CLASSIC ROCK POLL -- the ballots thread

CLASSIC ROCK CHARACTERS I MOST WANT TO HANG OUT WITH

1. Lido
2. The boys who just got back today
3. The Breeze
4. Guitar George
5. The Midnight Rider

― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, August 1, 2014 7:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I wanna hang out with Daddy G

Steely Dan characters too socially frightening for me, I think they would all mock me to my face and I wouldn't even realize it.

didn't make top 100
didn't make top 500
write-in

TRACKS

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Crosstown Traffic
2. Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
3. Don Henley – Boys Of Summer
4. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
5. Steve Miller – Abracadabra
6. Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized
7. Cream – Badge
8. Chris Rea – Josephine
9. The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
10. Free – All Right Now

11. AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
12. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
13. ZZ Top – Give Me All Your Lovin’
14. Led Zeppelin – The Ocean
15. Boston – More Than A Feeling
16. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
17. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
18. Survivor – Burning Heart
19. Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind
20. Billy Idol – Rebel Yell

21. Billy Idol – White Wedding
22. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
23. The Eagles – I Can’t Tell You Why
24. Billy Squier – The Stroke
25. The Police – Message In A Bottle
26. The Beatles – Revolution
27. The Doors – Roadhouse Blues
28. Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun
29. The Clash – Rock The Casbah
30. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

31. The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
32. The Eagles – Already Gone
33. Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen
34. Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
35. Supertramp – Breakfast In America
36. Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
37. Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
38. Them - Gloria
39. Pink Floyd – Have A Cigar
40. David Bowie – Fame

41. The Rolling Stones – Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
42. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
43. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower
44. The Beatles – Come Together
45. America - Horse With No Name
46. Led Zeppelin – All My Love
47. Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love
48. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing
49. Genesis – Tonight Tonight Tonight
50. Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

51. Heart – Barracuda
52. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
53. Pink Floyd – Time / Breathe (Reprise)
54. David Bowie – Young Americans
55. The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
56. Fleetwood Mac – Gold Dust Woman
57. John Lennon – Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
58. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
59. Santana – Black Magic Woman
60. Led Zeppelin – Dancing Days

61. Foreigner - I want to Know What Love Is
62. Queen – Another One Bites The Dust
63. Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run
64. Elton John – Bennie And The Jets
65. The Eagles – Witchy Woman
66. The Police – Roxanne
67. Queen – We Will Rock You
68. The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
69. AC/DC – Highway To Hell
70. The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes

71. Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair
72. The Scorpions – Rock You Like A Hurricane
73. Bryan Adams – Run To You
74. Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman
75. The Rolling Stones – Miss You
76. Chris Rea – On The Beach
77. Joan Jett – I Love Rock ‘N Roll
78. The Eagles - Desperado
79. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
80. Derek & The Dominos – Layla

81. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
82. Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
83. Golden Earring – Radar Love
84. Dire Straits – So Far Away
85. Steely Dan – Do It Again
86. Supertramp – The Logical Song
87. The Doors – Riders On The Storm
88. Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way (Live)
89. Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
90. The Band – The Weight

91. Robert Plant - Big Log
92. Europe – The Final Countdown
93. Genesis – Land Of Confusion
94. Billy Joel – New York State Of Mind
95. Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
96. Van Halen – Jump
97. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
98. Elton John – Tiny Dancer
99. Gary Glitter – Rock And Roll Part 2
100. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

Paucity of 70s stuff in my top dozen is weird.

Desperado, Wanted Dead or Alive, Land of Confusion and New York State of Mind are the four nominees that failed to crack the longlist. Badge is the write-in that made it - Jack Bruce's crappy bass has been annoying the hell out of me ever since I submitted, I wish I hadn't bothered now.

