I’d say classic rock is easily my favorite genre. As you can tell from my avatar… I have only had Led Zeppelin avatars for my whole time on this forum. Whether or not that will change, I don’t know.
I like a lot of Classic rock bands, but I am particular. When I get into a band, I generally like a lot of their music as opposed to only a few songs.
As for pop, well, I am pretty picky here. For the most part I dislike most of today’s pop music. I LOVE John Mayer though… easily my favorite contemporary pop artist. Though he does a lot of Blues stuff too, which I LOVE even more.
I feel as though I am a child of the 80’s because I really love 80’s music too. Sadly, I was born 4 months too late for the 80’s.
I do like a bit of contemporary Alternative though. Again, I am particular, but there are some pretty good bands out there… especially Wolfmother. They basically sound like a classic rock band though.