The 10-year period from 1973 to 1982 accounts for a whopping 57 percent of all song plays in the set. Besides a small trickle of music from 1995 onward — a trickle to which the Green Day song that inspired this article belongs — the last year to make an actual dent in the listings is 1991. That’s largely due to releases by Nirvana, Metallica and U2, the groups that make up the last wave of what is currently considered classic rock.
As a classic rock fan (also known as a dinosaur), I enjoyed the perspective of the youngster who wrote the piece. Also, check out this top fifteen list of classic rock songs on the radio (by most plays). You'll notice there isn't a single Beatles song on the list. Beatles fans have apparently aged out of the classic rock demo. Once I get my nurse to help me out of bed, and put in my teeth, I'm going to write the classic rock programmers a very angry letter. Now where did I put my quill?
