Aeson's Music Lesson

[Aeson]

Learn me about music. A local radio station reverted to an old name 99X. In the 99X was an Alternative station. I was not a fan of the genre at the time. My tastes have broadened over the years. I listened to the station for 6 hours straight last night. Normally I flip around to different stations. Many of the songs I knew. Some I didn't but I liked them all. Below is the play list for the last two hours. What genre would you put these songs in? I wanted to splinter off the classic rock discussion from another thread. Would you consider some or all of these classic rock?

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• A Long December
  Counting Crows
  9:58 AM
• About a Girl
  Nirvana
  9:55 AM
• Shout
  Tears for Fears
  9:49 AM
• Self Esteem
  The Offspring
  9:39 AM
• Roxanne
  The Police
  9:36 AM
• Criminal
  Fiona Apple
  9:30 AM
• Fix You
  Coldplay
  9:26 AM
• Hey Jealousy
  Gin Blossoms
  9:22 AM
• London Calling
  The Clash
  9:19 AM
• Iris
  The Goo Goo Dolls
  9:14 AM
• Fell On Black Days
  Soundgarden
  9:10 AM
• Solsbury Hill
  Peter Gabriel
  9:05 AM
• Learn to Fly
  Foo Fighters
  9:01 AM
• Take A Picture
  Filter
  8:57 AM
• Pictures of You
  The Cure
  8:52 AM
• Feel the Pain
  Dinosaur Jr.
  8:47 AM
• No Sleep Till Brooklyn
  Beastie Boys
  8:43 AM
• Under the Bridge
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  8:39 AM
• Machinehead
  Bush
  8:33 AM
• With or Without You
  U2
  8:28 AM
• Cornflake Girl
  Tori Amos
  8:23 AM
• Promo DNA 1
  Promo DNA 1
  8:22 AM
• Are You Gonna Be My Girl
  Jet
  8:19 AM
• Today
  The Smashing Pumpkins
  8:15 AM
• Back On the Chain Gang
  Pretenders
  8:12 AM
• Vasoline
  Stone Temple Pilots
  8:09 AM
• Selling the Drama
  LIVE
  8:06 AM
• Satellite
  Dave Matthews

 

[Cadence]

That's a nice variety of music from several genres.

Pretenders, U2, Police and a few others would definitely show up on Sirius XMs classic rewind station.

 

[Aeson]

One thing I liked is, in the 6 hours I listened, there were no repeated songs. Repeated artists though. They even played Long Day by Matchbox 20. 3 a.m. and Push are the most often played songs. I'm not sure, but I think this was the first time I heard Long Day on the radio.

 

[Aeson]

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

“Alternative” has become a pretty broad umbrella term, just like “classic rock” and “oldies”. For example, my favorite classic rock and alternative stations BOTH play music from The Police, Metallica, The Clash, RHCP, U2, and others.

i can say, though, that there’s several on that list I haven’t heard on classic rock stations…yet. Fiona Apple and Tori Amos spring to mind. Gin Blossoms, too. Dave Matthews. Dinosaur Jr.

I’d be surprised if I heard the Beastie Boys on a classic rock station.

 

[Dioltach]

The other day I heard a "classic rock" station play songs by rock bands from long after I stopped listening to those bands.

 

[Aeson]

I have heard Matchbox 20 on a classic rock station. RHCP and Nirvana too. Is it just the age of the song? If it's old to be charged as adult for a crime then it's a "classic" song?

 

[Mad_Jack]

Just like "antiques", anything more than twenty years old qualifies as "classic" or "oldies"...

 

[payn]

Im curious if classic rock is a genre or an age? Like when things go from new to vintage to antique? Going by my rule of thumb and saying classic rock is my Dad's music, I don't consider any of those tracks classic rock. Closest is The Police which was second wave Ska really, and The Clash which was punk/post punk. However, Goggle says that classic rock spans the 60's psychedelia to 70s prog, to 80s post punk/new wave to 90s grunge, so I guess these do count?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I personally do not think there’s any hard & fast rule as to what classic rock is in any meaningfully informative way.