OK, kids, before we start up the eternal all-request weekend, I just wanna get things rolling with a nomination and discussion thread.
I have prepared a list of over 500 songs to start with -- drawing from airplay data as well as some classic rock stations' Memorial Day/Labor Day weekend countdowns -- which I will post in a minute. I wanted to give you guys a chance to request additions, point out errors or misspellings, etc., before I get started. I'll make all the final decisions but will try to hear out everyone's opinion and explain if I disagree with a suggestion.
a few notes:
- I am going with a vague definition of classic rock radio as it existed in America (and probably Canada, maybe other places but I really have no idea) during my youth and continues to exist in a slightly different form today: '60s rock beginning with the Beatles/Stones/etc., and running into some point in the 1980s at which things stop feeling like "classic rock." There are classic rock stations now playing Nirvana and Pearl Jam, but the arbitrary cutoff point that I've been going with is that songs from albums released in 1986 or earlier are OK, 1987 is not. Appetite For Destruction/The Joshua Tree/Hysteria/etc. just don't feel right to me for inclusion. Similarly, pre-Beatles rock seems to be relegated to "oldies" radio as opposed to classic rock radio, and unless anyone can think of any good arguments for exceptions, will probably stick with that. Even in the case of the Beatles, the mop top era has mostly fallen out of fashion on classic radio in favor of Sgt Peppers-onward Beatles, which my nominations list reflects.
- Songs that you generally hear on the radio as live versions will be nominated in that form and no other. Likewise, songs that are almost always paired together on the radio, like "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions," can only be voted for together, and will take up one song spot on your ballot.
- After this thread has run its course and I officially open voting, I'm thinking of a 2 week voting window, with ballots consisting of a minimum of 20 songs and a maximum of 100 songs.
- Am open to ideas for subpolls. One idea I like is "top 5 classic rock albums" -- albums that always have several songs in classic rock rotation that you are happy to hear (Who's Next, Led Zeppelin IV, Dark Side Of The Moon, that kind of thing).
- I have usually done pretty no-frills poll results rollouts, but if anyone has ideas about graphics or whatever they want to contribute or help with, lemme know.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
and here is the preliminary songs list:
.38 Special – Caught Up In You.38 Special – Hold On Loosely.38 Special – Rockin’ Into The NightAC/DC – Back In BlackAC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapAC/DC – For Those About To RockAC/DC – Have A Drink On MeAC/DC – Hells BellsAC/DC – Highway To HellAC/DC – It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)AC/DC – Rock ‘n’ Roll AIn’t Noise PollutionAC/DC – Shoot To ThrillAC/DC – T.N.T.AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night LongAerosmith – Back In The SaddleAerosmith – Come TogetherAerosmith – Dream OnAerosmith – Same Old Song And DanceAerosmith – Sweet EmotionAerosmith – Train Kept A-Rollin’Aerosmith – Walk This WayAlice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice GuyAlice Cooper – School’s OutThe Allman Brothers Band – JessicaThe Allman Brothers Band – Midnight RiderThe Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ ManAutograph – Turn Up The RadioBachman-Turner Overdrive – Let It RideBachman-Turner Overdrive – Takin’ Care of BusinessBachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing YetBad Company – Bad CompanyBad Company – Burnin’ SkyBad Company – Can’t Get EnoughBad Company – Feel Like Makin’ LoveBad Company – Ready For LoveBad Company – Rock ‘N’ Roll FantasyBad Company – Shooting StarThe Band – The WeightThe Beach Boys – Good VibrationsThe Beatles – A Day In The LifeThe Beatles – Back In The USSRThe Beatles – Come TogetherThe Beatles – Get BackThe Beatles – Let It BeThe Beatles – RevolutionThe Beatles – Strawberry Fields ForeverThe Beatles – While My Guitar Gently WeepsBig Brother And The Holding Company – Piece Of My HeartBilly Idol – Dancing