I'd say dads in the late 50s were totally into how Eddie Van Halen shredded on "Eruption" on the 1st album, but dads in their early 50s were totally into "1984" and they had at least one friend who would play the opening keyboard riff from "Jump" every single damn time they found a piano. Both cohorts of dads would have listened to their friends arguing in junior high over whether keyboards in heavy metal music are or are not "gay."
My dad was into jazz. Every once in awhile he would break into a thirty minute dissertation on the greatness of jazz and how jazz was the only truly American art form.
It depends on what your dad called "jazz" - if he was talking about Stan Getz then I would agree with him but if Glenn Miller was your dad's idea of jazz then not so much.
Fantastic video. This one had me chuckling! I have 7 of these masterpieces My dad was into all the popular 60s stuff like Herb Alpert, Thelonius Monk, Brasil 66, Ramsey Lewis, If, Vince Garuldi...He didn't completely influence me, but he definitely pointed me in the right direction... lost him 4 years ago. He was a great guy.
I'm a 76 year old dad/grandfather who still collects 60s psych rock. And not just the Airplane and Doors. I'm talkin' Gandalf, July, Chocolate Watchband, the Elevators, etc.
Us poorer Dads in the 60s and 70s could not afford to buy many vinyl albums and 8 tracks, so we listened to pop music radio stations, all the classic rock now.
My dad would have been 93 this year. He grew up with Hank Williams and was a big fan of Merl Haggard. One evening in the early eighties I started watching a live concert on PBS of David Bowie. Both my parents sat and watched it with me and enjoyed it.😮
Last comment: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Not Fragile! Epic! BTO is another Canadian band. They were also the first band I ever saw live back in the '70s. The second band I ever saw live was Queen on their Night at the Opera tour... Great trip down memory lane...
My dad’s favorite band is KISS. Named me after one of their songs… My mom was a classical pianist, dad was an Air Force fighter pilot and in his 80’s still flys. But he raised me on pretty much all the bands you listed. But what he was listening to was allot of Jimi Hendrix, CCR and the lot, but when Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin came on the scene he was hit hard. 70’s and 80’s hard rock and metal are his favorites.
Foghat "Live", REO Speedwagon "You Get What You Play For" and UFO "Strangers In the Night" are the Dad Rock records that got me hooked on live albums growing up.
Saw BTO open for Van Halen…in the Greensboro Coliseum! No spaceships involved though…lol. I did see Boston at the Dean Dome on the Third Stage tour. Still no spaceships involved but one of my all-time favorite concerts!
It is Electric Light Orchestra that came out and played on a spaceship, not Boston. Haha! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kXReQZ55fVc.htmlsi=JAJPub0aHbJhE2M7
My parents took me to Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd in the early 90s. Bad Company was one of those bands that my parents would crank up on the stereo system.
Great dad rock list for sure, my dad is 72, and pretty much listened to everything you mentioned. But he really loved Uriah Heep, Jimi Hendrix, Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Trapeze, Deep Purple. Thanks for all the great videos, Happy Fathers day to you also!
I would have thought Who's Next is way more Dad-ly. There are at least 4 songs on there that are staples of classic rock radio that some Dads have listened to every week of their lives since the album came out.
Down here in '60s & '70s in Texas, it was all Country, all the time with my dad. He was always walking around the house singing the first line of every chorus of every hit, then rinse, repeat. Hank Williams, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty...etc, etc... Happy Father's Day all!
My dad was born in 1930. 20% of what he listened to was pretty good even if I didn't appreciate it at the time. Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, etc. Unfortunately, the rest was elevator music, Lawrence Welk, and polka. Long car rides could be hell on earth.
Hi Dillan I loooooooooooooove your vids u inspire me so much can I like Mimi Hendrix the door Led Zeppelin Beatles and Pink Floyd all cause of u can u give me recommendations and help me with content creation so I can be just like you ps I’m 11😊
It’s as if you when thru my music collection!!!! You are spot on with your list!! Happy Father’s Day!! And don’t forget to connect the dots on the back of Abby Road. It will create the number 3, as three remaining Beatles.
