OFF: What is Classic Rock???

[blackblade at BHALLIGAN.COM]

Carl wrote:
> Then I realized that "classic rock" was what people who are currently
> dads listened to before they were dads :)

That's a great description! Classic Rock is growing with the years. People are getting older, but the prized demographic (18- to 49-year-old males in the case of Classic Rock) remains the same. So the stations add bands like Guns 'n' Roses and Nirvana to their rotation. In a couple of years, we'll probably hear Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" as an example of "classic" rock.

On a side note, there's a new Clear Channel owned station in town that is harkening back to old AOR stations. They'll play a Dixie Chicks song, followed by '80s pop, followed by Rush. Of course you still don't get any album cuts, but it's nice to see radio begin loosening the rigidity of their formats.

There's another question. Is the random way people listen to music on their MP3 players having this effect on radio station programming?

Rambling on,
Brian




> But since I never listen to
> the radio, I guess the music industry can put their labels wherever they
> like, since I'll seldom run into them :)
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
> ps - speaking of what may or may not be related to "classic rock", has
> anyone heard anything from the new Bruce Dickinson solo album?  I
> somehow never got into Maiden back when I was the right age to get into
> Maiden like all my friends, but Bruce's _Chemical Wedding_ solo album in
> the '90s blew me away (most of it, anyhow).  If the new one's even
> almost as good, I'll be happy :)
>
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