"Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" is excellent, and I like "Thorn Tree in the Garden," which Clapton had nothing to do with
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
love love love "lido shuffle" (and "lowdown") but they were early cuts for me. never thought of them as classic rock in the way that, say, toto's "hold the line," which i did vote for, is. but now of course i wish "lido" placed higher, this poll's damn self-imposed vagaries and constraints again.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
I thought the interlude in layla was the best for awhile. I listened to a lot of moe. around that time as well.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
If it's good enough for Scorsese, it's good enough for me.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Oh no. Gimme Shelter's gonna be No. 1.
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
"layla" forever ruined by the unplugged version. the ony song i can think of for which this is so.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
xpost yeah my itunes genre tag for boz, dan, mac, doobies is "FM", which is not the same as CR but also not the same as Adult Contemporary.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
Quiddities and agonies of ILX classic rock tracks poll participants
― carl agatha, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
xpd nobody loves that song as much as Scorsese. I didn't vote for it.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:30 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I get that. I was trying to think where something like "You Sexy Thing" would go, and that about nails it.
We played Hot Chocolate, but we were also one of those Oh Leah classic rock stations.
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
pplains please post the link to the goodfellas lovefool thing
― caek, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
"fm" is a great tag!
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
no static at all
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
you got me on my knees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWAM3j2wQ_8
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Imagine if that scene was soundtracked by Lido Shuffle
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
lol at that old quote from me about You Shook Me All Night Long. I made the same mistake this time - had it at no.11, when there's no way I should be having anything else at no.1. Sorry guys, maybe I just love you too much.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
I need to see some Allman Brothers soon.
― Jeff, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
Wasn't aware of this:
Yeah. I knew about Jim Gordon murdering his mother but did not know that he stole that piano coda.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
haha i love that LF one!
― caek, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
This is the only version of 'You Shook Me All Night Long' that I can stand. It is bloody fantastic, though.
― emil.y, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
re You Shook Me All Night Long
I love that song so much!
I also have a conflicting creepy memory associated with it. I was 14, playing a mixed doubles game of badminton with a guy who was 16. I had to wear one of those stupid fucking short skirts, and he was standing behind me singing 'knockin me out with those american thighs'. When I walked back to serve, he said 'do you know that song?' & winked at me and I gave him my most deadpan 'yes' and refused to talk to him for the rest of the game. Bleh.
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
― voodoo chili, Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:38 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha, give me 24 hours.
caek, it loves you back. While I'm looking for Lido, maybe I'll see if I've got any Letters to Cleo for ya.
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
OK folks, this concludes side 1 of your Thursday countdown, but gr80 is in the break room getting ready to turn the record over and bring you side 2...
http://i.imgur.com/oSCkkB4.jpg
31. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing 1253 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote
― some dude, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
Yes!
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
AND HARRY DOESN'T MIND
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
xps lol emil.y wtf is that?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
some dude could you post a recap for those of us nerds crossing tracks off our ballots?
― campreverb, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
I love love love Dire Straits. I love them. I'm so happy they're here.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
creole
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
This might be their highest entry here, but I'm excited that it could also be the lowest of three.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
London.. town
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
fcc so so otm about Layla being forever ruined by that dire unplugged version, my Clapton vote went to Bell Bottom Blues, so tortured in all the right ways.Also I find it endlessly interesting that Jim Gordon killed his mom yet Clapton still gets the fuck you votes, such is the power of his yick factor
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
Was gonna save the recap for the end of the day today
― some dude, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
argh I had mercifully forgotten about that slow turgid unplugged version of Layla, ick
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz)
it's not quite ruined for me but yeah the unplugged version is such a piece of shit
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
clapton sounds like an old man nodding off during the whole performance
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
When they found Clapton unplugged, he was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out for the autopsy.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
I registered to a guitar forum using my irl name when I was in elementary school. Now a post about how I think 'Sultans of Swing' is the best 'guitar song' will forever be a top google search result for my name.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
The "and a crowd of young boys, they're just foolin' around in the corner" verse is Knopf's Dylanest moment
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
young SG otm
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
This is one of the few times Knofler's schtick works.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
I dont seem to be getting the pictures anymore.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
sultans is sublime
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
knopfler's schtick works extremely well for the entirety of Dire Straits
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
Love Sultans but love Romeo and Juliet and Tunnel of Love so much more, if you kick Les Boys off Making Movies you have a perfect album.Which I did not vote for as one of my favorite CR albums, shame on me.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
Though Sultans' guitar solo is amazing, the solos from In the Gallery trump it
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
yeah, and Making Movies is great as well. and Communique!
looks ok on my end, anyone else?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
That Unplugged Layla is horrible, but it's one of those tracks that was made even more horrible by its unexplainable ubiquity. From 1992-1993, I probably heard it more than any other song.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
if you kick Les Boys off Making Movies you have a perfect album. --PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy)
QFT
And yeah "romeo" and "tunnel" are a whole other thing, but not the kind of thing you hear on the radio very often.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link