Fun poll

[kellinator]

I was driving through Birmingham a few weeks ago while the DJ was discussing this and I thought it was a pretty interesting question.

[Poll #339825]

(By classics, I mean in the "classic rock" sense, not the "classical music" sense.)

Comments

[hooper-x.livejournal.com]

Depends. Keep in mind that the "oldies" and "classic rock" stations these days play the same crap that was overhyped bullshit back in the day (and a lot of it is overhyped bullshit still today). I mean, how many fucking times can you hear goddamned Doo Wah Diddy? C'mon. (which, if 99x is any indication, that "Float On" song is apparently the NEW Doo Wah Diddy.)

Basically I've gone out of my way to avoid the radio since roughly 1996, so I can't really comment. That being said, I can pre-emptively guess that "classic" radio 20 years from now will sound like say, Top 40 today, except a whole lot whiter.

-HX, see again the "oldies" analogy. They play a lot of artists from the 50's and 60's, but how many of them are not white guys? WHAT DID BLACK PEOPLE NOT MAKE ANY MUSIC BACK THEN? Chuck Berry is basically their token darkie and that's it.