AC/DC are pretty huge, but they suffered from vote-splitting and I think also the feeling that once you put your favorite one or two tracks on your ballot you've kinda covered their 'range' so to speak and don't need to vote for several songs.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
I want to believe that 'vote splitting' is real, but then we have 3 heart songs (the only 3 heart songs) in the top 11!
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
"Junior's Farm" (write in) made the top 500 as well.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
("Painted Ladies" was also one of the more blatant Neil Young imitations from that era.)
― clemenza, Friday, August 1, 2014 3:23 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sounds way more like America than Neil to my ears
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
will be doing some 'top artists by points totals' breakdowns that will shed some light on the vote-splitting question.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
cosign on the Heart thing. And both those 38 special songs, upon reflection, kinda suck.
but overall, a playlist to get me through the next week's commute with a smile.
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Lee--yes; should have said blatant-America-imitating-Neil-Young songs. But you're right.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Gary Wright - "Love Is Alive", another glaring omission. I wanna try compiling an alternate universe CRR playlist comprised only of stuff that didn't make the top 500.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
Gary Wright - "Love Is Alive", another glaring omission. -- 100x better than "Dream Weaver"
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
Looking at the list, the band whose absence from the top 100 most strikes me is Supertramp. They are intrinsic to my sense of Classic Rock.
To mine too. I voted for "Hide in Your Shell" and "School". I've never seen them get much love on ILM so I wasn't that surprised. If I squint a little, I can sort of see those songs as anticipating Radiohead in a weird way.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
Another band that did me in with first-run overexposure. I never lumped them in with Bostonkansasforeignerstyxtriumphtotojourney because they sounded SO different, though.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
Didn't know they weren't there, but thirded. They seem crucial to me in terms of my sense of the timeline, what I listened to then, and what still gets played now (they're on Q-107 a lot). I'd put forth Crime of the Century and Even in the Quietest Moments as their two key CR album, though Breakfast in America gets more play.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
i've been getting "magic man" stuck in my head every day this week, it happens anytime i just look at one of these 70s party photos.
― brimstead, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
Clearly we need a stand alone Supertramp poll
― Jeff W, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
you're bloody well right
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
― clemenza, Friday, August 1, 2014 3:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, now that i think about it, America made a career out of imitating Neil Young
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
fanfuckingtastic poll some dude and gr8080 and all voters and all commenters, even though all of you are wrong about the beatles.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
"Painted Ladies" is by Ian Thomas
Brother of SCTV's Dave Thomas btw
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
Holy fuck, I never knew this was not a Neil Young song!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
It gets played all the time in Canada, yeah.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
fanfuckingtastic poll some dude and gr8080 and all voters and all commenters, even though all of you are wrong about the beatles.― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, August 1, 2014 1:09 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, August 1, 2014 1:09 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I knew the FCC was gonna get on the AORta's case
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
this poll rocked into the night
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
I think this poll clearly demonstrates how bands that aren't on spotify don't actually exist anymore.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
is no Beatles in the top maybe another victim of 'not Classic Rock enough'? Every CR station seems to have periodic Beatles blocks at certain times, but I don't hear them much during regular programming.
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
top = top 100
Yeah when the Beatles are on CRR it always feel obligatory to me, like paying tribute to ancestors. Obviously Abbey Road and Let It Be are CR enough in both spirit and timeline, but they still seem like a separate thing to me.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
would like to add in my thanks as well, fantastically run poll. looking forward to seeing the artist tally.
