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Remove one of these songs from classic rock radio

posted 5 years ago by cosh530 (13)
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Some people hold the belief that classic rock is great, but classic rock radio, not so much. Mainly because most of them rarely play deep cuts, and often only play a few songs by most artists (there are a handful of exceptions, the most obvious exception being The Rolling Stones; after all, you know what they say about The Rolling Stones..."If you ever get in the mood for The Rolling Stones, just put on your local classic rock station and wait about five songs or less."

I came up with a list of songs classic rock radio beats its listeners over the head with. Which of these songs would you retire from classic rock radio forever if given the chance?

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care of Business
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock and Roll
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
John Cougar Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Bon Jovi

[–] Moviebuff1 (2835) 5 years ago

Def Leppard, hands down.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I like all of those songs and I don't listen to the radio so I'm happy to revisit them all from time to time. With the possible exception of Bryan Adams, I never understood the big deal aboot him.

[–] samoanjoes (56732) 5 years ago

Kiss. Anything involving Kiss should be removed immediately.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Bye bye Sweet Home Alabama.

[–] TimMC (9143) 5 years ago

I thought it would be hard to pick one and then you put in
Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady).

Easy choice.

Great song though.

[–] Redsfan001 (6147) 5 years ago

Bon Jovi

Def Leppard a close second.

[–] TandyMan (11097) 5 years ago

Boys are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy.

I love classic rock, but classic rock radio has been unlistenable ever since all the stations got bought up by the same company with the same program lists. Which was over 20 years ago. They basically turned decades of rock history into a top 40 playlist that never changes and gets played FOREVER. It's insufferable. All the exact same songs every hour, every day. It's a teeny bit better on the Sirius XM channels but not much.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 5 years ago

Radio, TV, Hollywood... they're all in a rut.

I turned off our local "classic rock" station 30 years ago.