Motley Crue is now "oldies" music

[Richmma80]

At my casino, on Frdays they play mix and match of Oldies music. So they were playing The Platters... then Smoking in the Boys Room played by Motley Crue. Never felt so old in my life.

But I guess they were big FORTY years ago. That's like playing WW2 music on MTV back in the 80s along with Guns N Roses and Metallica.

 

[cmw43]

They've been oldies for a good while.

Now early 2000s stuff like the Strokes, Foo Fighters, the Killers and Blink 182 are on the oldies.

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

They've been oldies for a good while.

Now early 2000s stuff like the Strokes, Foo Fighters, the Killers and Blink 182 are on the oldies.

When I was growing up in the 90s, the oldies station played hits from the 60s and 70s. I guess that is music 20-30 years old.

Early 2000s would be the equivalent now I suppose.

 

[Spam On Rye]

I remember a decade ago Nirvana being on the classic rock channel. Made me feel a bit aged.

 

[Pittie Petey]

Snoop Dogg is now oldies

 

[HoiceNJuicy]

Soon we'll all be paying a visit to Dr. Feelgood for hypertension and incontinence issues.

 

[Other]

In 2004, Bowling For Soup sang, "when did Motley Crue become classic rock?"

21 years later, we've migrated it to the oldies section.

Unrelated: I have a coupon for Metamucil if anyone needs one.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Vince's childhood friends still get down to them

 

[Lycandroid]

the sad part of this is that the real oldies seemed to have disappeared entirely from the radio. You used to be able to hear stuff from the 40s, 50s and 60s on the regular. Now it's ancient history.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Anything before 2000 are oldies imo.

 

[nonoob]

Crue music may be old, seeing their Girls Girls Girls tour alost 40 years ago kinda makes me old too. Enjoy an old tune.

 

[mozfonky]

At my casino, on Frdays they play mix and match of Oldies music. So they were playing The Platters... then Smoking in the Boys Room played by Motley Crue. Never felt so old in my life.

But I guess they were big FORTY years ago. That's like playing WW2 music on MTV back in the 80s along with Guns N Roses and Metallica.

Funny thing is, in the 80's, "oldies" were only maybe 20 years old and I don't recall ever hearing big band, Jazz or anything pre-1950 on muzak or on store speakers. Today, music from the 50's is still regularly played while you'll never hear glen miller in the grocery store.

The term oldies is seen as perjorative by the actual artists, about as much as "comeback" is. They have huge egos and they usually chafe at those statements. Prince once tried to correct his sound engineer who called him a "legacy act", I don't know why he'd say that to a guy he's supposed to be working for and helping but I don't think it was a lie. But Prince and some of these others aren't quite like the old rockers like Chuck Berry or Little Richard who did little comparatively new music than say a paul mccartney or Prince. The difference is, most of these guys new music isn't culturally relevant. Elvis did over 500 songs an most of those no one knows about and his later years are almost always written off and made fun of. The two aren't really the same (relevance/Quality) some of these guys later songs are as good or better than most of their hits.

 

[mozfonky]

Crue music may be old, seeing their Girls Girls Girls tour alost 40 years ago kinda makes me old too. Enjoy an old tune.

Also, I remember them looking like old men even in 83, at least one of those dudes looked 40 which of course seemed ancient to a 14 year old.

 

[Pittie Petey]

Soon we'll all be paying a visit to Dr. Feelgood for hypertension and incontinence issues.

I saw Vince Neil in concert at the county fair a few years back and that is literally the only two words you could understand out of his whole set

The rest of it was all "GROWL GARGLE SCREECH ADJUGBFH(*&^%$JGBFRGHN GURGLE GURGLE DR FEELGOOD!! WHEEZ ASPIRATE GJOINRFHOIFRTGJ#$%^&IUVFDRG GARGLE PEANUT BUTTER SOUNDS GROWL DBKUGVRGJIJJ DR FEELGOOD!!"

 

[Mujeriego]

At my casino, on Frdays they play mix and match of Oldies music. So they were playing The Platters... then Smoking in the Boys Room played by Motley Crue. Never felt so old in my life.

But I guess they were big FORTY years ago. That's like playing WW2 music on MTV back in the 80s along with Guns N Roses and Metallica.

Oldies is like the 50s to early 60s.

Motley Crue would be 80s rock or Glam Metal.
Thats what it is.
People who say "oldies" are just idiots who think anything 5 years or older is Oldies.

If you asked what Old School rap is, its 73-83. Everything else has disctinct sub genres they fall into.
80s rap, Golden Age Rap, East Coast Rap, West Coast rap, Gangster rap, alternative rap, and so on.

Calling everything Oldies is dumb because someone listening to Nirvana and then someone listing to Creedence aren't listening to the same thing.

 

[mozfonky]

Oldies is like the 50s to early 60s.

Motley Crue would be 80s rock or Glam Metal.
Thats what it is.
People who say "oldies" are just idiots who think anything 5 years or older is Oldies.

If you asked what Old School rap is, its 73-83. Everything else has disctinct sub genres they fall into.
80s rap, Golden Age Rap, East Coast Rap, West Coast rap, Gangster rap, alternative rap, and so on.

Calling everything Oldies is dumb because someone listening to Nirvana and then someone listing to Creedence aren't listening to the same thing.

ok, but some people will. Usually though, you're right, there is just an undercurrent of insult to the term for 80's acts. My best friend got a couple free tickets to see Prince in 2004, he came back talking shit, saying how prince told the audience to jump up and down and that HE wouldn't do it and called him an oldies act. Guy is about the biggest Prince fan I know, so, when that happens, people are just projecting and feeling old themselves. I guess in terms of the time span of what we in the 80's called oldies, it's about the same then, and greater now but I don't think people think of that stuff as oldies, partly because of the tech that was very advanced and also how developed rock was by then, it wasn't just the old mono, 3 instrument thing anymore. The themes were also not just about losing your baby or whatever.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Motley 1st album was 45yrs ago brah....
That album need to have yearly prostate exam....

 

[Satur9]

Oldies used to be semi-wholesome. Talking about buying your gal a ring, and taking walks eating ice cream. Now it's about whores. The newer gens won this round.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

Dear God,

For the love of Christ, please stop ageing me.

Much love and desperation,
Foamy
xxx