CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL voting thread -- deadline July 15 -- VOTING CLOSED

"Hollywood Nights" is majestic. do you DJ with Seger a cappellas, gr80?

down to 230 after my first cut

1st cut: 392
2nd cut: 196

developing new ranking strategies with a 100 track ballot

i can envision the cuts, but i don't know how i'm gonna rank that many

Do it in chunks of 20. Bump all the tracks that are "omg this could be my #1," then rank those. Look at the rest of the list and move the ones that stand out to the top of their group until you have about 20, then rank those. Then look at the rest of the list and find the ones that are barely worth keeping, move those to the bottom of the list and rank 'em. Rank the 40-80 chunk or leave 'em alone, because fuck 'em.

hoping you can also keep jeter out of the all-star game tbh

xxxp Lonely Ol' Night will be my cougar vote

man the narrowing down is brutal

I have a feeling my final ballot will be heavily weighted toward wacky 80s tracks, which probably aren't truly in line with the intention of the poll, but I can't help it, that's the crap I grew up with.

my voting line has to be 'have I heard this on classic rock radio'

btw gr80 is going to be working up visuals for the results thread, i've seen some samples and they're awesome.

this is awesome, i asked for help with the Steely Dan poll and he was one of the ones who said he could help with images. pplains just happened to beat him to the punch is all. he will do a great job.

attention everyone: please vote early and often for The James Gang

hollywood nights rules y'all

^^^

my personal favorite is night moves on the list, BUT, classic rock wise, hollywood nights might trump it

I have never heard "Her Strut" on the radio and only actually discovered it for the first time a few months ago, but I'll vote for it since it's on the list. That song is killer.

that's kind of the essential dilema here, which i guess we will all have to answer for ourselves: are we voting for the songs on this list that we like the most, or are we voting for the songs on this list that we think best exemplify the concept of "classic rock"?

(or do we split the difference and just cast 100 votes for the cars' "moving in stereo," which i know gets classic rock play but which i probably wouldn't put on the "classic rock" shelf in my imaginary genre-by-genre filing system, but when i heard it on an actual classic rock station last week it just sounded so fucking perfect?)

i am voting for the songs that most epitomize classic rock

or i will try to if i can ever get my ballot down to 100 songs FUUUUCK

WHY IS EVERYONE ALREADY TRIMMING AND RE-TRIMMING THEIR LISTS???!!! some dude just started this thread 14 hours ago! doesn't anyone believe in procrastination anymore? doesn't anyone remember laughter?

FUCK YOU THIS IS GOING TO TAKE FOREVER

xxxp I'm voting for the ones I still enjoy hearing, ranking them by how much I would enjoy them if they came on at a bar late at night while I was having a good time with friends

I cut "Her Strut" but y'all are making me reconsider, time for round 2

I haven't even started yet beyond my top 2 or 3. Daunting task imo.

totally got this down to 500 btw

and yeah, there are definitely cases where one track may be more classic (e.g. "My Generation") but another may be more CLASSIC ROCK RADIO (e.g. "Squeeze Box").

me, i'm voting like it's my weekend to program KILX \m/

uh, guns n' roses?

cutoff date of 1986 iirc

wanted dead or alive was a single in '87 but ok

Slippery came out in 1986, so...technicality ftw!

i was thinking 100 is just way too many but on first glance that will not be a problem.

lol I just noticed "Dream Weaver" is on the list.

Didn't have a chance to look at the noms thread but not seeing Hysteria on here is saddening me. FAIR ENOUGH THO, plenty of other jams to vote for. Spotify playlist will be essential, thanks for taking the time to put it together.

It was that 1987 cutoff which disqualified Hysteria. Although a "classic rock radio" playlist without "Pour Some Sugar on Me" smells off.

Thanks for the handy Seger and Mellencamp lists above. Would it be fair to say that Seger is four-fifths Bruce Springsteen and one-fifth Van Morrison with about one-twentienth of their talents? The only thing that stood out in the five songs I listened to was the piano line in 'Still the Same', the rest just didn't make any impression. On to Mellencamp...

Also, 'Turn the Page' is a straight rip off of that gospel song 'Eyes on the Prize'.

more like ArchCarrier is a assburyier.

This is gonna be sooooo hard.
I haven't started officially cutting down but am doing it in my mind.
There are songs I love that I probably won't include because they don't feel "classic rock" to me, and songs I may not love that will probably make my list because they totally embody what classic rock is all about.

It was that 1987 cutoff which disqualified Hysteria. Although a "classic rock radio" playlist without "Pour Some Sugar on Me" smells off.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 3:07 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Guys, there's a hair metal poll coming down the line. You'll be able to pour sugar all over whatever you like in about 6 months.

already 4 ballots in!

Cannot wait for hair metal. Cinderella and Skid Row, oh yeah.

My criteria: If I was driving and listening to CR and then arrived at my destination just as this song came on, would I sit in my car and listen to it all the way through? If yes, then it makes my list.

I've been enjoying the cutting. Taking out an artist in one fell swoop (Elton John) or even songs that I like but don't fit my definition of classic rock (sorry Alice ' s Restaurant, but you're a folklore record). But the Can't You See revelation in the other thread made me nervous. I can't just randomly cut things that I think I haven't heard, because what if I've heard them 1000 times but just never knew their name? So now I'm listening to the Spotify playlist, checking out things like Asia and Aldo Nova to see if they are long lost southern rock classics. This is torture. This is ILM.

Ok, Lonely is the Night by Billy Squier? Totally thought that was just some Zeppelin song I hadn't heard yet.

Heresy.

First pass: do I even like these songs? If no, cut. Am I so tired if these songs that they are barely noticeable to me when they come on or does the thought of listening to it right now make me sad? If yes, cut. Also listening to anything I didn't recognize by name.

Second pass: does this really fit my definition of classic rock, though? If no, cut. Also the "Come on, girl, you can't keep all the Zep/Yes/Genesis/Heart songs" pep talk and reluctant cutting.

Third pass: listening to songs that I included by rote to make sure they actually pass first/second cut tests.

Step three is how I found myself watching Def Leppard videos and marveling at their cheese and also realizing that I have had Joe Elliot's haircut for most of my adult life.

Also the "Come on, girl, you can't keep all the Zep/Yes/Genesis/Heart songs" pep talk and reluctant cutting.

In a couple cases, if there's a big artist and I like too much of their stuff, I've cut all but one of their songs out. Not the case with Heart though, I will tell you that.

Not making many new discoveries going through the list though. Some of this sounds like shit I would have heard in a McDonalds twenty years ago or something.

there will be 3 possibly 4 billy squier tracks in my top 50

Okay, is it worth me taking part in this just to rep the songs I do love, considering I really really hate the vast majority of the list? Or should I leave the party to the people who like this stuff generally?

yes put together a ballot of 20