Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Lucky Man, From the Beginning
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
Obligatory CanCon from me:
The Kings -- This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide
― Funk autocorrect (cryptosicko), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:06 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the SkyGeorge Harrison - What Is Life
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
the Band - Up On Cripple Creek
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:13 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
yes to "Even The Losers"
― polyamanita (sleeve), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
Rod Stewart - Gasoline AlleyDerek & the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:28 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
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, 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Procol Harum (with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra) - ConquistadorKing Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:32 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Speaking of hair metal though, the Motley Crue and Ratt tracks feel out of place here.
― 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
I've heard King Crimson on the radio, but only as a "deep cut" almost apologetically intro'd.
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
Speaking of deep cuts apologetically intro'd,
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
ooh yeah, "Wanted Dead Or Alive" is from a 1986 album so it's good to go.
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the SkyAsia - Only Time Can TellAsia - Heat of the Moment
^^ these are songs that I associate with classic rock radio because that's how i know of them, but it's possible they were just rock songs of the time and now are filed under "80s"?
also where's the solo Lou Reed? Vicious? Walk on the Wild Side?
― La Lechera, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
whoops
"Heat of the Moment" totally belongs here. (The other two probably do too but I've never heard them!)
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
Queen - Keep Yourself AliveBlue Oyster Cult – GodzillaBrownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boy's Room
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
The Faces - Stay With Me
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
if those Asia songs are ok (& I think they are), then Europe's "The Final Countdown" belongs too (1986).
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
who does "ride captain ride"?
some thoughts from the middle of the alphabet
Fairport Convention -- Genesis HallGrateful Dead -- Touch of GrayIron Maiden -- Aces HighJethro Tull -- Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)Jethro Tull -- Thick as a BrickThe Kinks -- Big SkyThe Kinks -- Waterloo SunsetMoody Blues-- The Story in Your Eyes
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
crut, you've heard Eye in the Sky surely.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
Humble Pie - I Don't Need No DoctorHumble Pie - 30 Days in the Hole
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Jethro Tull - Mother GooseJethro Tull - Bungle In The Jungle
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
Thinking these need to be here:
Tina Turner - Better Be Good to MeJohn Waite - Missing You
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
missing beatles: "the end," or whatever you call that part of the abbey road medley
missing southern rock (though maybe this one has been lost to time, but it was huge in my youth): the outlaws "green grass and high tides"
missing neil: "like a hurricane"
missing lou reed/velvets: "walk on the wild side," "sweet jane," "rock and roll" (or was that only classic rock if you lived on a coast?)
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
ugh I really should have found some way to vote for "Smokin'"
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
wrong thread really but w/e
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:10 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
I voted for the album in the albums poll, though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:42 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Top 500
― Bee OK, Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:39 (ten years ago) link
otm
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:44 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
500?! that's gotta be at least half the nomination list
― brimstead, Thursday, 24 July 2014 05:51 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Sub polls soon?
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 July 2014 12:44 (ten years ago) link
yeah the final nominations list was 800!
― campreverb, Thursday, 24 July 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link
CLASSIC ROCK POLL, EVERYBODY'S WAITINGGETTING READY, ANTICIPATINGLOVE AND MUSIC
― Sandy, Thursday, 24 July 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
^
― how's life, Thursday, 24 July 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link
Sandy so otm
― intheblanks, Thursday, 24 July 2014 14:51 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
No rush, just curious.
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:19 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
would love to see worst too! sentence first!
― campreverb, Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:50 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Saturday night I was downtown, pollin' for the ILX
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:05 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
(Don't Fear) The Rollout
― Jeff W, Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:20 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
The classical music nerd's classic rock anthem obv.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 July 2014 17:28 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link