With MyselfBilly Idol – Rebel YellBilly Idol – White WeddingBilly Joel – Big ShotBilly Joel – Captain JackBilly Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To MeBilly Joel – Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)Billy Joel – New York State Of MindBilly Joel – Only The Good Die YoungBilly Joel – Piano ManBilly Joel – You May Be RightBilly Squier – Everybody Wants YouBilly Squier – Lonely Is The NightBilly Squier – My Kinda LoverBilly Squier – The StrokeBlack Sabbath – Iron ManBlack Sabbath – ParanoidBlack Sabbath – War Pigs Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The ReaperBlue Oyster Cult – I’m Burnin’ For YouBob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s DoorBob Dylan – Like A Rolling StoneBob Dylan – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick BluesBob Seger – Against The WindBob Seger – Fire Down BelowBob Seger – Her StrutBob Seger – Hollywood NightsBob Seger - KatmanduBob Seger – Mainstreet Bob Seger – Night MovesBob Seger – Old Time Rock & RollBob Seger – Rock & Roll Never ForgetsBob Seger – Turn The PageBon Jovi – Livin’ On A PrayerBon Jovi – Runaway Boston – Don’t Look BackBoston – Feelin’ SatisfiedBoston – Foreplay/Long TimeBoston – Hitch A RideBoston – Let Me Take You Home TonightBoston – More Than A FeelingBoston – Rock & Roll BandBoston – Smokin’Boston – Something About YouBruce Springsteen – Badlands Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen – Born To RunBruce Springsteen – Dancing In The DarkBruce Springsteen – Hungry HeartBruce Springsteen – The RiverBruce Springsteen – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)Bruce Springsteen – Tenth Avenue Freeze-OutBruce Springsteen – Thunder RoadBuffalo Springfield – For What It’s WorthBryan Adams – Cuts Like A KnifeBryan Adams – Run To YouBryan Adams – Summer Of ‘69The Cars – Bye Bye LoveThe Cars – Good Times RollThe Cars – Just What I NeededThe Cars – Let’s GoThe Cars – My Best Friend’s GirlThe Cars – Shake It UpThe Cars – You’re All I’ve Got TonightCharlie Daniels Band – The Devil Went Down To GeorgiaCheap Trick – I Want You To Want Me (Live)Cheap Trick – Surrender The Clash – Rock The CasbahThe Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I GoThe Clash – Train In VainCream – CrossroadsCream – Sunshine Of Your LoveCream – White RoomCreedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon RisingCreedence Clearwater Revival – Born On The BayouCreedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The CornerCreedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate SonCreedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain?Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud MaryCreedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop The Rain Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue EyesCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young – OhioCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock David Bowie - ChangesDavid Bowie – FameDavid Bowie – Let’s DanceDavid Bowie – Modern LoveDavid Bowie – Rebel RebelDavid Bowie – Space OddityDavid Bowie – Suffragette CityDavid Bowie – Young AmericansDavid Bowie – Ziggy StardustDavid Essex – Rock OnDeep Purple – Hush Deep Purple – Smoke On The WaterDef Leppard – Bringin’ On The HeartbreakDef Leppard – Foolin’ Def Leppard - PhotographDef Leppard – Rock Of AgesDef Leppard – Too Late For LoveDerek & The Dominoes – LaylaDio – Rainbow In The DarkDire Straits – Money For NothingDire Straits – Sultans of SwingDire Straits – Walk Of LifeDon Henley – Boys Of SummerDon Henley – Dirty LaundryDon McLean – American PieThe Doobie Brothers – Black WaterThe Doobie Brothers – China GroveThe Doobie Brothers – Jesus Is Just AlrightThe Doobie Brothers – Listen To The MusicThe Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’The Doobie Brothers – Takin’ It To The StreetsThe Doobie Brothers – What A Fool BelievesThe Doors – Break On ThroughThe Doors – Hello, I Love YouThe Doors – L.A. WomanThe Doors – Light My FireThe Doors – Love Her MadlyThe Doors – Love Me Two TimesThe Doors – Peace FrogThe Doors – People Are StrangeThe Doors – Riders On The StormThe Doors – Roadhouse BluesThe Doors – Touch MeThe Eagles – Already GoneThe Eagles – Heartache TonightThe Eagles – Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles – In The CityThe Eagles – Life In The Fast LaneThe Eagles – The Long RunThe Eagles – One Of These NightsThe Eagles – Peaceful Easy FeelingThe Eagles – Take It EasyThe Eagles – Take It To The LimitEddie Money – Baby Hold OnEddie Money – Shakin’Eddie Money – Take Me Home TonightEddie Money – Two Tickets To ParadiseEdgar Winter – FrankensteinEdgar Winter – Free RideElectric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me DownElectric Light Orchestra – Do YaElectric Light Orchestra – Evil WomanElectric Light Orchestra – Fire On HighEmerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression, Part II)Elton John – Bennie And The JetsElton John – Funeral For A Friend – Love Lies BleedingElton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton John – LevonElton John – Rocket ManElton John – Saturday Night’s Alright For FightingElton John – Tiny DancerEric Clapton – CocaineEric Clapton – I Shot The SheriffEric Clapton – Lay Down SallyEric Clapton – Wonderful TonightFleetwood Mac – The ChainFleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop Fleetwood Mac – DreamsFleetwood Mac – Gold Dust WomanFleetwood Mac – Go Your Own WayFleetwood Mac - RhiannonFree – All Right NowFocus – Hocus PocusForeigner – Blue Morning, Blue DayForeigner – Cold As IceForeigner – Double VisionForeigner – Feels Like The First TimeForeigner – Head GamesForeigner – Hot BloodedForeigner – Juke Box HeroForeigner – Long, Long Way From HomeForeigner - UrgentFoghat – Slow RideGary Wright – Dream WeaverGenesis – AbacabGenesis – Follow You Follow MeGenesis – Invisible TouchGenesis – Land Of ConfusionGenesis - MisunderstandingGenesis – No Reply At AllGenesis – That’s AllGenesis – Turn It On AgainGeorge Thorogood – Bad To The BoneGeorge Thorogood – I Drink AloneGeorge Thorogood – Move It On OverGeorge Thorogood – One Bourbon, One Scotch, One BeerGeorge Thorogood – Who Do You LoveThe Georgia Sattelites – Keep Your Hands To YourselfGolden Earring – Radar LoveGolden Earring – Twilight ZoneGrand Funk Railroad – Closer To Home (I’m Your Captain)Grand Funk Railroad – Some Kind Of WonderfulGrand Funk Railroad – We’re An American BandGrateful Dead – Casey JonesGrateful Dead – Truckin’ The Greg Kihn Band – The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)Guess Who – American WomanHead East – Never Been Any ReasonHeart – BarracudaHeart – Crazy On YouHeart – Magic ManHeart – Straight OnThe Hollies – Long Cool Woman In A Black DressJackson Browne – Doctor My EyesJackson Browne – The Load-Out / Stay (Live)Jackson Browne – The PretenderJackson Browne – Running On Empty (Live)Jackson Browne – Somebody’s BabyJackson Browne – Stay James Gang – Funk #49Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGeeJefferson Starship – JaneJethro Tull - AqualungJethro Tull – Locomotive BreathJ. Geils Band – CenterfoldJ. Geils Band – Freeze FrameJ. Geils Band – Love Stinks The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The WatchtowerThe Jimi Hendrix Experience - FireThe Jimi Hendrix Experience – Foxey LadyThe Jimi Hendrix Experience – Hey JoeThe Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple HazeJimmy Buffett – MargaritavilleJoan Jett – Crimson & CloverJoan Jett – I Love Rock ‘N RollJoe Walsh – All Night LongJoe Walsh – Life’s Been GoodJoe Walsh – Rocky Mountain WayJohn Fogerty – CenterfieldJohn Lennon – ImagineJohn Lennon – Instant Karma (We All Shine On)John Mellencamp – Authority SongJohn Mellencamp – Hurts So GoodJohn Mellencamp – I Need A LoverJohn Mellencamp – Jack & DianeJohn Mellencamp – Pink HousesJohn Mellencamp – Small TownJourney – Any Way You Want ItJourney – Don’t Stop Believin’Journey – LightsJourney – Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’Journey – Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)Journey – Stone In LoveJourney – Wheel In The SkyJudas Priest – Breaking The LawJudas Priest – Livin’ After MidnightJudas Priest – You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ Kansas – Carry On Wayward SonKansas – Dust In The WindKansas – Point Of Know ReturnThe Kinks – All Day And All Of The NightThe Kinks – LolaThe Kinks – You Really Got MeKiss - BethKiss – Rock And Roll All Nite (Live)Kiss – Shout It Out LoudLed Zeppelin – All My LoveLed Zeppelin – Black DogLed Zeppelin – Dancing