ARTISTS

5. Dire Straits
4. Fleetwood Mac (plus one for Stevie, minus one again for Hypnotized)
4. Led Zeppelin (plus one for Plant)
4. Rolling Stones
3. The Eagles (plus one for Henley)
3. Jimi Hendrix
3. The Doors
2. The Beatles (plus two for McCartney)

ALBUMS

1. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
2. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
3. Alchemy - Dire Straits
4. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
5. The Ultimate Experience - Jimi Hendrix

MOST DISGUSTING SAVAGES

1. The Eagles - Heartache Tonight
(there should be a <<<<<<< in here)
2. Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My
3. The Eagles - New Kid In Town
4. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
5. Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door
6. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
7. Beatles - Get Back
8. BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
9. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
10. The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Crosstown Traffic

god i love that song. my favorite hendrix.

definitely the best kazoo riff in the classic rock canon

1. The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
2. The Cars – Just What I Needed
3. Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride
4. Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
5. The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
6. The Kinks – You Really Got Me
7. The Who – My Generation
8. Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin’
9. The Doobie Brothers – China Grove
10. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
11. Head East – Never Been Any Reason
12. .38 Special – Caught Up In You
13. The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
14. Free – All Right Now
15. The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
16. Bad Company – Bad Company
17. Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman
18. The Zombies – Time of the Season
19. Steely Dan – Do It Again
20. Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
21. Heart – Magic Man
22. Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band
23. Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
24. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
25. Heart – Barracuda
26. T. Rex – Bang a Gong (Get It On)
27. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
28. The Hollies – Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
29. Jefferson Starship – Jane
30. Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son
31. Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper
32. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Breakdown
33. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
34. The Doobie Brothers – Listen to the Music
35. Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop
36. Jackson Browne – Running On Empty (Live)
37. Badfinger – Day After Day
38. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin Out My Back Door
39. The Box Tops – The Letter
40. Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love
41. Foreigner – Hot Blooded
42. The Cars – Bye Bye Love
43. Boston – Foreplay/Long Time
44. Fleetwood Mac – Say You Love Me
45. Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
46. War – Low Rider
47. Mountain – Mississippi Queen
48. Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
49. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky
50. Led Zeppelin – Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)
51. Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
52. The Animals – House of the Rising Sun
53. Linda Ronstadt – You’re No Good
54. The Cars – My Best Friend’s Girl
55. Toto – Hold the Line
56. Badfinger – No Matter What
57. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Don’t Do Me Like That
58. The Outfield – Your Love
59. Don Henley – The Boys of Summer
60. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
61. The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider
62. The Guess Who – No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
63. Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
64. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
65. Queen – Another One Bites The Dust
66. Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun
67. Cheap Trick – Surrender
68. The Who – I Can See For Miles
69. The Marshall Tucker Band – Can’t You See
70. The Allman Brothers Band – Jessica
71. Steely Dan – Reeling In The Years
72. Badfinger – Come and Get It
73. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Three Steps
74. Tommy James & the Shondells – Mony Mony
75. The Cars – You’re All I’ve Got Tonight
76. Foghat – Slow Ride
77. Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good
78. The Troggs – Wild Thing
79. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
80. .38 Special – Rockin’ Into The Night
81. Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London
82. Sly & the Family Stone – Everyday People
83. Edgar Winter – Free Ride
84. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
85. Bad Company – Shooting Star
86. The Romantics – What I Like About You
87. Molly Hatchet – Flirtin’ With Disaster
88. The Knack – My Sharona
89. The Cars – Let’s Go
90. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded By The Light
91. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
92. Cheap Trick – I Want You To Want Me (Live)
93. Journey – Who’s Crying Now
94. Blue Oyster Cult – Burnin’ For You
95. Heart – Crazy On You
96. Asia – Heat Of The Moment
97. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday’s Gone
98. .38 Special – Hold On Loosely
99. Eagles – I Can’t Tell You Why
100. Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky

Oh man, forgot to post worst & albums...

