In the midwest circa 70's & 80's, Cinnamon Girl was just as ubiquitous on CR radio as any Zeppelin or Rush song. I can recall lots of dudes who looked like the guys in gr8080's pictures playing Cinnamon Girl covers at keg parties.
― Darin, Friday, 1 August 2014 05:32 (nine years ago) link
Also, I voted for Donnie Iris! Although I'm afraid a showing this high is doubtful.
― Darin, Friday, 1 August 2014 05:34 (nine years ago) link
This is true to an extent, but Harvest was a #1 record with a #1 single ("Heart of Gold")! After the Gold Rush was a top 10 album too, and Ohio was a top 20 hit. He was in a hugely popular supergroup!
all true of course, and all huge throughout the '70s, but a lot of his big, beefier, spacier rock jams, the down by the rivers and like a hurricanes, always seemed to me to be second-tier fm radio fodder, and by the time classic rock was being codified as a thing in the 1980s, he didn't have quite the catalog of automatic rock party favorites that the aerosmiths and skynyrds had. plus, for whatever it's worth, his songs tend to sound sadder than theirs do. more minor keys and stuff (and that voice of his). maybe that's part of the problem for cr programmers? really just guessing here, though.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 06:51 (nine years ago) link
i threw donnie iris some love but maybe not enough
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 07:04 (nine years ago) link
tbf i haven't heard ah! leah on the radio since back in the day and tommy tutone probably gets more and isn't any less classic rock (which is to say, not very) but hell if i'm going to miss a chance to vote for it anyway
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 07:06 (nine years ago) link
The big Alice Cooper track on CR radio in Belgium/Netherlands was Halo Of Flies, which to this day continues to be a listeners favourite with the same status as Stairway To Heaven and Bohemian Rhapsody. Wasn't even released as a single anywhere else. Another oddity is Child In Time which was similarly inescapable on rock radio and to this day continues to enjoy all-time top 5 status in a select number of European countries only.
Conversely, many US classic rock stalwarts like Skynyrd, Journey, .38 Special, Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Styx and Boz Scaggs failed to made much of an impact here. And obviously, CR radio here had/has dozens more Scorpions and Golden Earring songs on their playlist than the few tracks nominated here. Still, it's pretty remarkable that (even locally) there were so few non-anglophone CR classics.
― Siegbran, Friday, 1 August 2014 07:50 (nine years ago) link
24 songs of mine so far. So glad I don't have to work today!
Of course I voted for Donnie Iris but I can't imagine him placing this high, will be interesting to see where he falls in the top 500 though.
I think when it's finished we should do it all over again.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 07:51 (nine years ago) link
^^LABOR DAY WEEKEND
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 August 2014 08:13 (nine years ago) link
fwiw, the airplay lists i've seen have very little Neil Young (just "Rockin' In The Free World" in the top 500, not even any CSNY). I thought that was kind of odd, though, I definitely hear "Cinnamon Girl" and "Southern Man" on the radio enough to be sick of them, maybe he's a stronger presence in some regions than others.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 11:01 (nine years ago) link
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, August 1, 2014 3:51 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, August 1, 2014 4:13 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha there's definitely a part of me that wants to just go "hey gr80, can you make images for 101-200?" but i think we'd all start growing sideburns and quitting our jobs if that happpened.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 11:04 (nine years ago) link
now we begin our ALL REQUEST FRIDAY to finish the countdown. This one goes out to one way street, askance johnson, and staggerlee, who all had this song at #2.
http://i.imgur.com/pHGbbvV.jpg
20. The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter1496 points, 18 votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 11:05 (nine years ago) link
*exhales with an open mouth to make a sound similar to a stadium crowd*
― nxd, Friday, 1 August 2014 11:22 (nine years ago) link
My favourite song ever. Wasn't going to vote for it in *this* poll but I caved in the end. My no.69.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 1 August 2014 11:35 (nine years ago) link
Until 20 Feet From Stardom I always thought the female vocals were singing "Hey children, it's just a step away" but it's actually "Rape, Murder." Eww.
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, 1 August 2014 11:38 (nine years ago) link
This one goes out to Whitey on the Moon.
http://i.imgur.com/usKy2ei.jpg
19. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way1497 points, 23 votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 11:49 (nine years ago) link
fun fact abt the "gimme shelter" photo: the page I found it had a caption that suggested its subject is rolling his first joint after returning from Vietnam.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 11:53 (nine years ago) link
wow
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 11:54 (nine years ago) link
Stevie's fifth and likely last appearance on the poll. Not sure anyone's going to beat that except maybe Plant.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:05 (nine years ago) link
Songs I've never heard: "Walk Away," "Twilight Zone" (I don't think, anyway), one or maybe both of the .38 Special songs, "Jane."
I have heard all of these on the local classic rock station, WNCX Cleveland, in the last week.
― brimming with misplaced confidence (Phil D.), Friday, 1 August 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
GYOW never gets old.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 August 2014 12:13 (nine years ago) link
Go Your Own Way nearly dead center in the Venn diagram of songs I love, and classic rock.
