What musicians and bands do both Gen X and Boomers love? Queen is for sure one

I'm talking about the folks who saw it at home, on cable, at like 8 years old (because "puppet movie for kids") and who were not prepared for the confusion they were feeling.

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tragicsandwichblogs@reddit

Released on VHS in 1987, and Gen X goes to 1980. We're both right.

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IainwithanI@reddit

Everyone loves Bowie. Anyone who says they don’t is lying to themselves.

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Inner-Measurement441@reddit

I’ve always felt …. Wait…. Queen is overrated

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Normal-Philosopher-8@reddit

Still turn them up when I’m in the car. (Yes, I still listen to traditional radio.)

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currentsitguy@reddit

I don't do any streaming. It's all too curated and predictable.

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I have six local stations programmed. Two for “classic” rock, 1960-2000, one “alternative”, one just released pop music (my daughter listens to this one) and two “Today’s music” which is really just music from 2000 on. If anyone starts talking, I switch stations. I like never knowing what might pop up.

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currentsitguy@reddit

Same here, unless I am listening to Progressive Rock, which then I have to play the entire album because it tells a story. Something like Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, The Moody Blues Days of Future Past, etc were written to be listened to from beginning to end, not have individual songs plucked out to be stand alone radio tunes.

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

I mean, we all wanted to learn Stairway.

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currentsitguy@reddit

I went to Catholic High School and had a friend who was excellent on the keyboard. One year we had a school Mass for some religious holiday and he got tapped to play some light music while Communion went on. They had a conniption while he was there in a corner in the gym playing Stairway to Heaven in the middle of Mass. Later he told them that it just seemed appropriate at the time.

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No_Assignment_9721@reddit

No!

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makeup1508@reddit

I'm sure that's true but not me.

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currentsitguy@reddit

Guess it depends on what end of GenX you are. For me, their later albums were essentially new music when I was 12 or13. I still remember rushing out to get In Through the Out Door. Every year here in Pittsburgh a local station does the big Memorial Day music countdown and Stairway to Heaven still comes in at #1 every year followed by Freebird.

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DrJTrotter@reddit

Followed by Hotel California to complete the Triumvirate of Classic Rock.

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myfavhobby_sleep@reddit

In Through the Out Door is my fav Zeppelin album. I was 11 when it came out. My older bros turned me on to Zeppelin so when ITTOD came out, I felt like it was mine. I was old enough to seek music out on my own. So many good jams on that album.

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feder_online@reddit

I'm sure that's not true at all. Zep was drug-induced, overproduced, and overplayed. The only great thing from them was a meme about foot traffic to Heaven and a Highway to Hell...

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makeup1508@reddit

I just know I can't change the channel fast enough when Led Zeppelin comes on.

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feder_online@reddit

"Black Dog" still induces vomiting. I like "Going to California" or 'All of My Love", and can sit through "Misty Mountain Hop". A band I was in wanted to play "Jamaica", and I was like, "Can we do 'I Shot The Sheriff' like Clapton instead?"

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Objective-Pen-1780@reddit

That’s how feel about Queen

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ScoobyDarn@reddit

My hatred of Queen knows no bottom. So boring.

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Objective-Pen-1780@reddit

So boring.

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Ouakha@reddit

It became true for me!

Only really listened to them first c2000. Used to mindlessly 'hate' them as the country farm boy rockers were always big fans and there was mutual hatred between them and my peers growing up

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Every-Cook5084@reddit

Funny enough I was a huge Zep fan yet my boomer parents never liked them

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currentsitguy@reddit

I'm from 68, my wife from 65, so our parents were Silent Generation. To us, Boomers were older cousins or siblings, not parents, so that sort of music was definitely not on our parent's list. When my mom graduated HS, Elvis hadn't even released his 1st song yet.

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PengoMaster@reddit

Yeah, same. My parents at that point were into 70’s soft rock like Barry Manilow and John Denver.

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currentsitguy@reddit

That's exactly the sort of stuff playing in the house when I grew up.

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Every-Cook5084@reddit

My folks were more of the “yacht rock” and disco crowd. We rarely agreed on music.

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OccamsYoyo@reddit

Same here.

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SpanglySi@reddit

obligatory "Robert plant asked if it was ok to share my table in a crowded pub once" comment

He was drinking lager, if anyone's interested.

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Comfortable-Prize897@reddit

Fuck Queen.

Loved the shit out of them in the 80's & 90's. They've been so overplayed fot the last 10 years, I can't fucking stand them anymore.

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AVGJOE78@reddit

AC/DC

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kaythanksbuy@reddit

Aerosmith for sure

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AVGJOE78@reddit

I think It’s because they spanned the decades from Dream On, to Pump, to Amazing/Crying. They aren’t universally loved, but a certain type of classic rock dude loves them - especially us chowderheads.

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Cyphermoon699@reddit

Spinal Tap!

I know they're fictional but they did have some bangers and songs everybody knows like Gimme Some Money.

Boomers loved Rob Reiner from All in the Family days and also the snarky behind the scenes look at bands they listened to, and Gen x just embraced it!

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hawksmarinerz@reddit

Every time I am in a spot with bad cell reception I sing to myself… “you know where you stand in a cell hole…”

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-JurorNo8-@reddit (OP)

Gotta love stonehenge

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Efficient-Hornet8666@reddit

They’re really at their best when they’re doing do a free-form jazz exploration in front of a festival crowd

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SomePeopleCallMeJJ@reddit

ABBA

Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

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gerwen@reddit

I turned my silent generation parents onto ABBA. They fell in love. Went to see Mamma Mia (the play) multiple times.

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hawksmarinerz@reddit

My silent gen mom loves them

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MaximumJones@reddit

Search your feelings

Are you saying they should take a chance, take a chance, take a chance chance chance?

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Efficient-Hornet8666@reddit

Look…I was going to come on here and say ABBA because I know.

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Secret-Asian-Man-76@reddit

Electric Light Orchestra

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NaughtyLittleDogs@reddit

Yes! My GenZ kids love ELO too...

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Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit

Mine too! We all clap at the right moments during shine a little light and my daughter had the diary of horace wimp as her favourite song

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Secret-Asian-Man-76@reddit

They've been raised well! 😁

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Pretend_Command993@reddit

I think you are mistaken. Actually, most of my genx peers think of them as a joke.

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Infinite-Pepper9120@reddit

1977 here. ELO is the best!!!

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Secret-Asian-Man-76@reddit

They're my absolute favorite of all time. '76er here!

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Infinite-Pepper9120@reddit

I was thinking of making a playlist of songs Jeff Lynne has written but performed by other artists. I even like the Xanadu soundtrack lol

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SomePeopleCallMeJJ@reddit

That entire Jeff Lynne side of "Xanadu" is legitimately right up there with his best stuff.

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Infinite-Pepper9120@reddit

I love it , such great music

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Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit

The Beatles, in the U.K. at least, Brit pop and Gen X bands like Oasis were so influenced by them

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BucktoothedAvenger@reddit

Aerosmith? Rolling Stones?

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discussatron@reddit

My Silent Gen father and I share a couple of music likes. Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top, Talking Heads, etc. We have a whole lot that the other doesn’t dig, but we have several common ground bands.

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Nick_Fotiu_Is_God@reddit

Ugh Queen. The Eagles too.

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Oldachrome1107@reddit

I hate Queen. I particularly hate Bohemian Rhapsody.

And I’m supremely irritated that my autocorrect capitalized bohemian and rhapsody!

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KingPiotyr@reddit

Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd just to name a few.

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Dangerous_Hawk_9780@reddit

The Rolling Stones & who doesn't like something by the Beatles (including their solo/spin off groups and projects).

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lazygerm@reddit

I'll go a little softer:

The Beach Boys

The Association

Crosby, Stills & Nash (at times, & Young)

Joni Mitchell

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Efficient-Hornet8666@reddit

The Association doesn’t get enough love

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lazygerm@reddit

I know. If only for the excellent harmonies.

I think people forget all of their songs. Usually, Yesterday is often mentioned as the most-covered song in rock history. But you know what's #2, and in some metrics #1? Never My Love.

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Efficient-Hornet8666@reddit

Damn right.
They were masters of creating a pop song, for sure.

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MariMargeretCharming@reddit

John Winchester's playlist.

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TakeMeToThePielot@reddit

Tommy Petty & The Heartbreakers

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DaisyJane1@reddit

Tom

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TakeMeToThePielot@reddit

Ducking autocorrect. I’ll fix it…

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DaisyJane1@reddit

We early Gen X'ers (pre-1970) grew up listening to Boomer-aged artists, so I'm going to say all of them.

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Bidesign54@reddit

AC/DC brings in all ages.

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Sunhammer01@reddit

Mostly none. Maybe a John Denver song or two but overall, no way!

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Mr_Tort_Feasor@reddit

Everybody loves the Carpenters. Even Sonic Youth loves the Carpenters.

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Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit

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tduke65@reddit

Beatles, Rolling Stones

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red2blue@reddit

Jimmy Buffett

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red2blue@reddit

Just saw Three Dog Night live last night. Definitely a GenX/Boomer-loved band. 21 Top 40 hits in just under a decade (68-77)

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EmperorXerro@reddit

I think Pink Floyd and The Beatles would fit

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evilkitty1974@reddit

Pink Floyd 🐖

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UncleSoOOom@reddit

Ahhh, the Eagles, Beatles, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, etc. Old, bland stuff.
Sincerely hated just for being used as teaching aids in our English classes.

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shawndread@reddit

I don't know if this is an answer, but my dad borrowed my Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker cassette and never gave it back.

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Bucks2174@reddit

Gen X here. I hate Queen. Lol

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SciotoSlim@reddit

You and me both.

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ElGrandeRojo67@reddit

Van Halen

The Eagles

Led Zeppelin

Queen

Black Sabbath

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No_Assignment_9721@reddit

Eagles?! Hell nah. Shit most Gen X know them as Don Henley

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Catfiche1970@reddit

I beg to differ. I received BOTH Don Henley and Eagles albums from Columbia House, but I knew the Eagles first.

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No_Assignment_9721@reddit

My point being there’s a chunk of Gen X that didn’t. Especially younger ones.

The Eagles were long gone and Don was the only member as far as we knew

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ElGrandeRojo67@reddit

Glenn Frey had some pretty big songs too. Same with Joe Walsh.

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No_Assignment_9721@reddit

I actually preferred Glenn’s solo stuff but I figured Don was a little more universal a name haha

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ElGrandeRojo67@reddit

It's all good....my parents listened to The Eagles a ton, so I was forced to endure them. I couldn't listen to them at all for 30+ yrs, now it's not so horrible compared to most modern music. I took my Dad to see the Eagles last time they were in Seattle. I was surprised at how good they played. That said, I'll never choose to put them on.

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crewsctrl@reddit

https://i.redd.it/0dxramqejb5f1.gif

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

Phone’s ringing, Dude.

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ElGrandeRojo67@reddit

LMAO...

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Sea_Part_1581@reddit

My boomer Dad was only 21 years older than me. His record collection was the basis for shaping quite a bit of my musical taste. Made my first Mix tapes using them. Some highlights.

Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin Lynyrd Skynyrd Allman Brothers Black Sabbath Fleetwood Mac Boston Journey Deep Purple The Who Grateful Dead Thin Lizzy The Doors Eric Clapton The Beatles Marshal Tucker Band Allman Brothers ZZ Top The Eagles

The list goes on and on.

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acanis73@reddit

Beatles

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Pedals17@reddit

Has anyone said Blondie yet?

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Ok-Half7574@reddit

Beatles, ZZTop, Electric Light Orchestra, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dire Straits, Seals And Croft, Eurythmics, Heart, Beach Boys, Jim Morrison And The Doors, Sly And The Family Stone, Bob Marley, Santana, Pink Floyd, The Police

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Malcolm_Y@reddit

Lynyrd Skynyrd, but that may be more regional

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CthulhusEvilTwin@reddit

Weirdly, while I get that a lot of Queen's music is very good, even while growing up hearing them in the 70s and 80s, I always thought there was something very uncool about them. Freddie Mercury was a phenomenal showman and I know they're all excellent musicians, but like I said...uncool. Could never shake that impression of them.

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classicsat@reddit

They did opera, music hall, old timey sounding stuff. Between that and Fred's showmanship, Roger's love for his car, and Brian's virtuosity, that was Queen.

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CthulhusEvilTwin@reddit

I totally get that they were all very talented musicians and knew their stuff, but there was always something naff about them to me. Also, what's Roger's love for his car got to do with it? Genuine question, I really don't know.

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classicsat@reddit

One of their well known songs was "I'm in love with my car", written and sang by heir drummer Roger Taylor. A weird subject, sure, but at least was pure rock.

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Wise-Novel-1595@reddit

The Kinks

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rink_raptor@reddit

I don’t know about loved, but I would put Genesis on the list.

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216_412_70@reddit

Love the Gabriel (and pre-80's Phil) Genesis.

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JacksonJ1969@reddit

The Eagles.

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dtuba555@reddit

Me and The Dude, man.

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Happeningfish08@reddit

Nobody likes the eagles.....

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dormango@reddit

Even the eagles hate each other.

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TheDoorViking@reddit

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No_Assignment_9721@reddit

Single handily ruining Waffle House jukeboxes since the 80s

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Textiles_on_Main_St@reddit

I’m the only one who dislikes queen. For whatever reason they’re too clean sounding, like they’re not messy and screechy enough.

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216_412_70@reddit

I just never really got into Queen... not sure why, just still not my thing.

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CurmudgeonKing@reddit

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Bohemian Rhapsody is overplayed trash, but Princes of the Universe is still a banger though.

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limprichard@reddit

No you’re not. They irritate me.

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Tyrs-Ranger@reddit

“I’m the only one who dislikes queen.”

No, you’re not.

There are a bunch of these classic rock bands I don’t like, which is why I turned to Goth and Industrial, though grunge hit it’s apogee during my teens I love a lot of that too. I do love Led Zeppelin, but almost anything else like Kiss, AC/DC, Queen, etc. I really do not like.

Don’t get me started on the fucking Eagles. My parents love the Eagles. When they did their reunion tour in the nineties, my parents got Golden Circle tickets to the show in Boston. I had to hear that shit for two solid months before and two months after that show. It left an impression, to say the least.

