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6/08/2008

On Dad Rock and Dad Rockers.


this makes me so sick

I'm not a dad, but I am a dad rocker, or so says Megan (and she's never wrong when it comes to me). Dad rock is less a style of music, and more a style of music listeners. Bands can be classified as dad rock, but dad rock has no unifying sound or theme. Dad Rock comprises a unique selection of bands spanning a 20 year period (roughly 1968-1988) of music that only music geeks love. Many women like individual bands which might be classified as dad rock, but few would enjoy the entire dad rock collective of music.

Dad Rock bands? A (very partial) list of the most famous:

XTC - The Talking Heads - Rush - Genesis - The Police - The Cars - Steely Dan - Todd Rundgren - Gentle Giant - Elvis Costello - Jethro Tull - King Crimson - Dinosaur Jr. - ELO - Crowded House - Thin Lizzy

Get it? I should have been born ten years earlier, I know. Are you a Dad Rocker? Are you also a dad? Let your voice be heard.
Ya'll Motherfuckers Said What?:
Mason I hate to be that creepy weird guy you knew five years ago and now comments on 80 percent of your blog posts... but you did ask in this case so here is my response...

I hate kids!

My voice has been heard.
 
Dinosaur Jr. = Dad Rock? Really? I feel so old. Not a dad by the way, but one of the women who like some of the music from the dad rock collective.
 
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