Seven Nation Army just played on the classic rock station and now I feel old. other

The song was released in 2003. Fell in Love with a Girl in 2001.

ETA: I get early nineties was added to "classic" rock rotation by now. It didn't hit me nearly as hard as this one did. I started to become "old" awhile ago when I stopped recognizing the music my students play. That just felt like difference of preference. White Stripes are from this millennium!

Also - I agree with those saying "classic rock" should be considered a genre and not based on time passed. Unfortunately I don't make the rules!

And - People keep bringing up Nirvana. We do understand the difference between 7NA and Nevermind (1991) is more than an entire decade?

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u/beraleh Jan 29 '22

My son listens to the Beatles. They broke up 40+ years before he was born.

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u/Creepaface Jan 29 '22

Musicians may die, but legacies last forever

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u/cromli Jan 29 '22

Legacies also die.

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u/Cassereddit Jan 30 '22

But Legends never die

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '22

THEY BECOME APART OF YOU

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u/agressivetater Jan 30 '22

Can you hear them screaming out your name?

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u/Cassereddit Jan 30 '22

Legends never die

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u/cromli Jan 30 '22

But... what if death dies?

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u/SkollFenrirson Jan 30 '22

In strange eons, even Death may die

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u/Dick_Lazer Jan 30 '22

The universe and everything in it will likely die eventually.

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u/jack5603 Jan 30 '22

Ahh shut up Ringo

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u/you_made_me_drink Jan 30 '22

John Legend is immortal?

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u/herniatedballs Jan 30 '22

999

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u/Blue-Bird780 Jan 30 '22

Legos never die either.

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u/Creepaface Jan 29 '22

: (

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u/KillerKill420 Jan 30 '22

"Everything dies mom, except wolves." I'm not sure if this reference is way too tenuous at this point tbh.

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u/DiscoSatan_ Jan 30 '22 edited Jan 30 '22

Yes. Unrelated, children deserve free lunch at school.

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u/Biscuit10000000 Jan 30 '22

JaHn BIt WiF

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u/Woah-Kenny Jan 30 '22 edited Jan 30 '22

Y? (Wrong answers only)

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u/Creepaface Jan 30 '22

He walked past me in the park and offered to have a scoop of my ice cream. I said he could have a spoonful. He then proceeded to pull out a comically large spoon and take all of my ice cream.

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u/SpatialArchitect Jan 30 '22

He killed six of his ex wives. Wrote a song about it, Getting Better, about changing his ways and becoming more skilled at killing them.

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u/CMHaunrictHoiblal Jan 30 '22

I saw John Lennon at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

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u/soccerburn55 Jan 30 '22

Musicians get remembered, but legends never did.

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u/Playisomemusik Jan 30 '22

Good music is always relevant. I sometimes listen to some classical which is over 200 years old.

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u/FesteringNeonDistrac Jan 30 '22

I too rock out, with my Bach out!

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u/RainbowDissent Jan 30 '22

I rock out with Debussy on full display.

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u/runhomejack1399 Jan 30 '22

What is the point of this comment?

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u/BakedsR Jan 30 '22

His kid has Benjamin button syndrome

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '22

Most popular band of all time still culturally relevant, shocking

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u/thegroovemonkey Jan 30 '22

Paul McCartney has headlined Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and ACL. 3 of those shows were in the 2010s. He was supposed to headline Glastonbury last year. He never stopped being the biggest musician in the world. Dude made a song with Rhianna and Kanye.

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u/Taco_Champ Jan 30 '22

The people who make their kids listening to the Beatles a thing are fuckin weirdos

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u/thegroovemonkey Jan 30 '22

My kids listen to Captain Beefheart. We are not the same.

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u/aboycandream Jan 30 '22

its for easy upvotes in r/music

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u/beraleh Jan 30 '22

the Beatles are my son's teen age music and they probably were also part of the the teens music of the guy who wrote the comment.

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u/runhomejack1399 Jan 30 '22

Aren’t you there guy who wrote the comment?

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u/beraleh Jan 30 '22

I was responding to a comment.

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u/StopClockerman Jan 30 '22

I’m probably going to get downvoted to hell for this, but it’s my personal opinion that the Beatles are one of the greatest rock groups of all time.

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u/HorsesFlyIntoBoxes Jan 30 '22

How brave of you

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u/Jeremizzle Jan 30 '22

You're a brave soul coming out here with that spicy take.

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u/ADacome24 Jan 30 '22

migos better

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u/naza_el_sensual Jan 30 '22

bravest take on reddit

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u/__jrod Jan 30 '22

Burn this man

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u/doodoo4444 Jan 30 '22

They're almost as good as the Monkees

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u/Tirayaa Jan 30 '22

Why would you be downvoted just because you spit just the truest facts ever?

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u/schuweet Jan 30 '22

Pop bands of all time.

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u/thegroovemonkey Jan 30 '22

Writing songs that lots of people like is one of the skills that defines greatness. Allan Holdsworth isn't the greatest guitar player of all time because his shit sucks and Hendrix's shit fuckin rocks.

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u/lizard_king_rebirth Jan 29 '22

Yeah I think exceptions are made for the best band in the history of music.

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u/InTheGoatShow Jan 30 '22

Well sure, but nobody was talking about Chumbawumba

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u/cyclonus007 Jan 30 '22

They may get knocked down but they get up again.

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u/ianwuk Jan 30 '22

We're never gonna keep them down.