Great topic on Father's Day. I'm counting to see how many of these I have... I'm about 5 minutes in and you're holding up Led Zeppelin IV... That was the album where my two young boys and I got on the same page about music... They were singing, "Hey hey, mama said the way you move" in the car at the top of their lungs with me when they were 2 and 4 years old... And now I'm singing Cat's in the Cradle...
My Dad got an opportunity to see AC/DC at what is now the Bojangles Coliseum during the For Those About To Rock tour. He said after the show it came to light that their cannons used during the show were so strong, it cracked the foundation of the coliseum.
Great video Dillon! My dad liked a few of those Boston, Beatles, Tommy. His big Pink Floyd album was The Wall, which he got me into as a young boy. As a Scottish dad though, he liked some other dad rock: The Police, early Genesis, ELO, 10CC, Barclay James Harvest, and the big one… Supertramp! My dad also loved a compilation (like you I’m not so keen). Well for Father’s Day, my kids got me First Utterance by Comus and Tone Soul Evolution by Apples in Stereo… yes, I pick my own FD presents 😂 Happy Fathers Day! Cheers, Jack
Must have taken you forever to make that list, having to rule out soo many great dad rock albums. Let me add a few of my faves... Cat Stevens. Supertramp. Alan Parsons. Doobies... OMG the list goes on. Great vid. Happy fathers day all.
Sounds like the dads you're talking about are about my age (62). My father, who passed away 22 years ago, was not much of a music fan, but what music he did like was mostly instrumental jazz and bluegrass. We did have a handful of albums around the house in the late Sixties - The Beatles, The Mamas And The Papas, The Lovin' Spoonful, and Simon & Garfunkel. Today my musical tastes run the gamut from Black Metal to Baroque orchestral music, but then again I am not a dad. Just please don't make me listen to Steely Dan, Huey Lewis, or Kansas. Also, one major Dad Rock album for folks of my age that you left out would have to be Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell.
My dads favoryte band is pink floyd in the from wish you where here and ongoing Gilmours work of today. We actually saw roger waters last year together in Hamburg and we will see David Gilmore this year in Rome. Oh and another dad classic gor me is supertramp. My dad loves them.
My dad was into big band and country music. I was (and still am) a huge KISS fan. There were two records we really bonded over. Peter Criss' 1978 solo album and ELO Out of the Blue. We listened to those albums all the time when we went places. The ELO album was the one we listened to the most, and we called it boating music, because we always had it playing on our boat. Fun memories that I would give anything to do one more time.
I’m a bit older but some of the albums that make me think of my dad are Roger Millers greatest hits, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, David Allan Coe greatest hits, all of the early Kris Kristoffersen.
I’m probably older than your dad (75 next month), so my list is a bit different. My dad was born in 1913, a very different time. His favorite was Frank Sinatra, especially his Capitol period. Songs For Swinging Lovers, Come Fly With Me etc. Next would be anything by Ella Fitzgerald. He turned me onto Jazz when I was 12 by playing me Dizzy Gillespie doing “Salt Peanuts”. He loved all the great big bands, Duke Ellington, Count Basie etc etc. When I was 13 (1964) my parents took me to see Nina Simone. Yea, they were pretty hip. Thanks for sharing
For f' sake its' classic rock... no one except clueless, zombie brained Millennials/Gen z'ers use the term "dad rock", ya dig? And I got news for you they consider anything from the 90s "dad-rock" too.
