dad rock

the standard set of alb-ms from the 60s and 70s that every boomer likes. boomers try to get younguns to listen to dad rock by loading up “best alb-ms ever” lists with them. dad rockers have no desire to listen to recent music and are stuck in the past.
beatles, byrds, beach boys, dylan, rolling stones, who, zep, etc
6 more definitions
cl-ssic rock you first heard from your dad’s old record collection.
1: “i got into the beatles after my dad showed me some of their alb-ms he bought in the ’60s.”

2: “so you listen to a lot of dadrock?”
the term ‘dad rock’ refers to older music listened to by men who try, without success, to introduce this music to their children and other younger people.

music can only be counted as ‘dad rock’ if it is music that has failed to remain popular with younger generations, e.g. dire straits, the yardbirds etc., whereas bands of the same era such as led zeppelin and the rolling stones would not count as their music transcends the generation gap and is still popular with younger people
while ‘dad rock’ can be quite personal to each dad, examples of artists include: dire straits, the yardbirds, cream, king crimson, yes
dad rock is defined as the genre of music that is listened to uniquely by fathers, not grandfathers or children or mothers (though mothers may have adapted survival strategies to tolerate or ignore dad rock music). to be a dad rocker, you must own alb-ms by all of the following three defining bands of the dad rock genre: tom petty and the heart breakers, phill collins, and sting. dad rock is most commonly heard blasting out of cameros, el caminos, vans, and large trucks on c-ssette or from the home on vinyl or, occ-ssionaly, compact disc.
the triangle of dad rock power consists of phill collins and sting making up the base corners with tom petty at the apex. within the triangle, you can expect to find other artists, though we hest-tate to define them here.
term used by children who are angry that most of the modern music they listen to from their generation is garbage in comparison. unable to come up with viable comparisons to previous cl-ssic bands and musical artists, they resort to insulting all of them at once in a dismissive and condescending tone.
“hey paul, why do you listen to that garbage ke$sha and that little pop-brat lady gaga, who pander to the lowest common denominator in order to sell records based off their intrinsic reliance on the inversion of past trends, fads, and ideas in order to seem edgy and intelligent? why not listen to some cl-ssic music like led zeppelin, simon and garfunkel, or iron b-tterfly, or the eagles, who instead rely on their ability to craft music and lyrics which are both sentimental but also relate-able because of their universal and endearing subject matter?”

“haw, you’re just a f-ggot who only listens to dadrock!”
the phrase for rock from the 60s and 70s that this generations’ dads listened to because they didn’t now any better. the term is used by people who consider themselves cultured and varied, and refuse to believe that it’s possible that people actually could like cl-ssic rock.
dude a: -listening to led zeppelin-

dude b: wow man, really? dad rock?

dude a: shut up. i can name 10 reasons why it’s better than new age music.

dude b: -shuts up with a sheepish look on his face-
music that boomers would listen to and/or write themselves. picturing a 35-50 year old dance to these tracks puts your stomach in a knot. inherently uncool. however, some very good bands today write embarrasing dad rock tracks.

they also tend to have long t-tles.
u2 – stuck in a moment…, sometimes you can’t make it…, coldplay – g-d put a smile…, a rush of blood, oasis – little by little, where did it all go wrong?