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
maybe too "oldies," but I still hear these occasionally on "classic rock" radio:
The Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways DownThe Yardbirds - Heart Full of SoulThe Yardbirds - Shapes of Things
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
Lou was big down south too, but I don't remember hearing any Velvets on classic rock radio
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
yeah "Walk On The Wild Side" definitely needs to be on there but i am skeptical of Velvets inclusion
― some dude, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
ok yeah I have heard "Eye in the Sky." good song!
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
Rod Stewart - Hot Legs
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
Can't say I've ever heard VU on a classic rock station either.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
Velvets only after CR retooled post alternative stations.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I was chewed out for claiming the same thing some time ago.xpost
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
Velvets on classic rock radio might be an coastal thing only. Only Velvets/Lou song I ever heard was "Walk on the Wild Side"
― intheblanks, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
I've heard them, but only "Sweet Jane," and always referred to as "Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground."\
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
Only neil I've ever heard on CR stations were the 3 in the original list. Never heard Fairport or Iron Maiden on any CR station ever.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
Anyway, I've heard "Schizoid Man" a few times but I won't pretend that it's in heavy rotation or anything. Fair enough if you want to exclude it.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
idk if I'll be adding anything myself, I was kinda psyched over the original list and now the flood of suggestions I'm like O_O
but cosign Rainbow 'since You've been gone' for sure, for sure, for sure
rock on, evrahbody!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
The Kinks -- Big SkyThe Kinks -- Waterloo Sunset
i would love to live in a world where those are considered classic rock, but i don't think i do. but maybe:
kinks - sunny afternoon
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
Ace - How Long Has This Been Going On
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
OMG, way more Neil Young songs than that get heavy CR airplay in Canada at least.xposts
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, some people are privy to cooler classic rock stations than ones I've ever encountered. Waterloo Sunset? sh'yeah right.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
Maybe that's too AM, memory's getting hazy
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
I didn't hear Velvets on the radio at all as a kid. I was super confused about the difference between Pete Townshend, The Kinks and Lou Reed and my friend's older brother gave me shit because of it. That's not something I'd forget!
Is Come Dancing on here? That's a song I definitely heard on the radio.
― La Lechera, Monday, 16 June 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
Only Kinks songs I ever hear: "You Really Got Me", "All Day and All of the Night", "Lola", "Rock and Roll Fantasy"
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
I've heard "Waterloo Sunset," but only once, and only on this one DJ's show where he occasionally could sneak in some rarely-heard shit.
Never heard "Rock and Roll Fantasy." Heard "Superman," "Catch Me Now I'm Falling," and "Do It Again" (as well as "Come Dancing").
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
Styx - Suite Madame Blue
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit, Somebody to LoveJefferson Starship - Miracles
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
Deep Purple - Highway Star, Space Truckin
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
Jefferson Starship - JaneJefferson Starship - Find Your Way Back
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
Electric Light Orchestra – Fire On High
i don't believe i've ever heard this song in my life! and i kinda like elo!
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Blondie - One Way Or AnotherNight Ranger - Sister ChristianThe Firm - RadioactiveScandal - The Warrior
― Euler, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
The Warrior always seems like a cool song nostalgia-wise and then I hear it and it just goes on foreveeeer
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:11 (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