I'm a 72 year old dad, my classic picks are a little different. The albums I still listen to constantly are Moody Blues Days of Future Past, ELO A New Worlds Record, Raspberries 1st, The Band Self Titled, Gypsys' 1st , BeeGees 1st, Steve Miller #5, Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus, Youngbloods Elephant Mountain, Byrds Untitled, Working Mans Dead, Little Feat Dixie Chicken, Mountain Climbing, Johnny Winter 1st on colombia, Allman Bros at the Filmore, Bang Bang Youre Terry Reid, JoJo Gunne Bite Down Hard, T Rex Electric Warrior and more
L.A woman : The Doors Animalization : The Animals Bayou Country : Creedence Distan lights : The Hollies America : America Deep Purple in Rock : Deep purple Glass houses : Billy Joel With the Beatles : The Beatles
I had over 500 albums including all the ones mentioned. Lost to fire in 1996. 13 Beatle albums, almost every Stones until Steeler’s Wheels(saw them 4 times), all Syknyrd albums until and including Street Survivor. I had the original that was pulled, and about every rock album, 1963-80.
Nice... gotta say though - more to be said about Van Halen 1 than "shreddery"... ask Gene Simmons why he signed them. Also - wrong Rush album. Dads from our generations will probably call out Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures first. :) First album is ok and shows their birth - but their greatness runs from 2112 through Signals in my opinion.
Dillion, As a dad. I laughed all the way through this video. Yes. A good selection on "Dad Rock" Lol. There are so many more that would be in that list from this dad. And this dad despises KISS. Just never got into them. I thought they were and are a clown act. Their music sucks. Just this dads opinion. Happy Father's day buddy. Peace and love to ya little buddy......Lol
My Dad LOVED Lionel Ritchie. When his songs came on the radio...he turned it UP. He was also a Billy Joel fan which i was surprised not to see on the list. 52nd Street was a favorite of his. RIP Dad...I miss you. Im 43. He dies when i was 19.
Love your Channel but I am Dad and you are quite a bit off from my list - to put in perspective I graduated in 1976 and had two older brothers - that influenced my musical taste. You were close on some but way off on others of what I love as Dad Rock. You forgot or did not have time for: Jimi Hendrix Johnny Winter Roxy Music Jethro Tull Cheap Trick David Bowie Yes The Tubes ELP Okay ZZ top - we agree on Eric Clapton - you can Keep but that's me! Van Morrison Joe Walsh Miles Davis Stan Getz Weather Report Jeff Beck Little Feat But Again time and references are relative - this is what I grew up on. Love your show!
Yeah, good dad rock picks here. Nice to hear you are not a big Kiss fan. I just dont get the whole Kiss thing. The music just sounds so hokie to me. Happy fathers day. When I was 9 years old my dad put a pair of headphones on my head and said "listen to this" it was a dubbed cassette of Blue Oyster Cult Some Enchanted Evening and the second side was a compilation of really good quality live Led Zeppelin stuff. I will never forget it. Love my for doing that.
Speaking as a dad, I like most of the picks from the first half of your video. The Rush "dad album" is 2112. Tres Hombres >>>> Eliminator. Kiss, Boston, Steely Dan = lame 😴. If I hear one more review comparing Aja releases my head might explode. Yeah, we get it, it's the best audiophile recording of impotent music ever. My dad had 78s and a crank-up record player console that looked like a piece of furniture. Not kidding. One record was just people laughing... both sides. P.s. Cool dads listen to Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia concert tapes. 🤙😎👍🤯✌️
Suppose dad rock would'nt be dad rock without Fleetwood Mac - Rumours. (The cool dads favourite would be Then Play On by the Peter Green version of Fleetwood Mac). Dad's favourite jazz album Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (cool dad's favourite - Miles Davis - Get up with it!). Dad's rock favourite REM - Out of Time (cool dad's favourite REM - GREEN). Dad's rock favourite Santana -Black magic woman (cool dad's favourite Santana - Caravanserai). Dad's rock favourite -Peter Framton - Comes alive (cool dad's favourite - John Martyn - live at Leeds).
I’m a dad. I was 21 when Woodstock happened. I like about 2/3 of the bands in the list. I was surprised that Jimi Hendrix was not mentioned. And Hall and Oats. In concert I have seen The Who (3 times), Led Zeppelin (2 times), The Eagles, Eric Clapton, ZZTop and Paul Rodgers (the singer for Bad Company) and others. Interesting video.
