I’m 35 and love classic rock. Bob Seger is someone my mom would like. In fact, she asked me to download Old Time Rock n Roll for her Jazzercise class. Nuff said.
Okay, got ten yrs on you but still music is outside of time... I still listen to music composed long before my birth. But have to agree w you on the “old time rock and roll” Seger hit. Hate it. Anthems annoy me, and that smacks of it.
That’s what I thought about Seger when I only knew his adult comtemporary friendly radio stuff, and a couple of the big hit rock songs he did. He recorded some really good stuff though, that isn’t necessarily what he is widely known for.
I think it’s all a result of him trying for so long to get an audience outside of Detroit. Once he found success with the down tempo ballads, he mostly stuck with that, even though his hard rockers are arguably superior music.
Check out his cover of “River Deep Mountain High” from 1970, and tell me if your mom would jazzercise to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjKoa3MbcLU