CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

I would have preferred "Crazy on You" over "Magic Man" -- I think the latter has one too many instrumental/solo sections shoehorned into it, and the former is fuckin' TITE. Better vocal, better arrangement, better in every way.

Not crazy about Barracuda either. Voted for Magic Man, Crazy On You would have been my second Heart vote.

that whole first side of "Dreamboat Annie" is like one long CR single to me

Did the Move get much CR radio play?

Zero. But I had Do Ya in my top ten, that's one of the alltime great songs.

We kick off our top ten with the only mention that Kiss will get in the list. This one goes out to Gavin and President Keyes...what? I'm being told Paul Stanley is on the phone and he is not happy. I'll be right back, folks.

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

10. Cheap Trick – Surrender
1612 points, 24 votes, 2 first place votes

Ooh my #2 - and my top two were clear and above the rest of my list

I've always preferred "I Want You To Want Me" and was kinda dismayed at just how much other people feel the opposite

such an incredible song, both instantly compelling and forever inscrutable

Here's my turn at "Never really heard this on the radio." Love the song, though.

get the Kiss records out, we're all alright

Yes! 'Magic Man' & 'Surrender' my 4 & 5.
I cast my Benatar vote with 'Shadows of the Night', which now seems like a waste, but it's my favorite song of hers.

An obvious classic. This song reminds me of the seminal 1970s alienated teen movie, Over The Edge.

Here's my turn at "Never really heard this on the radio." Love the song, though.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, August 1, 2014 10:52 AM

Ditto and ditto. Maybe a regional thing?

Here's my turn at "Never really heard this on the radio."

! Such a staple ime.

xpost Wow.

Can't remember a time when "Surrender" wasn't on the radio.

But then, I grew up in the Chicago area (Trick being from Rockford, kinda local heroes), and the local AM top 40 station even played "So Good To See You" regularly.

wow, on my airplay rankings "I Want You" is #13 and "Surrender" is #274

"Surrender" and "I Want You to Want Me" were the ONLY CT songs I heard on classic rock radio, not counting "The Flame" and "Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love"

I'm from Rockford, and as you can imagine this track gets played basically nonstop on CR radio.

Plus Dream Police and Ain't That A Shame, which I imagine aren't necessarily CR staples elsewhere.

Also in Rockford you meet a ton of older guys with stories of how they "jammed" with Cheap Trick when they were in high school or whatever, it's great.

i hear "Dream Police" once in a blue moon. i know anecdotally that "The Flame" is one of their biggest hits but i just had to put it on to remind myself what it sounds like. it's like "Alone" is to Heart, feels like a different band.

"The Flame" isn't as bad as Huge Sellouts go.

Never heard anything from Cheap Trick's debut on the radio - kinda reminds me of the Doobies in that respect

I hear "Dream Police" sometimes, yeah.

I like both "Alone" and "The Flame" tbh.

Also in Rockford you meet a ton of older guys with stories of how they "jammed" with Cheap Trick when they were in high school or whatever, it's great.

My mom's from Rockford. Even she has a Rick Nielsen story (they went on one date in high school).

I'm from Rockford

Great! I visited a university roommate there once.

Not sure if I specified the Budokan version or not, but I'm sure all the votes were counted together. I love the screaming and the "This next one's from our new album..."

(Thread becoming The Rockford files...)

Never heard anything from Cheap Trick's debut on the radio - kinda reminds me of the Doobies in that respect

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, August 1, 2014 12:06 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that's because they Toiled In Relative Obscurity until the Blockbuster Live Album (see also: Kiss, Frampton).

Just happy to be feeling the Rockford love

Tbh, I prefer the studio versions of both of the big CT hits.

Surrender is the BUSINESS

btw that first Cheap Trick record is AMAZING

I listened to a lot of classic rock as a kid in suburban DC in the 80s (WCXR b/w DC101) and "Surrender" was completely new to me when I first heard it in the late 1990s

This one goes out to Bee OK, and the young lady who gave me the clap in Ypsilanti, Michigan

http://i.imgur.com/g3fvB8A.jpg

9. Blue Oyster Cult – Burnin’ For You
1630 points, 23 votes

I'm going to have to miss the end of the roll-out, gaaaaah. COME ON, BARRACUDA.

Yes! I was worried it wasn't gonna make it.

I have such a hard time deciding whether I prefer the studio or Budokan versions of several Cheap Trick songs. "Southern Girls" is my only surefire Budokan pick.

I'M LIVIN' FOR GIVIN' THE DEVIL HIS DUE

^Most classic rock lyric

Yeaaaaaaaaah! Love this song! Love singing this song! Lyrics are a lil cheezy but it's right in my range yesssss. Also I thought it was by Boston for a long time.

I tend to hear "I Want You" live and "Surrender" studio most often, so that's how I slotted them in the poll, I don't know if other people hear the live "Surrender" on the radio more.

Love the guitar melodies in this.

btw that first Cheap Trick record is AMAZING

― sleeve, Friday, August 1, 2014 12:11 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. One of the greatest debuts ever. All killer, no filler.

didn't expect to see "burning for you" this high but unimpeachable choice

And "Time everlasting, time to play B-sides" makes up for any lyrical issues that anyone might have.
2xpost

Agree

From the lyrics, I think "radar love" should actually be called "radio love". We're talking about sending messages here. Not just detection and ranging.

I had no idea what that BOC song was called until just now, or that it was BOC. Alt title: "I'm Burnin' I'm Burnin' I'm Burnin' I'm Burnin' For You (Burn Up The Day, Burn Up The Night)"

"Veterans of the Psychic Wars" (possible BOC OPO) and "Vengeance" are my other favourites from Fire of Unknown Origin.

The riff in Burning For You, that DEEE DEEEDLY DEE DEE DEEDDLY DEE reminds me so much of Iron Maiden's 'Iron Maiden' riff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syhah1tNqoU