Definitely not Classic Rock!
Yer hearing must be rocky, I guess.
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Kashmir is there though!
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They better be Classic Rock!!
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Aarrrgghhhh!!!!
This argument has reached SH.
We've been having this discussion on Planet Rock's forum for ages, now. For those that don't know, Planet Rock is an internet/DAB digital station specialising in classic rock. However, since they've been bought by new owners, the playlist has expanded to include the likes of Oasis, U2, The Clash and REM. None of whom are classic rock, in my opinion. Are Wings? Probably not, but it seems that anything with guitars thats of a certain age falls under that category now.
Editted to say; Was it the Wings original or the Guns N Roses cover from the early 90's?
Of course it's classic rock...
What's making it seem not, is the artist, not the musical genre.
Wings were never associated with being a 'Rock' band per se... not in the grand sense of Zep, The Who etc... but then some would argue that the Stones were never a 'Rock' act.
If Live and Let Die had been done by Cream... it'd be Classic Rock, but because it's Wings, we don't want to say it is.
Ultimately it's as much a rock track as Bohemian Rhapsody, or Stairway to Heaven. It's as mad as Mods vs Rockers... The Who were supposed to be Mods, but we all know they Rocked.
Live and Let Die is as much Rock as anything else IMO.
Regarding the newer (like U2 are new?)... you have to remember the Rock genre has slightly shifted over the years. There was a time when Rock was quite light, and heavy rock was as heavy as say, Sabbath, ACDC, Zep etc. Yes were considered prog 'rock' as were ELP.
Rock was quite extreme back then.
Nowadays, Rock is considered quite mild... Queen, U2, Bon Jovi, you name it... it's very mild compared with Metallica, Anthrax, Nine Inch Nails et al.
Anyway, course it's bloody rock, we're just prejudice about who is allowed to make 'rock' music and Wings aren't in the 'allowed' club.
Ouch, thaat the cover version album of classic rock songs with an orchestra taking part.
they used to do similair crap years ago with the national philarmonic playing the songs of Genesis and ELO and the like. Utter rubbish.
Hello Kid, I like your thinking.
Worst question I am ever asked is "what kind of music do you like". Before I discovered a taste for some orchestral work I could say music with words but I cant even say that any more.
I was amused when helping my son revise for his GCSE music exam that the course materials contain extensive descriptions of popular music genres. This is the sort of thing though I didnt get this out of his notes cos hes away for a bit.
Trance usually employs a 4/4 time signature, a tempo of 130 to 160 BPM, and 32 beat phrases. The 32-beat phrases are composed of repeating 8-beat sections. It is common to superimpose syncopated, 10–15 progressions (chord progressions and/or arpeggio layers or "loops") over the 8-beat sections.
Im sure there are similar definitions for "rock". As for classic rock, my son often says he is into it and Ive always assumed its just the kind of heavy rock/heavy metal we were into in the 70s/80s/. By that measure I couldn't include Wings who to my memory were a bit poppy for the rockers.
The hair thing doesn't always work.
Ahhh....the good old 'poodle' rock! All sprayed-on trousers and bad hair!