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On Saturday, my wife and I were on our way back home from a car show in Bowie Maryland and listening to a small local radio station known for playing classic rock that you just don't hear on the larger stations. We were both pleasantly surprised when The Little River Band's "Take it easy on me" started coming through the speakers.
Now I don't consider myself old because as a child of the '70's, I remember that song when it was new. I consider myself old because as soon as we got home I hopped on Amazon and bought The Little River Band's Greatest Hits. It came in the mail yesterday and my wife and I listened to it during dinner. Playing the "I remember that one..." and "That played at one of my middle school dances" game. Both of us with big dumb smiles on our faces, while our kids rolled their eyes.
By the way, embarrassing one's children is also an old person requirement. and a fun one.
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Classic Rock from the '60s / "70s is about all that is allowed in either of our classics (along with some good 80's tunes). Big fans of LRB. Our daughters can sing right along. "Cool Change" & "Lady" are my youngest daughter's favorites. She's 28.
Yeah. Well my youngest is 17 and definitely not a fan. Unfortunately for him my dinner table is a "no phone zone" and no one is allowed to leave until everyone has finished eating. So he got to sit there and suffer.
About 10 years ago, one of the members of the group Styx did a show for the 4th of July. The concert was on my hometowns courthouse square. They also had a big car show on the other side of the square. There was a young man (much younger than me!) asking all kinds of questions about my car. Obviously, as a proud Olds enthusiast, I’m more than willing to talk and bench-race! My enthusiasm rapidly dwindled when he asked me if I bought the car new. 😡. I know I have some gray hair (ok, mostly gray!) but my car is older than I am!!!
When my wife and I we dating, we went to dinner with my future mother in law and sister in law. When the waitress brings the bill, she said “I’ll leave the ticket with mom and dad” meaning me and my mother in law!!! I looked at my wife, lovingly put my arm around her, and said “Talk about pressure!! I’m going to have to make later with you AND your mom!!” For some reason, neither saw my humor with that. 😏
Last story, and this was just last week. Friend of mine broke the sprag in his transmission, needed it fixed before a race the following weekend. He lives about 2 hours away, I met him after work about the halfway point. I went into a Dairy Queen to get some dinner. Fast forward a couple days, transmission is fixed, I meet him in the same town to deliver it. He is running a little late. I go into the same Dairy Queen, order the exact same thing, this time it’s 4 bucks more! When I get home, I compare the receipts. Sigh. On my first visit, they gave me a senior citizens discount!!! This photo was taken last summer in the Grand Canyon. Do I LOOK like a senior citizen?! Does my wife look young enough to pass as my daughter?!
I have a debate that very few people agree with me on. Maybe you will.
Classic rock is not a time dependent thing. It does not mean "rock that is 20 years old." Rock pretty much started with Elvis and was played as current. I think "classic rock" stations started as a derivation of "oldies" stations and played "modern rock" as well, like Van Halen and other 80s stuff.
This was the case until about 5 years ago; then they started to stick 90s grunge stuff in. 90s rock music was overplayed, and not much good the first time around. Even Metallica sucked in the 90s. The 90s for rock was like 1975-85 for American muscle cars. Now, they are trying to slip Nirvana into a classic rock station playlist. This is inappropriate because it is not classic rock. It is grunge. Now, it's ok if you are an "all rock" station (like you play new stuff too) but it shouldn't be on a classic rock station.
A few years ago me and a few of my rowdy friends entered a bar all together kinda hooping and hollering (this wasn't our first bar) The first thing the bartender did was card me (probably carded everybody).but I did tell him in so many words that I had grandkids old enough to drink here but very doubtful if they would . My friends got a kick out of it. Probably why the bartender did it....Tedd
Our 12-year old granddaughter is certainly a fan of the music in her era. However, she absolutely adores (and knows all the words to) the early '70s Five Man Electrical Band song, "Signs"!
Randy C.
Sign said, you got have a membership card to get inside...
Old isn't so much an age thing as it is everything hurts and what don't hurt, don't work.
