So how did Classic Rock become a family affair?

Like how did it become the kind of thing that a family, young and old alike, enjoy together?

I'm wondering mainly because lots of classic rock songs are about sex and drugs, which I doubt most parents would willingly enjoy with their children.

Yeah but they aren't that blunt or graphic necessarily.

i guess just the catchy tunes and melody..

because the old grew up listening to the what we call classic rock now.

They became a family affair when people who liked that music started having families. Plus, music gets more and more brash, bold and blunt as time goes on. Some 60s or 70s song that hides sex in metaphors is pretty tame compared to an 80s Prince or Rick James song. Rick James and Prince are pretty tame compared to today's music. As bad as an older song might have seemed when some one is young, it's probably a lot more tame and mild than the music of their kid's generation.

The people who grew up listening to that music have families of their own now. In 20 years I bet someone will be making the same thread about today's music.Ryeferd

*So how did Death Metal become a family affair?*

who knows.. good question lol

Parents impose this kind of music to their children as they grow up and so they end up liking it too. Or at least that's my opinion.

Not that it's a bad thing, mind you, my parents were big fans of Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and while I've grown out of cla$$ic rock, I'm grateful I was introduced to it because it's a great starting point for discovering other music.

PS: How the heck do you guys write "cla$$ic" with real S letters? Gamespot keeps censoring me on that...

Parents impose this kind of music to their children as they grow up and so they end up liking it too. Or at least that's my opinion.

Not that it's a bad thing, mind you, my parents were big fans of Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and while I've grown out of cla$$ic rock, I'm grateful I was introduced to it because it's a great starting point for discovering other music.

PS: How the heck do you guys write "cla$$ic" with real S letters? Gamespot keeps censoring me on that...

viva_hate

Like how did it become the kind of thing that a family, young and old alike, enjoy together?

I'm wondering mainly because lots of classic rock songs are about sex and drugs, which I doubt most parents would willingly enjoy with their children.

Xeros606

Ever since teens of the 70's became fathers and mothers.....its the changes of the time.

Its what many listened to back then....and they've passed it down.

We, who were teenagers in the 70's grew up with Bowie, Zeppelin, Rush, Van Halen, Kiss, The Who and many others.

To us, that was rebellious music that we could relate to. Its tame now compared to whats out there now, but much of it is still great music.