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Textiles_on_Main_St@reddit

Oh my god. I don’t share that level of eagles trauma but my boomer parents were causal listeners and fucking hell that band sucks. And, like, it’s every song with them.

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MaximumJones@reddit

You are not the only one. The only song of theirs I ever liked was Fat Bottom Girls.

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-JurorNo8-@reddit (OP)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZAxdzMP32A&pp=ygUKbGlhciBxdWVlbg%3D%3D

Few-Candle102@reddit

Video didn’t load for me, but Liar is a great song. Queen 1 is a solid album, unfortunately for us relatively few early Queen fans, once they saw they could make more money appealing to the masses with top 40 stuff like Killer Queen, they went away from their early sound. I saw them get pelted with ice and drinks on stage in Chicago in 1977 when they were introducing A Day at the Races. I know this isn’t the popular opinion, in my mind, Queen is the perfect example of a band that turned their back on the early fans that helped put them on the map and concentrated on their commercial stuff that was easier to put out. Other than Queen 1, I’m not a fan.

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Ok-Mall-977@reddit

Neil Young

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kimapesan@reddit

Beatles? Pink Floyd.

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makeup1508@reddit

The Beatles

The Rolling Stones

The Traveling Wilburys

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No_Assignment_9721@reddit

Don’t recall the Beatles getting much contemporary airplay lol

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makeup1508@reddit

Maybe not but the members of the Beatles certainly get/got a lot of airplay.

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No_Assignment_9721@reddit

Touche’

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quitepossiblylying@reddit

I had to scroll further than I thought to find the Beatles

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Textiles_on_Main_St@reddit

And the component of the wilburys! Especially tom petty as a demographic crossover.

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therewillbedrums@reddit

Bowie

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notusuallyhostile@reddit

Rush. There is a late-boomer cadre that always showed up at their concerts. It was weird to go to Clockwork Angels, or any other late-career concert of theirs and see Boomers, X, Millennials and whatever a 15 year-old was in 2015 (Gen Y? Gen Z?).

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CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit

My boomer brother introduced me to Rush inadvertently back in the late 70s. I'd hear it playing from his room and even as a child I loved the drumming...and both of us say they're our favorite band even today. But my millennial daughter and GenZ son both love Rush as well. I love looking at those reaction videos with young people getting their minds blown listening to Rush for the first time.

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waters_run_deep@reddit

I took my highschool age kids to a bunch of Rush shows. Thought they’d be the only one’s there until I looked around and 1/3 of the arena was also teenagers.

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najing_ftw@reddit

Pink Floyd

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OccamsYoyo@reddit

All generations love Pink Floyd.

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CategoryExact3327@reddit

My dad didn’t. Played Dark Side of the Moon for him and he did not like it. He liked The Statler Borthers, Oak Ridge Boys, and Floyd Cramer.

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CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit

All generations not all people.

My father was a bouncer in a metal bar. He loved the music they played but when he was off duty he preferred loud angry German classical composers like Wagner and Strauss.

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SbMSU@reddit

Time for a new dad.

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Jagoff_Haverford@reddit

My boomer cousins? Check. My Gen-X high school friends? Yep.

But what blows me away is my 24 year old son spontaneously queuing up The Wall on Spotify during a road trip while we were taking my mother’s ashes to Virginia a few years ago.

I think mom would have approved too. Everyone loves Pink Floyd.

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Drammeister@reddit

They were considered dinosaurs in the late 80s

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EnemaRigby@reddit

Lots of the big artists who were successful in the 70s to 80s were labelled that. After punk, the music press especially liked using that to describe some of the more self-indulgent muso kind of bands. Became a bit of a lazy description after a while, though it had some truth to it. I can remember when bands like Floyd and Rush were a guilty pleasure to some. Around the late 80s-early 90s it seemed they were bands it was cool to like. Floyd’s "Animals” for example, is as angry and scathing (especially lyrically) as any punk band in the late 70s and on.

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No_Assignment_9721@reddit

No

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CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit

Rush

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Odd_Adagio_6286@reddit

Madonna?

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brenawyn@reddit

Nazareth

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DieMensch-Maschine@reddit

If you're British: T-Rex.

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speed_of_chill@reddit

Some of us Americans still like T-Rex. That riff in 20th Century Boy is nice and nasty!

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DieMensch-Maschine@reddit

Ride a White Swan is considered by rock historians to be the first glam rock song.

When ask Americans about glam rock, they start rattling off hair metal bands.

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speed_of_chill@reddit

Yeah, somehow hair metal and glam kinda got lumped together on this side of the Atlantic for some reason. If you asked me about glam rock, the first thing that comes to my mind is Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust phase. And then Slade after they got their image redone. And of course T-Rex.

