A college friend hated "Refugee" because of the "kidnappedtieduptakenawayandheldforRAN-som" part -- "It has too many words!"
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
"Ebony Eyes" by Bob Welch
is insanely great. and is, like "don't stop believin'," one of those exceptionally rare pop songs where the chorus doesn't appear until the end of the song.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
I distinctly remember Mark Goodman on MTV referring to that Queen song as "The BoHo Rap".
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
The Petty documentary has a bit where the members and Jimmy Iovine failing take after take, pissed off because they knew it was such a great song.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
'Bohemian Rhapsody' was definitely of population-permeating renown over here, from probably the first day it was released. Pretty sure I voted for it, it's just so ridiculous.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
scarves and boots and flowy skirts, oh my
http://i.imgur.com/m97m3pB.jpg
47. Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen1065 points, 22 votes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
fuck yes.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
nice one-two there. "edge" and "refugee" both on fire from the first note. huge radio stopping power.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
(still kicking myself for not also voting for "stand back" though.)
AXIS OF PETTY
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
xp Yeah, "Ebony Eyes" absence from CR playlists is a puzzler. I never hear "Sentimental Lady" anymore either.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
SUDDENLYTHERE WAS NO ONELEFT STANDIN' IN THE HALL
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
i'm a huge stand back stan and didn't vote for "stand back" either fwiw. crushingly good but not so classic rock.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
I voted "Edge" high, but would vote it even higher in a poll of the greatest rock-song intros.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
"Edge of Seventeen," "Talk to Me," and "Stop Draggin'" were the only Nicks songs I heard on CR radio ("Stand Back" and "Leather and Lace" and once in a while "If Anyone Falls" on AC or eighties radio).
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Not said enough: the excellent relationship Nicks has with her backup singers of 30 years. Note how well they trade lines or echo them.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
I never knew what this song was. It's great.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
so many great songs piling up agh i cant take it
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
edge of seventeen is so gorgeously spooky -- gypsy and rhiannon are fine and all but she goes so far into the eternal divine feminine magical mystery you really wonder if she'll come back.
(putting the broom down and riding waddy wachtel's guitar all the way. make of that what you will.)
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
i learned on "jeopardy" last night that there is a medical term for fear of the number 17: heptadecaphobia
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
COME AWAY COME AWAY
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
what a relief to get to a classic rock staple that's about unabashed lust for a young dude
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
maybe "Bohemian Rhapsody" counts but
i love edge of seventeen so much
MAYBE I WILL GO AGAINTOO MORROW
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
he was no more than a baby then xxp
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
EYES
ON
HIYUM
Dave Marsh put the live version in his 1001 singles book.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
my favorite story abt this song is when a friend who DJs weddings professionally received a typed-up request list from a bride and groom a month before their wedding which had a few inaccuracies including:
Fleetwood Mac - One-Winged Dove
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
A+
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
also the photo for this song is part one of a two-part super-easy photo-scavenger-hunt, (pt 2 in our next result)
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
"Edge of Seventeen" c/d
― You. Squared. (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Ooooh, nice teaser! (xpost)
http://i.imgur.com/ZyvAJhe.jpg
46. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb1067 points, 13 votes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
I need to make a list of what I at one time would have guessed that these songs were called.
Stevie Nicks - "Just Like The Wild Wing-uh (Seems Like The Song Sounds Like She's Singin' (Ooh Baby Ooh Ooh))"
― Slurping Peppers (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
and she's got another song called "Ooh My Love."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
Guitar solo
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
i spun edge of seventeen in between disco records a lot circa 07/08 to moderate dancefloor success
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
"Comfortably Numb" is prob my least favorite song in this whole countdown. I love "Wish You Were Here" and enjoy some other slow Floyd tracks but this one just makes me wanna vomit.
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
That photo is insanely perfect.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
RULES
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
Funny they couldn't get Joan Jett's name right.
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
seems I'm not alone in having heard "Edge of Seventeen" about a million times but only finding out that's the name of the song right now
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
Pink Floyd was this band I only vaguely knew of growing up - Money, Another Brick in the Wall, Learning to Fly was all I was familiar with - but knew of their godlike reputation. Really didn't get why they were so well regarded or special based on those songs. In college, a friend got me way into the Orb and other ambient music, downloaded near half his computer. I noticed he had one lone Pink Floyd song, Comfortably Numb. Within half a listen I understood exactly what I was missing. #5 on my ballot
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was called "Bootylicious"
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was called "I Don't Think You're Ready For This Jelly"
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link
I have become comfortably numb ... to this song's charms and merits. Just too familiar. (Partly because my high school garage band played it, badly, so I've heard that solo way too many times.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
comfortably numb was a top-ten track for me purely on the strength of gilmour's solos, which are pretty much indelible if you learned to play guitar after 1980 and aren't planning to play like Vai or Satch (and maybe even if you are)
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
xpost lol yeah I can't imagine this one being fun to cover for anyone but whoever's on lead guitar
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
It's probably fun to go "There'll be no more AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
i swear nothing makes me lunge for the radio dial faster than "Hello (hello hello hello) is there anybody in there?"
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
(Partly because my high school garage band played it, badly, so I've heard that solo way too many times.)
Ha, mine did too, but we played it double-speed so it was like "Comfortably Numb" with a Bowie "Hang Onto Yourself" tempo/arrangement. Our guitarist just atonally shredded for the solos.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link