DaysLed Zeppelin – Dazed & ConfusedLed Zeppelin – D’Yer Mak’erLed Zeppelin – Fool In The RainLed Zeppelin – Going To CaliforniaLed Zeppelin – Good Times Bad TimesLed Zeppelin - Heartbreaker / Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)Led Zeppelin – Hey Hey What Can I DoLed Zeppelin – Houses Of The HolyLed Zeppelin – Immigrant SongLed Zeppelin – KashmirLed Zeppelin – Misty Mountain HopLed Zeppelin – The OceanLed Zeppelin – Over The Hills And Far AwayLed Zeppelin – Ramble OnLed Zeppelin – Rock & RollLed Zeppelin – Stairway To HeavenLed Zeppelin – Trampled UnderfootLed Zeppelin – What Is And What Should Never BeLed Zeppelin – Whole Lotta LoveLoverboy – Working For The WeekendLynyrd Skynyrd – Call Me The BreezeLynyrd Skynyrd – Free BirdLynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Three StepsLynyrd Skynyrd – Saturday Night SpecialLynyrd Skynyrd – Simple ManLynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home AlabamaLynyrd Skynyrd – That SmellLynyrd Skynyrd – What’s Your NameMannfred Mann – Blinded By The LightMarshall Tucker Band – Can’t You SeeMeat Loaf – Paradise By The Dashboard LightMolly Hatchet – Flirtin’ with DisasterMott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes The Moody Blues – Nights In White SatinMotley Crue – Home Sweet HomeMotley Crue – Smokin’ In The Boys RoomMountain – Mississippi QueenNazareth – Hair Of The DogNazareth – Love HurtsNeil Young – Cinnamon GirlNeil Young – Heart Of GoldNeil Young – Southern ManOutfield – Your LoveOzzy Osbourne – Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne – Flying High AgainOzzy Osbourne – Over The MountainPat Benatar – HeartbreakerPat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best ShotPaul McCartney & Wings – Band On The RunPaul McCartney & Wings – Jet Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let DiePaul McCartney & Wings – Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)Peter Frampton – Baby, I Love Your Way (Live)Peter Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way (Live)Peter Gabriel – Shock The MonkeyPeter Gabriel – Solsbury HillPete Townshend – Let My Love Open The DoorPhil Collins – I Don’t Care AnymorePhil Collins – In The Air TonightPink Floyd – Breathe (In The Air) / On The RunPink Floyd – Brain Damage / EclipsePink Floyd – Comfortably NumbPink Floyd – The Happiest Days of Our Lives / Another Brick In The Wall Part 2Pink Floyd – Have A CigarPink Floyd – Hey YouPink Floyd – MoneyPink Floyd – Run Like HellPink Floyd – Time / Breathe (Reprise)Pink Floyd – Us And Them / Any Colour You LikePink Floyd – Welcome To The MachinePink Floyd – Wish You Were HerePink Floyd – Young LustThe Police – Don’t Stand So Close To MeThe Police – Every Breath You TakeThe Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicThe Police – Message In A Bottle The Police – RoxanneThe Police – Spirits In The Material WorldThe Police – Synchronicity IIThe Pretenders – Back On The Chain GangThe Pretenders – Brass In PocketThe Pretenders – Don’t Get Me WrongThe Pretenders – Middle Of The RoadQueen – Another One Bites The DustQueen – Bohemian RhapsodyQueen – Crazy Little Thing Called LoveQueen – Fat Bottomed GirlsQueen – Killer QueenQueen – Somebody To LoveQueen – We Will Rock You / We Are The ChampionsQueen – You’re My Best FriendQueen & David Bowie – Under PressureQuiet Riot – Cum ON Feel The NoizeRam Jam – Black BettyRatt – Round And RoundRed Rider – Lunatic FringeREO Speedwagon – Roll With The ChangesREO Speedwagon – Take It On The RunREO Speedwagon – Time For Me To FlyRick Derringer – Rock And Roll, Hoochie KooRobert Palmer – Addicted To LoveRobert Palmer – Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)Rod Stewart – Maggie MayThe Rolling Stones - AngieThe Rolling Stones – Beast of BurdenThe Rolling Stones – Brown SugarThe Rolling Stones – Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)The Rolling Stones – Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk WomanThe Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It)The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack FlashThe Rolling Stones – Let’s Spend The Night TogetherThe Rolling Stones – Miss YouThe Rolling Stones – Paint It, BlackThe Rolling Stones - ShatteredThe Rolling Stones – Start Me