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Too many artists listed

I removed a bunch of artists from the article, but they got re-inserted. Some of these make no sense. The Beatles? Simon & Garfunkel? The Supremes? They stopped recording before soft rock was even invented. Others just don't fit the category. Not everything that's "easy listening" is soft rock. R&B like Boyz II Men and New Age like Enya are their own genres. Korny O'Near 08:19, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm..

The Beatles' "If I Fell" does seem to sound very 'soft-rocky'. Dave Clark Five also had a hit with "Because". Don't forget about the Bee Gees' 1960's material with songs such as 'Spicks and Specks' (a poppy yet soft-rock sound), 'Could It Be' or 'Three Kisses of Love'. Don't know why 98 Degrees or All 4 One were thrown in there by that user. This genre does indeed confuse alot of people.

My idea is to erase the list altogether and simply put artist/singers in alphabetical order with an example of a song or songs, so we know why they were thrown into the soft rock category in the first place.

Example:

"Air Supply - Here I Am
"Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
"Billy Vera and The Beaters - At This Moment
"Chicago - I Don't Want To Live Without Your Love
"The Eagles - Take It To The Limit
"Smokey Robinson - Just To See Her
"Steve Perry - Foolish Heart

etc etc

I'll go ahead and do that now.

--ResurgamII 20:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work. The article already looks a lot better, and is more informative. Korny O'Near 02:00, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.

--ResurgamII 20:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Soft Rock vs. Adult Contemporary

Soft Rock is just a slogan for an Adult Contemporary format. There is no "soft rock" industry classification. Thus, this article should be combined with the Adult Contemporary article. Does a Wikipedian know how to add that tag, so it can be discussed? Goeverywhere 05:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

the term soft rock was first used in the 60s

for groups like the Association, Fifth Dimension, Free Design, Simon & Garfunkel & hundreds of others! Go and buy the japanese book 'Soft Rock' from Vanda! The Artikel is WRONG! it's rubbish to say that Soft Rock startet in the 70s!

The list is getting longer

The examples of soft rock songs/singers is overly long. When I sorted it into a list I only expected a short sample, but I guess some editors decided to put every soft rock song/singer out there. I'm putting a clean up tag and a note not to add further more. It's bloated as it is. ResurgamII 14:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 for groups like the Association, Fifth Dimension, Free Design, Simon & Garfunkel & hundreds of others! Go and buy the japanese book 'Soft Rock' from Vanda! The Artikel is WRONG! it's rubbish to say that Soft Rock startet in the 70s!
+== The list is getting longer ==
+The examples of soft rock songs/singers is overly long. When I sorted it into a list I only expected a short sample, but I guess some editors decided to put '''every''' soft rock song/singer out there. I'm putting a clean up tag and a note not to add further more. It's bloated as it is. [[User:ResurgamII|ResurgamII]] 14:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)