Does heavy metal music count as oldies?
By Robin
@Daelii (5619)
United States
May 27, 2018 5:54pm CST
I was listening to Metallica's nothing else maters song when my five year old rolled her eyes and asked to listen to something other than "oldies".
I told my husband and was like the oldest is like the 1950's stuff my mom listened to. He's like no honey, they were oldies to you. To them meaning our daughters, my music is the oldies.
Did I really become my mom? Is Metallica reallybthe oldies? Haha
9 people like this
12 responses
@Deepizzaguy (94423)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 May 18
Heavy metal music is better than listening to rap and hip hop music.
3 people like this
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
28 May 18
@morgoodie haha I'm a fan of it all!
If it has a beat, I'm happy!
2 people like this
@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
28 May 18
@Daelii I don't mind some of it if it has a good beat but it's not my first choice. I like a lot of different types of music.
1 person likes this
@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
27 May 18
I second that!! I will take heavy metal music any day over rap and hip hop.
2 people like this
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
28 May 18
Metallica oldies goodies? OMG, I feel ready for the rockin' chair.
2 people like this
@acrogodess (994)
• Aberdeen, North Carolina
28 May 18
It's classic rock to my kids and I. We call 80s music the classics.
Disco is just disco and 50s and 60s music is oldies to us.
1 person likes this
@acrogodess (994)
• Aberdeen, North Carolina
28 May 18
@Daelii aren't we close in age? I'm 37 going on 38. I grew up on 80s hair bands and east coast west coast rap, and pop music. lol don't forget 90s alternative rock and grunge
1 person likes this
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
28 May 18
@acrogodess yes! You are a year older! I just turned 36 in April :)
1 person likes this
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
28 May 18
I love old songs/ music more than the new songs
1 person likes this
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
28 May 18
@Daelii ohh that's nice to know
1 person likes this
@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
27 May 18
Well it is considered Classic now. I don't even know how that happened either. What do they call the "oldies" that we called the "oldies" from the 50's and 60's. 
Maybe they shouldn't classify it since it is still played and the band is still making music.
Maybe they shouldn't classify it since it is still played and the band is still making music.1 person likes this
@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
27 May 18
@Daelii My kids always refer to my era as if it was the stone ages. But the same will be true of them when they get to be my age.
1 person likes this
@popciclecold (35080)
• United States
28 May 18
I think young people now consider anything over 25 years to be old.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 May 18
yes it is. i remember 30 years back when my mom would say, i was too old to be listening to such music as ACDC etc, and i told her, i don't think so cause Angus Young happened to be in his 50's at the time but i still love that music today and my moms oldies like Fats Domino etc.
but i still love that music today and my moms oldies like Fats Domino etc.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (62073)
• United States
29 May 18
If "the oldest" is the stuff from the 50s, I'd hate to think what all that stuff from the 30s and 40s on my iPod is.
"Oldies" used to mean 50s and 60s music. I have an "oldies" playlist on my iPod, and that's what it is: 50s and 60s rock and roll. Now it's subjective. I see kids call Stone Temple Pilots "oldies" and I just reach for the Geritol.....
"Oldies" used to mean 50s and 60s music. I have an "oldies" playlist on my iPod, and that's what it is: 50s and 60s rock and roll. Now it's subjective. I see kids call Stone Temple Pilots "oldies" and I just reach for the Geritol.....
@LeaPea2417 (36428)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 May 18
There is heavy metal that has been around since the 70s, so it would be old to today's youth.
1 person likes this
@acrogodess (994)
• Aberdeen, North Carolina
28 May 18
Olivia and I had a discussion about it and said: it's difficult to consider music as oldies when the singer or band is still making music today.
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
28 May 18
To your daughter they might be oldies, to us they will always be "Classics".
1 person likes this