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pashgyrl@reddit

American glam metal bands of the 80s were often calculated, cheap (cynical ) attempts by American records labels to cash in on real glam - Bowie, T-Rex (marc bowlan period), Slade, Roxy Music, NY Dolls, Cooper, Mott. Particularly the Dolls.

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DieMensch-Maschine@reddit

One of my most magical live show experiences was to see The New York Dolls in 2008.

Today most of its members are dead.

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

American here. Love T-Rex.

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ElJefe0218@reddit

Bee Gees

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DieMensch-Maschine@reddit

I love me some pre-disco Bee Gees. Their earlier work is underrated and overshadowed by their later mainstream success.

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4_Dogs_Dad@reddit

Black Sabbath

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StupidSexyScooter@reddit

I hate finally one I agree with

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Shep1973@reddit

I'm GenX and absolutely NOT 😂

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Ok_Arachnid1089@reddit

My boomer parents were scared to death of Black Sabbath. Until Ozzy was on cable TV, then it was as all my dad talked about. Where were you when I was a teenage metal head??

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Ok_Arachnid1089@reddit

I’m Gen X and I can’t stand Queen. I can’t stand any boomer music tbh

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classicsat@reddit

Depends if you were classic rock (or what has become). If you were more new wave/punk/goth/other, I totally understand.

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Ok_Arachnid1089@reddit

Classic rock is horrible yes

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Craig1974@reddit

Not even one song? I find that hard to believe.

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LogEnvironmental5454@reddit

The Doors

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Necessary_helapeno45@reddit

Misfits, Blag Flag, Green Day. GenX is the punk Generation.

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limprichard@reddit

Gen X here and I’ve always hated Queen.

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BloodEternal@reddit

The Eagles.

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Subject-Drop-5142@reddit

In certain circles, Cher

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classicsat@reddit

In general circles, no. At least as a musical act. Maybe the old 60s/70s Sonny&Cher stuff, and the song she did for Mermaids.

She is (or was, hasn't been in anything too recently, but still alive) a decent film actress.

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cyaluna@reddit

The Who, The Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive

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BeenThruIt@reddit

There's a lot of crossover between the two. We grew up loving rock, r&b and the classics and many boomers came around to alt rock and grunge. Some even appreciate metal and hip hop.

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mzshowers@reddit

The Eagles

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classicsat@reddit

Same deal as I said for Queen, you are Classic, or not.

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Happeningfish08@reddit

Everybody hates the Eagles!!!

Worst band ever.

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monstertruck567@reddit

Come on man. I’ve had a rough night and I fucking hate The Eagles, man.

Don’t actually hate The Eagles, but I love the movie.

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grahsam@reddit

Black Sabbath?

I know there is a lot of crossover with Queen and the Beatles. I personally don't care for either.

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NullRazor@reddit

AC/DC

Guns and Roses

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HeftyResearch1719@reddit

GnR and Boomers?

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classicsat@reddit

Neither do I. They showed up middle/late 1980s, to the greater scene. Yeah, probably another 5 years+ in their L.A. scene.

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NullRazor@reddit

Well, I'm a Hoosier, and Axel and GnR hit hard in Indiana in the late 80's, early 90's not matter your Cohort.

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supershinythings@reddit

Elvis.

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WonderfulMemory3697@reddit

I hate them, but: Journey.

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hmr__HD@reddit

Where I am from, Crowded House.

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Glittering-Eye2856@reddit

Pink Floyd.

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TinyFugue@reddit

Who is the guy to the right of Brian May? He looks like someone who would hang out with Wolfman Jack.

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-JurorNo8-@reddit (OP)

John Deacon, the bassist

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Lance8282@reddit

I think there’s a huge number of people here who are failing the assignment. See people listing a lot of bands that are deities in the boomer community, that gen X not only did not “love” but scoffed at and ridiculed in the 90’s.

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jvan666@reddit

Like Rush for example

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Lance8282@reddit

Yep. I remember catching shit for being a Rush fan in the 90s as they were “dinosaurs”. Then somehow they became cool again maybe in part to “I Love You, Man” I don’t know.

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jvan666@reddit

The hat and Trailer Park Boys

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Stillmaineiac88@reddit

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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MuddaFrmAnnudaBrudda@reddit

Prince

George Michael

Kate Bush

Fleetwood Mac

David Bowie

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thecatsofwar@reddit

Vanilla Ice.

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PoisonMind@reddit

If you're from New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen is beloved by all generations.

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afrorobot@reddit

Fleetwood Mac

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Lance8282@reddit

I don’t know. I kind of remember Fleetwood Mac being the epitome of uncool to anyone that wasn’t a boomer back in the 90’s. Still remember all them boomers swaying to their music at some Clinton event.

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stoic_fellow@reddit

Sure but everyone was wrong. Fleetwood Mac rules. I respect Smashing Pumpkins for doing a cover of Landslide when FM was considered cringe as hell.

