CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

My 17.

Struggling to think of another band I adore (3 of their songs in my top 100!) where I hate their biggest song. Can't even take the 4 minute demo version.

For a couple of years Free Bird was my go to song to tell people it was time to leave my party.

Unfortunately I found out every party always has the couple of drunkards who scream 'fuck yeah finally some good music' and try to rock out through the whole thing... for them I had to play this one afterwards:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hvbd4q68L._SX300_.jpg

Granted it is totally played out and granted it is never, ever funny to yell a request for "Free Bird," still: the idea that there are 82 tracks more Classic and more Rock than this boggles my aging mind.

we've got more birds and sacred cows to sacrifice, believe me

I last heard somebody yell "Free Bird" at a show exactly 164 hours ago.

I thought they had all abandoned the practice in favor of "more cowbell"

moka's party guests otm

free bird is a total jam

I'm not sure I heard those triplets the first time. Maybe you could repeat them?

it's not about that
it's about the total jammitude of the whole song

free bird is more of a jam but I'll take "tuesday's gone" every time

ughhhhhhhhhhh you guys I hate that I have missed most of this rollout so far. hopefully tomorrow will be kinder to me

crying into my can of beer that 'Walk Away' came in so low. I even voted it my #1 to give an extra bump. Oh well. Glad it ranked, it's such a great jame

SEEMS TO ME

pull up a seat, Veg, there's still a couple songs left for the day:

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

82. Golden Earring – Twilight Zone
864 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote

gr8080, some dude, you guys are killing it right now

"this is big daddy jimbob rocker from modesto, currently haulin my bigrig up Reno way and just wanted to call in and say keep up the good works, these sweet sweet tunes are what keep old jimbob haulin. 10-4 over and out"

echoing the above sentiments that "Free Bird" is a jam and that "Walk Away" is a jame

BAW
BAW
BAW

BAW
BAW
BAW BAW
BAW

ttsstt ssttsstt

bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp

free bird is more of a jam but I'll take "tuesday's gone" every time

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, July 28, 2014 5:48 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i have nothing against "Free Bird" but i much prefer "Simple Man" and "Tuesday's Gone." by the same token "Sweet Home Alabama" is probably my least favorite of their uptempo hits.

xpost that was my radar love intro

i love when the horns show up in the second crazy break, this song has EVERYTHING

Twilight Zone video is the shizz

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a1sf2CzEq0w

omg that is super embarrassing I just spazzed out about the wrong song

y can't vg read ;_;

Totally possible that there will be more Golden Earring songs in this countdown than CCR.

love it, btw

xpost yeah i think I voted sweet home pretty high just on classicness and I don't regret it but the one the pounded me on re-listening was "saturday night special"

twilight zone is awesome

also I have zero idea of what the lyrics are

faces moving house, feels like being born, my vigo get lose under moon and star etc

idk, sounds cool, i dig it

WHERE DO I GO NOW THAT I'VE GONE TOO FAR?!!!

VG OTM

WHEN THE BULLET HITS THE BOWWWWWNE

wait'll u hear the lyrics in the next tune

so coy, gr80!

sorry, didn't realize my mic was still hot

Gonna continue the 'scary' theme of the last song and transition from Rod Serling to Mary Shelley...

http://i.imgur.com/iVgJ2wl.jpg

81. Edgar Winter – Frankenstein
872 points, 13 votes

Awesome image.

Went through my ballot today and realized that I accidentally voted for Frankenstein twice.

I regret nothing.

I voted for it zero times, and I wish I could've voted for it zero times twice.

Really moving into serious classic rock territory now.

Went through my ballot today and realized that I accidentally voted for Frankenstein twice.

I regret nothing.

― voodoo chili, Monday, July 28, 2014 6:11 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha there were a couple things like that where i had to be careful not to count the song twice

I've never heard "Frankenstein" on the radio. Listening to it now; it's going on the "songs I probably should have voted for" list.

whenever i open my mouth to hum/sing a "cliché CR riff" this song is reflexively what comes out, without even thinking about it, it's ingrained in my mind as "what a CR riff sounds like"

Good first 20 today, y'all. Only one kind of sticks out as odd to me (Lou Reed), but people swear it's paid its classic rock radio dues, so I'm not arguing.

wow 0/20 today

I heard Walk on the Wild Side regularly on my hometown CR station, and they usually avoided that kind of stuff like the plague (there was no Bowie on their playlist, for example)

Don't know about this golden earring song guys. Really I don't see the need for any other golden earring songs other than radar love to even exist.

When I was younger, I found it impossible to comprehend that Twilight Zone and Radar Love were actually by the same band. It made no sense to me.

great rollout, and great photos. lost my #1 though, feels like Wichita State all over again.

listened to classic rock station on grooveshark tonight in honour kiu guys never heard of most of these psyched

None of mine either but a solid rollout so far

Four of mine so far, and one of my 'worst' has made the countdown. My highest placer so far is "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" which I had at #14 - still tons of potential for #80-#1 to be just wall to wall unquestionable classics.