is this the thread that will break ILX?
going to put some thought into this and come up with some later.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:49 (ten years ago) link
Rainbow -- Since You've Been Gone
― La Lechera, Monday, June 16, 2014 7:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Double cosign. Also cosign Donnie Iris - Ah Leah (note: that is my ringtone).
And I would like to nominate:
Joe Jackson - Stepping OutMarshall Crenshaw - Whenever You're on My Mind; Someday, Someway
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:51 (ten years ago) link
Oh and 93.3 WMMR
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
(note: that is my ringtone)
<3 <3 <3
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
104.3 Gold FM in Melbourne was my australian variation on the 'classic rock' station
but my first true American classic rock station was KSEG 96.9 'THE EAGLE' SO MUCH JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
Amboy Dukes -- Journey to the Center of the MindIggy Pop -- Lust for Life, The PassengerIggy & the Stooges -- Search and DestroyKiss -- Detroit Rock CityPaul Revere and the Raiders -- Indian ReservationThem -- Gloria, Here Comes the Night, Mystic EyesTommy James – Draggin’ the LineTommy James and the Shondells -- Mony Mony, Crimson and Clover, Crystal Blue PersuasionThe Troggs -- Wild Thing, I Can’t Control MyselfYardbirds -- I’m a Man, Happenings Ten Years Ago
― Brad C., Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:01 (ten years ago) link
Mr Veg would like me to give a shout out to his classic rock station 98.5 KZAP
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
a proper station identification would be KZAP Sacramento
just make sure to mention it within six minutes of the top of the hour iirc
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:07 (ten years ago) link
Don't think I saw any J.J. Cale above:- After Midnight- Cocaine- Call Me the Breeze
A couple more from Joe Cocker- With A Little Help From My Friends- The Letter
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
WKLS Atlanta, 96 Rock
― Brad C., Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
Eddie Rabbit - I Love A Rainy Night
not sure if it counts, they played the shit out of it in Australia on the classic rock station
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:41 (ten years ago) link
Sub poll idea: can we do a top 10 tracks we never ever want to hear again?
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:41 (ten years ago) link
Had the same thought when someone posted "Green Eyed Lady"
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:50 (ten years ago) link
I second the idea of an "ENOUGH ALREADY!" side poll.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:54 (ten years ago) link
Otm re: green eyed lady
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:55 (ten years ago) link
lynyrd skynyrd's "call me the breeze" and eric clapton's "cocaine" are both on the original list, and ec's "after midnight" was nominated somewhere along the way. does any classic rock station actually play j.j. cale, though?
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
Hawkwind -- "The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)"
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 03:16 (ten years ago) link
green eyed lady blehhhh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 03:23 (ten years ago) link
definitely gonna be a 'worst' subpoll.
you guys are crazy, though, "Green-Eyed Lady" rules.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 03:44 (ten years ago) link
blehhhhhh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 03:47 (ten years ago) link
it sounds like Neil Diamond singing a weedy psych rock song, i love it
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 03:53 (ten years ago) link
Predicting a strong showing for "Hey Jude" on the worst poll (hell, I'll be voting for it).
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:01 (ten years ago) link
it's the bloopy organ that kills it for me
that and he sounds like a piano bar singer "heyyyyy there try the steak"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
David Bowie - White Light/White Heat
― sci-fi looking, chubby-leafed, delicately bizarre (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:17 (ten years ago) link
Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire
― sci-fi looking, chubby-leafed, delicately bizarre (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:18 (ten years ago) link
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City LimitsCanned Heat - Let's Work TogetherRedbone - The Witch Queen Of New OrleansMontrose - Rock the NationSuzi Quatro - Devil Gate DriveDwight Twilley Band - I'm on FireThe Romantics - Talking in Your SleepThe Outfield - All the Love in the WorldThe B-52's - Private IdahoStatus Quo - Down DownStatus Quo - Rockin' All Over the World
― cock chirea, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:20 (ten years ago) link
Man, I had no idea that there were CR stations out there playing the Stooges, Eno, and Bowie covers of VU songs
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:34 (ten years ago) link
WXRX 104.9 Rockford, IL certainly never touched these tracks
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:35 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, the classic rock stations I grew up with--first in London, Ontario and then in Detroit--were way more conservative than what some of you guys must've had. Like, even the Clash's big hits were something I'd never encounter on them.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:39 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, where exactly are these classic rock stations with impossibly deep playlists?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:40 (ten years ago) link
Unless "classic rock" has been significantly redefined since the 90s, which is conceivably the last time I ever turned on a classic rock station.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:42 (ten years ago) link
maybe we need some veteran classic rock djs to veto our final list
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 04:51 (ten years ago) link
PLease point me to the classic rock station that has ever played Eno or Hawkwind. The first time I ever heard hawkwind on the radio was a week ago on KALX.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 05:14 (ten years ago) link
I'm not sure if this poll is for the songs that I heard on regular Rock radio back when it existed in the '70s and '80s, Classic Rock radio as it existed in the '80s and '90s, or Classic Rock radio as it exists today.
