Category: Influences of Classic Rock
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World Music For Classic Rock Fans Who Are Afraid of World Music
Angie Moon shares her guide to world music for classic rock fans. A curated list full of picks tailored for… Read more.
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This Concept Album Came Out One Month After The Who’s Tommy: The Happy Prince by The La De Da’s
Angie Moon writes a blog post about The La De Da’s 1969 rock opera The Happy Prince, based on a… Read more.
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Famous Classic Rock Songs that were originally in a foreign language
A list of popular songs that are English language covers of songs originally in other languages. Read more.
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Angie Moon featured on The Hippie Shake’s Rhythm and Muse Blog – Classic Rock Songs Based on Books and Poems
A blog post about classic rock songs based on books and poems you might have read in English class. Read more.
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Classic Rock and Disney Movies: References and Connections
A history of Disney movies and classic rock references to Disney movies and characters plus various classic rock connections. Read more.
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Where did the 50s go?
It’s hard to find music from the 50s on the radio. Why is that? Is it an under appreciated decade?… Read more.
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Poets of Classic Rock
There are many classic rockers who are also published poets. Here’s a list of some rock stars you may not… Read more.
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50 Years Since the Moon Landing: Classic Rock and Space Part 1 🚀✨
The Diversity of Classic Rock celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with a list of songs about space… Read more.
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Review: Remastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Angie Moon reviews the new Netflix music documentary Remastered: Devil at the Crossroads about influential blues musician Robert Johnson. Read more.
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Country Music of the 60s and 70s Part 2
Here’s part two of our series on Country rock and musicians who inspired it like Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Roy… Read more.
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Country Music of the 60s and 70s: Part 1
Country music influenced rock and roll and a lot of rock musicians like country music. These genres have a lot… Read more.
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Classic Rock and Oldies songs as heard in memes
Memes have revived many songs from the past. In this post, we look at the histories of these songs of… Read more.
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Despacito: Topping the charts everywhere, but is it really that impressive?
I’ve been busy working on other writing projects and my thesis, so I am a bit late to the party,… Read more.
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Indian Influences in Classic Rock
 Note from the author: I wanted to write this post for a while now. The sitar is my favourite instrument.… Read more.
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Diss Tracks of Classic Rock: Before Hip Hop
Angie Moon writes about diss tracks in classic rock. Hip hop doesn’t have the monopoly on diss tracks. Read more.
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Disco Rocks: The influence of Disco on Classic Rock
For a few years in the late 70s and early 80s, disco took over, starting a rivalry between disco and… Read more.
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Hip Hop in Classic Rock and Oldies
Classic rock took influences from everywhere. Hip hop/rap started in the late 70s, but it influenced classic rock musicians in… Read more.
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The best way to celebrate your birthday?
Going to the record store of course! Whenever I think of record stores, I think of the line from Almost… Read more.
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Black Classic Rock Musicians of the 60s and 70s
Note: I’m working on an improved blog post series about black musicians: more information and better readability. Part one can… Read more.
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Romani Classic Rock musicians
The Romani are an ethnicity mostly living in Europe (although there are some Americans of Romani descent). They originated in… Read more.