soft rock
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soft rock
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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The Dead was already such a crazy scene, but there are all these soft rock stations playing that song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
He describes Coldplay as "the third best soft rock band in London"; randomly sings the opening lines of Wonderwall; and, during Paradise, invokes the dancehall star Shaggy, for no discernible reason.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
"Guilty as Sin?" is a soft rock track, reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie, where Antonoff's production feels it moves in sync with Swift's vocals.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
Eric Carmen, the rock singer who led the 1970s power-pop pioneers the Raspberries before reinventing himself as a soft rock crooner who became a mainstay of 1980s music, has died.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Sandstone, being a comparatively soft rock, would, in the course of ages, be gradually worn away as the waters flowed over it.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
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