"Classic Rock"?!

"Classic Rock"?

After reading another thread just now about classic rock, one person said he had a tough time thinking of certain bands as called classic rock. & I actually agreed w/ him on his choices, but was taken aback when he excluded AC/DC.

Well, just wanted to know what/who others consider classic rock.


But here's MY spin on it. (scroll down to "classic rock" blog & feel free to add a comment on it or any other blog)

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-ylynlri3c...

1 day ago
Agreed w/. a post below. I consider AC/DC firmly in the classic rock category, as they'd started during the classic rock era.(60s - early 80s) Unlike guys like Bon Jovi or GnR...

10 hours ago
All I know is, I've heard AC/DC on just about every classic rock station I've listened to. For *years* now.

See, the *original* classic rock era (years mentioned above), were mainly during what most might agree were rock's Golden & Silver ages. (ie: the 60s & 70s, respectively)

Everyone seems to have nailed down the good ground to be covered. I agree with the premise and COMPLETELY agree about the exclusion of bands like Bon Jovi, Poison, or Whitesnake (I just threw up a little). In this day of puting things in pockets and checkable boxes they are clearly "hair metal" or as I like to call (ever since I was furious about a fan vote for VH-1 that left Livin On A Prayer and Pour Some Sugar On Me as 1 and 2 respectively in the top 100 songs of the 80s (I'm a sucker for music lists)) it "soft metal" or aluminum as that's the amount of respect I'm prepared to give it and it's false advertising. I think that as this continues there will/should be more bands added to the list. I think 15 years or so Radiohead would be an example (at least their guitar rock records) of a band that could get past the velvet rope. Maybe, though they have their nitch already, and I admit it's a stretch, a band like Built to Spill. It's about matching sounds and vibes. That's why even really great period bands like Nirvana should not be included. They already have their own trip, their own box that is checked.

As for AC/DC that's tough. They walk the line. I would feel more inclined to leave them out. I think they are classic, probably the kings of the hard rock genre, but sound/vibe wise I kind of go back to the "which one of these is not like the others" game and when you line up Jimi, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and AC/DC it just doesn't fit for me.