UpThe Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You WantThe Romantics – What I Like About You Rush – Closer To The HeartRush – Fly By NightRush - FreewillRush – LimelightRush – Spirit Of RadioRush - SubdivisionsRush – Tom SawyerRush – Working ManSammy Hagar – I Can’t DriveSantana – Black Magic WomanSantana – Evil WaysSantana – Gypsy QueenSantana – Oye Como VaThe Scorpions – No One Like YouThe Scorpions – Rock You Like A HurricaneSimon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of SilenceStealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With YouSteely Dan – Deacon BluesSteely Dan – Do It AgainSteely Dan – Kid CharlemagneSteely Dan – My Old SchoolSteely Dan – Reeling In The YearsSteely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That NumberStephen Stills – Love The One You’re WithSteppenwolf – Born To Be WildSteppenwolf – Magic Carpet RideSteve Miller – Fly Like An EagleSteve Miller – Jet AirlinerSteve Miller – The JokerSteve Miller – Jungle LoveSteve Miller – Rock’n MeSteve Miller - SwingtownSteve Miller – Take The MoneyStevie Nicks – Edge of SeventeenStevie Nicks – Stand BackStevie Ray Vaughan - CrossfireStevie Ray Vaughan – Pride And JoyStyx – Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)Styx – Come Sail AwayStyx – Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)Styx – Grand IllusionStyx - LadyStyx – RenegadeStyx – Too Much Time On My HandsSugarloaf – Green-Eyed LadySupertramp – Breakfast In AmericaSupertramp – Give A Little BitSupertramp – Goodbye StrangerSupertramp – The Logical SongSupertramp – Take The Long Way HomeTalking Heads – Burning Down The HouseTalking Heads – Life During WartimeTalking Heads – Take Me To The RiverTed Nugent – Cat Scratch FeverTed Nugent - StrangleholdThin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In TownTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – American GirlTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – BreakdownTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Don’t Come Around Here No MoreTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Don’t Do Me Like ThatTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Here Comes My GirlTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – RefugeeTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The WaitingTom Petty & The Heartbreakers – You Got LuckyToto – Hold The LineToto – Rosanna T. Rex – Bang A Gong (Get It On)Twisted Sister – We’re Not Gonna Take ItU2 – New Year’s DayU2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)U2 – Sunday Bloody SundayVan Halen – And The Cradle Will Rock…Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love Van Halen – Beautiful GirlsVan Halen – Dance The Night AwayVan Halen – Dancing In The StreetsVan Halen – Eruption / You Really Got MeVan Halen – Finish What Ya StartedVan Halen – Hot For TeacherVan Halen – I’ll WaitVan Halen – Jamie’s Cryin’Van Halen – JumpVan Halen - PanamaVan Halen – (Oh) Pretty WomanVan Halen – Runnin’ With The DevilVan Halen - UnchainedVan Halen – Why Can’t This Be LoveVan Morrison – Brown Eyed GirlWar – Low RiderWarren Zevon – Werewolves Of LondonThe Who – Baba O’RileyThe Who - BargainThe Who – Behind Blue EyesThe Who – Eminence FrontThe Who – I Can See For MilesThe Who – Love Reign O’er MeThe Who – My GenerationThe Who – Pinball WizardThe Who – Squeeze BoxThe Who – Who Are YouThe Who – Won’t Get Fooled AgainThe Who – You Better You BetYes – I’ve Seen All Good PeopleYes – Owner Of A Lonely HeartYes - RoundaboutZZ Top – Cheap SunglassesZZ Top – Give Me All Your Lovin’ZZ Top – Got Me Under PressureZZ Top – I’m Bad, I’m NationwideZZ Top – I Thank YouZZ Top – La GrangeZZ Top - LegsZZ Top - Tush
they're ready
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― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
Are the Byrds classic rock?
― La Lechera, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
if people think "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" should be on there i'd be up for adding them.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
Wooohoo, le rock du classique!
I can think of quite a few songs that I think should be added -- stuff that would be in my personal top 10 -- but will make notes and try to present them in a chunk instead of dribbling them out one at a time.
