CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL parking lot tailgate pre-party -- nominations, discussions, parameters, etc.

Do Rare Earth or Blood Sweat and Tears get played on Classic Rock stations or they more Oldies?

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

Hollies: Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress

^^Still in microwave rotation.

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.

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.

xp - ikr?!?!

i found out when i finally found the hollies greatest hits and was like huh? ew.

Canned Heat - On The Road Again

(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 Happy
Spinning Wheel
And When I Die

Don McLean – American Pie

Just a warning. Anyone who votes for this vomitous piece of shit will forever be subject to my wrath.

Good to have on the list anyway for Worst Tracks reference.

Second Blood Sweat & Tears noms.

spinning wheel is key

Wouldn't vote for it, but I love "American Pie," then and now.

^ dead to me

The father, son, and the holy ghost--plus Clemenza--they caught the last train for the coast.

10cc - Good Morning Judge

(not a hit in US or Canada I'll admit but, sound-wise, fits right into this poll)

10cc - The Things We Do For Love

(I didn't know it was by 10cc until last week -- I always thought it was by Steve Forbert or someone like that)

What is a Steve Forbert song I might know? I've seen the name around for years and years, but have never listened to him as far as I know.

American Pie is more fun when you get rolling drunk and act out the lyrics with handmotions in a nearly-empty pub to a handful of regulars

ymmv

What is a Steve Forbert song I might know?

"romeo's tune"

yeah that should be on here

Okay, I might have heard this before. Either way, I like it!

ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Deep Purple - Child in Time

Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House

Yes – I’ve Seen All Good People
Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Yes - Roundabout

Are "Yours Is No Disgrace" and "Starship Trooper" too deep for this poll? I think they got radio airplay but I could be confusing classic rock radio with the music of my eternal soul.

Supertramp - School

(xp) plus "long distance runaround." or did that get classic rock dropped at some point?

I've heard "Yours Is No Disgrace" many times on classic rock radio

Used to hear Long Distance Runaround on 97.1 FM Chicago, The Drive.

…which has a specific "mellow" classic rock format that I don't think I've heard elsewhere. Playlists heavier on the Jackson Browne side of things than the AC/DC side, but still not soft-rock.

I've totally heard all those Yes songs (Long-Disgraced Trooper) on CR radio.

Then I would like to add them and Long Distance Runaround to the nomination list, please, and thank you all for the confirmation.

"wonderous stories" gets play, too

i've never had the pleasure of classic rock radio so these could be way off target:

Patti Smith - Because The Night
Toto - Africa
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

Would "Gloria" work for this poll? I swear I've heard it on Q104.3.

Yes Patti Smith (and that's the ONLY Patti Smith I can think of having heard) no to the other 2 IMP

I don't know about Africa, but Because the Night and She Sells Sanctuary (and Love Removal Machine) got play on the classic rock stations of my adolescence.

xp

I've heard Dancing Barefoot on the CR station in the last few years

i think? now i feel like i'm going crazy.

Them's original "Gloria" should probably make the ballot though.

Some special Canadian nominations for Myonga (all excellent, all '70s, all played regularly on Q-107 here):

April Wine -- Tonight Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love
Fludd -- Get Up, Get Out and Move On
Goddo -- Sweet Thing (greatest lyric ever: "You like the fact I'm in the Goddo band")
Guess Who -- Albert Flasher
Guess Who -- Rain Dance
Mainline -- Get Down To
Pagliaro -- Lovin' You Ain't Easy
Pagliaro -- Some Sing, Some Dance
Thundermug -- Africa
Valdy -- Rock and Roll Song

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I don't know if I've ever heard Fludd, Pagliaro or Thundermug! I don't listen to Q-107 if I can help it. But I'll add

Streetheart - Hollywood
Max Webster - Toronto Tontos
Harlequin - Thinking Of You
Prism - Spaceship Superstar
Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
Zon - Astral Projector OK, I've never actually heard this on the radio. But I sure would like to.

I wish I heard "Starship Trooper" on the radio more often!

(I don't know Fludd, Pagliaro, or Thundermug either btw!)

If we're including Harlequin, then we def need "Innocence".

Yeah I remember you stanning hard for that song in two previous threads, I think!

lol

I don't think I've ever heard "Toronto Tontos" get radio play.

Tbh, I'm not sure I've ever heard Max Webster in my life.

OK I hate to derail but I'm gonna do it anyway:

sund4r subramanian wrote this on thread forgotten/understated 'classic' pop songs of the 80s and 90s on board I Love Music on Sep 30, 2002

Harlequin - "Innocence"
Queensryche - "Another Rainy Night"
Warrior Soul - "Losers"
sund4r subramanian (sund4r) wrote this on thread 100 Can-Pop Classics on board I Love Music on Dec 11, 2002

Oh sorry, these were supposed to be more obscure?
Is A Foot In Coldwater's "Anything You Want" any better? Or Harlequin's "Innocence"

sund4r subramanian (sund4r) wrote this on thread You mean they're NOT Canadian?!? on board I Love Music on Dec 13, 2002

Chuck, I have a feeling you'd like "Innocence" by Harlequin.
Foreigner, Queensryche.

EveningStar (Sund4r) wrote this on thread Pfunkboy, Viceroy & emil.y productions present: the most rockingest tracks of the 1980s poll NOMINATIONS THREAD (Closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. UK time) on board I Love Music on Aug 1, 2012

(Tim was convincing me.)

Harlequin - Innocence

s woods wrote this on thread 100 Can-Pop Classics on board I Love Music on Dec 11, 2002

"Tonite is a Wonderful Time" - April Wine
"Some Sing, Some Dance" - Pagliaro
I just noticed Harlequin's "Innocence" on the list--amazing track.

sund4r (sund4r) wrote this on thread ***OMFG IT'S THE TOTALLY TUBULAR ILX 1980s NOMINATIONS SUGGESTION THREAD*** on board I Love Music on Sep 1, 2005

Harlequin's "Innocence" rivals any track from SWW (which should be there, yes)!
Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee) wrote this on thread Pop and Inflation on board I Love Music on Oct 8, 2004

You and that darn Harlequin song, sund4r - I swear I'm gonna buy that "Over 60 Minutes With Harlequin" CD next time I'm in the mall!
(Fondly recall not only "Innocence" but "Thinking Of You" and a few more. Musical tastes regressing even further into the past - pathetic.)
sund4r subramanian (sund4r) wrote this on thread I appear to be against the 80s on board I Love Music on Aug 25, 2003

Harlequin - "Innocence"
Grapes of Wrath - "All the Things I Wasn't" is pretty organic and I bet you haven't heard it. I haven't either in maybe a decade but I remember liking it.

sund4r subramanian (sund4r) wrote this on thread Favorite song you don't have a copy of on board I Love Music on Nov 11, 2003

Want to buy my copy of 77? Email if interested.
To answer the thread, probably either "Fly At Night" by Chilliwack or "Innocence" by Harlequin. I don't have a high-speed connection at home.

Hahaha.

xpost - You've probably heard "A Million Vacations" or "Let Go The Line"

I hear "Let Go The Line" and "Paradise Skies" pretty often on Canadian Classic Rock stations.

Oh, I thought "Million Vacations" was solo Kim Mitchell.