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

Maybe among people who didn’t really appreciate music. As GenX teenager that was in a band and hung around musicians, Fleetwood Mac was highly appreciated.

And everybody appreciated Stevie, though I preferred Christine McVie’s songs.

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snoozemissile@reddit

Just last year I discovered one of my favorite punk songs, ‘Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight’ is a Fleetwood Mac Original

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Hopper-bayonet@reddit

Bob Marley & The Wailers

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JonasSkywalker@reddit

I feel like Bob Marley is immune to any generational limitations. Always a vibe.

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Hopper-bayonet@reddit

100%. Even my old man loves him and that’s saying a lot b/c we almost never agree on anything.

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Responsible_Trash_40@reddit

CCR

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

What about the tape deck?

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Newphone_New_Account@reddit

Far fuckin out man!

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

Eh you know… strikes and gutters. Ups and downs.

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Lance8282@reddit

No

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XerTrekker@reddit

Nope

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Responsible_Trash_40@reddit

No band is loved by everyone. There’s definitely a large percentage.

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Diasies_inMyHair@reddit

Definitely.

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Ok_Arachnid1089@reddit

This is a good one actually

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djak@reddit

I loved The Doors, Pink Floyd, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, Styx.

However, I've moved forward with the times, and my current jam is Five Finger Death Punch, Falling in Reverse, Shinedown, and the like.

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CharmingDagger@reddit

Like someone else mentioned, we grew up listening to the music our parents liked until we were old enough to get our own stereos and find what we liked.

I grew up on The Beatles, Paul Simon, Steve Miller Band, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp, and a lot of other 60s-70s bands/artists. I have a soft spot for the music my parents liked because it was part of my early childhood.

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RiffRandellsBF@reddit

Funny thing about Queen. Until Live Aid, a lot of people either didn't know who they were or give them a chance. "Queen" was a pejorative, remember? And Freddie didn't hide who he was. Remember the fallout when Rob Halford of Judas Priest came out?

While some of us became fans due to Queen's work on soundtracks (Flash Gordon, Highlander), it really took their epic performance at Live Aid to bring a lot of people around. I'm glad they're now remember as one of the great live bands ever and always mentioned with the other great bands that defined genres of rock.

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notevenapro@reddit

I knew queen before live aid. Didn't like them that much.

And it wasnt live aid it was waynes world......

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Stunning_Mulberry_35@reddit

there is a little truth to that.

I watched a documentary about Queen. played crazy little thing called love and under pressure at the end of the hot takes tour on SNL, and it was the lowest rating the show had got in a real long time. Considering that, and bad ticket sales of the tour (having billy squire as the opening act did them any favors) the band said they would never play the US again. Looking back, I don't remember hearing much Queen on the radio outside of "another one bites the dust". I don't remember hearing the likes of I under pressure, want it all, radio gaga, etc.. And considering Americas anti homosexual attitude of the time, when the video of I want to break free hit Mtv with Freddie Mercury wearing a French maid outfit, America was done with the band.

I don't think the Live Aid show was the revival in US. In my opinion It was after his death, and the Freddie tribute concert, Metallica covering "Stone Cold Crazy", and Wayne's World using Bohemian Rhapsody, I think that was the US revival for the band.

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MaximumJones@reddit

Remember the fallout when Rob Halford of Judas Priest came out?

I don't remember fallout at all. He was the ultimate leather daddy. I can't believe there was any who didn't know. 🤷‍♀️

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Son0faButch@reddit

I'm not so sure about that. I remember jamming out with with my friends to We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions and the rest of News of the World as little kids when it came out.

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Maskatron@reddit

Yeah I remember rock you/champions on the radio a lot as a kid in the 70s. In ‘80 Another One Bites the Dust and Crazy Little Thing were huge.

Live Aid was 85.

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Diasies_inMyHair@reddit

They weren't more popular than Kiss, but they were very well known back in the mid-to-late '70's. Their music got lots of radio play.

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analyticalchem@reddit

Actually Queen was very well known before LiveAid. BR and many others were always big on the radio and I recall We are the Champions was play a ton during the Super Bowl the year it came out. They were a rock radio staple.

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jaybaziwa@reddit

Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

Probably most vinyl era classic rock. GenX was raised on it, our Boomer parents lived it.

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jazzhandpanda@reddit

Whubbout Rush?

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Aspect58@reddit

It may seem that way, but author Terry Pratchett discovered the reason:

“All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums.”

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monkeyswithknives@reddit

Queen socks.

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SanJacInTheBox@reddit

Boston (why are they so underrated in these sort of questions?!?)

Jimmy Buffett - yes, I went there. I used to listen to him when I was in the Navy, st6arted listening again (SXM Ch.24) about a decade ago. We went to one of his final live shows a few months before he passed, and there were so many Boomers/Joneses/X'ers that you knew he literally spoke to our generation. Luckily, there were a fair number of Millennials and Alphas probably brought along by their families. God, I miss that man.

