Your definition of "Dad Rock"?

[Inspector 71]

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.

[lucid origami]

sounds like a term some mtv watching, lady gaga singing, high school bitch made up.

 

 

crawling in my skin

these wounds will not heal

[Roy Brooks]

My dad listens to Miles Davis and Tom Waits.

Your dad has good taste.

[lolque?]

Rush.

[awallace]

If we're talking stuff my dad listens to- Coheed and Cambria, System of a Down, The Mars Volta...

[orangesix]

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.

[Agreed]

Did somebody say somethin b;ad about lad ygaga bcuz if that was the case I am upset, lady gaaga rules

[NetStar]

Kings of Leon - Only by the night
Snow Patrol - their last two albums onwards.
The Killers - Sam's Town onwards
Any Coldplay
Any Keane

[renula]

Kings of Leon - Only by the night Snow Patrol - their last two albums onwards. The Killers - Sam's Town onwards Any Coldplay Any Keane

 

 

The new stuff of the singer from the killers is bland as hell. It sucks so bad...

[Fender&EHX4ever]

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

[Fender&EHX4ever]

Any Coldplay Any Keane

 

And I like both of those bands , which reminds me it is time to start a new Keane thread.

[NetStar]

Okay, Dad.

[Fender&EHX4ever]

Okay, Dad.

Shave that beret of yours, Son :poke:

[Mind_Riot89]

Dire Straits, Eagles for sure.

[Krallum]

CANNIBAL CORPSE

[orourke]

Someday you'll be old and then your dad rock will be Arctic Monkeys, Spoon and the White Stripes.

[arcarsenal72]

Any band that you'd hear on the local classic rock station. Bands I consider "safe" bets, in that they are obviously talented.

[nathanlux]

Anything played on the 2nd or 4th pickup positions of a Strat.

[Agreed]

Dadquack?

[Ryan.]

Dad rock is basically a bit dry and saggy.

[eti]

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.

[Axe_34]

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.

[Agreed]

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 )

[A.P. Ryder]

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.

[mr benn]

Slayer