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.
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.
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.