CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING?!

That's two of my top five now, plus I had a gateway Hendrix comp too. Feeling like my 'no deep cuts' policy is paying off.

i think i underrated sticky fingers bc i kind of mentally edit out "brown sugar" and "bitch"

sorry, Ismael, we have rules about greatest hits albums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xillqqt0Y0&feature=youtu.be&t=1m4s

I know Brown Sugar has shown up as a most hated track (understandably), but I love that live version on The Brussels Affair.

I happen to be listening to "Louisiana Rain" right now, good time to let this one fly:

6. (tie) Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedoes
55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes

How is this only #6? Oh right, I didn't send in an albums ballot. You people are disappoint.

History is written by the voters!

would have probably landed at #6 my ballot tbh -- indisputably classic but its no Boston

okay that comes off a lot harsher than i meant it. xo tom p i listen to you a lot more than tom s

I was only kind of jokingly complaining. I know what the staples are, and there are more than ten of them, so this list is (or should be) all gold.

One of my big takeaways from the Petty doc I watched a couple weeks ago is that drum sound they fine-tuned in the studio during the Torpedoes sessions (and maintained through the rest of the 80s until Jeff Lynne butted in). It is SO IMPORTANT to the success of top-tier Petty songs.

yeah i feel like it's a minority opinion around here but f jeff lynne's magic touch imo

btw, if you sync this thread up to the first season of Rizzoli & Isles, some trippy stuff happens

6. (tie) Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes

I'm pretty embarrassed that I didn't know about the different track lists of AYE. I always just listened to the 17-track CD tbh.

Dark Side of the Moon: Peak AOR

it's Zoso if you ain't know so

5. Led Zeppelin – IV
65 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes

ilx you have won back my heart, a+ list so far

Hard to argue with LZ IV

I can see that everybody's waitin'. Gettin' crazy. Anticipating love and music, play play play. Yeah? Yeah.

4. Boston – Boston
80 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote

YEAAAAAAAAH

<3 brad delp up in heaven

that boston album is like a greatest hits on its own

all killer no filler, so good

Houses of the Holy is such a weird ragbag mess of an album, it's hard to believe that PG is the odds-and-ends comp.

you may be asking yourself about now, what could possibly next? what could be higher than Boston? who's next, huh? well....I'm gonna go ask the station manager if he can remember, because I can't. we're all wasted, quite frankly.

3. The Who – Who’s Next
102 points, 12 votes, 4 first place votes

FUCK YEAH

I should have voted for this one.

my #1 - can't wait to see what bullshit ILM thinks is more classic rock than Who's Next

hint: nothing

My number one as well, every song holds up for me despite the constant rotation.

Wow, what a dull list

Who's Next wasn't my #1 (but another Who album was, which likely won't show up).

just noted our #6/5/4/3 albums were on my ballot IN THAT ORDER

me otm \m/

Wow, what a dull list

― g simmel, Sunday, July 27, 2014

feel like maybe we approached this particular ballot differently

My # 2 and only one to place so far. Of course I had a greatest and a live album, so that's on me.

man "love ain't for keeping" is so good

xxp yeah, dull is what it should be I guess

my #1 - can't wait to see what bullshit ILM thinks is more classic rock than Who's Next

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, July 27, 2014 1:01 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I hear a lot of bullshit, I hear a lot of rumors

2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
104 points, 13 votes, 3 first place votes

who's next is the classic rockiest of all classic rock albums as far as i'm concerned, but i didn't vote for it because i'm way beyond sick of the two classic rockiest anthems on it.

there are three tracks from rumours in my top 60. it didn't even occur to me to vote for the album. i have no idea why.

I feel like there're three possible no.1s now, each of which will make for a radically different tracks countdown.

fingers crossed

Unless it's Abbey Road, then I won't know what we're getting.

1. The Cars – The Cars
105 points, 12 votes, 5 first place votes

YES

note the razor thin margin between the top 3 in points.

<3 you ILM

man "love ain't for keeping" is so good

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, July 27, 2014 1:17 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Dig this live version:

http://youtu.be/m5RH8HIjFD8

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