I was driving around town the other day and Enter Sandman came on the classic rock station. I immediately checked the dial because I thought I had accidently switched it over but that was not the case. Then I got to thinking about a young me standing in line to buy the black album and then I realized is was 1991 and I was really old and long story short I drank a lot last night... So back on topic, when is the appropriate time to switch something to classic rock? I never thought Metallica would reach that stage so early but apparently 24 years does it...
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Enter Sandman has been classic rock for a long time now.
After ...And Justice For All, Metallica became classic rock.
After ...And Justice For All, Metallica became
classic rockawful.That, too.
I loved the bluesy undertones of Load and Reload.
Also, if you liked the pre-Black stuff, have you listened to Death Magnetic? There are some definite throwbacks to their earlier days.
Load and Reload were attempts to cash in on what was popular in the early to mid 90s and don't seem genuine to me. I will admit to not listening to Death Magnetic, so I can't pass judgement there. I just don't listen to much thrash anymore.
Now it's unpopular opinion time; Megadeth has always been better than Metallica.
Rust in Peace was a good album, but I didn't like anything else they put out. Death Magnetic was Rick Rubin's attempt to help bring Metallica back, but I didn't feel as though James had the vocals he once had.
Yeah. Yeah, that's pretty unpopular.
It's hard for me to get past how much of an idiot Dave Mustaine is to actually enjoy Megadeth. Which is saying a lot considering Lars.
Well cars that are 25 years or older are technically considered classic cars so maybe the same "classic" law applies to music.
I don't know but the moment I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit on a classic rock station I knew I was actually old.
Though we normally use age to assign something as "classic rock," I would argue instead that "classic" should be defined as how identifiable or important the song is. Led Zeppelin is classic rock, not because of age, but because their music really defined a movement from blues-based rock to more of a metal sound. In the same way, Metallica made late-80's/early-90's metal the de facto standard for the style. Even Nirvana (as Horse notes above) is classic because their sound defined a shift in style. If it's iconic, it's classic rock, because that music will always be known for defining or changing what rock music sounded like.
I weep for this current generation that believes Nirvana is a brand of clothing.
I'm 27. What does it say about me that I've never even heard that there is a clothing brand called Nirvana?
There isn't. But there's a whole generation of kids wearing vintage Nirvana t-shirts with no idea what Nirvana was.
oh...I missed a joke assuming there was some hip new thing I didn't know about...which is very likely because I'm not very hip.
Even more remarkable is that there's a whole generation who don't know that nirvana is a Buddhist term that refers to the imperturbable stillness of mind after the fires of desire, aversion, and delusion have been finally extinguished.
Nirvana was a particularly ironic name for a band led by Kurt Cobain, as stillness of mind was something he wasn't close to achieving.
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That reminds me of a time I used the word 'ludicrous' in conversation and the person with whom I was conversing gave me the most perplexed look and asked sincerely "What does Ludacris (the rapper) have to do with this?"
I was blown away
just wait til you hear it on an oldies station...
I categorize Metallica as 'Metal'. To me classic rock is Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, etc. It's not about the era as much as it's the style of music. But what do I know?
It's both.
When those bands were current, it was just "Rock".
I'm still trying to figure how what happened to Hip Hop. It got really good up to about 2005. Now everything just sounds like the same song, and that song sucks.
Cue South Park epi where everything tastes, feels, smells, looks and sounds like shit to Stan.
I'm still trying to figure how what happened to Hip Hop.
It got really good up to about 2005. Now everything just sounds like the same song, and that song sucks.It always sounded like the same song, and that song sucked.
FIFY
ughh don't even get me started.
Hip-hop in the late 90's through early/mid-2000's is my all time favorite genre/eras of music. You had (in some cases, multiple) classic, platinum albums from Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Game, Kanye, Outkast, Scarface, various members of Wu-Tang, and others. I really think that, other than rock in the 70's, one could argue that this is one of the most successful eras ever for a given genre of music.
There is still really good stuff in all the genres. It's just you only remember the really good stuff from back in the day. Back in the 80s and 90s most of the airtime was poppy garbage that you don't hear anymore. It came out, was super popular for 6 months or a year, then disappeared into obscurity.
Out of hundreds of singles a station plays over a year, you probably only like a handful. And most "Hip Hop" people refer to nowadays is Pop since that style is popular like the alt rock/grunge was the previous decade.
There is still plenty of good hip-hop out there, man. If you listen to the radio, then yes, you're going to find the same monotonous material. But I assure you, there is plenty of creative, inspired, and lyrical stuff out there.
The best of breed in any genre is usually pretty good.
For me, however, most hip-hop isn't really all that interesting. There is some pretty lame stuff that's pretty popular.
Dude, you could even catch a little Foo Fighters on Classic Rock.
Most classic rock stations tend to play a mix of classic, metal and alternative rock. The three are pretty much the same genre now (as far as radio goes).
At age 32 now, Enter Sandman was already classic rock the first time I heard it. It's "always existed."
Instant classic.
After I heard Lorde being called "Alternative Rock," played nonstop on rock stations, and she won Rock Artist of the Year, absolutely nothing surprises about music and radio anymore.
So, apparently Mike Rowe doesn't know much about Metallica
My eldest daughter is 10 years old.
For this years talent show, she had her little sister and Mom simulate the cheerleaders doing the Let's Go!
and Hokies signs, cheer and jump while she played Enter Sandman on the piano.
Beautiful. I assume she won?
Parenting done right ladies and gentlemen.
Well, here's part 2.
Daughter #2 is 7 years old.
Last year during football season, she decided her goal was to go to VT and be a baton cheerleader.
She started taking cheerleading lessons. there were not enough kids so it was cancelled after a couple weeks. She cried.
One day she decided the next best thing was gymnastics. She found out there is a gymnastics school in Roanoke. Now she watches cheerleading and gymnastics videos and she told the people at the gym she wants to be a VT cheerleader so that's why she wants to do gymnastics.
One of our friends just had their daughter accepted to VT. My daughter saw how hard it was to gain entry. She asked if doing cheerleading would help get in. I told her. "Yes, that and good grades."
Her behavior at school improved and she's dedicating a lot of time to this.
That and she named her new kitten, Sam Rogers.
Um...her new kitten doesn't look like this, by chance, does he?
Good stuff! My daughter did competitive cheerleading from the age of 6 all the way through her senior year in HS and also in college. Egbert, prepare for lots of $$$ spent on travel team coaching/choreography and competition travel - but I will say the travel is fun and a good group of parents is a great party! The camaraderie she got with her team mates and the requirement to maintain grades by the team (as well as parents) really helps. She got a cheerleading scholarship to MTSU. She competed against VT every year at Nationals in Daytona Beach. She got to go to bowl games in New Orleans, NCAA tourney visits all over the country, etc. She worked hard, but developed a good network that helped her with employment after college graduation as well. Lots of work for the parents and her, but well worth it! Kids stay out of trouble, stay focused for the long term, and once you get where I am (read as: age) - good memories.
Not to mention she (probably) won't have to deal with being a social outcast or not experiencing emo infatuation reciprocation until her 20s (pardon, I think I need to drink and combat tears...sorry).
I also presume that the crowd not only gave a standing ovation, but also joined in.
Yeah, except for the UVA grads.
...who fortunately were only a fractionally larger number than those at the UVA Spring Game.