WORST TRACKS (worst to least worst)

John Fogerty – Centerfield
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
Led Zeppelin – D’Yer Mak’er
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
Aerosmith – Come Together
The Doors – People Are Strange
Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You

ALBUMS (best to least best)

The Beatles - White Album
Led Zeppelin - Zoso
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Boston - Boston
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

somehow i forgot to vote for 'jailbreak' and i'm p mad at myself because it would have been at least no. 2. the perils of doing one's ballot late at night on vacation

undefined number of best tracks
Argent – Hold Your Head Up
The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes
Joe Jackson - Stepping Out
Badfinger - No Matter What
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
Billy Joel – Big Shot
The Beatles – Day Tripper
The Faces - Stay With Me
Golden Earring – Radar Love
Paul McCartney & Wings – Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
Supertramp – Goodbye Stranger
The Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
Toto – Hold The Line
T. Rex – Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up
Electric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me Down
Aerosmith – Mama Kin
Van Halen - Panama
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart
David Bowie – Modern Love
Queen – You’re My Best Friend
Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind
The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
Elton John – Levon
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper
Aerosmith – Last Child
.38 Special – Caught Up In You
Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
Def Leppard - Photograph
Orleans – Still The One
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee
Stevie Nicks – Stand Back
Status Quo – Pictures of Matchstick Men
The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
John Waite - Missing You
Golden Earring – Twilight Zone
Heart – Magic Man
Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya
Aerosmith – Back In The Saddle
Supertramp – Breakfast In America
Paul McCartney & Wings – Jet
The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin Out My Back Door
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Spinning Wheel
Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
Blue Oyster Cult – Godzilla
ZZ Top – La Grange
Rod Stewart - Young Turks
Boston – More Than A Feeling
Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
David Bowie – Young Americans
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
The Georgia Sattelites – Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Yes – I’ve Seen All Good People

10 worst tracks
The Guess Who – American Woman
The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
The Eagles – Hotel California
Pink Floyd – The Happiest Days of Our Lives / Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
The Doors – Break On Through
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock
Don Henley – Dirty Laundry
Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff
Grateful Dead -- Touch of Grey

5 albums full of deep classic rock cutz
Aerosmith, Rocks
Stones, Exile On Main St.
Van Halen, 1984
Queen, Night At The Opera
Bowie, Young Americans

Rush – Freewill
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue
George Harrison – What Is Life
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Rush – Tom Sawyer
The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Led Zeppelin – Ramble On
David Bowie – Fame
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
Queen – Another One Bites The Dust
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
Rush – Spirit Of Radio
Van Morrison – Moondance
The Band – Up On Cripple Creek
Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
Joe Jackson - Stepping Out
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark
Rush – Subdivisions
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Led Zeppelin – Trampled Underfoot
The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne
Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
Led Zeppelin – Nobody's Fault But Mine
Yes – Roundabout
Steely Dan – My Old School
Bob Seger – Hollywood Nights
Van Halen – Hot For Teacher
David Lee Roth – Yankee Rose
AC/DC – Highway To Hell
Rush – Fly By Night
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Grateful Dead – Casey Jones
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Neil Young – Like A Hurricane
George Harrison – My S\weet Lord
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
The Band – The Weight
AC/DC – Back In Black
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
Fleetwood Mac – Sara
Van Halen - Panama
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Van Halen – Unchained
John Mellencamp – Pink Houses
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London
U2 – New Year’s Day
David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
David Bowie – Young Americans
The Scorpions – No One Like You
Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
Yes – Long Distance Runaround
The Kinks – Lola
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio
Toto - Africa
Fairport Convention -- Genesis Hall
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
Blondie - One Way Or Another
The Cars – Bye Bye Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
Cheap Trick – I Want You To Want Me (Live)
Grateful Dead – Truckin’
Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel The Noize
Joan Jett – I Love Rock ‘N Roll
Billy Idol – Dancing With Myself
Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Van Morrison - Wild Night
Cheap Trick – Surrender
Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Fire
The Who – I Can See For Miles
Aerosmith – Walk This Way
Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
John Mellencamp – Jack & Diane
Foghat – Slow Ride
War – Low Rider
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
Don Henley – Boys Of Summer
Don McLean – American Pie
Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

never heard "Hold Your Head Up" till now

Learned it from Girl Talk, actually managed to hear it twice yesterday on that syndicated show where they run down the top whatever from a given week in the past. It's cool but kinda draggy IMO.

