Originally Posted by
Andy_K
Sure, it's aging out, but it's still called classic rock.
Anecdotally, my 20 year old daughter is really into Pink Floyd, but she and I disagree over whether or not The Division Bell is classic. She thinks it is. I think it's what happens when a band (or some members thereof) don't know when to quit. She also likes Hall and Oates, so I feel like her credibility is weak. I think this is still tracking, very loosely, to the bike situation.
I think it follows quite well to bikes- "Old" is relative. Whether it's called "classic rock" or "oldies" is irrelevant- it's what old people listen to.
Several years ago- I was watching a movie with Jamie Gertz in it- she was friends with a 21-ish girl. She was bagging on the young girl for taking home a "grunge era leftover." It sounded like a creepy old dinosaur. And it hit me- I'm that "grunge era" old. I'm the equivalent of that goofy old guy dancing around to Jan and Dean in the metal shop when I was 22. Yeah, he was a big, gruff guy, he was a biker, I'm sure when he was younger he was a big scary biker guy- but he was old and loved old people music. He's probably in an assisted living facility- being awful to the caregivers and cranking up Jan and Dean really loud thinking he's a badass. No matter how "cool," "hip" or "with it" you think you are... you're still old.