CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

I didn't expect "Roundabout" to place this high. It was the third-highest Yes song on my ballot (out of five).

(By which I mean to say: good work, ILM.)

You can thank Carl for that 1st place vote.

Such a rad bassline

Roundabout is spectacularly great. I love it to death even though I'm not a prog guy. The bassline and organ performance are spectacular, but Steve Howe makes this song.

you know, in and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there. I'd like to know.
― trevor horn, Thursday, August 26, 2004 9:26 PM (9 years ago)

"Roundabout" is a good tune but I honestly don't know if I ever knowingly heard Yes on CRR aside from "I've Seen All Good People". Not much really sounded familiar to me when I finally got around to listening to their albums.

Thanks, poll, for inspiring me to listen to "Close To The Edge". Goodbye, next twenty minutes of my life.

I think my local CRR doesn't play "Roundabout" anymore. Too prog, not enough rawk. Trying to think if if I've ever heard Genesis; "That's All," maybe...

Roundabout feels fairly ubiquitous. This is probably my fave prog song.
I mean not enough to vote for it, but still, not unpleasant.

http://i.imgur.com/IeK1bY1.jpg

23. Free – All Right Now
1409 points, 21 votes

XP Yes jams I have heard on area CRR: "Roundabout", "Long Distance Runaround", "I've Seen All Good People", "Owner of A Lonely Heart", "Changes"

I voted for this even though I couldn't decide whether I actually liked it or not, because no way are we having a CR poll without ARN on it

I had Free - All Right Now at 23 too. So that's perfect placement.

Free, along with Humble Pie, are like the most 'Classic Rock'-sounding bands that only have a couple radio staples between them.

Half the time on the radio I get really excited to hear "All Right Now," only to be severely disappointed that I'm actually listening to "Rock 'N Me" by Steve Miller Band

Is there room enough for two Steppenwolf tunes in the top 20?

Too true. Xp

was wondering about steppenwolf myself

if they ever played "fire and water" on the radio I might have placed it top-ten.

"all right now" is good though. a little played out because it's the only Free that ever gets played, but totally classic for the same reason and even if goofy and juvenile and subject to the same loooong we-don't-know-how-to-end-this fade as "feel like makin love" it's also a solid primer on why Kossoff and Rodgers are still counted among the greats.

Saw image pic for #24 and thought, "Song's called Roundabout, not Reacharound."

Always wanted to cover All Right Now since there's no bass during the verses. Would've been easy to sing. It's cool though, that wish finally passed.

Hated Boys of Summer then, hate it now. Sounds like Mr. Mister to me.

hey! who's that in the conference room? is that vanilla ice???

oh, no... its Queen & David Bowie:

http://i.imgur.com/XRQGVM3.jpg

22. Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
1425 points, 21 votes

Cool pic of Freddie, Brian and David.

haha

Sounds like Mr. Mister to me

You say that like it's a bad thing.

top 25 is looking stellar

All right now feels like it goes for 10 minutes, I don't love it.
I can't stand Yes

but I love Under Pressure so hooray!

this poll def made me a "roundabout" fan

Don't like All Right Now, even as I see its virtues and knew it would place very high in this poll.

Heyyyyyy Roundabout! :D

That live at Wembley version of this nearly brings me to tears it's so good.

Hoping that All Right Now is the highest Paul Rodgers gets in this poll.

why did he come over for dinner and ask you rude questions?

I'm always surprised at how much ILM (and others) love Under Pressure. Mentally I've got it filed with some of Bowie's *other* megastar collaborations.

why did he come over for dinner and ask you rude questions?

Nah, he busted the unions and then moved all the jobs off-shore.

last one for today folks, some dude is back in the morning with our final countdown.

http://i.imgur.com/Kf880yh.jpg

21. Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
1445 points, 21 votes

Yes. The most CR of Neil Young songs.

Wishing Well got robbed

Neil Young has no business being on this poll

yeah that's kinda weird

also i picture a cinnamon girl being a kinda dirty hippy girl

i like the song though!

Ismael Klata don't need him around, anyhow.

Neil Young has no business being on this poll

what the hell

Young's an odd one. The only Young I heard on CR was "Southern Man," "Heart of Gold," "Old Man," "My My,Hey Hey," and maybe "Rockin'..." He just didn't exist. Too weird.

Cinnamon Girl is such a great song, I hear it on the radio a decent amount. Perfect lyrics, and it's heavier than Paranoid (the song).

I should clarify: I like Neil well enough, it's the voice that doesn't belong here. I can't relate what he does to the other singers here, who are really going for it in the main.

I don't think I've ever heard Neil on CR radio

"Heart of Gold" is being played on CRR somewhere anytime.

You guys are nuts. Neil Young has at least 5 CR fixtures, Harvest was a big hit in its day. Having weirdo auteur tendencies and something like hip cred doesn't stop that.