Argent's follow-up to HYHU, "Tragedy", is brilliant. Don't know why it wasn't a hit.

You could say that was a... sad turn of events.

Ha, I started this thread on "Hold Your Head Up" in 2003: Argent - "Hold Your Head Up"

I'm still not sure I hear the "woman". It mostly just sounds like "Hold your head up, whoa" to me.

I have heard it on CR radio since then.

the scene in trees lounge that uses it as a soundtrack is maybe one of my favorite movie syncs ever

Ha, I first thought it was "hold your head up, BOY!"

1 Focus – Hocus Pocus
2 Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
3 Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
4 Deep Purple – Child In Time
5 Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
6 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
7 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
8 Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good
9 The Police – Synchronicity II
10 The Doors – Riders On The Storm
11 America - Horse With No Name
12 The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
13 The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep
14 Heart - Barracuda
15 Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
16 David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
17 Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
18 Foghat – Slow Ride
19 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born On The Bayou
20 Uriah Heep – Easy Livin’
21 Phil Collins – I Don’t Care Anymore
22 Steely Dan - Peg
23 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - From the Beginning
24 Grand Funk Railroad – Closer To Home (I’m Your Captain)
25 Genesis – Abacab
26 Queen – Another One Bites The Dust
27 The Rolling Stones – Shattered
28 The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
29 Supertramp – The Logical Song
30 Billy Idol – White Wedding
31 Foreigner - I want to Know What Love Is
32 Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
33 Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield
34 U2 – New Year’s Day
35 Europe – The Final Countdown
36 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
37 Outfield – Your Love
38 Free - Wishing Well
39 Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
40 David Essex – Rock On
41 Genesis - Mama
42 Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
43 ZZ Top – La Grange
44 Big Country - In a Big Country
45 Mountain – Mississippi Queen
46 Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey
47 Rush - Subdivisions
48 Van Halen – Jump
49 T. Rex – Bang A Gong (Get It On)
50 Electric Light Orchestra – Fire On High
51 Atlanta Rhythm Section - So In to You
52 Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
53 David Bowie – Let’s Dance
54 John Waite - Missing You
55 The Rolling Stones – Miss You
56 Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
57 Cheap Trick – Surrender
58 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
59 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
60 Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free
61 Boston – More Than A Feeling
62 The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider
63 Dobie Gray – Drift Away
64 Black Oak Arkansas - Jim Dandy
65 Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
66 Triumph – Magic Power
67 Joe Walsh – All Night Long
68 Paul McCartney/Wings - Silly Love Songs
69 Nazareth – Love Hurts
70 Joe Jackson - Stepping Out
71 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
72 Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
73 Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
74 Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boy's Room
75 Status Quo - Rockin' All Over the World
76 Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman
77 Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way (Live)
78 Bad Company – Feel Like Makin’ Love
79 The Raspberries - Go All the Way
80 Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
81 Ram Jam – Black Betty
82 Molly Hatchet – Flirtin’ with Disaster
83 Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel The Noize
84 Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills
85 Black Sabbath – War Pigs
86 The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
87 Loggins & Messina - Your Mama Don't Dance
88 Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song
89 Three Dog Night - Joy to the World
90 Blondie - One Way Or Another

Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker / Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)
The Rolling Stones – Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

just wanted to let u know that this did not go unnoticed, tipsy

my local classic rock station has a daily feature called "themes to me" where they play 3 songs and then the caller who correctly spots the common theme between them they win concert tickets or whatever.