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<title>Dumb question?</title>
<description> I recently found this site off a RUSH website.
I love 70's, 80's Hard rock and heavy metal. Actually I grew up in it.
I was just amazed as to how all the old rockers are still at it, and I didn't even know. That's commercialism for you.
Anyhow, what does AOR stand for? I see it all over the site.
I probably know it and it refers to this type of music, but for the life of me I can't come up with this acronim.
Thanks,
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<title>RE: Dumb question?</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6996#msg-6996</link><description><![CDATA[ AFAIK, the term means &quot;Album Oriented Radio&quot;. This resulted from the 80s, when US radio stations started to play more than the singles which were released from an album. Any track of an album had a chance for radio airplay. It turned to &quot;Album Oriented Rock&quot; as this was the type of music and later &quot;Adult Oriented Rock&quot; when the average age of the fans of this kind of music raised ;-)<br /><br />Take care<br />Klaus<br />]]></description>
<dc:creator>DJ Klaus</dc:creator>
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<title>AOR: The Definitions</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6984#msg-6984</link><description><![CDATA[<br />Here's a few thoughts, just a humourous list from me....<br /><br />Ain't On Radio<br /><br />American Oriented Rock<br /><br />Artistic Original Rock<br /><br />Antithesis Of Rap<br /><br />Apathetic On Rage<br /><br />Average Oridinary Record sales<br /><br />Available Online Records<br /><br />Andy, Oni and Rob Rock<br /><br />Anticipated by Old Rockers<br /><br />Annihilated Off Rotation....<br /><br />Abundant keyboards Of Rock<br /><br />Any other suggestions? Be creative! We could start a whole list of abreviations!.......]]></description>
<dc:creator>Derrick Dryves</dc:creator>
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<title>I thought it meant...</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6972#msg-6972</link><description><![CDATA[ Any Old Rubbish... LOL<br /><br />Fred]]></description>
<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
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<title>as opposed to the AOR Hard Rock Hot Spot? lol (n</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6968#msg-6968</link><description><![CDATA[ np]]></description>
<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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<title>RE: or, just to make things really confusing....</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6966#msg-6966</link><description><![CDATA[ Perfect Kevin...sound like a good name for a website :) !!<br /><br />Take care,<br />Andrew.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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<title>Thanks, that clears it up.n/m</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6964#msg-6964</link><description><![CDATA[ ..]]></description>
<dc:creator>LX302</dc:creator>
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<title>or, just to make things really confusing....</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6962#msg-6962</link><description><![CDATA[ Everybody is correct when they say Adult Oriented Rock or Album Oriented Rock......but it might be simpler to say &quot;melodic rock&quot; is closer to the true definition. Think of the sound made popular by Journey, Foreigner, Survivor, etc and that is what AOR in it's purest sense is.<br /><br />Kevin]]></description>
<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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<title>RE: Dumb question?</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6958#msg-6958</link><description><![CDATA[ Or in US radio terms....Album Orientated Rock...<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Andrew.]]></description>
<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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<title>RE: Dumb question?</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6957#msg-6957</link><description><![CDATA[ You find it stands for a few things - but mainly:<br /><br />Adult Orientated Rock<br /><br />Cheers<br />Richard<br />]]></description>
<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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<title>RE: Dumb question?</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6956#msg-6956</link><description><![CDATA[ It stands for &quot;adult oriented rock&quot;..thats the truth.<br /><br />Zacman]]></description>
<dc:creator>zacman</dc:creator>
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<title>Dumb question?</title><link>http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,6955,6955#msg-6955</link><description><![CDATA[ I recently found this site off a RUSH website.<br />I love 70's, 80's Hard rock and heavy metal. Actually I grew up in it.<br />I was just amazed as to how all the old rockers are still at it, and I didn't even know. That's commercialism for you.<br />Anyhow, what does AOR stand for? I see it all over the site.<br />I probably know it and it refers to this type of music, but for the life of me I can't come up with this acronim.<br />Thanks,<br />Rock on!]]></description>
<dc:creator>LX302</dc:creator>
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