― campreverb, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:19 (nine years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Friday, August 1, 2014 8:05 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
6th, actually: Go Your Own Way, Edge of Seventeen, Dreams, Rhiannon, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, and The Chain.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:36 (nine years ago) link
this one goes out to omar little.
http://i.imgur.com/O6ZoTzb.jpg
18. Led Zeppelin – Immigrant song1510 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:38 (nine years ago) link
Amazing song obviously, my number 6.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApxnAr6pRt0
We want Donnie! We want Donnie! We...well, okay.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
Actually the ''ahhs'' here would go well before the word ''Leah.'' They shoulda teamed up, mightve helped Mr. Zeppelin get a litle exposure on the charts.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:47 (nine years ago) link
So that's 6 Stevie, 5 Mick and John (iirc), 4 Zep, 3 the field?
There's probably a bunch of session hacks can top six though.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:47 (nine years ago) link
I can imagine when LZIII was first released, fans of the first two albums putting it on the turntable and banging their heads to "Immigrant Song". Wonder what their initial reaction was when they found the rest of the album is mostly slow blues and folk.
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:48 (nine years ago) link
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 4 (and Mike Campbell 5 with "Boys of Summer").
"the field"?
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 12:50 (nine years ago) link
Even I cannot resist the charms of Go Your Own Way, and voted for it
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 12:55 (nine years ago) link
This one is for crutis, the reason The Aorta is 107.7 on your FM dial. The first appearance by a track from the #1 LP in our albums poll.
http://i.imgur.com/0E5aIvW.jpg
17. The Cars – Just What I Needed1560 points, 21 votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:03 (nine years ago) link
Also C'MON THE WAITING, plz make Mike Campbell the king of clsssic rock
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:10 (nine years ago) link
"Immigrant Song" is the only Led Zeppelin song to refer to an Arkansas city by name.
― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:02 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― pplains, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:11 (nine years ago) link
Re: Zep III, I think of it as rocking super hard, but this may just be distorted memories of my high school bus buddy and I raving endlessly about the coolness of that big booming riff on "Bring It On Home." Which in fact is preceded and followed by somewhat labored blues/folk sections which we characterized as "a bumpkin on a log."
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:12 (nine years ago) link
that was from Zep II
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:16 (nine years ago) link
I'm hoping for a top ten placement for the Buffett still.
― nxd, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
And Neil Young is possibly the 5th or 6th most played artist after Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. But, you know, Toronto.
Yeah, same in Ottawa (although Rush and AC/DC probably get a little more play than the Beatles tbh). I'm surprised to learn that he's considered a niche CR artist in the US. Bigger than Skynyrd here!
"Heart Full of Soul" was a CR staple when I was growing up but I haven't heard it in a decade. I know Q107 plays more 60s stuff.
I'm a little surprised that you don't know "Walk Away", though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:18 (nine years ago) link
xps: in Stairway to Heaven, Plant does sing "there's still time to change the Toad you Suck". Possibly a reference to AR.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:18 (nine years ago) link
― Lee626, Friday, August 1, 2014 9:16 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hahaha oh man, my classic rock bona fides are shot
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link
I just got a call requesting this song from Euler, who told me a very long, involved story of how his night moves that, frankly, the FCC would not allow me to even paraphrase for you.
http://i.imgur.com/ZdYC7zP.jpg
16. Bob Seger – Night Moves1567 points, 21 votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link
With summuh clooooosin iiyyunnn.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link
Wtf
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
awwww guess that means my #1 didn't place. Night Moves my #2. autumn closing in!
― Euler, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
This is one of those songs I wish I couldn't so strongly relate to.
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
Lol at my misrememberings
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:38 (nine years ago) link
Here's a quick alternate title rundown of some of the results for the CR deficient among us who probably know some of these songs without knowing they know them:
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy"Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Doodoo Doodoodoo, Doot Doot Doodoodoodoo"Golden Earring - "When The Bullet Hits The Bone"Edgar Winter - "BUHDUT DUT DUT DADUT DUT DANG, BUHDUT DUT DADUH"Doobie Brothers - "Without Love (Where Would You Be Now?)"Fleetwood Mac - "Thunder (Only Happens When It's Raining)"The Band - "Take A Load Off, Annie (Take A Load For Free)"Gerry Rafferty - "You're Cryin', You're Cryin' Now (SOARING SAX SOLO)"ZZ Top - "Buhdut Dit Dit Dit Buhdun DUN (A HOW HOW HOW HOW)"Stevie Nicks - "Just Like The Wild Wing-uh (Seems Like The Song Sounds Like She's Singin' (Ooh Baby Ooh Ooh))"Pink Floyd - "Hello (Is There Anybody In There?)"Boston - "I Understand About Indecision (All I Want Is To Have My Piece of Pie)"Nazareth - "Now You're Messin' With a Son of a BYEEATCH!"Boz Scaggs - "Lido (Oh Whoa-OH-Ohohoh)"Black Sabbath - "Finished With My Woman (Cuz She Couldn't Help Me With My Mind)"Jefferson Starship - "Wet Hot American Summer Main Title Theme"Rolling Stones - "It's Just A Shot Away (It's Just A Shot Away)"Led Zeppelin - "AaaaAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAH! (I Come From The Land Of The Ice And Snow)"
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
WORKIN AND PRACTICIIIIIIIIN
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
So I guess the kid in that picture is a reminder of what all those night moves lead to.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
night moves is the best
love that laidback intro
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 1 August 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link