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SmartNotRude@reddit

Right there with you about Jimmy Buffett. Margaritaville has become the default radio station in my car.

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myfavhobby_sleep@reddit

I love Boston. We’d blast Boston on our boom box - definitely part of a few summer soundtracks.

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Traditional-Start-32@reddit

Boston (why are they so underrated in these sort of questions?!?)

The J. Geils Band would like to have a word.

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iknowyou71@reddit

The Who

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Key-Scholar-2083@reddit

Grateful Dead

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Key-Scholar-2083@reddit

The Who

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JonasSkywalker@reddit

Prince

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SideburnsMephisto@reddit

Phil Collins

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Title-Bully@reddit

Stones

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Jacki_Me@reddit

Journey

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chimpomatic5000@reddit

Led Zepplin was huge with Gen X even though it was before our time.

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StretPharmacist@reddit

The 80s were great. Back when men weren't afraid to be women.

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kaliaficionado@reddit

I used to work with a guy who loved Queen. He liked Queen in the morning and then the afternoon and then in the evening he liked even more Queen. He named his dogs after members of Queen. Whenever I worked with him we would listen to Queen. It was too much Queen. Much too much Queen. I no longer can listen to the band Queen. I have heard enough of the band Queen to last me five lifetimes.

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Efficient-Hornet8666@reddit

He sounds like he’s the King of Queen

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Craig1974@reddit

The Doors.

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DrySession9968@reddit

In addition to all these great answers, ZZ Top

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Craig1974@reddit

I second that. ZZ Top is a band that's enough rock and enough cool that both generations can appreciate.

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Simple-Purpose-899@reddit

I feel this is very split between early GenX and use late '70s models. Scrolling through the comments all I see is stuff that I would have never listened to since it was already old. Sure, now I like Queen alright, but I feel like I share pretty much zero music tastes with anyone pre-65'.

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ThatGuyHadNone@reddit

R.E.M

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IfICouldStay@reddit

David Bowie

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Nervous_Ad_1585@reddit

The Doors. They were huge at my high school in the 80s even before the Oliver Stone movie came out

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Firm-Conference-3896@reddit

A lot of us Gen-Xers got into them when the Morrison bio No One Here Gets Out Alive came out.

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oldscotch@reddit

Pretty much the 70s?

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Slade347@reddit

I can't speak for everyone, but none of the Gen X people I know are all that into Queen. I always got the sense that millennials were their biggest fan base, at least in the US.

I think the Beatles and Stones are the boring but obvious answers. There's likely to be wide variances within the generations themselves in terms of musical taste.

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salamandah99@reddit

Queen is a top 3 band for my 16 year old kid.

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crewsctrl@reddit

Weird Al

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Why-did-i-reas-this@reddit

I’m pretty sure the majority of bands the boomers like, GenX would as well since we grew up listening to that music too. Better question would be what bands the boomers like that we didn’t or what bands we thought were great but Boomers hate. But then again this answer would vary from person to person anyway and would be very hard to nail down to a generation preference.

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Maskatron@reddit

Steely Dan is a big Boomer band that I couldn’t give two shits about, even though the musicianship and audio production are top notch.

I believe these days even younger generations like them more than X does. The whole Yacht Rock thing is so funny to me; I get that it’s a vibe but to me it’ll always be Soft Rock, songs that I was only listening to because I had no choice about it.

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Infinite-Pepper9120@reddit

Rage Against the Machine. I’m Gen X, totally an X band that every boomer I knew absolutely hated. Although some appreciated the political message.

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TheLastGenXer@reddit

Lawerence Welk

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homebrewmike@reddit

As the other dude said, “In certain circles.”

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yojpea@reddit

EW&F, unquestionably.

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lfohnoudidnt@reddit

My Dad was weird and the only secular band he liked was Van Halen, so yeah might as well " Jump " ! I actually preferred Sammy Hagar over David Lee Roth anyway.

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AntGroundbreaking180@reddit

John Denver seems to be loved by everyone.

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Bright-Blacksmith-67@reddit

Weird Al

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Sauterneandbleu@reddit

I liked Led Zeppelin, but I just didn't like the people who liked Led Zeppelin, because they're the ones who beat up punk rockers in my hometown and I was a punk.

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Mr_Mumbercycle@reddit

Same here, but it was Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and the Dead. I didn't give any of them a serious listen until my 20s because of it.

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JonWill49@reddit

Steve Miller Band.

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imadork1970@reddit

Zep, Stones, Floyd, Rush, Heart, Bad Company, Whitesnake, Purple, Ozzy, Sabbath

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PolaSketch@reddit

Heart definitely. I'd add Yes and maybe Genesis to the mix. Basically those bands that had hits in the 70s and 80s.

