Members Inspector 71 Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 for me Status Quo Iron Butterfly Ten Years after Basically after discovering my dad's records, it is the stuff my dad listened to that I don't listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lucid origami Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 sounds like a term some mtv watching, lady gaga singing, high school bitch made up. crawling in my skin these wounds will not heal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 My dad listens to Miles Davis and Tom Waits. Your dad has good taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members awallace Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 If we're talking stuff my dad listens to- Coheed and Cambria, System of a Down, The Mars Volta... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangesix Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 I think a lot of you guys are missing the point. Dad-rock isn't literally what your dad listens to, its more of a definition of either bland rock or someone who is just out of touch but still thinks something is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 Did somebody say somethin b;ad about lad ygaga bcuz if that was the case I am upset, lady gaaga rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 Kings of Leon - Only by the night Snow Patrol - their last two albums onwards. The Killers - Sam's Town onwards Any Coldplay Any Keane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 Kings of Leon - Only by the nightSnow Patrol - their last two albums onwards.The Killers - Sam's Town onwardsAny ColdplayAny Keane The new stuff of the singer from the killers is bland as hell. It sucks so bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted November 29, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 I think a lot of you guys are missing the point. Dad-rock isn't literally what your dad listens to, its more of a definition of either bland rock or someone who is just out of touch but still thinks something is cool. Which, I agree, is the intention of the term. However, anyone who chooses their music based on what is cool is the epitome of uncool. And likewise, anyone who doesn't listen to something only because it has become uncool is a complete tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted November 29, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 Any Coldplay Any Keane And I like both of those bands , which reminds me it is time to start a new Keane thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted November 29, 2010 Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 Okay, Dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted November 29, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2010 Okay, Dad.Shave that beret of yours, Son :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mind_Riot89 Posted November 30, 2010 Members Share Posted November 30, 2010 Dire Straits, Eagles for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Krallum Posted November 30, 2010 Members Share Posted November 30, 2010 CANNIBAL CORPSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted November 30, 2010 Members Share Posted November 30, 2010 Someday you'll be old and then your dad rock will be Arctic Monkeys, Spoon and the White Stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arcarsenal72 Posted November 30, 2010 Members Share Posted November 30, 2010 Any band that you'd hear on the local classic rock station. Bands I consider "safe" bets, in that they are obviously talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nathanlux Posted November 30, 2010 Members Share Posted November 30, 2010 Anything played on the 2nd or 4th pickup positions of a Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted November 30, 2010 Members Share Posted November 30, 2010 Dadquack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted January 14, 2011 Members Share Posted January 14, 2011 Dad rock is basically a bit dry and saggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eti Posted January 14, 2011 Members Share Posted January 14, 2011 I was raised on Beatles, Stones, Dylan, CSNY, and all the rest of the '60s bands you'd expect. My dad is 71 and long after I moved out he got into Lou Reed, The Cramps, and Tom Petty. What bothers me is the non-rock stuff he likes; Buena Vista Social Club for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axe_34 Posted January 14, 2011 Members Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm 31 and have a 10 yr old and a 2 wk old. Very much a dad. I try to pawn most late 80's and 90's music off on my daughters. Lots of Pink Floyd in there too. Tool, AIC, Smashing Pumpkins....I like = Dad rock.Throw in some Zep and Sabbath, and that's me to a T. That, and I'm about to turn 39 and my daughter is almost 4.Jesus -- I just realized when I'm 40 I'll be 10 times older than my daughter. Oh, and my dad was 18-19 when Zep and Sabbath released their first albums. He likes the Beatles and the Stones -- you know, Dad rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted January 14, 2011 Members Share Posted January 14, 2011 ThThrow in some Zep and Sabbath, and that's me to a T. That, and I'm about to turn 39 and my daughter is almost 4. Jesus -- I just realized when I'm 40 I'll be 10 times older than my daughter. Oh, and my dad was 18-19 when Zep and Sabbath released their first albums. He likes the Beatles and the Stones -- you know, Dad rock. Yeah, you might be 10 times your daughter's age, but that's something that people who have kids at 18 and 27 go through too, and you're much better prepared to be a good dad. Listen to what you want (You'll be close to 60 when your daughter is ready to leave the nest ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A.P. Ryder Posted January 15, 2011 Members Share Posted January 15, 2011 My Mom (Mom Rock?) championed Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman (w/o Charlie Christian ).As a dad, I am listening to Jimi, Beefheart, Stooges, Miles, Harvey Milk, dub reggae (Which I put on when we're having dinner as background music), etc - stuff I have been listening to since I was 15. My kids "hate" my music and prefer my wife's taste in music - Lady Gaga, Fugees, Macy Gray, etc. I'm hoping that someday they will see the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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