CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

So classic

that melancholy descending outro riff could've been the foundation of a great song, instead of just this tossed-off tangent in a 5 star classic

So top 2 is Barracuda and ...?

So glad we were able to squeeze in "Boys of Summer" and fucking "What a Fool Believes" you guys.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

forgot about this. I kept thinking jailbreak when thin lizzy came up. so good.

Is it possible "Smoke on the Water" didn't chart? Seems likely at this point.

So top 2 is Barracuda and ...?

Don't Fear the Reaper

wow "never been any reason" is going to take the whole damn thing huh?

The Boys Are Back In Town is perfect.

lol my acquaintance w/it began with a Bon Jovi cover

heard "the boys are back in town" on CRR a couple days ago and yup, still corny

Such an incredible band and unjustly under represented on CRR

corny and awesome

What a fool believes should have been higher tbqf

xxp true, Cowboy Song, Whiskey in a Jar, Running Back and Jailbreak would fit right in on any 70s rock block.

man, i still think those cats are great

prefer 'jailbreak' but 'boys are back in town' is one of the few songs in the top 20 that really belongs there

Don't Fear the Reaper

Oh, right. Well, a top 10 that is 40 percent Heart and BOC is ok with me.

2. Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack

I think I might've said this on the nominations thread, but when I was a kid Phil's voice on the verses always reminded me of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I still love to picture Arnold partying down at Dino's

my fave thin lizzy deep cut, in case anyone cares: http://youtu.be/lAegMD4Ip3M

I kept thinking jailbreak when thin lizzy came up

i wrote in jailbreak, but can't argue w/the boys

i hear jailbreak on CRR just as much as boys, if not more

so we DON'T like heavy metal thunder, as it turns out???

Well, we think you've got an idea of what the top 2 is going to be. But let's get it all out there. I was rooting all along for it to take #1, but in the end the gap in points was far too big to overcome. This one's for emil.y.

http://i.imgur.com/W9QihMJ.jpg

2. Heart – Barracuda
2434 points, 32 votes, 1 first place vote

Wrote in jailbreak as my #4, a vote I was more than happy to waste

Happy it's #2, sad it's not #1.

gg, you're killing me.

omg that photo

#2 is exactly where I voted it! I could listen to that opening riff all day.

And your #1. This one's for Sandy:

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

1. Billy Squier – The Stroke
3107 points, 41 votes, 2 first place votes

Wow.

LIES!

You sure there wasn't a mistake?

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

lmao

lol

xp - lol

haha the pranksters have themselves been pranked!

CHUG!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyone have anything else they wanna get out of their system before we proceed to giving Don McLean his rightful title?

looool

haha

Haha amazing

Lemme cue up the right track and we'll be on our way. This one is for Nathan and billstevejim:

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

1. Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper
3107 points, 41 votes, 2 first place votes

Yay I finally number oned an ilm number one

totally respectable but I'll say it: Stranglehold was straight up robbed

OMG if The Stroke even makes the top 500 I might have to leave the internet rather than continue to be associated with it

http://www.peripole.com/img/products/3307.jpg

Only 2 firsts -- a little surprising!

What a landslide!