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Imaginary_Wash291@reddit

Def Leppard

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OccamsYoyo@reddit

Surprising lack of The Beatles here. Boomers may have been their biggest beneficiary but our support bridged the gap to the younger generations.

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karlhungusjr@reddit

Surprising lack of The Beatles here.

I came here to say the same thing.

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NewtOk4840@reddit

Is CCR GENX?

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-JurorNo8-@reddit (OP)

To me it's the definition of a boomer band, same with CSN and Jefferson Airplane

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NewtOk4840@reddit

Ya my dad loved CCR!

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Authoritaye@reddit

Hey man, our parents liked some good music, I have to admit. The problem is classic rock was played on the radio (and still is) so damn much, that a lot of songs just got played to death. I need to listen to new music once in a while.

However, all these bands are great. Did someone say Led Zep, yet? I'm sure they did.

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Jew-zilla@reddit

The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, KISS, The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin

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drainbead78@reddit

Journey, or at the very least "Don't Stop Believin'".

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harlequinn823@reddit

Anecdotally, my mom and I both love George Michael.

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Aardvark-Amigo@reddit

I can say I had a wide range of likes. Van Halen, Aerosmith, AC/DC. Then I jumped into The Clash, The Cars, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Men at Work, Joy Division & New Order etc.

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KptKreampie@reddit

Credence Clearwater Revival
Tom Petty

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NewtOk4840@reddit

Aerosmith

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sasquatchbrokers@reddit

James Brown

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Distinct_Bed2691@reddit

Boomers? Maybe late era ones born after 55 to 65.

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charliefoxtrot9@reddit

I'll bet the limiting reagent in this equation is the Boomers. GenX embraced a lot.

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Jaymanchu@reddit

The Beatles The Who

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Der_fluter_mouse@reddit

Grateful dead

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No_Original5693@reddit

Took too long to scroll here✌🏻

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lurkinghigh@reddit

Paul Simon

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Skore_Smogon@reddit

Rolling Stones?

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TheVioletEmpire@reddit

The Beatles

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megamanx4321@reddit

Probably just me, but

The Who

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Aurelian_Roman@reddit

The Grateful Dead.

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Sloth_grl@reddit

I’m a new age girl but I do love queen.

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Still-Barber-3034@reddit

Jimi Hendrix. As an Xennial, I've literally never met a Boomer or Xer that didn't at least respect him.

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meat_sack@reddit

Dire Straits

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John_Houbolt@reddit

Neil Young

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kaythanksbuy@reddit

Sting/The Police. I went to a Sting concert a couple years ago and the mf played almost nothing but Police songs, and the crowd was mostly boomers. I was 45 and felt like the youngest person there.

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PistolNinja@reddit

I can say with the utmost certainty that Queen has endured well into Gen Z! I'm Gen X (48) and my kids (23 and 26) both love Queen. They also love Pink Floyd, Journey, Boston, etc... Product of having Boomer grandparents that frequently requested having the grandkids spend the weekend with them and having jam sessions with Grandma!

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OperaBunny@reddit

Surprised to see Rolling Stones mentioned just once so far. I mean Mick Jagger, is even in the title of a Maroon 5 song.

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WhyisThisSoHaard@reddit

Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three

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Aggressive_West6616@reddit

To be honest, too many to mention. Go to any classic rock radio station (or Classic Rewind or Classic Vinyl on SiriusXM), and just about any band on there will be one that both Boomers and Gen X love.

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TraditionalYard5146@reddit

Barry White

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gwright1001@reddit

The BeeGees

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ScheanaShaylover@reddit

Grateful Dead

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bougnvioletrosemallo@reddit

Yes!

So many Deadhead fake hippies in my high school in the 90s.

All trust fund kids in $100 Birkenstocks, driving Jeep Grand Cherokees.

No, Lauren. I don't want to hear your tape. But I will smoke your pot at your house, in your backyard, by the pool.

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ScheanaShaylover@reddit

Haha

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DeeSnarl@reddit

Well, a whole giant shit ton, thanks to the “classic rock” boom at the end of the 80s. I adopted that wholeheartedly, and know Boomer music better than Boomers.

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JulesSherlock@reddit

Journey

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Mistermxylplyx@reddit

This gets interesting, because bands who had most of their success in the late 70’s and early 80’s, like Steve Miller Band and Van Halen, are probably more popular with younger X fans of the time like me, but still accessible enough for the youngest of Booomers born late 50’s and early 60’s to have enjoyed as twenty somethings.

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Every-Cook5084@reddit

The Boss

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cluttrdmind@reddit

Great list in these comments. Looks like most of the musicians themselves are Boomers and silent gen. Baby boomers cover such a wide age group – 19 years – their taste varies a lot. 1960s baby boomers grew up listening to very different music than 1940s baby boomers did.

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