Comments on: What’s Going to be Classic Rock When My Kid is in High School?

By: Amw

Amw — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:51:01 +0000

Radiohead, the black keys, the white stripes, the shins, belle and Sebastian.

There is music being made today that will still be listened to decades from now, and which doesn’t fit into the “dance crap” category.

By: Casper

Casper — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:33:45 +0000

The general rule is the same: you listen to what your parents hate until you’re free of them. Later you start embracing the best of their music, the classics. This enables a broader and more mature vision, which provides your own children with something to rebel against.

Problem is, kids are living with their parents into their thirties now. So they’re stuck in the rebellion phase, almost into middle age. But rebellion doesn’t lead to anything except more rebellion, which causes new music to get stagnant, derivative, infantile.

This recession is totally screwing up popular culture.

By: Wineguy999

Wineguy999 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:51:32 +0000

I was one of the generation that WAS there for the 60s and 70s, and from my experience through the years with those much younger than myself, I find that “classic” is (fortunately) defined by quality rather than age. I know 25-30 year-olds who are listening to Pink Floyd, CSN&Y, Creedence, Led Zep, and of course Beatles and Stones, as much as ever.

Classic is classic, be it Mozart, Beethoven, Scott Joplin, the Swing greats, Chuck Berry, etc, etc, ad infinitum. Lady Gaga? Katy Perry? I think not.