My father was not that into rock at all. His favorites were Sinatra and Tony Bennett. But I am surprised that you didn’t mention Born in the USA or Jimmy Buffet. Buffett was the first thing I think of when I hear the term “dad rock”. And I heard someone refer to BITUSA as Dad rock just last week when it was the 40th anniversary.
You make me feel really old Dylan. I was a teen then. Another dissing of us Boomers. So Classic Rock is now Dad Rock. 😅 Dad Rock for me was Sam The Sham, Jerry Lee Lewis etc.
Here's my picks for the top 10 Dad rock lps Steely Dan Aja Fleetwood Mac Rumors Eagles Greatest Hits Elton John Greatest Hits Supertramp Breakfast In America Rolling Stones Tattoo You Chicago's Greatest Hits Peter Frampton Alive The Knack Get The Knack Wings Speed of Sound
My dad was born in ‘24 so on trips we listened to 8-tracks of Henry Mancini, Percy Faith, Herb Albert, etc! 🙄 At 66 and both a dad and granddad, most of of your list was in my wheelhouse. Boston, Bad Company, Skynrd, and Steely Dan were in constant rotation. But my collection also included Tull, ELP, Chicago, Guess Who, Allman Bros., early Chicago, Yes and Dan Fogelberg. Never could get my daughters into Prog Rock! 🤪
At 58, I'm firmly in the "Dadopshere" contemplated here and I heard all of these bands when I got into music in my mid-teens. But I realized that I own only five of these 20 albums. And I'm more into jazz than anything else. I like R.E.M. and The National, and I occasionally enjoy some hip-hop and just recently listened to (and enjoyed) Olivia Rodrigo's 'Guts.' So sometimes I fly in the Dadopshere but more often I don't. :)
Now you're holding up Rush's first album. They had not yet found Neil Peart, so John Rutsey played drums on that one. I grew up in a place called Richmond Hill, Ontario in Canada, which is Rush's old stomping grounds. They played at our high school a couple of times in the '70s along with bands like Max Webster, Triumph, April Wine and a few other local Canadian acts. If you've never heard the band Max Webster, you should look them up. They were one of the coolest Toronto bands back in the day and they were making the circuit back in the day as well.
I’m 63, been collecting albums and all music for over 5 decades now and my kids know it. My kids see and hear music 🎵 of multiple genres so for Father’s Day they bought me 3 albums. Black Sabbath Vol 4 (I did not own that sabbath yet), The Specials new release and a Joan Jett repress I didn’t have. Great kids, they dun good. 👍 😊. Oh and my dad bought me my first hard rock Lp in 73’ Deep Purple Machine Head…cool dad eh?
I concur the list; I question the top. Steely Dan would be Top Five; MOST DAD depending on the year. it could have been Zep, Stones, Beatles, Boston or Dan. Even Skynyrd nor Allman's could crack through that ceiling! One addition re KISS: Not all dads were in the audience. There were a fair amt of us in cover bands at the time n it wasn't just 12 y/o who dug KISS. Our set lists were top heavy with 'em. Detroit area tho, may have been that bar factor. HFD2U2 belated ^5!
As a 60+ dad, I think I have 17 of the top Dad Bands on your list but not necessarily those albums. No Kiss, Kansas or ACDC for me. You have to have Tres Hombres on the list, La Grange is the song that sent ZZ Top on its way!. I also loved the Allman Brothers, Doobie Brothers, Foghat, Grand Funk, James Gang, Springsteen, Mellencamp plus Ten Years After, and Rory Gallagher in the top 25.
If you play "The Wall" backwards at the "if you don't eat your meat" part, it says "Ahh You Have Found the Secret Message, send ** to Old Pink"... something like that... if you listen forward you can hear the backwards talk right after he says pudding stuff...