I was 45. My hair went gray early, a high-stress job will do that. Went in a Wendy's to eat and my cousin's middle kid was working that day. The teenage girl cashier rang up the order with senior discount, and I didn't say a word. Stephen says to her "what are you doing?" and she says I gave him his senior discount. The punk says "he ain't a senior citizen, he ain't nowhere close to 55!" I said "shaddap boy, you're bustin' up my game here!" He goes home and tells his mama about my senior discount scam. She called me and ragged me about it and I said "if you'd leave that box of Clairol on the shelf you could get away with it too!" Never mind what she told me to do to myself...
It made my Mama mad for anyone to suggest she was a senior citizen until she figured out it came with a discount. Then she would march right up to the McDonalds counter "senior coffee please!".
One variety store here finally had to start limiting senior discount purchases on some items. Wednesday was their senior discount day and geezers would go buy a new lawnmower at 20% off, then resell it for ten percent profit. This little local chain finally limited lawnmowers to one per month per person. And lawdy didn't the geezers squall, especially after the story came out in the local paper!
I just turned 74 and still don't think I am old. I just finished building a 10x20 deck after I demoed the concrete patio with a jackhammer all by myself. I feel pretty good about that. I finished it two days before my 74th birthday. Old is a state of mind. My mind tells me I am not old but occasionally my body tells me it has lots of miles on it.
I have a debate that very few people agree with me on. Maybe you will.
Classic rock is not a time dependent thing. It does not mean "rock that is 20 years old." Rock pretty much started with Elvis and was played as current. I think "classic rock" stations started as a derivation of "oldies" stations and played "modern rock" as well, like Van Halen and other 80s stuff.
This was the case until about 5 years ago; then they started to stick 90s grunge stuff in. 90s rock music was overplayed, and not much good the first time around. Even Metallica sucked in the 90s. The 90s for rock was like 1975-85 for American muscle cars. Now, they are trying to slip Nirvana into a classic rock station playlist. This is inappropriate because it is not classic rock. It is grunge. Now, it's ok if you are an "all rock" station (like you play new stuff too) but it shouldn't be on a classic rock station.
About 10 years ago, one of the members of the group Styx did a show for the 4th of July. The concert was on my hometowns courthouse square. They also had a big car show on the other side of the square. There was a young man (much younger than me!) asking all kinds of questions about my car. Obviously, as a proud Olds enthusiast, I’m more than willing to talk and bench-race! My enthusiasm rapidly dwindled when he asked me if I bought the car new. 😡. I know I have some gray hair (ok, mostly gray!) but my car is older than I am!!!
That happened to me just this past Saturday. I'm at the gas station with the Olds and a guy comes over. His 1st words are "You the original owner?" I just looked him dead in the eye and said "Sure am. I bought her when I was 2."
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About 10 years ago, one of the members of the group Styx did a show for the 4th of July. The concert was on my hometowns courthouse square. They also had a big car show on the other side of the square. There was a young man (much younger than me!) asking all kinds of questions about my car. Obviously, as a proud Olds enthusiast, I’m more than willing to talk and bench-race! My enthusiasm rapidly dwindled when he asked me if I bought the car new. 😡. I know I have some gray hair (ok, mostly gray!) but my car is older than I am!!!
When my wife and I we dating, we went to dinner with my future mother in law and sister in law. When the waitress brings the bill, she said “I’ll leave the ticket with mom and dad” meaning me and my mother in law!!! I looked at my wife, lovingly put my arm around her, and said “Talk about pressure!! I’m going to have to make later with you AND your mom!!” For some reason, neither saw my humor with that. 😏
Last story, and this was just last week. Friend of mine broke the sprag in his transmission, needed it fixed before a race the following weekend. He lives about 2 hours away, I met him after work about the halfway point. I went into a Dairy Queen to get some dinner. Fast forward a couple days, transmission is fixed, I meet him in the same town to deliver it. He is running a little late. I go into the same Dairy Queen, order the exact same thing, this time it’s 4 bucks more! When I get home, I compare the receipts. Sigh. On my first visit, they gave me a senior citizens discount!!!