If we are going with Classic Rock radio as it exists today, then just vote on "More Than a Feeling", "Gimme Three Steps", and "Magic Man" and be done with it.
On the other hand, I never heard Eno or Hawkwind on rock radio. Eno productions, "Love Is the Drug", and Fastway are the closest that made it here.
101 KLOL, or 97 Rock, or 93.7 the Arrow, or whatever The Eagle is now.
― Zachary Taylor, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 05:35 (ten years ago) link
the green eyed lady riff rules, idk about the song itself
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 05:42 (ten years ago) link
These guys need to be on here:
Three Dog Night - Joy to the WorldThree Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To ComeThree Dog Night - One
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 05:56 (ten years ago) link
Los Angeles radio:
had:KMET - went Jazz (turned into The Wave)KLSX - had an incredibly deep playlist (turned into a JACK-FM type of station down the dial)
Still around:KLOS - (was Disney owned Cynthia Fox, "Uncle Joe" Benson, Jim Ladd)KSWD - the Sound
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:00 (ten years ago) link
Keep Your Hands to Yourself by the Georgia Satellites needs to be on here. It just squeaks in by virtue of being released in '86, but it will probably be in my top 10.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:18 (ten years ago) link
Oh, nm...it's in some dude's big list.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:19 (ten years ago) link
I vote Donnie Iris x10 in the worst side poll.
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:37 (ten years ago) link
Congratulations. You're the first person I've ever encountered who doesn't like that song. I hope you're proud of yourself, creep. ;)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:47 (ten years ago) link
2 songs i remember hearing (occasionally) on whatever station we had for classic rock in spokane, wa c. 1980. not saying they were staples or anything, but i remember being completely mesmerized the first time i heard "baby's on fire" on the radio, trying to get my parents' attention because it was so weird. they weren't impressed.
― sci-fi looking, chubby-leafed, delicately bizarre (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 08:15 (ten years ago) link
in the same spirit, i never heard no damn hawkwind on the radio ever
never heard Eno on classic rock, wtf.
if that's on there since this is ILM corny motherfuckers are gonna vote it #1 which would be laaaaaaaaaaaaaame
― Euler, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 08:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah, true. rescind baby's on fire nom. though they really did useda play it sometimes.
i wasn't gonna vote for it though. classic rock to me = "gimme three steps", "when the levee breaks", "you shook me anl", "takin' care of business", "sweet emotion", "carry on wayward son", etc.
― sci-fi looking, chubby-leafed, delicately bizarre (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 09:05 (ten years ago) link
― intheblanks, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 12:34 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i haven't been able to keep up with the thread and respond to everything individually, but i am definitely vetoing most of the stuff in this vein. doesn't really fit the spirit of the poll. a LOT of different stuff was played on 'progressive' AOR radio back in the day that's not considered classic rock now, and a lot of those stations ultimately turned into modern rock/alternative stations, like WHFS here in Maryland, so i feel like that's a different lineage.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 09:51 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, a lot of confusion with oldies radio and progressive radio. For the most part, I could construct a proper ballot out of your original part. People have added a couple Stevie Nicks songs that I might vote for, but B52s for example is ridiculous.
― how's life, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 09:55 (ten years ago) link
"you shook me anl"
is this an abbreviation of "You Shook Me All Night Long" or "You Shook Me Anal"? both great songs.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 09:56 (ten years ago) link
yes
― sci-fi looking, chubby-leafed, delicately bizarre (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 10:06 (ten years ago) link
You shook me anal down, sport.
― how's life, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 10:31 (ten years ago) link