Dad Rock Songs That Are Guilty Pleasures

Pretty sure almost all of AC/DC songs fit this category.

Anything, and I cannot stress this enough, by Led Zeppelin.

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Oh I love, Love Bites by them

I'm pretty sure that's a Def Leppard song, though.

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Anything, and I cannot stress this enough, by Led Zeppelin.

www.cnn.com/2020/03/10/entertainment/led-zeppellin-stairway-heaven-lawsuit-trnd/index.html

Led Zeppelin wins major copyright battle

for 'Stairway to Heaven' ; 2020.03.10

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The original lawsuit filed in 2014 claimed that the guitar introduction to (Led Zeppelin) "Stairway to Heaven" -- yes, the one you're singing in your head -- infringed on the copyright of the instrumental of (Spirit) "Taurus." ... A request was granted and a Panel of 11 judges heard the Appeal in September 2019 ... "The Trial and Appeal process has been a long climb up the Stairway to Heaven," Judge Margaret McKeown wrote in the 73-page decision for the Court.

*** Ends with 'Tongue in Cheek' Quote from Judge ***

USA COURTS doing 'The People's Work' ; 11 JUDGE PANEL ??? ...

Trolling --> So , 'Plant One' on ROBERT PLANT (Led Zeppelin vocalist) ...

I still don't get the hate for Nickelback.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f53Rfnilhww

(COVID-19 USA National Anthem ???) "NATURE'S WAY" (Spirit , Year 1970)

"It's NATURE'S WAY of Telling YOU (TRUMP) ... Via SONG ...
It's NATURE'S WAY of Telling YOU (TRUMP) ... DYING THRONGS (USA Citizens) ...
It's NATURE'S WAY of Receiving YOU ... It's NATURE'S WAY of Retrieving YOU ...
It's NATURE'S WAY of TELLING YOU (TRUMP) ... SOMETHING'S WRONG (COVID-19)"

Spirit (Click) = Info

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I don't think it is hatred as much as annoyance at the blatant lazy song writing. I can understand why the repetitive riffs would get on someone's nerves. It is common with a very large amount of early 2000s popular bands, and I can only listen to them now when in a certain mood after years of my adolescence of them being aggressively overplayed. Like for instance today I am in one of those weird moods but normally if they pop in my playlist on a day to day basis when shuffling my library. I skip them.

Its early internet hate is what I meant. Not death-threat-sending-on-social-media kind of hate. But to your point, yeah, bands like Nickelback were a dime-a-dozen back then but somehow the internet pointed to this particular band to be the one to get the ridicule. Puddle of Mudd was edgy as heck and I don't mean that in pushing the genre forward kind of edge or The Calling or even 3 Doors Down to a degree. I'm no Nickelback fan but it mystifies me why they were singled out among a sea of cookie cutter bands.

www.tapinto.net/towns/raritan-bay/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/bon-jovi-springsteen-others-to-perform-joe-biden-s-inauguration-tv-special-on-jan-20

Bon Jovi, Springsteen, Others to Perform Joe Biden’s Inauguration TV Special ; 2021.01.20

Get Ready For --> USA Pop Music *GEEZER PALOOZA* ...

(NOT at the BIDEN Inaguration) ...

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55697979

PHIL SPECTOR: (USA) Pop Music Producer , Jailed for Murder , Dies at 81

(*Possible* COVID-19 complications) ; 2021.01.18

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I completely agree, Puddle of Mudd and Staind were miles worse than Nickelback imo.

Oh my god, I forgot about Staind. Yeah, looking back there were a lot of cringy bands back then but you know what? That was a magical time in my life. The early aughts. I had no money, in between jobs, but man, I had a grand time with my buddies before we went our separate ways. My life was a whole lot simpler back then. I would love to go back in a heartbeat, relive everything, cringe and all lmao

Would the eagles count as dad rock?

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I don't think it is hatred as much as annoyance at the blatant lazy song writing.

except they DELIVERED with Rockstar, which is a brilliantly written irony-laced, tongue-in-cheek song.

rediscovering that song as an adult made me respect Nickelback even if they're mostly lame.