One potentially useful option: turn the song list into a Google doc that only you can edit & throw the link out there regularly. Will keep from having to post and repost long song lists in this thread.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Monday, 16 June 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
Eight Miles High!
― La Lechera, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
but the arbitrary cutoff point that I've been going with is that songs from albums released in 1986 or earlier are OK, 1987 is not.
This does lead to a problem of being able to vote for Why Can't This Be Love but not When It's Love, which probably get about equal classic rock airplay in my experience.
― how's life, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
I think I'm more excited about this thread than the actual voting / results
here are a few nominations (many more coming I expect):
.38 Special – If I'd Been The OneDobie Gray - Drift AwayWet Willie - Keep On Smilin'The Tubes - She's a Beauty
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
Oh nevermind, I'll just vote for it in my hair metal poll. Forget I said anything.
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― how's life, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
Request additions:The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping PostGenesis - The Lamb Lies Down on BroadwayTriumph - Magic PowerRush - Red BarchettaThe Guess Who - No TimeArgent - Hold Your Head Up
xpost Huh, I don't know any of Euler's except the Tubes song, which I've heard once iirc. Maybe these Triumph and Guess Who songs get less play stateside?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
James Gang - Walk Away
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
one of the things I'm interested in seeing is how regional differences play out. I grew up in the south & so my classic rock leans that way, because that's what they played on florida & georgia radio, alongside the stones, ac/dc, zep, floyd etc.
but like I never heard "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "Good Vibrations" on classic rock radio. the only beatles I remember hearing regularly was "Come Together", except on beatles rock blocks or two-fer Tuesdays when you'd get "let it be" or "hey jude". but def post 68 beatles. I don't reckon much classic rock comes before 68: a few stones cuts, the who, "you really got me" (though usually that's van halen).
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
Rainbow -- Since You've Been Gone
― La Lechera, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Speaking of hair metal though, the Motley Crue and Ratt tracks feel out of place here.
― how's life, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Lucky Man, From the Beginning
Obligatory CanCon from me:
The Kings -- This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide
― Funk autocorrect (cryptosicko), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
Ha, if Cancon is acceptable, then this is a necessity:Crowbar - Oh What a Feeling
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
I've heard all the usual Byrds stuff on "classic rock" radio many times.
(multiple xps)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the SkyGeorge Harrison - What Is Life
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
the Band - Up On Cripple Creek
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
are we allowed to add regional hits? if so,
Donnie Iris -- Oh! LeahMichael Stanley Band -- My Town
― La Lechera, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
The Move - Do YaT-Rex - 20th Century BoyGregg Allman - I'm No AngelAllman Brothers - Statesboro BluesLittle Feat - Oh AtlantaLittle Feat - Willin'Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's GoneElvis Presley - Burning LoveBob Seger - Still The Same
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
Problems I'll have with this poll:
One is age, and having heard and fallen in love with a lot of these songs when they first came out. Everything I suggest, I have to back up a step and ask "do I ever hear these in a classic rock radio context, or am I just remembering the first time I heard 'Muskrat Love' in 1976 on the way to baseball practice?"
Another one is also about age -- potentially having difficulty with a hard delineation between the definitions of Classic Rock Radio and Oldies Radio, because when I first started getting into Classic Rock as a radio format I could live with (mid 80s), it included tons of pre-1964 material that I guess is going to be excluded here.
But these are my problems, and I'm not lobbying for changes (yet).
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
omg "i'm no angel" -- i loved that song when i was a kid! rating these songs is going to be like the summer olympics of skeezy lyrics.
― La Lechera, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean?
