Classic Rock Songs that just fuckin' suck

[909]

Classic rock stations in Maine (and North Carolina, for me) probably aren't on the same level as classic rock stations in New York or Los Angeles. I feel there are at least half a dozen Lou Reed songs that get some play on good (bear with me) classic rock radio.

Nope

 

[AA484]

Nope

Lol, well, I'll just say NE.

 

[Incandenza]

I feel like people are retroactively trying to make classic-rock radio into something it wasn't. Mainstream commercial radio regardless of genre was (still is) extremely conservative in what it plays. It doesn't matter what part of the country you grew up in. All commercial radio stations bowed to the same masters.

 

[Incandenza]

The biggest change in the classic-rock format in the last 20 years is they now play all those 90s grunge bands and Green Day and shit.

 

[King Kamala]

When I started listening to classic rock radio in the early ‘00s, my local station at least felt kind of free form on weekends and overnights. Now the only time they play weird and deep cuts is on holiday weekends and their yearly A to Z Marathon.


But even as a night owl in the ‘00s don’t recall them playing much if any Velvet Underground!

I do remember being jarred awake by The Doors “When The Music’s Over” some early morning. At least it wasn’t a Ray Manzarek solo cut, I guess.

 

[Valeyard]

Yeah I'm speaking to overnight. 11pm to 4am have far more relaxed rules almost across the board, especially when it comes to local/regional vs syndicated.

 

[King Kamala]

I'm not saying late '90s/early '00s classic rock radio was peak by any stretch of the imagination but it seemed like there was a sharp sudden decline in the second term of George W. Bush's presidency.

I'm still not happy about the oldies classic hits stations not playing from '50s/'60s music for the past 15-20 years. Although now we have True Oldies stations in past decade. Although I think even they are starting to phase out '50s music and add in '70s music as the oldies classic hits (don't call boomers "old"!) stations add in more '90s music (and '00s music!?) and phase out '70s music.

It doesn't seem like '80s music is going anywhere but I thought there wouldn't be a time when The Beach Boys and Doors weren't played on the radio. Somehow, The Beatles managed to survive all the updates. Even with the Stones, their '60s stuff never gets played on the classic hits or classic rock station.

 

[King Kamala]

David Lee Roth Releases 'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love' Live Rendition

David Lee Roth released a 'studio live' rendition of Van Halen's 'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love' on Sept. 13, 2022.

ultimateclassicrock.com

David Lee Roth's tribute band idea is just as dumb as any fan's if not worse. I get mindset behind "We need two guys to replace EVH" but why would Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen need doubles? To make it seem like they're just as washed up as DLR?

The mental image of P!nk singing Van Hagar songs is quite indelible though.

 

[King Kamala]

John Tristao on His 21-Year Stint Subbing For John Fogerty in Creedence: 'It Was Pure Torture'

He played 1,800 gigs with Creedence Clearwater Revisited between 1995 and 2016, but backstage squabbles and critical backlash took a major toll on his body and mind

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Replacing John Fogerty with a guy named Bulldog was never gonna work.

 

[King Kamala]

Roger Waters Posts Open Letter To Putin After Poland Cancels His Concerts Over Ukraine Comments

Over the weekend, a pair of Roger Waters concerts that were scheduled to take place in Poland next year were canceled by Polish officials due to an open letter that the musician shared last month directed at Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska.

www.stereogum.com

Bad move. Putin's way more of a David Gilmour fan.

 

[King Kamala]

Looking at date of this tweet, I wonder if Neil Young has finished his sci fi novel!

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1595496523252498432

Jonathan Cain's bitch ass is canceled. Sorry @BUTT .

Also I wonder what the hell Trump is thinking in this clip? A lot must be weighing on a white person's mind for them to not be joining in on a "Don't Stop Believin'" sing along.

 

[Valeyard]

This is fantastic news and hopefully kills Journey at karaoke forever.

 

[BUTT]

He’s been canceled for a few years now. His wife is Trump’s psychotic spiritual adviser who speaks in tongues. Also Neal Schon is suing him over a corporate credit card (?). I think they’ll make up, but if they did replace him I doubt concert attendance would suffer, though something would really be lost if the band officially became just Neal and a bunch of hired hands.

 

[King Kamala]

Bring back Gregg Rollie.

 

[BUTT]

Neal, Gregg and Deen Castronovo toured as “Journey Through Time” a few years ago, so he’s probably up for it if half the set is from the three pre-Perry albums.

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1595802763144974342

 

[Valeyard]

He really is not very funny and quite annoying however I am more thrown by Robbie Robertson knowing what the Cleveland Show is

 

[King Kamala]

It is funny to imagine moderately amused Scorsese and Robbie Robertson sitting around binge watching Seth MacFarlane shows.

 

[Valeyard]

I don't want to live in that world.

Besides Robbie really seems like a King Of The Hill guy.

 

[King Kamala]

He really is not very funny and quite annoying

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1595983046494552064

 

[King Kamala]

Classic rock memes that fuckin' suck.

Pete Townsend would never wear a shirt of his own band.

 

[Valeyard]

Dude wouldn't wear a t-shirt. Nor would Daltrey be just some Who background character. Realistically, given the attire, this would be two pissed off drunk dudes beating the shit outta the Grinch and then Daltrey beating the shit out of Townshend while Moon down in Moonville is vomiting on Graham Chapman.

Having been back on a huge kick this whole thing bothers me more than it should to be honest.

 

[King Kamala]

I don't like that it's just the two surviving members of The Who, especially since it's in their 1970s form.

And Pete Townsend wearing a Who t-shirt was thing that bothered me the most too!

 

[Valeyard]

All the buildings are songs before 1970, which is interesting in a frustrating way but at least it's comparative deep cuts. "Pictures Of Lilly" should also be a porn theater.

I seriously can't say I've seen Townshend in a t-shirt period. I also don't think he would ever put himself in a position where he would publicly deal with anyone who wasn't either confused by him or who was kissing his ass, and I say that as someone who very much values his work more than I probably should.

 

[King Kamala]

This comic was shared by The Who's official Facebook page, which goes to show you that Pete Townsend has nothing to do with their social media presence.

If I were Pete Townsend, I'd probably just relish being an old geezer and avoid the internet altogether after that fiasco over him "researching his novel" and the cops showing up!

 

[Valeyard]

I honestly don't know what to make of that, still. Like he is someone who doesn't understand reality unless it directly involves him and I can absolutely see him being just fucking dumb enough to get himself into that kind of trouble, but please don't interpret that as me trying to defend him because I can't nor would. Just observations from years of following that weird narcissist. He literally doesn't know how the world has worked since like 1985, and he's someone who has claimed he invented the internet.

What I will say also to that is his last solo album (released ten years before) is literally a radio play about an aging rock star who is tricked into receiving child porn by his manager and a rock reporter with the end goal being the controversy driving record sales and bringing him back to relevance. That's always been a fucked up coincidence to me and I have literally never seen anyone bring it up (likely because the album is a total mess with maybe two good songs that you can't even fucking listen to because there's talking over them).

His online show with his wife was great, though. Introduced Adele and Regina Spektor to the world.

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1613250177967464458

 

[King Kamala]

 

[Valeyard]

This rules. I love them for having a hideous logo bring out the idiots, which seems like something classic Floyd would appreciate on some level. The next evolution to those people who thought Kanye discovered that Paul McCartney kid.