To celebrate Pride Month, this is the second part of a two part series of posts about LGBT themed songs of classic rock. This post focuses on the years 1972-1988 with emphasis on rock music of the era.
Tag: 80s
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 rock. Some rock musicians released their own disco songs. Let's explore the influence of disco on rock and roll.
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West Germany and Austria in Classic Rock
In the past Diversity of Classic Rock posts, we were talking about different walks of life of various musicians. Now, we’re going to focus on Classic Rock in Europe. Continental Europe that is! Music from Continental Europe doesn’t get nearly …
Revisiting 1985
As you may already know with your friends not failing to tell you, it was “Back to the Future Day”. In the second movie, Marty McFly travels 30 years into the future to this year 2015, and not only that, …
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 the 80s and later. Let’s see how classic rock influenced hip hop and how it incorporated hip hop. So what …
