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Originally Posted by David
It's great to place so high in this sort of thing & all, but that term "soft rock" is something that insults me. It's a label that has dogged Fleetwood Mac since 1975 (in many cases justifiably). It suggests something bloodless, something not quite pure or true, something bland, something tasteless, savorless, ultimately inconsequential.
And to be bracketed with sugary, bland Billy Joel & Eagles & Chicago (& not even GOOD Chicago but crappy '80s Chicago!) is also a (disguised) kick in the teeth.
No, I'd have been happier had they been voted Best Pop Group since the Beatles, or Most Innovative Mainstream Use of Studio Technology or something related.
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I agree David. It's kind of a left-handed compliment to be called soft rock, well, really it's more of an insult. Yeah, insult. They've done their fair share of rocking, people tend to forget or not realize that.