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, this. I remember when I first heard the term "classic rock" (1986) applied to a radio format (or anything else, for that matter). One of the stations I listened to gradually morphed into a "classic rock" station, but there was a lot of overlap, so you'd literally hear "What's Going On," "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again," and scads of Motown/Stax right up alongside Foghat and Nazareth.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
J. Geils Band - Must Of Got LostJ. Geils Band - Land of 1,000 Dances (Live)
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
Michael Jackson - Billie JeanMichael Jackson - Beat It
(granted, only heard these on a northeast "classic rock" station after MJ died, but they stayed in the station's rotation thereafter)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
never in my life have i heard "Eight Miles High" on the radio. i never even heard that incredibly famous song until i looked it up on Spotify like a year ago.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Even The Losers
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
The Who - Another Tricky DayThe Who - Magic BusThe Who - Summertime Blues (live)The Who - Join TogetherThe Who - Long Live Rock
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
yes to "Even The Losers"
― polyamanita (sleeve), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
Rod Stewart - Gasoline AlleyDerek & the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
The Animals - House of the Rising SunBoston - Peace of MindFleetwood Mac - You Make Loving FunLynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad of Curtis Loew
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Monday, June 16, 2014 2:56 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
reposting the list itt over and over is not my style fwiw. i posted it here once, we'll discuss revisions, and then i'll post the revised list on the voting thread. i may try to get more into spreadsheet stuff this time around but honestly it's always felt like more work to me and i just stick with my more backwards methods.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
gonna add one myself that i can't believe i missed:
Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, June 16, 2014 3:25 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
interesting. i'm disinclined to put these in, though. one song i did think about on a similar tip that has become more and more of a classic rock staple over the years: Stevie Wonder's "Superstition."
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
btw if i don't respond to a suggestion itt that probably means i agree and am adding it to the list with no argument.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
Procol Harum (with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra) - ConquistadorKing Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
― some dude, Monday, June 16, 2014 3:31 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I hear you. I'll grant that it was an anomaly among "classic rock" stations, probably along the lines of "the fuck? We've been playing Steve Winwood's 'Higher Love' all these years but no Michael Jackson?!"
(and good call on "Superstition")
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
― how's life, Monday, June 16, 2014 3:05 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's a slippery slope. hair metal is one of the reasons the 1987 cutoff worked for me, even if it means it's kind of arbitrary that "Girls, Girls, Girls" is out but earlier Crue is in. but i'm generally pretty inclusive of metal (and, for that matter, punk and new wave) if i've heard it enough on classic rock. if people don't consider its inclusion valid, they can just not vote and the results will speak for themselves.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
re: Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive probably gets more classic rock airplay nowadays than Runaway.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
I love Crim but have never heard them on commercial radio. But "Conquistador," yeah, good one there.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
xp: that's a good point. like as if people are gonna be voting for Home Sweet Home over Barracuda or anything anyway.
― how's life, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
I've heard King Crimson on the radio, but only as a "deep cut" almost apologetically intro'd.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
I think I saw Iron Eagle as a double feature with Back to the Future. The power of memory is a curious thing
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 30 June 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
I don't remember that Queen song, but I remember well the song "Iron Eagle" from that soundtrack. WTF
― Euler, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Never say die! Iron EagleNever look back, never say die.
― how's life, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
http://youtu.be/0ZwsCIfo9n8
I might find the devil, you never can tell!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
I don't even remember anything about Iron Eagle, but I did spin the hell out of that soundtrack.
― how's life, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
maybe it got played a bunch in the movie, or over the credits? neither a classic nor a classic rock staple
xp there it is
― Euler, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
that may be the most 1986 song of all time
I think you're right.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
i love one vision!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 June 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Today WLUP played Highway to Hell, then two commercials that must be aimed at their core demographic:
* ad for this place http://numalemedical.com where an older man talked about the unanticipated complications that arose from his reduced performance and general ED and how this center helped him fix them* ad for McD's coffee in which a confident man declares that it gives him maximum potency and helped him fix the copier, after which he basked in the praise of his colleagues
:-/
― La Lechera, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
I am stuck at the Framingham Classic Rock laundromat again.
― OutdoorF on Golf (Jon Lewis), Monday, 30 June 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
do tellforgot there was also an ad for some home network show guy who was having a free seminar to teach ppl how to flip homes. they used the phrase "flip homes" like 50x and claimed that this was a hot ticket, so call soon for your free tickets to this informative seminar that will make you money/help you advance in the world.
― La Lechera, Monday, 30 June 2014 23:08 (nine years ago) link
ha ha On the "Old School" station I've been listening to they keep playing ads about Obamacare, "Cash for Clunkers is back!" and how to "get the government subsidies that you deserve!" It's like a Republican's nightmare.
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 01:09 (nine years ago) link
well, boiling down this thread to the final list is coming along nicely, will be ready to kick off July with the voting thread tomorrow morning.