Funny, I'm a dad and albums like Walk Among Us, Beggar's Banquet and Rage Against The Machine's first album are among the first that I reach for -- not Van Halen, CCR, or Pink Floyd. Further, my dad listened to John Denver (hated The Beatles, didn't like David Bowie - the only things we could agree on were early Aerosmith and Alice Cooper) and his dad listened to Hank Snow and Johnny Cash.
For the record, and I'm 70 and not a Dad, For 3- years I owned a high end audio store. Never, ever, want to hear Money for Nothing again. And many others. I was a huge Steely Dan fan. Aja was amazing. The production, the perfect playing, the pressing. Now, many many years later, after playing the damn album more times than I can count, I can't stand it. Yes, it's perfect pr close to it. It's also utterly soulless. Haven't put it on my personal turntable in forever. But I's till OK with early Dan. For me it's 2,1,3 in terms of preference. Countdown to Ecstasy which no one but me seems to like (nor did they apparently hear Skunk's solo on My Old School), then Can't Buy s Thrill, then Pretzel Logic. Things started to get more sterile after that, culminating in Aja. I don't count Gaucho because, sorry, it was just garbage. Or excrement - so many will hate me for that. (I also listen to Atom Heart Mother)
Hey man, love your videos and eclectic taste and knowledge of records, and music in general. Anyhoooo... I noticed in this video, you showed a particular version of Dark Side Of The Moon. It looks like you have this album in a PVC sleeve (cover). This will (if not already) ruin your vinyl record. The PVC will off-gas chemicals that will go directly into the vinyl of the record itself and make it unplayable/irreversible trash. Check other valuable records you might have "preserved" in these PVC covers as well. They might be done for. I hope not.
Eddie Money, Billy Joel, Dire Straits are the big ones for my dad (and most of the ones mentioned) He was cool though, liked a lot of the current 90’s and 2000’s stuff at the time. We jammed to Gin Blossoms, Third Eye Blind, Oasis, Coldplay, Dave Matthews, 3 Doors Down, all of that.
Sadly my hero is gone and I’m getting up there myself. When I was a kid and got the music bug, my Dad commented on how he loved a song by Eddie Arnold. With that in mind I was so excited to buy my first box set at Woolworth’s for him at Christmas. He never played it or much of anything else. But he was always there and one of maybe 3 Fans at one of my football games. Thanks Dad, you were the best!!!!!!
I'm Not a dad ,but I can attest to the fact that All of those albums Are "dad rock" , I'm sixty and have 90% + of those presented. So yeah, if I had kids they Definitely would be familiar with your list. To ALL you fathers ...Happy Father's Day 🎉
I love that you never post any "albums that suck" or "albums you love that I hate" videos. Your videos are always so positive and inclusive, not to mention informative and interesting. Thanks for being a beacon of positivity in the VC, Dillon. Edit: I'm a 55yo dad and I have 10 of the 20. 😂
At a Dad age, got to be said there are some REALLY embarrassing truths there!!! Oh no!! But…..No Sabbath, No Clash, No Stranglers…….so at least I dońt feel too bad!!!😂
Unfortunately, not a dad but if I was my kids would be listening to what they wanted to, but they would also hear some of my favorites, classic rock doesn't do it for me anymore. I'm into Symphonic metal (Nightwish, Within Temptation) Love female fronted bands (Evanescence, Halestorm ) my current favorite is a three piece from Mexico called The Warning, they put the bounce back in my day and they have a big sound, they are three sisters that have been a band for going on 11 years... they started the band when they were really young in 2013 they did a cover of Enter Sandman that went viral to the tune of over 28 million views and were invited to do a reimagined sandman cover for the Black list album sorry for the ramble
Love your videos! This list was spot on. I’m a 64 year old dad. I own 90% of the records you showcased. I was into records when I was a kid/teen. Got married and had kids and have been dragging around a milk crate full of records for almost 40 years! About a year or so ago, I put together an inexpensive 80’s Sony stereo and started collecting records again. I’ve been buying used vinyl from local stores and record conventions and having a blast. Love your videos and hope to check out your shop on my next trip down south!
