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[catbert836]

Let "classic rock" be defined as the affection for music of the following artists/bands, but not to exclude besides these:
Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Elvis, The Beatles, Gerry & the Pacemakers, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, CSN, Electric Light Orchestra, Brian Setzer, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, any ex-Beatles, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, Cream, Derek & the Dominos, Blind Faith, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Aerosmith, AC/DC, The Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, CCR, The Doors, Edgar Winter, Four Tops, Lynard Skynard, the Mommas and the Papas, Spencer Davis Group, Van Morrison, Parliament, Aretha Franklin, Frank Zappa, The Yardbirds, The Byrds, Otis Redding, Grand Funk Railroad, Sly & the Family Stone, The Supremes, Traffic, Yes, Alman Brothers, Isley Brothers, The Band, BB King, Muddy Waters, Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Santana, Joan Baez, Simon & Garfunkel, Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Jethro Tull, Rush, Mountain, Moody Blues, Grateful Dead, the Kinks, Journey, Chicago, Buffalo Springfield... and the rest.
Sign on in.
I apoligize to anything I missed.

[democracyindanger]

1. Hey man, is that Freedom Rock?

[catbert836]

2. What do you mean, "Freedom Rock"?

n/t

[proud patriot]

7. I believe he is talking about the time/life music collection

those commercials used to drive me crazy
total stereotyping of the late 60s through
the late 70s music scene.

[catbert836]

10. OHHH!!!

I hate those commercials... glad their not running anymore.

[johnnie]

4. "Turn it up"

"Turn it down"

[Boswells_Johnson]

3. Sign me up!

(And add Deep Purple to the list) :)

[catbert836]

6. Done!

Can't believe I forgot Deep Purple...

[Eikon]

5. I'm in

but you missed Steely Dan, Jethro Tull, and my beloved Rush!

[catbert836]

8. Just added those.

n/t

[Boswells_Johnson]

9. Man, now I have to go put "Locomotive Breath" on my stereo!

[cry baby]

28. Tull is at the top of my list for all time.

[laruemtt]

11. was just listening to the Yardbirds

on cassette in the car today driving through the sleet - i've never left that music. :hippie:

[proud patriot]

12. ummmmm JOURNEY , Yes , Chicago , Supertramp

Ritchie Havens , John Sebastian,
Arlo Guthrie come to mind also

[donheld]

13. Count me in

You may have missed some, but if so i can't find them. :yourock:

[guitar man]

14. All of the above

and then some :headbang:

I am recording/co-producing an album for a local band that is deeply rooted in the genre. We are going to finish up tracking(recording) this weekend, after xmas and are headed to LA to mix the first week of Jan. Can't wait, it should be a very interesting disc(I hope)

[catbert836]

17. Awesome!

Where/When can I buy a copy?

[guitar man]

18. Release should be early/mid March

If you like, I can add you to my buddy list and make a note to shoot you a PM when it comes out.

[mcscajun]

15. Grateful Dead!!!

AND all the rest. :)

[AmandaRuth]

16. Good news: You forgot the Eagles (Bleech!)

bad news: You forgot the Kinks! :D :D

[DancingBear]

19. Just start your journey in 1965, and end it in (being kind here) 1973

You'll be OK.

Anything outside the time line doesn't count, since "classic rock" can be defined from the beginning of the psych era to the ending of the country rock era.

Everything else is just recycled trash.

And please, let's not start dragging in bands from the 80's just because you like them. The term "classic rock" defines an ERA, '65-'73 (?).

Just like the term "oldies" is seen as encompassing the time frame of 1956-1972 or so (the golden age of AM radio), classic rock defines the time frame of real underground FM radio (you know, with commercials for independent record stores and head shops, or no commercials at all if it was free-form college). This, then, leaves out (and rightfully so) many of the artists you mentioned.

Classic rock as defined by conventional radio programming is bullshit - the play lists are skewed to hit audience demographics, which is why U2 suddenly becomes "classic." The term in its present-day connotation has virtually no meaning.

Just my 2 cents.

P.S. You forgot Mountain, Moody Blues, Buffalo Springfield and, oh shit don't get me started... :)

[mcscajun]

20. Totally agree with you on the time-frame and the 'demographic shifting'

The latter is just so much crap.

No way are Counting Crows "classic rock"

Feh. Screw all 'progamming services' and 'canned formats' on radio. Feh.

[6000eliot]

25. I agree with both of you

but my tastes extend all the way to 1980. P.S. I like the Eagles, and America too.

[mcscajun]

30. Don't get me wrong. I like a great deal of music beyond Classic Rock...

...and my tastes extend to the 80's and beyond.

I just have a thing about keeping categories straight, is all.

Just don't make me listen to Grunge or Rap. Please. I'm beggin' you.

[yellowdogintexas]

21. I belong in this group too. I never left this music either.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

22. I'm in. 'APPLE SCRUFF' ON BOARD.

Apple Scruffs by George Harrison :)

Now I’ve watched you sitting there
Seen the passers-by all stare
Like you have no place to go
But there’s so much they don’t know about apple scruffs

You’ve been stood around for years
Seen my smiles and touched my tears
How it’s been a long, long time
And how you’ve been on my mind, my apple scruffs

Apple scruffs, apple scruffs
How I love you, how I love you

In the fog and in the rain
Through the pleasures and the pain
On the step outside you stand
With your flowers in your hand, my apple scruffs

While the years they come and go
Now, your love must surely show me
That beyond all time and space
We’re together face to face, my apple scruffs

Apple scruffs, apple scruffs
How I love you, how I love you

[njdemocrat106]

23. Neat picture! (nt)

:headbang:

[HuskiesHowls]

24. Just looking quickly, it looks like you missed

Crow, Black Oak Arkansas, The Doobie Brothers

A whole lot of good groups

[babylonsister]

36. B.O.A.-

I created a CD of these guys while I was on dial up. They were very cool! And Brown Betty isn't the song, but they do have a classic. Anyone?

[HuskiesHowls]

38. Jim Dandy n/t

[cry baby]

26. all my favs are there! Great list, thanks.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

27. (Sniff) The music of my youth

:-)

[wovenpaint]

29. Steppenwolf

Black sabbath, Boston, Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer-I know there's more!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh many good tunes running thru my brain right now :yourock:

[Kat45]

31. That's the stuff I grew up on.

Some good shit there.

[AntiCoup2K4]

32. Impressive list

Of course, my own version would contain a few caveats....

"Van Halen" - does not refer to any record which Sammy Hagar's godawful Republican screeching is a part of.

"Jefferson Airplane/Starship" -ended the last time Paul Kantner & Marty Balin left the band, and the wusses who replaced them couldn't build any cities on rock n roll, let alone corporate cheese.

"Chicago" - ceased to exist when Terry Kath did :(

And I must insist on The Ramones being added to the list for the same reason that the Pistols and the Clash are there.

[Frogtutor]

33. Count me in...

I love all rock, period. I have to say, though, it freaks me out when the classic rock station plays a song from the 80's. Oh my God, I'm getting old!!

:headbang:

[Taverner]

34. Mommas and the Papas?????

Weren't they a co-ed N-Sync?

[pres2032]

35. i'm in!

classic rock is the best!

[mattclearing]

37. Yeah, I dig at least half of those.

eom

[lildreamer316]

39. Ahem..check my name;)

and then name the album it's from Hah! 9 year member of the VHML-if that's not obsessed, I don't know what is!