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3 minutes ago, JonSnow said:

I used to be with rock. But then they changed what rock was

Now whats rock is pop, and whats pop rock seems weird and scary to me.

 

It will happen to you

 

I used to be with it. But then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm  with isn't "it". And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. :  r/TheSimpsons

No way man. We're gonna keep on rocking forever! Forever! Forever!

 

... forever. forever. forever. oh.

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31 minutes ago, clasher said:

 

I'm afraid I'm not following. Could you make a genre and subgenre tree graphic, and then a venn diagram of who's rock, who just plays guitars, who's indie, who's pop and who's all of those?

Make sure it's peer reviewed and endorsed by 3 musical experts and scholars.

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50 minutes ago, rock_on said:

 

The first rock song is I Can See For Miles by The Who.

The first rock album is Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. 

 

I think the unwashed refer to these as the first hard rock song and first hard rock album, but soft rock is just pop as we've established so they are actually the first rock song and first rock album. 

Hmmmm. So velvet underground not rock or vanilla fudge et al?  I can see for miles described by townshend as his ultimate pop song heavier than you really got me? Or indeed as its 1967 heavier than ' the ox' (the who 1965) and probably hundreds of others. It sounds like you have decided what is rock for you and that's ok but the boundaries and definitions are so fluid as to be pointless.

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only want to dip my toes into the very outer waters of this, but Elton John doing a hard rock set headlining at Download would be a really, really great thing- he could change his setlist to aim towards it, get some guests in, i'd bloody love it! 

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16 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

only want to dip my toes into the very outer waters of this, but Elton John doing a hard rock set headlining at Download would be a really, really great thing- he could change his setlist to aim towards it, get some guests in, i'd bloody love it! 

 

He could bring Robbie out for a rendition of Rock DJ

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54 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Ironic really as I dont think there were any pits at Metallica but now they're relatively commonplace at things like Kneecap.

 

A few broke out where I was, it was fairly rowdy but mainly just the jumping up and down gubbins that was mentioned in the thread. 

 

 

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20 hours ago, philipsteak said:

 

It was being used as a genre way before the 00s. I was in to 'indie' in the early 90s. And I reckon it predates that

It does predate that and as mentioned before meant acts assigned to independent labels regardless of genre.

 

Now I’m not quite sure what it means except “stay away” this is likely to be shite

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20 hours ago, rock_on said:

takes far more talent to play actual rock music than indie pop that happens to use guitars (you know as indie rock) music

This is complete and utter nonsense. Neither Indie rock/pop nor “actual rock” (weird subjective term) are definitely easier or harder to play. 
 

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9 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Some real rock in this line up. The year I got really into it and this was the inspiration that gave Michael the idea to start his own modest festival later that year😊

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Sorry - all this lot predate Black Sabbath, so it's technically all rockabilly.

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1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

That is an insanely good lineup 

And includes those pesky Americans Steppenwolf with their heavy metal thunder predating our Sabbath, but they  soon saw them off with some top notch head banging. 😉😊😉😊

looking at that line up no wonder Michael was inspired. 

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1 hour ago, Euphoricape said:

David Byrne headlining Latitude. In with a shout for Glasto I reckon, maybe legend slot even.

Guess it depends on how much he's feeling expanding his tour into 2027.

 

If Glasto had been on this year, that would've been a good one to try and get in somewhere. Maybe as a Woodsies headliner or something.

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