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That was too long-winded, I couldn't finish it. A lot of words, little substance.
I'm aiming at the author here and those that think the same.
Here's the thing: the stuff you're classifying as "dad rock" (which, tbh, I've never heard of) will tend to be the music that dads listened to before they were dads. There's no specific qualities to it. You're associating it with Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Doobie Brother, or whatever else because that's what was popular when our dads (those of us in late 20's through 30's) were young. Why is this being made a thing? It's not, quit it. It's not a race thing, it's not a sex thing.
I won't listen to that same music our dads do when my daughter is an adult in 15 years or so. I'll probably still listen to some stuff I liked before I was married and became a father, largely late 00's post-grunge rock (Three Days Grace, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, etc). I think we listen to music that makes us nostalgic, that lets us indulge memories that are long gone. I have the same feeling when I listen to Britney Spears, Sugar Ray, Ja Rule, and other music from around that time. It has nothing to do with being a dad and everything to do with someone who came of age in the time I did.
EDIT: I pushed a little further. He more or less says what I'm saying, I think, just less direct. I'm not sure why it had to start out the way it did, all clickbaity.
EDIT2: Re-reading, I have no clue what this is really about.
Let's not, better to banish all the degenerate haters instead. Send them all to the middle east they love so much.
The component of age is also a huge factor. The teen and early 20's years are a time when one's emotions are extremely raw and active and one's lifeviews are being investigated and developed. So music, primarily an emotion-based reflection of those views, tend to meld those together. Music and the world-view you develop during that time become more cemented and memories associated with them become cherished.
My experience growing up with the music of the 60's and 70's was that had yet to be as controlled as a product as the music industry profit-driven music as today was nice. Also the technology of recording techniques were just being developed and that added to the excitement of something new. Now technology almost replaces the talent required to perform pieces written by focus groups for maximum earnings potential. This article shows it being done with graphic art. The soul of the artists are being replaced by tech, but there's always going to be the "humanness" that can't be replicated, but is scarily getting close. Yet, thanks to the level of technology that is replacing musicians, it is also allowing today's artists that would have gone unheard to be able to reach more and more through the internet. A lot of these artists don't want, need, or can afford as many "enhancements" or corporate overlords to satisfy. It requires a lot more effort to wade through all that is offered but "there's gold in them thar hills".
People who say this never create content. They just complain about it.