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Are the ‘70s done on AC?

I finally heard The Eagles but it was the live version of "Hotel California". I seem to recall they recorded this when they reunited in the 1990s.

I was going to say I had only heard one other song by an Eagle, "Boys of Summer" by Don Henley. There are three other songs he did which would surely be played. However, I heard Glenn Frey instead and it was "The One You Love", certainly a contrast with other songs they were doing.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I finally heard The Eagles but it was the live version of "Hotel California". I seem to recall they recorded this when they reunited in the 1990s.

I was going to say I had only heard one other song by an Eagle, "Boys of Summer" by Don Henley. There are three other songs he did which would surely be played. However, I heard Glenn Frey instead and it was "The One You Love", certainly a contrast with other songs they were doing.
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Maybe, they'll play "Holiday Road". :)
 
semoochie said:
"Holiday Road" by Lindsey Buckingham is the theme from "National Lampoon's Vacation". It briefly charted in 1983, reaching #82.
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vchimpanzee said:
What is your reasoning?

I heard "She's Always a Woman" by Billy Joel on WEZV, which just sounds weird these days.
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What is my reasoning regarding what? I stated a fact. There is no opinion anywhere within those two sentences! On second thought, it's probably my own fault. I've always been somewhat of a "hairy reasoner". :)
 
TheBigA said:
The adding of 70s songs will have repercussions
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Not really. Depends what 70's music you are talking about. If you play mainly obscure, lower charting hits from the early-mid 70's, then possibly. But the hundreds of other 70's classics that remain to be played, if dispersed correctly throughout the hour and daypart, will not. There is much appeal to 70's songs, especially the later half of the decade. The fact that people like you are taking them away, will have far more repercussions than actually playing them.
 
oldies76 said:
Not really. Depends what 70's music you are talking about. If you play mainly obscure, lower charting hits from the early-mid 70's, then possibly. But the hundreds of other 70's classics that remain to be played, if dispersed correctly throughout the hour and daypart, will not. There is much appeal to 70's songs, especially the later half of the decade. The fact that people like you are taking them away, will have far more repercussions than actually playing them.
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At sometime in the future, we have to reach a point in time, when there aren't enough consensus songs, for people who don't remember them, when they were new. This is truly bizarre! It's not like there was a big demand in the 1960s for George M. Cohan!
 
Early '70s piano ballads like "Imagine", "Piano Man", and "Your Song" are all timeless. The quality of the recordings are up to modern standards and the style of playing is contemporary, not like the plinky-plonky sound of the Doo-Wop era.
 
kevtronics said:
Early '70s piano ballads like "Imagine", "Piano Man", and "Your Song" are all timeless. The quality of the recordings are up to modern standards and the style of playing is contemporary, not like the plinky-plonky sound of the Doo-Wop era.
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The concept of timelessness seems to be generational. 50 years ago, Frank Sinatra et al were considered "timeless" by virtually everyone, not in our generation. It's just a matter of time, before anything from the 70s is no longer considered "timeless" and that will occur much earlier than you expect. Classical music is "timeless" because it's so old, it can't possibly sound dated! There's no point of reference. Whether or not it will remain relatively popular is anyone's guess.
 
semoochie said:
Classical music is "timeless" because it's so old, it can't possibly sound dated! There's no point of reference.
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Not all classical music is "so old" as you suggest. Some classical composers are alive and well today. Ever heard of John Williams? Philip Glass? How about Arvo Pärt, the most performed living composer in the world from 2011 to 2018?

Owing to its various periods, classical music certainly has points of reference and can sound dated.
 
gr8oldies said:
I was reading where "How Long" by Ace from 1975 made number one on the Rock Digital Sales Chart.
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I saw that and thought it was interesting. Not only is it a 45 year-old song but one that has mostly been considered AC for the last 30 years or so. "Don't Stop Believin'" topped the Rock Streaming Chart so I sense a pattern. What has happened to the current state of Rock that would allow this to happen? Think in terms of it being 1975 and the most popular song is from 1930. I can't even begin to imagine it!

Kemosabe said:
Not all classical music is "so old" as you suggest. Some classical composers are alive and well today. Ever heard of John Williams? Philip Glass? How about Arvo Pärt, the most performed living composer in the world from 2011 to 2018?

Owing to its various periods, classical music certainly has points of reference and can sound dated.
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I think that extending the Classical period beyond the early 20th century is really pushing it. Some of Gershwin's works are considered classical but when I mentioned this to my sister, she maintained that the Classical period ended in the 1800s and anything from the 1900s was simply 20th century music. What you suggest is a little like saying that "Winchester Cathedral" is part of the long gone period of similar music, rather than pure nostalgia. It is unlikely that any of the composers you mentioned, will be considered "classical" in a hundred years, if thought of at all!
 
semoochie said:
It is unlikely that any of the composers you mentioned, will be considered "classical" in a hundred years, if thought of at all!
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What I'm seeing, primarily in the streaming world, is the elimination of things like genres and classification of music. People like what people like, regardless of genre.

What that means is instead of radio formats organized around genre, we're more likely to see radio formats organized around lifestyle and favorites.
 
semoochie said:
I think that extending the Classical period beyond the early 20th century is really pushing it. Some of Gershwin's works are considered classical but when I mentioned this to my sister, she maintained that the Classical period ended in the 1800s and anything from the 1900s was simply 20th century music.
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The term "classical music" includes early music, and music from the baroque, romantic, classical and post-classical periods. Gershwin's status as a "classical" composer is tenuous; I've always considered "An American in Paris" a trifle better suited for life on the soundtrack to a breezy Hollywood romance than as a serious composition. Bernstein is also mentioned as a "classical" composer, but while he was a brilliant conductor, he was more of a Broadway composer.

Shostakovich, Bartok, Sibelius, Elgar, Britten, the aforementioned Part -- I have no problem with any of them being called classical composers, and they all composed in the 20th century.
 
CTListener said:
Shostakovich, Bartok, Sibelius, Elgar, Britten, the aforementioned Part -- I have no problem with any of them being called classical composers, and they all composed in the 20th century.
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The problem with much 20th Century so-called classical is that it is like modern jazz but without the rhythm.

I find much of it pretentious and annoying, although a few like Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite" can be both exciting and enjoyable.
 
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