re: Why is Classic Rock so Much Cooler than Modern Rock?

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What were you listening to in 1980?

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Oh I listened to all that stuff, it was played on the local AOR station (I was young and too poor to afford to buy records)

Mostly I preferred the older acts from the '60s. I hated redneck rock and metal.

Contemporary acts I liked that got airplay: Elvis Costello, The Cars, Springsteen (although even then there seemed something bloated about his sound), Warren Zevon, maybe a few others.