Have you had enough of Classic Rock?


Anyone out there feel like I do?
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Alexatpos,  mystery solved . A  Polish math professor friend at Christmas dinner was asked what he thought of USA .His reply , "its OK, but talking to the people is like having a conversation with an 8 year old " He was fairly drunk so I know he meant it .

The problem is the catagorization.  "Classic Rock" is something the radio stations came up with to market to a specific demographic (mostly boomers who were teenagers in the late sixties/seventies).  "Album Oriented Rock" was the counter-category, and you could hear that late at night on small independent stations scattered throughout the country.

While listening to back-to-back commercial hits might be enjoyable while driving or doing chores around the house, a much more engaging experience could be had listening to whole albums that were designed to be played in their entirety.  The entire narrative sweep of an album can be taken in during a single listening session, and the individual songs have more depth and meaning within the context of the entire concept.

"Classic Rock" formats just bother and distract me.  If I can't sit down and listen to a whole album, I prefer soft jazz, "easy listening", or talk radio.

Note:  the iPod and other portable digital devices may have something to do with modern listening habits.  The ease with which one can skip to the another song, or even worse just listen to a part of a song then move on, probably has something to do with the difficulty many have sitting down and listening to a whole album.  This may be why younger people are discovering vinyl records, which tend to cause listeners to at least play a whole side.
I stopped listening to music on the radio about 15 years ago and only listen to talk. I also play a wide variety of music genres that aren't rock and that's helped me begin to enjoy classic rock again. I've recently been buying up remasters on CD like Led Zeppelin and the Paper Sleeve Pink Floyd remasters and wow are they good. The secret for me is to stay away from almost all music outside of my home. If I'm at work and am working on something the allows me the time to throw earphones in, I will seek out an NPR Tiny Desk Concert or seek out a genre I'm unfamiliar with on the iHeart radio app or Amazon and try and discover a new artist. 

“ Do you feel like I do “? Isn’t that a Frampton song ? If you listen to all the black musicians from the 30’s to 50’s , you can discover the Real Rock Music ! Happy Listening , Mike.