Damn is that a long and intimidating list of nominations. Are we definitely doing a "Worst Of" side poll?
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Thunderbirds also mirror the Blues Brothers by having a hit with a Sam & Dave song played by stations that would never play Sam & Dave. Ditto the Black Crowes.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
oh man i am totally adding all of THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS CERTIFIED HOOD CLASSICS to the list
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
campaigning for "Abracadabra" to be voted worst
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
Is Greg Kihn classic rock?
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
take heart -- for all of the stuff that doesn't get included, there's a whole huge sandbox of classic rock awesomeness still left to play with!
I woke up with 'Hold On Loosely' playing in my head so I take that as a positive omen
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:08 (ten years ago) link
hahaha now i know how to annoy Crüt
there should be a battle of the worst lyricssteve miller cooing about panties is def top 10, but there is a LOT to choose from
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
Time to get a bunch of blatant CanCon out of the way:
Loveryboy - Turn Me LooseBachman-Turner Overdrive - Hey YouGuess Who - These EyesChilliwack - My GirlTrooper - Here For A Good Time (Not a Long Time)Trooper - Raise a Little HellMax Webster - Paradise SkiesMax Webster - Let Go The LineApril Wine - OowatanitePrism - ArmageddonFive Man Electrical Band - Signs
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing
also "telephone line"
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
Van Halen - Ice Cream Man
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
Greatest songs of all time list from my current local station and the one I grew up with (Chez 106, Ottawa's Best Rock, natch):http://www.chez106.com/2013/01/01/chez-106-listener-advisor-top-106-favourite-songs-of-all-time/
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
("London Calling" = #91 fwiw)
And, yeah, they were more of a progressive album-oriented station when they were playing stuff like "21st Century Schizoid Man" (and Zappa and Babe Ruth).
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
About time the Who topped one of those lists.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
re: Talking Heads: I've definitely heard Life During Wartime and Burning Down the House on a couple CR stations.
They're not classic rock like Foghat is classic rock, but CR plays some of their tunes anyway.
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link
Interesting to note that Jethro Tull is completely absent from that list now. The modern rock station was actually playing them the other day, citing them as an influence on Mumford & Sons and neo-Britfolk.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
lol
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
from sund4r's current local station's list, this seems particularly deserving of an add:
rolling stones - wild horses
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
It's probably partly true, but no less crazy.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
lol - "neobritfolk like mumford & sons" makes me want to die and laugh at the same time
on a similar note, it never fails to blow my mind just how many of these songs insinuated themselves into my brain permanently without my cooperation. I just looked over this list and calculated that I could sing at least 80% of this list if you pointed to me and said "Sing the first line of _____ that comes to your mind". I couldn't sing the whole thing and there would probably be some made-up lyrics but I could at least give you an accurate vocal melody. That's crazy!
I can only conclude that I was listening to the radio every waking minute of my childhood.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
and/or that most of these songs were kinda good!
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
it never fails to blow my mind just how many of these songs insinuated themselves into my brain permanently without my cooperation
^^^ this
When I suggested stuff like green eyed lady, or Rock On it was more a reflection of that stuff being played constantly more than actually wanting to hear it, let alone rep for it
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
One of the stations I grew up with wasn't "classic rock," but in the 80s couldn't face the competition and became a talk station. This is the top 100 from their last "Top 500 of All Time!" countdown:
http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/wlsrr1.html
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, me too. I also listened to a lot of oldies stations growing up, so I can sing along to an astounding number of heavy rotation good times, great oldies hits.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
Oh whoa, this is like a mix of classic rock and oldies (which is mostly a defunct format up here).
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
In retrospect, it was a weird station, but at the time it seemed completely normal to hear "Johnny B. Goode" right after "When Doves Cry." It was Top 40, but that meant the top 40 from every year since 1955 or so.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
Thanks, Marko--my favourite BTO song, generally overlooked.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
Speaking of Tull, I nominate "Bungle in the Jungle" if it hasn't already been mentioned yet. I think I heard that one 10x for every one occurrence of "Aqualung."
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
plus, "bungle in the jungle" more influential on mumford & sons, obvi.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
yeah iirc pre-Beatlemania music was still in the mix on a good amount of "rock" stations in the 80s and well into the 90s. nowadays the only thing earlier than 1967 that i hear regularly is "My Generation" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." but i'm up for earlier stuff being nominated, honestly, i just didn't want to presume it should be in off the bat and put it in the pre-nominated pile.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
speaking of beatlemania, some pre-67 beatles tracks that i think are relevant here:
eleanor rigbyticket to rideday tripperpaperback writer
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
So Hollies, Turtles and Zombies are ok?
If so,
Hollies - Bus StopTurtles - Happy TogetherZombies - She's Not There
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
"She's Not There" DEFINITELY is still in rotation on a lot of stations
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
otm, borderline oldies should be able to qualify, but shouldn't get fast-track nomination status.
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin On
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
xp to sdIn that case...
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Tempting to go overboard with pre-64 stuff, but even back in the mid 80s, there seemed to be an Oldies vs. CR divide, and stuff like "Jailhouse Rock" just doesn't feel right here.
Another nom:
Edwin Starr - War
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
(xp) i love hollies, turtles and zombies, but that all seems like a different poll to me esp. that hollies and that turtles.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
Do Rare Earth or Blood Sweat and Tears get played on Classic Rock stations or they more Oldies?
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
i kinda feel the same way, and i don't care either way -- i just know that i heard those songs on the radio and it took me roughly two decades to figure out which song was by which two-syllable one word group that was not beatles
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
Hollies: Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
^^Still in microwave rotation.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
it took me roughly two decades to BELIEVE "long cool woman in a black dress" was by the hollies. i knew it was a hollies song pretty early on, but that made no sense to me, so i doubted my own knowledge for a good 20 years until i finally gave in and accepted it.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
ultimately, i'm gonna let most stuff in and just pull out the occasional thing that doesn't pass my personal smell test or got convincing objections itt. when it gets to a point where it feels like we're no longer nominating anything that could possibly get into a top 100 or even top 200 and are just debating irrelevant outliers for the sake of it, i'll give the 24 hour notice that i'm closing down nominations and will start prepping the voting thread.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
xp - ikr?!?!
i found out when i finally found the hollies greatest hits and was like huh? ew.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Canned Heat - On The Road Again
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
(many xps)
Rare Earth shamed into oblivion in '71? (AFAIK now only rated by crate diggers). But I'd add all of these Blood Sweat & Tears hits to the poll:
You've Made Me So Very HappySpinning WheelAnd When I Die
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
Don McLean – American Pie
Just a warning. Anyone who votes for this vomitous piece of shit will forever be subject to my wrath.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Good to have on the list anyway for Worst Tracks reference.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
Second Blood Sweat & Tears noms.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
spinning wheel is key
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
Wouldn't vote for it, but I love "American Pie," then and now.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link