― campreverb, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
"School"
Also one of the songs (along with "Another Brick in the Wall pt 2" and "The Headmaster Ritual") that used to make me wonder what the UK education system was like in the 60s and 70s.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
I think most people had a 'no bands with cirque du soleil shows in vegas' rule
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
my theoretical Top 10 in no real order
FrankensteinFunk #49Mississippi QueenAnthem - RushNever Been any Reason - Head EastRadar LoveRoundaboutLong Train RunninDo It Again - Steely DanBad Motor Scooter - Roundabout
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
FrankensteinFunk #49Mississippi QueenAnthem - RushNever Been any Reason - Head EastRadar LoveRoundaboutLong Train RunninDo It Again - Steely DanBad Motor Scooter - Montrose
lol WE'RE ALL WASTED
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
I had two Beatles songs in my top 10 fwiw.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
It would be fun to know the Enthusiasm, Popularity, Hivemind, Loneliness, Top Neighbor stuff like Seandalai does for EOY polls, but that sort of datamining seems contrary to the CR spirit, so, uh, never mind hey pass me one of those beers over there ok?
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, August 1, 2014 3:15 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://cs.trains.com//emoticons/icon_smile_swg.gif
― pplains, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
No Steppenwolf was the biggest shock for me by far. Magic Carpet Ride and Born To Be Wild were my #3 and #4!
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
Figured "Carry On Wayward Son" was a lock for top 100, even if people were sick of it. Around the top 5 or so, I realized it wouldn't make it. I've heard the song a million times and I still love it to death, my #1.
― Vinnie, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
yeah "Magic Carpet Ride" in particular has i think persevered and sounded at home in '70s-heavy playlists, i think sometime just in the last decade it overtook "Born To Be Wild" in airplay. was on my ballot but i gave up hope for it pretty quickly.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
"Born to Be Wild" has really suffered from getting used in so much in the media - I pretty much associate it with ads now.
― Vinnie, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
yeah that too. too iconic for its own good.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
"Next on The John Kay Group: 'Too Iconic'? What the fuck does that mean?"
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― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 August 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
I cant listen to Born to Be Wild again. Ever.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 1 August 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
goddamn the pusher man that'd make you
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
Great poll, loads of fun -- thanks SD and Gr80 for the work! Can't wait to see the top 500 and commiserate with the other few Thunderclap Newman fans.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, August 1, 2014 2:55 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
My #2.
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
10 votes was pretty respectable, I guess.
Lowest placing song with a first-place vote - 368. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Crosstown Traffic 350 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote
...unless something got a first and still fell outside the top 500.
― rockist papist scissorist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
My first place was outside of the top 500: Robert Palmer - Sailin' Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley. Have to admit that it's definitely not the most "classic rock" of songs, but it squeaks in under Little Feat. I probably should have given more points to Skynyrd or something.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Friday, 1 August 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
Yesss TWO buck dharma joints in the top 10 and that's WITHOUT me voting! This is why ilx is my home.
When I did finally get a ballot put together up to number 32 it was the Friday after the Wednesday of the deadline and I was like fuck it and didn't send it. But here it is:
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper 1Rush – Tom Sawyer 2Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya 3Led Zeppelin – Dancing Days 4Jethro Tull -- Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) 5Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle 6Fleetwood Mac – The Chain 7The Cars – Let’s Go 8The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 9Don Henley – Boys Of Summer 10Steely Dan – Reeling In The Years 11Heart – Crazy On You 12Steve Miller – Fly Like An Eagle 13Blue Oyster Cult – I’m Burnin’ For You 14Van Halen – Jump 15Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street 16Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – You Got Lucky 17Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born On The Bayou 18Boston – Rock & Roll Band 19The Eagles – In The City 20AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long 21Yes – Roundabout 22Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town 23The Who – Baba O’Riley 24Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot 25Golden Earring – Radar Love 26The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang 27Styx – Renegade 28.38 Special – Hold On Loosely 29Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind 30Kansas – Dust In The Wind 31Toto - Africa 32
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 August 2014 22:58 (nine years ago) link
I feel most guilty about "Do Ya" that song is THE elo jam and it needed me and I wasn't there for it.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 August 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
Also, it is dangerous to drive with radar love playing. The only song that has made me drive faster than radar love is the first track on zen arcade
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 August 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link
do oakland raiders fans sing a version of radar love at games?
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
They should've played it over the end titles of the final episode of m.a.s.h.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 August 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link