas, Boston, Rush, Jethro Tull, Supertramp, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, The Doobie Brothers, Chicago...the list goes on. You get the picture.

How can we look over The Doors!? :D :shock:

Well then...maybe you just don't know enough bands? I mean, if I were to listen to modern rock, I would get bored within minutes with all the mainstream bands because they all sound exactly the same, and you definitely can't say the same about the bands of the 60's-80's.

 

 

 

I always find comments like this a bit weird.

 

 

 

Well, of course music from the 80s isn't the same as the music from the 60s. You do realize that you're comparing a period of 20 years full of music to 'modern day music', right. And it's not like they only made interesting music in those periods. There's just as much crap in the 60s as there is now. Or do you think those twelve (? maybe thriteen) bands you just mentioned where the only bands that made music in that period of 20 years. Don't you think there would be another let's say 10 bands trying to sound like let's say The Beatles? But they just didn't survive time, because they weren't good enough. Same goes for modern day music; there's a ton of bands trying to sound like Coldplay, but how many of them do you think will be listened to in 20 years time? Exactly.

Distorted classic rock guitar tones really annoy me. IMO, they are too thin and yucky. I can listen to things where they are playing on acoustics but stuff like Smoke on the Water really hurts my ears. Could just be my speakers though, they do something horrible to mids.

Distorted classic rock guitar tones really annoy me. IMO, they are too thin and yucky. I can listen to things where they are playing on acoustics but stuff like Smoke on the Water really hurts my ears. Could just be my speakers though, they do something horrible to mids.

 

 

 

That might be it then... seeing as how many vintage Marshall amps are pretty mid-voiced and heavy (which also unfortunately contributed to pooper-scooped metal tones *COUGH*METALLICA*COUGH*).

Us Metallica fanboys might rip you apart for saying that ;)

 

 

 

Classic rock has guitar solos. New music doesn't...well most don't. Guitar solos = win.

I listen to classic rock... Evewn those others genres

Us Metallica fanboys might rip you apart for saying that ;)

 

 

 

Classic rock has guitar solos. New music doesn't...well most don't. Guitar solos = win.

 

 

 

Mustaine could beat up all of Metallica single handedly.

 

 

 

Not to mention the fact that anybody who plays their bass this low deserves approximately zero respect:

 

 

 

 

 

 

XD I dunno how he even manages to play that low and have any kind of control.

Classic rock (and then metal) are my top two genres.

 

 

 

I like most of it, seeing as how a lot of it has some good guitar work. I've recently been listening to a Neil Young live album from '71, good stuff there. ;P

 

 

 

 

 

And I agree with BTTF_Man: Mustaine > Metallica. And Megadeth > Metallica.