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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!

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 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? [[User:Goeverywhere|Goeverywhere]] 05:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
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+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!