CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

<3 brad delp up in heaven

that boston album is like a greatest hits on its own

all killer no filler, so good

Houses of the Holy is such a weird ragbag mess of an album, it's hard to believe that PG is the odds-and-ends comp.

you may be asking yourself about now, what could possibly next? what could be higher than Boston? who's next, huh? well....I'm gonna go ask the station manager if he can remember, because I can't. we're all wasted, quite frankly.

3. The Who – Who’s Next
102 points, 12 votes, 4 first place votes

FUCK YEAH

I should have voted for this one.

my #1 - can't wait to see what bullshit ILM thinks is more classic rock than Who's Next

hint: nothing

My number one as well, every song holds up for me despite the constant rotation.

Wow, what a dull list

Who's Next wasn't my #1 (but another Who album was, which likely won't show up).

just noted our #6/5/4/3 albums were on my ballot IN THAT ORDER

me otm \m/

Wow, what a dull list

― g simmel, Sunday, July 27, 2014

feel like maybe we approached this particular ballot differently

My # 2 and only one to place so far. Of course I had a greatest and a live album, so that's on me.

man "love ain't for keeping" is so good

xxp yeah, dull is what it should be I guess

my #1 - can't wait to see what bullshit ILM thinks is more classic rock than Who's Next

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, July 27, 2014 1:01 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I hear a lot of bullshit, I hear a lot of rumors

2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
104 points, 13 votes, 3 first place votes

who's next is the classic rockiest of all classic rock albums as far as i'm concerned, but i didn't vote for it because i'm way beyond sick of the two classic rockiest anthems on it.

there are three tracks from rumours in my top 60. it didn't even occur to me to vote for the album. i have no idea why.

I feel like there're three possible no.1s now, each of which will make for a radically different tracks countdown.

fingers crossed

Unless it's Abbey Road, then I won't know what we're getting.

1. The Cars – The Cars
105 points, 12 votes, 5 first place votes

YES

note the razor thin margin between the top 3 in points.

<3 you ILM

man "love ain't for keeping" is so good

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, July 27, 2014 1:17 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Dig this live version:

http://youtu.be/m5RH8HIjFD8

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ILM's Top 25 Classic Rock Albums

1. The Cars – The Cars
105 points, 12 votes, 5 first place votes

2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
104 points, 13 votes, 3 first place votes

3. The Who – Who’s Next
102 points, 12 votes, 4 first place votes

4. Boston – Boston
80 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote

5. Led Zeppelin – IV
65 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes

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

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

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

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

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

11. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
27 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote

12. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
26 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote

13. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
25 points, 3 votes

14. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
24 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote

15. (tie) Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors
19 points, 2 votes, 1 first place vote

15. (tie) ZZ Top - Eliminator
19 points, 3 votes

17. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
18 points, 2 votes

18. (tie) Neil Young – Harvest
17 points, 2 votes

18. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
17 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Van Halen – 1984
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Pink Floyd – The Wall
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Bob Seger – Night Moves
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Rush – Moving Pictures
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) The Police – Synchronicity
15 points, 2 votes

My lonely crusade for The Wall continues.

s/t Van Halen wuz robbed (I didn't do an albums ballot tho)

it strikes me that seven of our top 10 were basically born as classic rock albums while the other three had to immigrate to the format. cars and petty albums were very much new wave albums upon release, while fleetwood mac album was top 40.

Oh man I was kind of torn between ziggy stardust and dark side... REGRETS

Argh no Back In Black, no Brothers In Arms ... at least Remain In Light isn't there

yeah I didn't even think to vote for rumours.

did think to vote for the cars but it slipped off in favor of classic rockier stuff. awesome surprise finish.

lol Remain In Light.

DON: While we were in the midst of recording The Long Run, we had the chance to hear an advance copy of the Cars' debut. It was like listening to music from an unsettling future. Garage rock with hovercrafts. We wondered where we'd fit in.

GLENN: ...And five minutes later we had "The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" in the can, and we were back on our merry way--Which is to say I had sex with a chick named Mary!

DON: Well, yeah.

My albums & most disliked tracks. Not sure I've ever heard "Bad To The Bone".

Albums
01. Supertramp – Breakfast In America
02. The Cars – s/t
03. Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record
04. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
05. ZZ Top – Eliminator

Ugh
01. Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
02. The Turtles – Happy Together
03. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
04. Peter Frampton – Baby, I Love Your Way
05. Dire Straits – Walk Of Life
06. The Beatles – Let It Be
07. REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You
08. John Waite – Missing You
09. Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl
10. Procol Harum – Whiter Shade Of Pale

since I'm very eager to show off gr80's handiwork, I'm gonna go ask the station manager if we can arrange a little preview for our Sunday faithful...

XP If you've seen a mainstream Hollywood film from the late '80s/early '90s, then you've heard BTTB.

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

100. Ram Jam – Black Betty
817 points, 14 votes

a note about the scoring system, btw, since I don't think I've explained it yet. your #1 track gets 109 points, each track after that gets one less point, and so on until your #100 track gets 10 points.

Dig the font!

And this is the Spotify playlist for the results:
http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/7pw9uBSg3Vb49ONnFZEn3O

Black Betty was in my top 10!

it's funny, i don't remember hearing that song much at all growing up, but at some point in the last 15 years it started to feel ubiquitous

I always think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulC0Lerkkbc

p sure i already posted this in the noms thread, but this 90s house remix is kind of amazing http://youtu.be/UKAKKEGtPO8

I heard the Spiderbait version about a dozen times on a Qantas flight back to L.A. from Sydney.

The song is definitely timeless, just like crossing the International Date Line from the west.