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Well...since we are telling OLD stories...I will be 67 tomorrow. One of my many brothers is 12 years younger than me, damned near to the day. About 20 years ago I sold him a Jeep. While sitting in the Credit Union office the loan officer asked if it was OK that his "Dad" remained in the room while they reviewed his personal information. I was only 47 at the time! Needless to say, he had a field day with THAT!
To this day, when he is feeling particularly rowdy, he calls me Dad.
I just turned 74 and still don't think I am old. I just finished building a 10x20 deck after I demoed the concrete patio with a jackhammer all by myself. I feel pretty good about that. I finished it two days before my 74th birthday. Old is a state of mind. My mind tells me I am not old but occasionally my body tells me it has lots of miles on it.
Glenn, That is AWESOME!! I'll be 58 in November, but all my dirt bike crashes over the years (still riding!) make me feel much older. I hope I am still doing, when I reach your age, the things we both are doing now. In the Spring I demo'd a four foot tall 14'X25' deck, hauled it all to the landfill, planted the new posts, and graded and sloped for runoff the dirt underneath. I hired my son and his carpenter friend to rebuild the deck itself. I didn't have it in me after the above, and buying, picking up, and delivering and unloading the 3800 pounds of lumber and 1600 pounds of Quikrete! One 80# bag is not too bad; 20 of them - YIKES
To tie this in with the original post, when I worked in the Ford dealer body shop at 17, the Master Painter was a Classic Rock fan. In those days, '78-'79, the local CR station was playing the older Do-Wop and "newer" MoTown stuff. MoTown really takes me back! I eventually graduated to hard rock and heavy metal by the likes of Deep Purple, Led Zep, BTO, Alice Copper, the Sweet, etc. HR/HM is still my mainstay, right up to the current stuff.
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Old isn't so much an age thing as it is everything hurts and what don't hurt, don't work.
I was 45. My hair went gray early, a high-stress job will do that. Went in a Wendy's to eat and my cousin's middle kid was working that day. The teenage girl cashier rang up the order with senior discount, and I didn't say a word. Stephen says to her "what are you doing?" and she says I gave him his senior discount. The punk says "he ain't a senior citizen, he ain't nowhere close to 55!" I said "shaddap boy, you're bustin' up my game here!" He goes home and tells his mama about my senior discount scam. She called me and ragged me about it and I said "if you'd leave that box of Clairol on the shelf you could get away with it too!" Never mind what she told me to do to myself...
It made my Mama mad for anyone to suggest she was a senior citizen until she figured out it came with a discount. Then she would march right up to the McDonalds counter "senior coffee please!".
One variety store here finally had to start limiting senior discount purchases on some items. Wednesday was their senior discount day and geezers would go buy a new lawnmower at 20% off, then resell it for ten percent profit. This little local chain finally limited lawnmowers to one per month per person. And lawdy didn't the geezers squall, especially after the story came out in the local paper!
I was a auto tech. for 27 years,and then retired after 20 years as a claims adjuster for a major warrantee company. While on the phone 1 day with a advisor at a Buick dealer after settling the claim I was making business small talk I asked if his shop (located just outside of Sun City Az. a retirement community ) was busy he responded no dead as a door nail ! but my waiting room is full ! I responded hows that ? he responded well its Wednesday the Grocery ads come out on Wednesday and we provide two local newspapers, free coffee and doughnuts, he said the old blue haired raisins come and sit in the nice air conditioned waiting room in leather seats drink free coffee eat free doughnuts and fruit , chit chat and steal the coupons out of the newspapers (first come first serve ) he says not one of them has a car in the shop !! he says we don't say to much because Buicks and Merc Marquis are the flag ships of Sun City and sooner or later when that Buick is due for its 24k service (after 15 years of ownership ) If they don't have dementia they may remember where the free coffee and doughnuts came from and bring the buick in for service !! I laughed my *** off and thanked him for making my day !!
Classic Rock is nothing more than radio station programming. There was never a first ever Rock n Roll song - never. Rock n Roll developed along an evolutionary time-frame from earlier roots such as Swing, Big Band, Boogie Woogie, etc. Humans are keen to place a moment and a title on nearly everything. Rock n Roll developed and evolved.
