Will classic rock last for all eternity?

Oak Lawn (IL) Reporter ^ | 4/17/03 | Michael M. Bates

[Mr. Mojo]

Will classic rock last for all eternity?

Yes

[gcruse]

I was thinking about something like this the other day. The sixties music is now forty years old. I was in my twenties in the sixties and there is no way forty-year-old music from that time, ie the 1920s, was anywhere near as popular then as sixties music is now. Maybe some Gershwin, and that was it. 'Old' popular music didn't go back much further than the music of the forties, such as early Sinatra and big band sound.

Rock and roll may, indeed, never die.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Who knows if classic rock will last forever, but my father still likes the big bands... that was his era, when I'm 70 no doubt I'll still like Zep, Floyd, Boston, and all the goods bands of my time.

What really scares me though is the thought classic rap will last forever.

[WKB]

It will take forever to figure out what Jim Morrison and The Doors were talking about.

[cmsgop]

I started to read this and I said to myself, this sounds like Publius...., Then I looked down, and I was right.....

Nice summation of events.

[Mr. Mojo]

Zeppelin had eight studio albums during their storied twelve year stint.

But only 7 worth listening to. (I don't like In Through the Out Door). I saw Zep only once, in 1977 at the L.A. Forum on the Presence tour, and it still burns in my memory --- an amazing show.

[gcruse]

Led Zepplin is classic in the sense of Beethoven and Mozart. Absolutely the top.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

They are absolutely amazing and will be shaping generations to come.

Zep is excellent, I can never tire of their music.

[sit-rep]

Just until we die man... Then the world will be left to Rappers.

[Mr. Mojo]

It will take forever to figure out what Jim Morrison and The Doors were talking about.

Take 200 micrograms of acid and then read Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception and you'll find out immediately ;)

[general_re]

They are absolutely amazing and will be shaping generations to come.

Given that they're shilling for Cadillac nowadays, I think you can make the case that advertisers are using music that they know strikes a chord with their target markets, rather than because it's necessarily timeless music - the folks who grew up with Zep are, let's face it, in their prime Cadillac-buying years.

We'll see how it goes in fifteen or twenty years, when Zep is shilling for Rascal-brand electric wheelchairs, or Depends, or whatever. Better yet, we'll see how it goes in 40 years, when all the people who fondly remember Zeppelin concerts are dead and gone - will their great-grandchildren still be listening to and enjoying Zeppelin? By way of analogy, how many of you boomers are big fans of Bix Biederbecke and Benny Goodman?

[God luvs America]

In Through the Out Door had its' moments considering the situation (Plant's son dying two years earlier).

I also saw them in '77...June 7th, opneing night at Madison Square Garden. I was 13 and sat in the tenth row, the most unreal experience of my life. I still have the stub in a frame in my office! The memories are as vivid today as they were a quarter century ago. (I was also at the reunions during Live Aid and Atlantic Records concert)

I never tire of Zeppelin either and have taken to collecting bootlegs. The new DVD is coming soon.

[WKB]

Take 200 micrograms of acid and then read Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception and you'll find out immediately ;)

Thanks I'll get right on that!!

[Mr. Mojo]

What really scares me though is the thought classic rap will last forever.

Tell me about it. In the mid-80's I thought rap would be a 3 to 4 year fad, at most. Unfortunately, it looks like it's here to stay.

[God luvs America]

The fact they've been running that same ad campaing with the same song says a lot about Zeppelin. If you are incinuating Zep sold out I disagree...they could've rebanded and made zillions with Bonzo's son on the drums but they did not rather would pick and choose their spots.

I see nothing wrong with making a few extra bucks off their product.

[mikeb704]

I've always enjoyed Ring Dang Doo by Sam. I believe he issued an album titled Turban Renewal. Whatta guy.

[small voice in the wilderness]

Yep. As long as there's a Dorito available, there will be Led Zeppelin.

The first classic I remember hearing on a commercial was Walk on the Wild Side, for a motorcycle, I think. Loved it then, love it now.

[Diddle E. Squat]

No, it'll be run into the ground. I absolutely hate Led Zeppelin after that stupid car commercial constantly blaring it. Time and place and such.

[mikeb704]

As timeless as the sun rising from the east is the music of Led Zeppelin.

I think they were originally called the New Yardbirds. Now the Yardbirds - what a rave up.

[Consort]

Classic Rock starts from about the early/mid '50s onward. All of it was used in movies, commercials, etc. No one mentioned the '50s here, eventually no one will mention the '60s, then the '70s, '80s, etc.