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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]

Is there any need for the George Carlin quote?

Does the quote by comedian George Carlin serve any purpose other than to express an editor's distaste for soft rock? Does anyone mind if I remove it?

1337wesm 03:26, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton John, Dione Warwick, the Carpenters...come on if the term is to have any validity at all these defintely aren't soft rock —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.173.35 (talk) 14:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Should probably be expanded

Indeed, it should. (Albert Mond (talk) 11:37, 5 May 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Pop Rock?

Couldn't soft rock be a form of pop rock? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.248.120.62 (talk) 20:21, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes soft rock can copy pop rock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.153.109 (talk) 20:31, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removing original research with nonsupporting citation

Looking through the history, I see this article is much better than it was a few years ago when most of the comments on this talk page were relevant... But the middle paragraph in the "History" section contains significant original research which is mostly incorrect (Spector's orchestration on "The Long and Winding Road" is not a 'remix,' 'acid rock' was not the dominant form of music in the 60s or the Beatles' sound, Spector did not operate without the Beatles' knowledge, and they certainly did not break up because of it). The single citation given does not support any of this information, but because it's cited, I'm leaving this explanation as to why I removed it.--Drasil (talk) 01:01, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry to see that removed, because I believe these are all acknowledged facts, but any references will tell you the same thing. Start by reading The Long and Winding Road which should verify that the orchestration is Spector's remix, he did operate without the Beatles' knowledge, and this was given as the major reason for their breakup, as further alluded to at Break-up of the Beatles. As for what kind of music dominated the charts in the 1960s, have you ever looked at the Billboard Charts of number one hits for the years 1966-1969? You can see them beginning at List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1966 (U.S.) and following years. Practically every other number one song was psychedelic, AKA acid rock in those years, and almost all the rest were hard rock. This is undeniably what was at the top of the charts. How can you possibly say these things are false or suggest that I fabricated them? Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 01:20, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]