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what is classic rock
I don't particularly care for the term "classic rock" myself, because the "classic" part is pointless. Rock music is a style of music that lasted from about 1955 until somewhere around 1980. It started out a combination of Blues and Country music. Later it incorporated Jazz and Classical music. It was always quite creative and also involved the use of the latest technology in unorthodox ways.
Now the word "rock" is used to describe about anything for the purposes of marketing.
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I can answer general questions about rock era bands, record labels they were on, and names of songs. Often I can tell the name of the record company that released a song, as well as the name of the song, and the year of release based on some of the lyrics. I grew up during the rock era and I am a musician myself, and always read the album and 45 info for production credits as well as lineups. One of the chat rooms I go to is quite amused at my ability to name a song along with it`s year of release and record label. I was also a record collector for years.
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