Classic Rock Band Analysis
The classic rock format evolved from AOR radio stations that were attempting to appeal to an older audience by including familiar songs of the past with current hits. In 1980, AOR radio station M105 in Cleveland, Ohio began billing itself as "Cleveland's Classic Rock", playing a mix of rock music from the mid-1960s to the present. Similarly, WMET called itself "Chicago's Classic Rock" in 1981. In 1982, radio consultant Lee Abrams developed the "Timeless Rock" format which combined contemporary AOR with hits from the 1960s and 1970s.
Some of the songs overlapped with those played on oldies stations, but classic rock also focuses on hard rock and heavy metal bands and artists that are less radio friendly and therefore are usually not played on …show more content…
It's useless to compare Shine a Light to such early landmarks as Get Year Yo-Yo’s out! As this is a different band than the roving band of marauders from 1969. This is a band that has, in Keith Richards' estimation, turned into a rock & roll equivalent of the Duke Ellington or Count Basie orchestras, players that keep on playing because that's what they do. Shine a Light bears this out, as the group has an easy interplay that avoids being lazy, even on the worn-out warhorses that close the album. The real reason to get Shine a Light is to hear the band tighten up the rhythms on "All Down the Line" and then do the opposite with "Tumbling Dice," turning it into something that's looser than the original, and it's also great to hear them find a groove so smoothly funky on "Just My Imagination" that they top their original 1978 studio version.
The album was made creatively and has included every contents that really means its title. Also the film was made to figure out why classic rock music is consistently stereotyped and dismissed. The aim of the album is to show the contents about its lyrics. In this album, the writer has explored the craziness, the feelings, the emotions about classic rock culture, why classic rock is so criticized and stereotyped, faith in classic rock culture, etc. which is exactly shown in the album. To make album related to its content, it is started with the writer’s early career of making a good
Some of the songs overlapped with those played on oldies stations, but classic rock also focuses on hard rock and heavy metal bands and artists that are less radio friendly and therefore are usually not played on …show more content…
It's useless to compare Shine a Light to such early landmarks as Get Year Yo-Yo’s out! As this is a different band than the roving band of marauders from 1969. This is a band that has, in Keith Richards' estimation, turned into a rock & roll equivalent of the Duke Ellington or Count Basie orchestras, players that keep on playing because that's what they do. Shine a Light bears this out, as the group has an easy interplay that avoids being lazy, even on the worn-out warhorses that close the album. The real reason to get Shine a Light is to hear the band tighten up the rhythms on "All Down the Line" and then do the opposite with "Tumbling Dice," turning it into something that's looser than the original, and it's also great to hear them find a groove so smoothly funky on "Just My Imagination" that they top their original 1978 studio version.
The album was made creatively and has included every contents that really means its title. Also the film was made to figure out why classic rock music is consistently stereotyped and dismissed. The aim of the album is to show the contents about its lyrics. In this album, the writer has explored the craziness, the feelings, the emotions about classic rock culture, why classic rock is so criticized and stereotyped, faith in classic rock culture, etc. which is exactly shown in the album. To make album related to its content, it is started with the writer’s early career of making a good