CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

i think the unifying principles for my most hated are "boomer asshole" + "mawkish schmaltz"
those are two things i really really cannot stomach, generally speaking

I voted Captain Jack 6th worse on my poll, Billy Joel had reserved a spot on the worst poll for me after I had to hold my nose and acknowledge the greatness that is You May Be Right.

Man, what are you doing here?

Can't help but notice three tracks on the extended Worst list are whitey CR trying to do Reggae

Sheriff
Hotel Cali
D'yer

Margaritaville being a related but not identical move

good point! The Police remained relatively unscathed, though.

Because rhythm isn't what makes Sting embarrassing.

I'd rather listen to the entire Eagles discography before I ever listen to Captain Jack again.

My worst:

1 Billy Joel - Captain Jack
2 Don McLean - American Pie
3 George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
4 The Police - Every Breath You Take
5 John Lennon – Imagine
6 The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!
7 Bob Seger - Turn The Page
8 Billy Joel - Piano Man
9 Glen Frey - The Heat Is On
10 Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth

imo there should be a thread where everybody listens to every Billy Joel song just like w/ the Eagles

― some dude, Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:38 AM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The idea was floated, but no agreement could be reached as to a beginning (Hassles? ATILLA? Non pitch-corrected Cold Spring Harbor?).

Anything besides sick-of-it behind "Turn Turn Turn" and "For What It's Worth," Jeff? Those are unusual picks.

how about a thread where we just listen to Attila every day
xp

"Your sister's gone out. She's on a date
And you just sit at home and tabulate (those classic rock ballots)"

I had Turn Turn Turn on mine; I might've gone for For What It's Worth as well had I thought of it. It's the damn worthiness and inoffensiveness of the exercise that riles me. Rock should be a little bit dirty, selfish, morally-compromised. Especially when we're talking Classic Rock.

Anything besides sick-of-it behind "Turn Turn Turn" and "For What It's Worth," Jeff? Those are unusual picks.

― clemenza, Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:23 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Because they were both on the Forrest Gump soundtrack, duh.

But yeah, overplayed, folky tunes that just make me cringe when I hear them. Far from my own personal definition of what classic rock sounds like.

hey ilx

you look wonderful tonight

(ducks)

is it a wonderful day to count down the top ten AOR albums of all time?

YES

OK, like the 'worst' poll, this one also received 37 ballots, although not from all the same people, a lot of folks just did one or the other.

The Top 10 Classic Rock Albums of All Time:

10. Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
34 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote

Their most CR album imo, good work everyone.

also fun to have an album included which had a track on the 'worst' list

Picked this one as my representative Zep album because I don't hear songs from it on the radio as often, but I get irrationally excited when one of them pops up.

question: do people have strong feelings about the UK edition vs. US edition?

9. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
39 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote

Too bad that D'Yer Mak'er is the most played, when it should really be The Ocean.

is it too late to post my worst ballot? yes?
1. Don McLean – American Pie
2. J. Geils Band – Love Stinks
3. George Thorogood – Bad To The Bone
4. Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good
5. Bob Seger - Katmandu
6. Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
7. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
8. Jackson Browne – The Load-Out / Stay (Live)
9. Gary Wright – Dream Weaver
10. The Firm – Radioactive

Houses is my favorite Zep LP. great balance of epics and pop songs and weird aesthetic outliers.

in the airplay data i've seen, "Over The Hills" is the album's biggest radio recurrent over "D'Yer Mak'er."

xpost i thought we were saving ballots til the end tbh

JIMI

in high school my brother and my friend stole a big spindle of cable tv cable that said HENDRIX on its end. that's classic rock

there will be a separate thread for ballots at the end of all this, but i'm not gonna be a hardass about it

Huh, I never knew about the US vs UK differences on Are You Experienced? ... it's hard for me to imagine the album without "Purple Haze," "Hey Joe," and "The Wind Cries Mary."

so wait until I post it to complain

i said it yesterday but nobody paid me any mind so i let it go

i didn't realize the forrest gump sdtk had such a chilling effect on people -- interesting
also i love the byrds (but that song is not a favorite tbh)

US version of AYE definitely has a stronger tracklisting.

we've got a box of donuts down here at The Aorta this morning, so a lot of us have sticky fingers right now, I tell ya

8. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
46 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote

definitely one of those albums where it just boggles my mind how many classics are on it. i remember the first time i looked at the tracklist like "wait, my favorite '70s Stones songs, they're all here!?"

xpost (baby) booming post

CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING?!

That's two of my top five now, plus I had a gateway Hendrix comp too. Feeling like my 'no deep cuts' policy is paying off.

i think i underrated sticky fingers bc i kind of mentally edit out "brown sugar" and "bitch"

sorry, Ismael, we have rules about greatest hits albums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xillqqt0Y0&feature=youtu.be&t=1m4s

I know Brown Sugar has shown up as a most hated track (understandably), but I love that live version on The Brussels Affair.

I happen to be listening to "Louisiana Rain" right now, good time to let this one fly:

6. (tie) Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedoes
55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes

How is this only #6? Oh right, I didn't send in an albums ballot. You people are disappoint.

History is written by the voters!

would have probably landed at #6 my ballot tbh -- indisputably classic but its no Boston

okay that comes off a lot harsher than i meant it. xo tom p i listen to you a lot more than tom s

I was only kind of jokingly complaining. I know what the staples are, and there are more than ten of them, so this list is (or should be) all gold.

One of my big takeaways from the Petty doc I watched a couple weeks ago is that drum sound they fine-tuned in the studio during the Torpedoes sessions (and maintained through the rest of the 80s until Jeff Lynne butted in). It is SO IMPORTANT to the success of top-tier Petty songs.

yeah i feel like it's a minority opinion around here but f jeff lynne's magic touch imo

btw, if you sync this thread up to the first season of Rizzoli & Isles, some trippy stuff happens

6. (tie) Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes