CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

Looks like Van Morrison is going to get the shaft. Brown Eyed Girl might be too much of an oldie, and then there would be vote splitting between his others.

Just listened to Radar Love again, so great. So many different rockin' parts

carl agatha loves parts

I'll be shocked if "Changes" doesn't make it. But I expect to be shocked by a lot of things at this point.

well "Suffragette City" would be ok

I love parts. I have always loved parts.

Mott a late cut for me too, it fell into the category of "it probably doesn't need my help"

true story, 107.7 was originally going to use THE SHOCKER as its alias before we settled on THE AORta

classic rock: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

(xxxpost)

"All the Young Dudes" won a competition as the song that everyone on ILM liked at one time iirc!

This one's for Ari and cwkiii. Oh, and Jesus, too, although he told me once that he always gets this confused with "La Grange" until he hears his name in the lyrics.

http://i.imgur.com/CY3lOIi.jpg

12. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
1608 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes

I'd honestly be okay with Bowie taking all of the remaining slots.

THE song that everyone on ILM likes

xpost WTF; p sure I've never heard this on CRR.

the bombest

YES YES YES

(Context: Find a song that everybody on ILM likes )

Good job ILX on Spirit in the Sky.

Looks like Van Morrison is going to get the shaft. Brown Eyed Girl might be too much of an oldie, and then there would be vote splitting between his others.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, August 1, 2014 10:32 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Van is in my top 5!

See what I love about this poll (which I didn't vote in, sorry) is that it's not all Stones / Who, it really has those songs I remember encountering on CR radio as a child and going "WHOA WHAT IS THAT" and maybe never really knowing. "Radar Love" and "All the Young Dudes" for example. Those songs are IN ME.

Of course, "Come Sail Away" has the same status in my heart and is surely not going to place.

this song is still my #1 candidate for:

hits from the eighties or whenever that have yet to been turned in to brand-spanking psychedelic "edits" by Todd Terje or some other charming moustach-parading Scandanavian wag filling in fo

Isn't there a third CR song with that "Spirit In The Sky"/"La Grange" guitar thing going on?

I was starting to worry that "Spirit in the Sky" had somehow missed out. I love that song so much, and it really is the essence of "classic rock" to me.

"shake your hips" which is itself a cover obv xp

I really like Old Lunch's "Classic Rock for Dummies"--worth a separate thread.

Spirit in the Sky, placed where it belongs. Amazing song.

"shake your hips" which is itself a cover obv xp

YES THAT'S THE ONE, thank you, een.

"Come Sail Away" has the same status in my heart and is surely not going to place.

never say never

Wait -- is there no #13? Is this poll like an apartment building?

also Mookie! DVE just played some horrible banjoey pseudocountry bullshit that I did not know so I went to their website to look at the "now playing" list and it's the newest from The Clarks. UGH.

Oh, and Jesus, too, although he told me once that he always gets this confused with "La Grange" until he hears his name in the lyrics.

^Jesus actually gets his own song on Tres Hombres, so he shouldnt be too bummed.

styx/kansas/reo fans begin an anxious vigil. death by vote-split?

clemenza, I think there may be a thread like that floating around somewhere. If not, I have scads of Song Titles For Dummies in my repertoire.

"C'mon man, Number 14, y'know where you really placed"

seriously Spirit in the Sky? Fuuuuuuck that

Fingers crossed that the missing #13 is Cheap Sunglasses

I need Survivor to show up soon.

seriously Spirit in the Sky? Fuuuuuuck that

― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, August 1, 2014 10:45 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

smh @ this ignorance

OTM

I find the dynamics of this poll to be the most fascinating yet. There's so much going on beyond merely which songs we like; also worked in are things like "is it CLASSIC ROCK enough?" or "this artist needs some recognition in an ILM poll" or "it was used to great effect in a crucial flick".

I've been thinking my #1 has a pretty decent shot of actually making #1. And it's a band that hasn't shown up yet.

Also just sayin, it would just feel weird to see a classic rock Top 10 without Pink Floyd or Led Zep. Due to the vote splitting, I'm thinking this might be the first classic rock list in history of mankind to exclude these 2.

Prove me wrong please.

From the song's Wikipedia page:

Of the song, Greenbaum observed: "It sounds as fresh today as when it was recorded. I’ve gotten letters from funeral directors telling me that it’s their second-most-requested song to play at memorial services, next to 'Danny Boy'.".

Also, this:

in a VH1 episode about famous one-hit wonders, Alice Cooper said that he was surprised to hear someone with a Jewish-sounding last name performing a song that seemed to be about Jesus

I don't see any more Floyd coming. w/ Zep who knows

styx/kansas/reo fans begin an anxious vigil. death by vote-split?

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, August 1, 2014 9:43 AM (6 minutes ago)

praying hard that this is the case

crüt & sleeve OTM, "Spirit" deserves every vote it gets + more

seriously Spirit in the Sky? Fuuuuuuck that

― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, August 1, 2014 10:45 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, this. Such a bland non-entity of a song. It's the unflavored ice milk of cr.

I've been thinking my #1 has a pretty decent shot of actually making #1. And it's a band that hasn't shown up yet.

Mine too. I know mine is 100% guaranteed to show up, it's just a question of where.

brb going to get some unflavored ice milk

styx/kansas/reo fans begin an anxious vigil.

Nothing I've ever read on ILX suggests that people here feel the same way I do about "Point of Know Return," so all my vigilance is focused on Tommy, Dennis, and those nice Panozzo boys.

I must be a superstitious architect, because I just skipped #13! Sorry folks, we've got some, uh, strong coffee in the station this morning. This one's for Darin:

http://i.imgur.com/pCsMqV4.jpg

13. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
1605 points, 23 votes

imo there is no more classic rock CCR than "fortunate son." whether that was enough for it to make my ballot or this rollout, only the rock gods know.

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, July 28, 2014

Hooray, my number 4!