Tom T. Hall seems more contemporary to me. So does Porter Wagoner.
Oh, wait, I misread that.
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What is "real rock"?
- Thread starter vchimpanzee
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Oh, wait, I misread that.
Isn't that's what you were saying? That some music on certain radio stations is considered rock, while over time you questioned whether other forms of music was?
This is something entirely different. It's like the controversy over "real country". Country FM these days in large markets has gone so far from what country music once was that fans of the older music will only accept classic country as "real country", and radio stations that play that refer to it as "real country". But it's all country in a sense. There are even those who will say pop-sounding country from the 70s and early 80s isn't "real country".
"Real rock", whatever that is, is only part of what is considered rock.
Same thing applies to other formats over time. Take Adult Standards for example. That format is interpreted differently now. True Standards (Sinatra, Bennett, Glen Miller, etc) defined it at the beginning. Now it's common to hear contemporary Soft AC in the format ( Christopher Cross, Whitney Houston, Genesis,etc ) along with oldies from the 70's. Heck, some standards stations barely touch anything from the 60's anymore.
The beginning of a circular argument, perhaps? I think so.
If the source of their listening is mainly from on-line sources, and are only exposed to what's being played 'today', then they have no argument.
Radio 'can't' play a 50 or 60 year old playlist due to tune-out, yet the argument can't be solved since a good part of the audience just isn't familiar with songs that were popular a couple of generations ago.
Face it, people on the other side of that transmitter need to do some learnin' about the old days.
Do we have an issue where, any given listener today, may NOT be as well-rounded as others and have never listened to those classics from 50 years ago?
If the source of their listening is mainly from on-line sources, and are only exposed to what's being played 'today', then they have no argument.
Same issue.
Radio 'can't' play a 50 or 60 year old playlist due to tune-out, yet the argument can't be solved since a good part of the audience just isn't familiar with songs that were popular a couple of generations ago.
Face it, people on the other side of that transmitter need to do some learnin' about the old days.
And none of those newfangled 'country' artists were like the real deal, Grayson and Whitter.
My rebuttal to "Country music today isn't real Country like Waylon and Hank Jr." which wasn't real Country like Tom T. Hall, which wasn't real country like Porter Waggoner, Hank Sr,. The Carter Family, etc
Of course. There are rock guitar solos on some of their songs.
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