The ILM 1980s Anti-Rolling Stone Canon (FREE PUSSY RIOT) Rock Poll Results - Tracks! Final top 10 results happening right now.

If you guys really want the Def Leppard version here it is
http://youtu.be/TMjzgWrSflU

The zinging gifs stay locked in their cage, chomping at the bit for another chance to get deployed.

I usually skipped that one on pyromania

163 Nomeansno - The Tower 280 Points, 3 Votes
http://youtu.be/D1ujT8ZYbOQ

I usually skipped that one on pyromania

"Heartbreak" is on High & Dry (and is v classic imo).

I really thought "The Tower" would be top 50!

oh yeah
xp

Contenderizer and I both said we'd rank it #1. Apparently neither of us did.

xpost

The Tower isn't as good as It's Catching Up imo but I still dig it.
There's something about a lot of nmn songs that can be really exhausting, in a good way. The drums really pummel you.

From Best Power Ballad? :

"Bringing on the Heartbreak" has to be a contender. The chunky guitars that pop in during the pre-chorus are so jarring (Radiohead stole this idea for "Creep"), and Joe Elliot's accent on the "taking all the best of me" line is amazing; all the refinement is stripped away and he just sounds like a pathetic lout. And then he takes it up an octave for the chorus...he's like, "fuck it, I'll SING my way through this" -- it's a power ballad with all sorts of personality! Also "Still Loving You" by the Scorpions, a song that seems to go on for 3 years before getting to the part everyone remembers -- the tension/release is amazing!
― Kris, Friday, 26 April 2002 19:00 (10 years ago)

was that you?

No, it was Kris!

AG I was *this* close to flagging u for that Mariah vid

:)

cant keep up with usernames over the years

i bet the lex and tim f etc think that cover is superior to the original.

someone explain Hanoi Rocks to me

stop saying lame shit about what you think people like lex or tim think

I was going to reply as if that was in response to me but decided against it

haha

Yeah, *I* think that cover is superior to the original, and I have no idea what song you are talking about.

Or, indeed, who I'm replying to .

xpost. possibly.

162 Scratch Acid - She Said 280 Points, 4 Votes One #1
http://open.spotify.com/track/31oAwduVNOZYwhpTdR3wYv
http://youtu.be/GqWwB1M3J7k

TOO LOW

man I had actually forgotten how much I like Lard

someone explain Hanoi Rocks to me

― cake-like Lady Gaga (DJP),

They're the band Guns 'N Roses wanted to be.
ps fuck vince neil.

huh

based on the song on this countdown I expected the answer to be "on of the dudes is my cousin and I felt bad so I threw them a vote"

Must be a cousin of Tuomas then as they're finnish.

DJP - Hanoi Rocks = fun early trashy glam - they influenced a lot of the early LA hair metal

it helps if you think of them in a New York Dolls way, where attitude is everything and the playing/performance isn't meant to blow you away so much as grow on you (like the many fungi in their leather pants)

i personally love them but for some reason completely spaced on voting for them ;_;

ah okay, that does give better perspective because right now my overall reaction was "these guys are making me appreciate the nuance and subtlety of Skid Row"

161 Agent Orange - Bloodstains 281 Points 6 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/3fj5W7oDAv8RzGdidy4nfn
http://youtu.be/RZ1RecSXXZ8

From the 2 HR tracks that have placed, I enjoyed Tragedy a lot. Don't Ever Leave me... erm, not so much.
I've been kind of wary of HR ever since they were cited as a major on the first Manics album, which imo was about 70% garbage (albeit garbage with good lyrics in places). Maybe it's time to give them a proper try.

^ Nice!

xxpost TOOOO LOW WTF ILX

I'm just going to copy and paste this for all my picks

I paused the playlist because Ned pointed out the new Mountain Goats album stream is up on NPR; be back to this after lunch

I think if you set up a playlist with some early KISS b-sides/demos and New York Dolls and then some Hanoi Rocks you can get a better sonic picture of where they fit in

Tragedy is great. I love Don't Ever Leave Me but my heart is full of cheez whiz so

btw Colourbox is great

Rolling Stone is streaming it according to ned. Take a look at thread title, Dan!

tomato, tomato

it just made me lol is all.

160 Rapeman - Trouser Minnow 283 Points, 5 Votes One #1
http://open.spotify.com/local/Rapeman/Two+Nuns+and+a+Pack+Mule/Trouser+Minnow/246

http://youtu.be/UegitO6qIng

You're kidding me, how is this not top 10? (my #1)

I see aldo lives in the same universe as jjj

it's a fun universe

I like to visit from time to time

to those who say tracks are "too low" perhaps you should have campaigned for them!

yay Branca! yay Loop! yay Mariah Carey!

I don't remember if I voted for "Collision" or not, but I really like that song, and Loop as a whole grows on you after a bit...

I probably would've nom'd their cover of the Pop Group's Thief of Fire

I'm too lazy to campaign

I like complaining very much though, so it works out well for me

TIE

158 Night Ranger - Sister Christian 283 Points 6 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/6LoSKNsYkRQbyuiReooMjG
http://youtu.be/ZRNb_uWCYpQ

158 The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro 283 6 Votes
http://open.spotify.com/track/35VqQrwh16t58JMjdLxZDZ
http://youtu.be/1v3CzvQ9e_w

lol

I demand a mashup