POLL: the daddest song on the Now That's What I Call Dad Rock! compilation

I'm still sort of "gobsmacked" (if I'm using that properly) to learn that Led Zeppelin are not really popular in the UK...

Like even without the "Classic Rock" radio format -- they weren't popular at the time? As an "album band"?

As an album band of course, but the Now That's Blah Blah Blah comps are based on Top 40 singles afaik.

I first remember the term Dadrock being used to invoke latter day Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene and sort of earnest grunting 'authentic' meaningful stuff with copious tasty guitar solos beloved of sundry ageing indie/mod types. It seems it might be different in the US though. I don't know where it came from originally.

ILX, 2002:

RFI: What is Dadrock?

Is any genre "proveably real"?
― Tom, Sunday, April 28, 2002 5:00 PM

luv it!

fwiw as the creator of my thread my mom likes all of these songs and my dad likes ABBA and Blondie

My dad's favourite songs were "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Dury and "Love Is In the Air" by John Paul Young (a particular favourite of dads I've found) and some Scottish folks, Irish rebel songs.

(Scottish folk songs, not Scottish folks)

I have 3 kids and on road trips in our Honda Odyssey I make my kids listen to Can and Faust. My 6 year old daughter loves Amon Duul II, particularly the Yeti album.

― kornrulez6969

will it be a sad day for you when one day she matures enough for "wolf city" to be her favorite

my strongest memory of my dad is being in the car with him and frankie ford's "sea cruise" coming on the radio and him suddenly howling like a banshee

i was very scared, thought he got his hand stuck in the car door or something

now that i am his age i can kind of get behind his reaction

he also owned a lot of flatt & scruggs and janis joplin records

As a mid-50s dad I voted Deep Purple with confidence.

Ultimate dad rock movie scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFBR162mo7Q

My dad overdid it on edibles at Red Rocks Dub Fest, got disoriented/zoned out, and had to call for a ride home. True story (that he's too embarrassed to talk about).

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:48 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is haunting me for some reason

He was there to see Thi3very C0rporation (if that makes it more or less haunting)

all the small things

omg at them throwing in avril lavigne and natalie imbruglia

When I think of my dad I think of Scorpions' The Wind of Change so it gets my vote even though it's not in the list.

Avril and Natalie are Something For The Dads innit

Christ, who cares!?

Those people up there ^

Everyone but Turrican.

Hotel California

lmao what are The 1975 doing there

CSNY! Hendrix! VAN FUCKING MORRISON!

Does this list even know any dads?

...

gen x still thinks its dads are the dads when actually the dads are calling from inside the house

I find it oddly charming how this is one of the central disconnects of this thread (and related discussions). Especially since the thread is nearly old enough to be a dad itself.

Of course in 1988 "dads" to me meant "my dad, and the dads of my peers." Thirty years later, it's silly for "dads" to still mean "my dad, and the dads of my age-peers." The guys who might plausibly have avoided the brown acid at Woodstock are granddads and their rock is only "dad rock" if you're in Generation Dad yourself.

And then there's the regular pulse of people learning and re-learning about the UK/US divergence. This is so ilx it hurts

i mean my dad is my dad. he's not my granfather. he's not my uncle. he's my dad. im not peddling some grand conspiracy. im not saying younger dads don't exist.

Where's all the '90s alt? I'm no dad but I'm certainly dad-aged, and those are my go-to sad old man jams.

(This might be the first time I've had cause to consider whether the '90s alt-rock staples in the US even made a dent overseas.)

This list makes every rock artist fall under the dad-rock umbrella. Which I suppose it’s technically true since any rock fan can have kids but what’s the point of the tag then? I’ve always assumed it was more as a baby boomer dig to classify music they love from the 60s/70s like Eagles, America or Elton John.

my dad likes ABBA and Blondie

― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 00:09 (twelve hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Mine too! At a guess I'd say he also likes maybe half a dozen of these songs, I recently gave him my 45 of Don't Fear the Reaper after he mentioned hearing it on the radio, so I'm voting for that.

my dad likes exactly one of these songs:

2. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

It's hard for me to not vote for "Sweet Home Alabama" no matter what the poll.

turn it up!

My dad likes old folk music records. the Limelighters, the Weavers, etc. Everything on here would be a bit too much for him.

As a dad myself, I voted for Avril Lavigne. Probably the best thing on here other than Stooges and Motorhead, but I don't know what any of it is doing here.

I went to my daughter's friend's birthday party a few weeks ago and after the Moana soundtrack was done the dad-in-charge just played 3 straight hours of Dave Matthews Band, which no other dad there seemed to mind.

To those in the overnight crew taking the fun out of this thread —

“I’m very disappointed in you, son”

I am a dad. There are 23 songs on the list I would listen to all the way through on purpose. There are I think 15 that would make me change the channel. There are I think 11 I have literally never heard of.

To those in the overnight crew taking the fun out of this thread —

to be fair taking the fun out of things is classic dad

Puns are classic dad. Taking the puns out is classic bad.

Havent completed reading commentary but there are some weird momrock interpositions in here that dads would only allow to be played to keep mom happy or maybe get with mom.

Of course in 1988 "dads" to me meant "my dad, and the dads of my peers." Thirty years later, it's silly for "dads" to still mean "my dad, and the dads of my age-peers." The guys who might plausibly have avoided the brown acid at Woodstock are granddads and their rock is only "dad rock" if you're in Generation Dad yourself.

I'd love to see a US version of this comp (wilco, jack white related stuff, walkmen, vampire weekend). Ahhh, just the thought of it makes me want to put a record on my vintage turntable, slip off my casual brown loafers, kick back on the couch with a locally-sourced microbrew, and lecture the kids about how great the pixies used to be.

Havent completed reading commentary but there are some weird momrock interpositions in here that dads would only allow to be played to keep mom happy or maybe get with mom.

― Hunt3r, Wednesday, July 11, 2018 10:04 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

at least with stacy's mom

maybe it's just me but a song about being a kid and lusting over someone's mom is immune to ever being dad rock just by nature

to be fair, she's got it going on.

^Dad joke.

The question implied by some of this discussion is does all music automatically becomes dad rock with the passage of time. I don't think that's true.

The papas of peak dadrock liked sentimental swing for slow dancing and country ballads. Skrillex will be dadEDM of the 2028.

i'm a dad, my recently played on spotify is
Genesis - Duke
Drake - Scorpion
Lungish - The Unanimous Hour
Ace - How Long (song radio)
Rap Caviar playlist
Gold School
John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once
Black Flag - My War

so anyway that's what dad rock is, please feel free to ask any questions.

Skrillex will be dadEDM of the 2028.

It may be already here. No bullshit, my 73-year old father is a big fan of "deep house" (his words) and exclusively listens to The Pulse, one of the electronic channels on Sirius XM satellite radio. He even has a favorite DJ, Armin van Buuren. In the 80s I remember him playing the proto techno stations on long car rides. I couldn't stand it but it was all he listened to.

may be a father but sure ain't a dad

has anyone brought up this whole concept as kinda racist? or at least very exclusionary

desus and mero were talking about outkast "the way you move" as "uncle music" so maybe that's what dad rap is

There is maybe something inherently “dad–ish” about techno — solitary dudes making functional music.