I have a debate that very few people agree with me on. Maybe you will.
Classic rock is not a time dependent thing. It does not mean "rock that is 20 years old." Rock pretty much started with Elvis and was played as current. I think "classic rock" stations started as a derivation of "oldies" stations and played "modern rock" as well, like Van Halen and other 80s stuff.
This was the case until about 5 years ago; then they started to stick 90s grunge stuff in. 90s rock music was overplayed, and not much good the first time around. Even Metallica sucked in the 90s. The 90s for rock was like 1975-85 for American muscle cars. Now, they are trying to slip Nirvana into a classic rock station playlist. This is inappropriate because it is not classic rock. It is grunge. Now, it's ok if you are an "all rock" station (like you play new stuff too) but it shouldn't be on a classic rock station.
I agree w/ you. The only caveat I would have is I am not certain any two people could completely agree on what defines rock n roll. Some argue rhythm, drums, guitar, bass, beat, tempo, lyrics, etc. IMO, it's a personal statement w/ regard to what one person hears and another person does or does not hear. As you pointed out, and I alluded to, "classic rock" is nothing more than radio station programming.
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Most of my friends, including myself, could hardly wait until we could hear the full version of a song on FM radio instead of the two minute butchered version on AM Radio.
Rocket 88 was recorded in March 1951 by Ike Turner using the alias Jackie Brenston. Everyone on this Olds forum needs to know this Bill Haley re-recorded Big Joe Turner's 1954 Shake, Rattle, and Roll, cleaning up the lyrics a bit.
My personal definition of classic rock is anything between 1967-1982. From '82 on, everything was oriented toward MTV videos. Bands had to be "pretty" and for the most part the music suffered.
If you look back on it, most of the guys in bands from the '60's and '70's were pretty d@mn ugly. Scruffy beards, goofy faces, etc... Once MTV happened, those groups (Boston, LRB, BTO, Doobie Bros,) couldn't get anymore play on the local rock stations, unless they changed their format to "classic" rock.
Nirvana, limp biscuit, etc isn’t classic rock. Technically, it is considered “alternative rock”. And as far as those bands are concerned, my alternative would be static.
There was a time when 50/60's music was considered classic rock... just sayin.
Precisely my point. It still is so. There is an obvious progression from the 50s to the 80s, and all that is classic rock. The 90s are alternative rock.
'Working man' for me. I used to wake my kid up with Dave Edmunds 'Sabre Dance'
Rush is classic rock, but that guy's voice is not for everyone. Their guitar is very good, maybe a little heavy on the synthesizer. Oddly enough, the Rush song I like most is Nobody's Hero, which is way past their original era.
I'm a huge Blues fan, so much of rock and roll has it's roots in Blues, if your a Zep fan look how many times Willie Dixon Is credited in their music , Sonny Boy Williamson (bring it on home, Howling Wolf I should have quit you) I love electric blues Buddy Guy, Freddy King, Luther Allison ETC..The Allman Brothers and even White Snake dip into that Blues well. Lots and Lots of Blues and more than one lawsuit most were lost though as the music was considered public domain. I love Jazz also and Big Band
Glenn Miller, Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, love 50's Doo Whop and Some country Willie Nelson , Chris Ledoux I DRAW THE LINE AT RAPP.
I'll be 58 in November, but all my dirt bike crashes over the years (still riding!) make me feel much older. I hope I am still doing, when I reach your age, the things we both are doing now. In the Spring I demo'd a four foot tall 14'X25' deck, hauled it all to the landfill, planted the new posts, and graded and sloped for runoff the dirt underneath. I hired my son and his carpenter friend to rebuild the deck itself. I didn't have it in me after the above, and buying, picking up, and delivering and unloading the 3800 pounds of lumber and 1600 pounds of Quikrete! 
One 80# bag is not too bad; 20 of them - YIKES 
Bill Haley re-recorded Big Joe Turner's 1954 Shake, Rattle, and Roll, cleaning up the lyrics a bit.
