Is classic rock popular with today's Teens and Preteens?

That's what I've heard -- Hendrix, the Who, Zeppelin, etc. are really popular with the kids. Is this true? Anyone care to comment ? Any kids out there reading want to explain why this is or isn't true?

I'd love to hear any anecdotes, stories, etc. from anyone on this ....

My sources say it is... Not all of it mind you.

I don't go out and actually buy their albums, but IMHO, 'All along the watchtower' is one of the greatest anti-war songs of all time.

At least, around here. :D

I've become a cool mom because I know (some of) the words to AC/DC songs.

I'm a cool dad because not only can I sing along with Led Zeppelin, I've ripped most of my old vinyl to MP3. Better than P2P.

I'm 19 and a fair share of my friends like classic rock, as do I.

(listening to Johnny Cash right now)

They consider 80's rock to be ...classic rock

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Anyway, as to the OP, there'll always be a contingent of music fans who study their history. I was into the Doors and Led Zeppelin my freshman year of high school (1991).

At the same time, there'll always be music fans caught up in the now.

I don't think today's teens are any different from teens of 10 or 20 years ago.

U2 - War
The Police - Zenyatta Mondata
The Clash - London Calling
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
King Crimson - Discipline

discover pot and become stoners, classic rock will always have a demographic (i.e. after the boomers and x'ers die off).

and away from home, so I don't know what she's listening to, but she went through a phase about six years ago where she was just crazy for the Doors. She bought all their albums (CDs), videotapes of concerts, anything she could get her hands on. She also went through a "Culture Club" phase, too. I'm not sure what that's all about.

Which I enjoy, as well.

My son started down this road about a year ago, listening to AC/DC (I know, not really classic rock), his tastes grew to include Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, The Who, Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, and Yes.

When the Rolling Stones did their concert her this past fall, I was able to take him and one of his friends.

you know, like some nice granite or something...rather than some newfangled igneous rock, or petrified wood.

Some of my favorites include Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, King Crimson, B. B. King, Parliament / Funkadelic and a bunch of others.

the other day. I know this doesn't qualify as "classic rock", but it was even more astounding to me than kids that are into Led Zepplin, or some other band you can barely turn on the radio without hearing twice an hour.

That would include anything up to about 1988.

Infact, pretty much the only contemporary stuff he likes are metal bands like Manowar & Gamma Ray. The rest of his ridiculously large mp3 collection is mainly 60s & 70s stuff.

I think a lot of younger people reach back to classic rock because there isn't a whole lot of good going on in the main way of mainstream rock. Hip-hop and pop are more mainstream today; so unless a kid really wants to dig deeply and search for less mainstream rock (and when you're a teenager, at least, there is a lot of pressure to like what a large number of people, especially your friends, like) classic rock is sometimes the best alternative.

Then again, I've always been a huge classic rock and oldies fan from a very young age. I saved my allowances for two years back in Elementary school to buy the entire Beatles catalog on cassette! I didn't even start looking into modern rock until I was a freshman in high school (1997) and there seems to be a lot less going on now in the way of good rock than there was even then. Of course, that's my bias towards oldies and classic rock speaking, too.

Classic rock is still my favorite genre. I do like the pop/rock sounds of today a lot more than the modern rock bands like Nickelback, Creed, Disturbed, Staind, Linkin Park, and my personal worst - the Bloodhound Gang. A couple bright spots in the mainstream: System Of A Down and Franz Ferdinand's new stuff. There's lots of good indie rock and lesser known rock.

There is definitely some good stuff out there; it's just not necessarily what's getting the most radio airplay. I tend to fall back on classic rock (I also like a lot of nineties rock; I've realized my tastes tend toward the late-sixties/seventies and mid-nineties eras- kind of an odd combo!) quite a bit 'cause I tend to like a greater amount of it percentage-wise, but it's great to find a good, new band. Often I'm just too lazy to seek it out, but sometimes find new bands that I like at random or am introduced to them by my friends who keep up with music more. I agree on System of a Down, and like some Franz Ferdinand as well.

If it wasn't for pop/rock, singer/songwriters, mainstays (like Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, and Liz Phair,) and some mainstream country, I wouldn't find much to enjoy on the radio. Much of it is hip-hop and Nickelback-like rock. Maybe it's time for another recommend a lesser known artist board to give out ideas. :hi:

was that a lot of the people planning to attend a vigil in Strawberry Fields tomorrow (Central Park) weren't even born yet when Lennon was shot.

and you do get quite a few under twenty-fives.

I'm glad that at least some of the younger generation are smart enough to know quality when they hear it, and shit when they hear it.

Used to be bad (overall) in the 90s, but it's much better now IMO.

There's well done rap out there, but it's not my thing.

Sure 90% is sucks ass, but that's basically true of any genre of music. Groups like Public Enemy and Tribe Called Quest are actually really good.

90% is way too high.. of course, there's some that's bad, some that we could live without, some good, and some great. That scale applies to most genres.

That's just my opinion of course.

and what you're partial to. I won't even give a figure.

when I was in school, there were the small few who liked the classic rock and all that...and there was the large shitty majority who listened to whatever was on the radio at the time.

somehow I think thats the way its always been and always will be.

at least when I graduated (2002). Of course these kids also listened to modern music. I didn't know many who listened exclusively to classic rock.

he's like a damn dead head - going all over the country seen String Cheese - oh and Yonder Mt.

I found out String Cheese does more covers of classic rock tunes than any band alive, so maybe that's why he likes classic. Sometimes it's funny because he thinks String Cheese is doing an original song. Not so, it's an old classic rock tune.

And I did at that age (and still do) as well.