Agreed.
That's an awesome list!
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Why hasn’t Classic Rock aged out?
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Keep in mind that's the domain of the music business. They make and promote the records that radio plays. Last year there was an uproar in the alternative world when Coldplay sang with BTS. There's a lot of concern about all the pop writers & producers collaborating in country music. The music being released is becoming less format specific, perhaps by design. People who want more clearly defined music are having a problem. Perhaps this is why some are listening to classic rock. It's music that's clearly defined.
What killed WISX is that it just skewed too old. How does WFEZ do in Miami
Different city, different demographics. Also probably a different approach by a different owner.
BTS, maybe
I think Sheeran is on his way to becoming that person in the UK, but his profile here, while considerable, is not nearly as high. He's had many British hits that either have stiffed on this side of the Atlantic or not even been sent to American radio. I was watching video of the big country music show in London last week and heard the crowd erupt in applause and sing along heartily when Luke Combs brought Sheeran on stage to duet with him on "Dive," a ballad that was a top 10 hit in the UK but didn't even crack the top 40 here.
Was there such a performer in, say, 1997? Or 2003?
Eminem ruled the airwaves back then, although I don't think kids actually look up to him.
Can't say children cannot have raucous figures as role models.
But goofing off aside, I think many would consider Eminem to be the artist of their generation (not for today's youth, though). Eminem has been the most prominent artist of the 2000s decade.
And some Classic Rockers have adapted and added "Classic Alternative" artists such as Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I would imagine that some more tracks from the 2000s will be added as well.
I remember WBGG in Miami playing Trapt's Headstrong and Linkin Park's What I've Done.
WMGK may be slow to add newer tracks from the 00s though, given the presence of WMMR.
1997 (while being one of my favorite years of my life) was one of those weird times in music when yes, there were plenty of Chumbawambas, Hansons, Spice Girls, Montell Jordans, and Freak Nastys...but Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Sheryl Crow were also still turning out hits which will probably live on at Classic Hits for many more decades.
2003 may have been even weirder. Matchbox Twenty will get Classic Hits play for quite a while maybe? There was a whole lotta flashes in a whole lotta pans that year!
One recent example is "Merry Christmas," which is Ed Sheeran's duet with Elton John. On this side of the pond, it failed to make the Top 40, peaking at number 55. However, in the United Kingdom, it spent three nonconsecutive weeks at number one. "Merry Christmas" was so big in the UK that it inspired British YouTuber LadBaby to record a remix and comedy version of the song entitled "Sausage Rolls for Everyone." Like the original, this version features Ed Sheeran and Elton John, who join LadBaby and his family in singing about one of Britain's favorite snacks. Because it was a charity single whose proceeds went to an NGO that benefits food banks throughout the UK, "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" replaced "Merry Christmas" at the top spot on December 24, 2021 and became the Christmas number one single for that year. With this single, LadBaby became the first act to have four consecutive Christmas number ones in the UK.
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