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
Oh, THIS song is the Kings' "Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide"!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 01:55 (nine years ago) link
feel like there should be a sub-poll for songs with sax solos― mookieproof, Monday, 30 June 2014 01:31
Have mentioned before (on a sax thread) running a discrete poll on this subject. If there's interest, I'll add to the list (for running in 2018 or whatever).
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 09:36 (nine years ago) link
CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL voting thread -- deadline July 15
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
ugh I really should have found some way to vote for "Smokin'"
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:09 (nine years ago) link
wrong thread really but w/e
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:10 (nine years ago) link
I'm curious as to what Boston hits make the poll, outside of "More Than a Feeling" which has to be a lock for somewhere in the top 100.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:18 (nine years ago) link
I feel a little bad about not voting for any others. "Hitch a Ride" might actually be my favourite from that album, I thought while listening the other day.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:41 (nine years ago) link
I voted for the album in the albums poll, though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:42 (nine years ago) link
voted for two from boston's debut, felt quite bad about not voting for at least two others. throwing two darts at the album and voting for whatever titles they hit would have been as satisfying, and maybe as useful, as choosing the two i chose.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:17 (nine years ago) link
i'm hashing out the top 100, getting it ready to send to gr80 to do images. you crazy bastards voted for 918 different songs!
― not pop, shambhala, where to buy weed (some dude), Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:35 (nine years ago) link
Top 500
― Bee OK, Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:39 (nine years ago) link
otm
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:44 (nine years ago) link
i will tabulate the list to the top 500 and post it at the end of the countdown. but i think a top 100 will be best because then a) every song will have the weight of a dozen votes or more and b) enough huge songs missed the top 100 completely that there will be some genuine suspense and surprises.
― not pop, shambhala, where to buy weed (some dude), Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:46 (nine years ago) link
500?! that's gotta be at least half the nomination list
― brimstead, Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:51 (nine years ago) link
A dozen to make the list! My number one isn't gonna make it I don't think :(
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:56 (nine years ago) link
Good turnout
you crazy bastards voted for 918 different songs!
how many bastards were crazy enough to vote?
― how's life, Thursday, 24 July 2014 12:14 (nine years ago) link
Sub polls soon?
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 July 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
yeah the final nominations list was 800!
― campreverb, Thursday, 24 July 2014 13:12 (nine years ago) link
CLASSIC ROCK POLL, EVERYBODY'S WAITINGGETTING READY, ANTICIPATINGLOVE AND MUSIC
― Sandy, Thursday, 24 July 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
^
― how's life, Thursday, 24 July 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
Sandy so otm
― intheblanks, Thursday, 24 July 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
― Jeff, Thursday, July 24, 2014 8:44 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
we're not rolling out the main poll til monday, was gonna do subpolls over the weekend just because it seems like dragging out the thread for 3-4 days before the top 100 seems like too much. maybe if you guys want something for friday i can have it ready.
― not pop, shambhala, where to buy weed (some dude), Thursday, 24 July 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
No rush, just curious.
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
I won't be on ilx this weekend. I'm not really invested about the best albums poll, but I do think a worst songs rollout might be more fun with more ilxors in the mix. No pressure though. Really just psyched for the big show.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
― Sandy, Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:42 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Poll, POLL, POOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL YEAH YEAH YEAH YAYUHHHHHH
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
interested to see what sd comes up with for the thread title
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
would love to see worst too! sentence first!
― campreverb, Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
tbh i've never been big on the poll puns (and will never top "I Just Wanna Poll U (Ballot 2 Me)" for the Jay-Z/Neptunes voting thread) so i have no idea if i'm even going to do one.
― not pop, shambhala, where to buy weed (some dude), Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
Saturday night I was downtown, pollin' for the ILX
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
(rolls up sleeves) imma give this one some thought, no ''POLLIN' A Feeling'' or ''POLLtunate Songs'' type shenanigans for this one
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
(Don't Fear) The Rollout
― Jeff W, Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
When listening back to songs on my list, I found that "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" (my #10) actually gave me the most pleasure.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
^was my #1 in my failed ballot (I only made it to #32 and by then it was days too late)
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 24 July 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
The classical music nerd's classic rock anthem obv.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 July 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
Yeah lol I will compare my suppressed top 10 to yours when ppl show their hands afterward
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 24 July 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link