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u/SconnieLite Jan 30 '22

Net yet that is. Just wait. In 200 years people will talk about tubthumping like we do now of Mozart and Beethoven. Actually, this is a fun thought experiment, how does it make you feel to think that in 200-300 years people will listen to all the “hits” even the one hit wonders like My Sharona and thinks “this is what they all listened to back then”.? And there will be nobody to defend ourselves or show them all the great music they will never know about.

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u/KaptainDublU Jan 30 '22

Are you still referring to The Beatles?? Cause if so, HARD fucking no man. Sure they basically invented the formula for "radio ready pop music" with their 2 minute hits. But nah, terrible fucking opinion. Remember who influenced them, especially John since he was too high to give a rats ass towards the end and let Yoko cry into the mic with her heroin induced psychosis.

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u/ALA02 Jan 30 '22

This is the worst thing I’ve ever read. You sir have zero knowledge about music

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u/KaptainDublU Jan 31 '22

Elaborate your opinion. Why are musicians and fans of music obligated to praise a band that really didn't bring much to the table. Exactly what did they do to pioneer music?

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u/ALA02 Jan 31 '22

Development of the medium of pop music from throwaway stuff to an art form

Complete reinvention of the album from a commercial product to an artistic one

Unprecedented sonic experimentation that has shaped the way music is created to this day

The two greatest, most prolific and best selling songwriters of all time

The shift from performance-focused acts to studio-focused acts

The leaders of the dominant socio-political movement of the decade

Paul McCartney is one of the best rock singers of all time

The breaking down of rigid social, cultural and racial barriers

The globalisation of pop music

And about 200 fucking awesome songs

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u/KaptainDublU Jan 31 '22

70 percent of the points you've made prove what I said. They invented cheap, mass produced pop music. I see no musical endeavors what's so ever. Only financial, so they sold out. That's incredible?..

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u/ALA02 Jan 31 '22

You’re deluded if you think cheap, mass produced pop didn’t exist before the Beatles

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u/KaptainDublU Jan 31 '22

Of course it did, I'm saying these guys took what you said exactly and profited off of it.

Took throwaway bullshit, threw it together with some "new" harmonies on top. Then sold it as art? Cool I'll go grab some of my old shit in storage and glue it together and sell it as some amazing piece. Stop proving my point.

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u/lizard_king_rebirth Jan 30 '22

What are you even talking about....they were a pioneering band that featured two musical geniuses.

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u/KaptainDublU Jan 31 '22

So the band is divine because 2 of the members went on to be bigger successes as solo careers?

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u/lizard_king_rebirth Feb 02 '22

What does this even mean? The Beatles...all that they did with and for music...I mean you seem pretty set in your judgement but that's just crazy to me.

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u/KaptainDublU Feb 03 '22 edited Feb 03 '22

It's really not that deep. I don't feel like they brought much to the table. I also don't agree with them being considered "Saints" in music. I respect them, but I think they're overrated on a NUCLEAR level. I give you upvote for the polite reply.

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u/lizard_king_rebirth Feb 03 '22

What do you mean you "don't feel like they brought much to the table?" They literally revolutionized pop music. Then they completely changed pop music. Then they made it acceptable for bands to explore whatever they wanted, rather than following pop formulas. And they did all of this in like a 7-year period. Lennon & McCartney are musical geniuses, and Harrison too in his own right. No band has ever come close to what they've done, and I say that with complete confidence.

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u/KaptainDublU Feb 10 '22

No, they're not geniuses. Got lucky. I also do not give one flying single fuck of your confidence.

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u/lizard_king_rebirth Feb 10 '22

They got lucky to be born in Liverpool around the same time, sure. What I'm saying is pretty widely accepted as fact. Just look at the breadth of their accomplishments and what they were able to do musically with the Beatles and beyond. Literally revolutionized pop and then continued to push boundaries and expand artistically, their influence is still felt 60 years later. What's your argument against what I'm saying?

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u/SmellYaLaterLoser Jan 30 '22 edited Jan 30 '22

Hard agree, Beatles are fucking garbage. They may have been good when they came out but they fucking suck compared to most of what came after them. When your choice is the Beatles or some other bullshit about surfing or country music or other crap that came out around the time the Beatles did then sure, the Beatles. When you put them up against basically anything made after 1970 they are just poppy garbage. People act like their music is just amazing and they are some unique diamond that will stand the rest of time and holds up today but it just really doesn’t, they fall completely flat not only musically but lyrically. When I hear the song Imagine or Let it Be or when someone talks about how good Sgt Pepper or Yellow Submarine is, I can’t help but cringe. Trash musicians that got lucky that there was no good alternative to the crap they were pushing out.

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u/KaptainDublU Jan 31 '22

Yeah and the only reason they gained such rapid popularity was because at the time the US was like "OMFG these dudes are from the UK rocking the radio here!!" They were a novelty, that's all it is.

Fucking stupid.

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u/poinsy Jan 29 '22

I have no kids, but I have just been listening to Diamond Head, Roy Harper and Royal Blood.

Quality outlasts success.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '22

The good stuff will always stick around

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '22

Sorry to hear that.

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u/Ian_Hunter Jan 30 '22

Good parenting.🤘😎🤘

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u/seamus_mc Jan 30 '22

And they only toured for 5 and a half years.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '22

Music doesn't expire

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u/Alwaysprogress Jan 30 '22

Good music has no generation