Posted on 04/08/2021 7:13:10 AM PDT by mylife
The Now That’s What I Call… compilation series, which stretches all the way back to 1983, has always been commercially successful. Wildly, phenomenally so, in fact. There are dozens and dozens of these CDs. However, one such disc first released in June is getting some renewed attention because of its subject matter.
Okay, fine. Dads love music, too. And yeah, dads can sometimes be all Homer Simpson about what they believe to be great music. But if we look at the tracklisting for this disc, I wonder how many of the included acts appreciate being lumped into a category that is synonymous with “uncool.” How many of these tracks would you classify as “Dad Rock?”
1. “We Will Rock You” – Queen (Yep) 2. “Start Me Up” – The Rolling Stones (Maybe) 3. “With Or Without You” – U2 (This is more Mom Rock, don’t you think?) 4. “Livin’ On A Prayer” – Bon Jovi (Yep) 5. “Radioactive” – Imagine Dragons (Possibly) 6. “Mr. Brightside” – The Killers (What?) 7. “Dakota” – Stereophonics (You’re kidding, right? Maybe if dad was a British indie kid.) 8 “Take Me To Church” – Hozier (What’s this even doing here?) 9. “Rockstar” – Nickelback (Definitely) 10. “Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd (Slam dunk) 11. “More Than A Feeling” – Boston (Ditto) 12. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’ – Blue Oyster Cult (Ditto again) 13. “Bat Out Of Hell” – Meat Loaf (I suppose…) 14. “Ace Of Spades” – Motörhead (If Lemmy were still alive, he’d come round and smash every one of these discs personally.) 15. “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” – The Clash (Perhaps) 16. “The Jam” – Town Called Malice (Only if dad was a mod) 17. “Two Princes” – Spin Doctors (Yes. But no one should have to listen to this song. Ever.) 18. “She’s So Lovely” – Scouting For Girls (Okay…) 19. “Chelsea Dagger” – The Fratellis (No!) 20. “Rocks” – Primal Scream (Absolutely not! Unless dad was a hardcore raver back in the day.) 21. “Africa” – Toto (100%) 22. “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” – Simple Minds (We can debate this one.) 23. There She Goes – The La’s (No. Just no.) 24. “I Wanna Be Adored” – The Stone Roses (Depends. Does dad have some baggy trousers at the back of the closet?) 25. “Everybody’s Changing” – Keane (More Mom Rock) 26. “How To Save A Life” – The Fray (See above) 27. “Hold Back The River’ – James Bay (Are you freakin’ kidding me?) 28. “Ho Hey” – The Lumineers (Was dad a hippie?) 29. “All Right Now” – Free (Agreed) 30. “Smoke On The Water” – Deep Purple (I’d be shocked if this song wasn’t here.) 31. “Search And Destroy” – Iggy & The Stooges (Was dad into PCP in the day? Then yes.) 32. “Are You Gonna Go My Way” – Lenny Kravitz (You can make the argument.) 33. “Walk This Way” – RUN-DMC feat. Aerosmith (This was probably the song that introduced dad to hip-hop.) 34. “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” – The Beastie Boys (Or maybe it was this one.) 35. “Stacy’s Mom” – Fountains Of Wayne (If so, don’t ask dad about his adolescent years. You’ll be scarred by the truth.) 36. “Buck Rogers” – Feeder (Odd choice) 37. “All The Small Things” – blink-182 (Is there an old skateboard in the garage? Then yes.) 38. “Crazy Crazy Nights” – Kiss (There are better dad rock songs from their catalogue.) 39. “Addicted To Love” – Robert Palmer (No question.) 40. “The Final Countdown” – Europe (Oh, yes.) 41. “Teenage Dirtbag” – Wheatus (Well…) 42. “Kids” – MGMT (What? No!) 43. “In Too Deep” – Sum 41 (How old is dad?) 44. “America” – Razorlight (Another odd choice.) 45. “Complicated” – Avril Lavigne (What the F**K is this doing here?) 46. “Torn” – Natalie Imbruglia (And THIS!) 47. “The Sound” – The 1975 (A little current to be actual Dad Rock, no?) 48. “Pompeii” – Bastille (Same here.) 49. “Naive” – The Kooks (If so, then your dad is pretty cool.) 50. “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” – Deep Blue Something (Come ON!) 51. “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” – Bachman – Turner Overdrive (Nailed it.) 52. “I Shot The Sheriff” – Eric Clapton (The original Bob Marley version would have been a better choice.) 53. “Can’t Fight This Feeling” – REO Speedwagon (I’m guessing this was on the radio when your dad first made out with your mom.) 54. “Maggie May” – Rod Stewart (If dad is in his 50s, he had this on his stereo back in the day.) 55. “Sharp Dressed Man” – ZZ Top (A standard at wedding receptions. So, yes.) 56. “Born To Be Wild” – Steppenwolf (Quintessential dad rock.) 57. “Here I Go Again ‘87” – Whitesnake (Did dad ever sport a mullet? Then yes.) 58. “Eye Of The Tiger” – Survivor (Wait. This is the quintessential dad rock song.) 59. “Love Is The Drug” – Roxy Music (Well, the song is from 1975…)
Thoughts? And what’s missing?
And what’s missing?
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They’re not just dad rock, they’re grandad rock as well. That’s the way it goes, it’s called ‘time’.
I have always had a Girl Crush on Chrissy. :)
he’s a bit confused :)
I disagree with at least half of your comments.
I am old enough to fit into that category and remember that time quite well.
A more detailed rebuttal coming shortly. ‘Pod
Do it! So glad at least someone can keep the music going. I’m starting to get a little tinnitus now. Probably from standing in front of a full stack all those years (some stages were REALLY small!). I should just get a 20w 1x12 lunchbox combo...
Livin’ Lovin’ Maid?
Sunshine of Your Love?
Louie Louie?
Surfin Bird?
I Get Around?
Comon Man!
No Humble Pie, Uriah Heep, Styx, Mott the Hoople, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin, ?
The good ones in that list are already in my CD collection. The others wouldn’t be worth having. BTW, I’m 63 years old, so the 70’s is my kind of rock.
Ha! I love that graphic. I’ve had all of them.
vinyl still rules
“vinyl still rules”
I always loved playing my albums, had around 400 of them at one time. My stepbrother has all of them now.
welp you still have them..
Is this a dads collection coming from a dad desparately trying to not come out of the closet?
No Zepplin? No Sabbath. No Van Halen? No Boston, Nugent, Areosmith ( without Run DMC) Rush, AC/DC. I have more rocking selections on my phone this this schmaltz! This is a classic radio line up where the only Skynard you would ever hear is Sweet Home Alabama. Give me a break!
LOL! I was never that much into the stacks. Now I have a Fender Frontman 25 with a 10” and headphone jack and in input for playing along; Fender Blues Junior all tube 15w with 12”; Fender Deluxe 40w 12” for bigger jobs(LOL) and I just picked up a Quilter microblok 45 solid state. This Quilter is small foot pedal sized and I can hook it up to a nice JBL 12” cabinet I have. Hooo Leee Crap. That thing can get loud. Only has Vol/Gain/Tone knobs so it needs some reverb added but yikes. Had tinnitus for years and now having some psoriatic arthritis issues and hand cramps but still pushing it. Mostly use the Blues Junior.
Grand Funk Railroad, Homer’s Favorite Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKmsvRXE4A
Rock attained perfection in 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLqfXlIq6RE
Rockin Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyy7ERnky9g
Dad doesn’t need to buy the CD.
Just listen to the oldies station on any FM radio.
These songs are played 24/7. All Day Long.
LOL! Thanks.
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