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

Les Dudek who played on Ramblin Man is presumably somewhere in that Mask photo. I'd bet the cast of Mask were big Allman Bros fans.

speaking of that:

allman bros - melissa

xxpost Deep Purple 'Highway Star', gr8080?

jesus christ, Google autocorrected my choogle search to Google.

I know it won't happen, but "Hair of the Dog" should really win this thing

― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Wednesday, June 18, 2014 12:59 PM (25 seconds ago)

top 5 at least

xxpost Deep Purple 'Highway Star', gr8080?

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:00 PM (48 seconds ago)

nope & i already played that this morning thinking it could be it!!

definitely xp

The version of Highway Star on Made in Japan is probably the best song ever put to tape.

Les Dudek who played on Ramblin Man is presumably somewhere in that Mask photo. I'd bet the cast of Mask were big Allman Bros fans.

speaking of that:

allman bros - melissa

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:59 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just checked, Dudek is the guy with the facial furniture kneeling in front.

Has "Blue Sky" been mentioned yet? What a great song.

Front right.

The version of Highway Star on Made in Japan is probably the best song ever put to tape.

Can't be, cause the live "Space Truckin" on Side 4 is the best

Hair of the Dog will be in my top 10 no question. a worthy number one for this poll surely

Did Rainbow's 'Stargazer' ever get much US "classic rock" airplay? 'Cuz if it did, it deserves to be in there.

It's hard to participate in this part of the poll, because I have no idea what was and what wasn't played in the US on classic rock stations. We didn't really have classic rock radio here, at least not until the digital radio era.

I have the same problem. the criteria is up to the U.S. radio listeners to figure out

ok guys here is me singing/humming this fucking riff i cant figure out, help me out here:

http://shoutkey.com/risqu%C3%83%C2%A9

fwiw i would encourage you guys and others in a similar position to vote on your favorite songs anyway. we're handwringing about criteria now but ultimately it's just gonna be about what people like best out of the songs that meet the criteria. xp

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wait lets try that again

http://shoutkey.com/eject

ok, no fucking idea.

It sounds awesome though.

oh shit I know this god damn it what is it

it was the "bloo, bloo, bloo" part that kicked my memory in

sounds like ZZ Top's "Cheap Sunglasses" to me

YES!!!

btw gr8080 is now going to beatbox riffs from the top 100 songs during the poll results rollout

oh dude, that will be so necessary.

blooo, bloooo!

yes!!! cheap sunglasses! i even listened to that this morning and must have lost my patience before it got to the blooo blooo keyboard part

fun fact: i played "cheap sunglasses" in my set when deej and i DJ'd a loft party together in summer 2010

and thank you, some dude!

Cheap Sunglasses a strong contender for my #1 spot

I lose my patience with ZZ Top all the time.

no prob! (xp)

are ppl voting for santana?

oye como va gonna be high on my ballot

def. going to be voting for Santana, probably that track

songs that are primarily a groove+solos are one of the best kinds of classic rock. Same reason Cheap Sunglasses is a high contender for me.

Santana-related, from the Ween thread

how many songs are we putting in our ballots? i know we haven't got to that yet but I was wondering

347.

- After this thread has run its course and I officially open voting, I'm thinking of a 2 week voting window, with ballots consisting of a minimum of 20 songs and a maximum of 100 songs.

100???

Except for the decade polls, this will be the first time I feel confident I can full a 100-track ballot pretty easily.

420

I think the results from this poll are gonna be super hella interesting and contentious.

if people think 100 is insane i can dial it down to 50 but i kinda want the option there for those of you (us) that wanna go whole hog. i just look at all these songs and the hundreds of them i've enjoyed, and i'd like to be able to really vote for everything i feel strongly about, be able to vote for as many Who songs as i want and still have room for the one hit wonders, etc.

whatever wins, we should start a movement, maybe through one of those whitehouse.gov petitions, to have that song replace "freebird" as the song that people are required to shout out at concerts.

this is prob gonna be one of the hardest polls to predict ever. i don't even want to venture a guess at a #1 or a like top ten.

Did Rainbow's 'Stargazer' ever get much US "classic rock" airplay? 'Cuz if it did, it deserves to be in there.

^ never. even though it is better than 99% of songs on there.

I'm excited to do a 100-song poll, don't dial it down to 50 please!

Guessing "Baba O'Riley" for top 5.

Everybody's going to have a different criteria for voting. For me, this poll is the place where songs like More Than A Feeling get their due.

If the band/singer already had their own dedicated poll, I'm not going to vote for them. That means no Stones, Who, Dylan, Zeppelin, Springsteen etc. So while I normally like Gimme Shelter more than Radar Love, I don't here.

I like that approach, will consider