Is Pearl Jam classic rock?

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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    Not sure I really understand what this 'dad' rock thing is, I don't think we use this term in Europe. 
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,980
    Brisk. said:
    Not sure I really understand what this 'dad' rock thing is, I don't think we use this term in Europe. 

    You must not have millennials and hipsters over there.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    Anybody else cringe a little now when pj plays songs like "deep"?
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    edited January 2020
    on2legs said:
    Brisk. said:
    Not sure I really understand what this 'dad' rock thing is, I don't think we use this term in Europe. 

    You must not have millennials and hipsters over there.
    I am a millenial! My dad listened to Jefferson Airplane and the The Who. I just call this good music..
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,656
    darthvedder said:
    Is Lizzo soul?
    Nah. Shes pop with large threads of Hip Hop and R&B.
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,831
    mcgruff10 said:
    Anybody else cringe a little now when pj plays songs like "deep"?
    My least favorite from 10, but still better than most songs post Binaural.
  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    mcgruff10 said:
    Anybody else cringe a little now when pj plays songs like "deep"?
    I love Deep on Ten. I love Deep from early shows. But yea, if you don’t have the same passion that you once did, it’s time to retire it. That can be said for any song where the passion isn’t the same. Or rework it. And call it Shallow. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Can't touch the bottom
    In too the dad rock, genre
    Uh-huh, can't touch the bottom
    Into dad rock, yeah
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,623
    I like that they are classic rock on the radio. Makes me listen to those channels even more.
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,656
    Isn' the term "classic rock" really just for radio though so it can be differentiated from Current rock, or alternative or Indie/college? 

    You go into a record store or iTunes or Amazon, its all just "rock". 

  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    SmallestOceans said:
    Can't touch the bottom
    In too the dad rock, genre
    Uh-huh, can't touch the bottom
    Into dad rock, yeah
    I listen to Nails and Little Kim’s first album on top of everything else. And I’m a dad. Does that make Nails dad rock too?
    That term is wack. Now if PJ ventures into Yacht Rock waters we will have a problem. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    mcgruff10 said:
    Anybody else cringe a little now when pj plays songs like "deep"?
    I hear ya (sorta the same with Leash) but seeing that I’ve yet to witness Deep (goddam why didn’t I attend Toronto 2 in 2011????) I hope they play it at least one more time.

  • Brannigans law
    Brannigans law Posts: 130
    no
  • darthvedder
    darthvedder Posts: 2,673
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMSGB98sJEs

  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,906
    I think PJ is classic rock.  I started hearing 90s era bands on classic rock radio about 12 years ago.   It's rock that's classic.  Modern rock is mostly bland, without lead singers who have a serious set of identifiable pipes.   Given that PJ put out their first album 27+ years ago I definitely think it falls into classic rock.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    Zod said:
    I think PJ is classic rock.  I started hearing 90s era bands on classic rock radio about 12 years ago.   It's rock that's classic.  Modern rock is mostly bland, without lead singers who have a serious set of identifiable pipes.   Given that PJ put out their first album 27+ years ago I definitely think it falls into classic rock.

    Well said.
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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,375
    Classic rock - yes. They have earned the rights for radio stations to play their music alongside the greats from the decades prior.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,375
    But I will also accept "dad-rock".
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,242
    Dilf Rock
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    darwinstheory said:
    Classic rock - yes. They have earned the rights for radio stations to play their music alongside the greats from the decades prior.
    Also well said. 
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