In the car today, for some reason it was Paul McCartney day.
it be his birthday.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 19 June 2014 02:30 (ten years ago) link
DA NANA NA NANA
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 June 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
Has "Low Rider" been mentioned? that's gotta be one of the few tracks by a legit funk band that gets classic rock play. (Cousin of mine useta think it was Santana)
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 19 June 2014 02:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah, it's in the OP. also a mean fighter.
― Pew Nornographers (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 June 2014 02:59 (ten years ago) link
I'm just voting for songs on the Dazed and Confused soundtrack.
― Jeff, Thursday, 19 June 2014 03:17 (ten years ago) link
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 June 2014 04:15 (ten years ago) link
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.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, June 18, 2014
yeah i'm not making any hard and fast rules but acts that transcend classic rock are less likely to get my vote than acts that only get played there
head east, red rider and golden earring own this thing \m/
(and yeah gotta get "when the bullet hits the bone" on the list and la lechera otm wrt "since you been gone")
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 19 June 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
i have had "Since You Been Gone" in my head for DAYS now
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 June 2014 05:08 (ten years ago) link
duh duh-duh DUH
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 19 June 2014 05:10 (ten years ago) link
Re: the Beatles ... the classic rock station I listened to in the late 70s/early 80s (WQDR, Raleigh NC) used to do Beatles A to Z weekends every once in a while.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 19 June 2014 05:15 (ten years ago) link
Any guesses about where Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California, and Free Bird will end up??
― that's not my post, Thursday, 19 June 2014 05:17 (ten years ago) link
later-period Beatles, like Get Back, Hey Jude, Revolution to me are all classic rock radio staples...cannot really picture those not being part of the pantheon
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 June 2014 05:31 (ten years ago) link
uranus?
― Pew Nornographers (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 June 2014 06:05 (ten years ago) link
Well, yeah.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 June 2014 06:11 (ten years ago) link
^just as long as they aren't going to Uranus on some spaceship as an example of Earth culture
― that's not my post, Thursday, 19 June 2014 06:17 (ten years ago) link
I def heard "One Way or Another" on classic rock radio in the day
I also heard Gene Loves Jezebel, so who knows
― Euler, Thursday, 19 June 2014 07:30 (ten years ago) link
There's a band I had completely forgotten about until just now.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 June 2014 10:54 (ten years ago) link
The Spotify playlist for nominations is going to be crucial, because I bet I know so many more of these songs by ear than I do by name and I can't wait to find out which ones I love but didn't recognize by name.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 June 2014 10:55 (ten years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, June 19, 2014 1:08 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I kinda want to do a poll of Rainbow's "Since You Been Gone" vs. Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone" vs. The Outfield's "Since You've Been Gone" vs. "Since You've Been Gone" by Weird Al vs. . . . oh, there are so many.
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 June 2014 12:10 (ten years ago) link
listened to a miniblock of local classic rock this morning on the way home from work. broke down thusly:
Bad to the Bone - George ThorogoodBang a Gong - T RexTake Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money <sounds like eddie moneySweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd SkynyrdBlinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth BandVan Halen - You Really Got MeCocaine - Eric Clapton <fucking JAM that should not be overlooked no matter how bad clapton sucks in general
takeway, i think is that my hirsute, boogie van ensconced version of classic rock is still pretty much otm, even 30 years down the road. eddie money and manfred mann are outliers, detailing. core is still freedom rock, man.
― Pew Nornographers (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 June 2014 12:52 (ten years ago) link
Oh shit. You know what's not on here?
Rick Springfield - Love is Alright
Is that too much of a deep cut?
― how's life, Thursday, 19 June 2014 12:54 (ten years ago) link
Queen - Tie Your Mother DownRolling Stones - She's So ColdAmerica - Sister Golden Hair
― MarkoP, Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:19 (ten years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:15 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Never heard this on cr radio, but heard it a LOT on a Vermont oldies station in the mid-90s. They were literally playing it every other day for three weeks straight. I somehow never got sick of it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)
― MarkoP, Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:26 (ten years ago) link
REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving YouSupertramp - Hide in Your ShellRod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:29 (ten years ago) link
Rolling Stones - She's So ColdYes! Love this song.
Also it reminded me how I used to get "Shattered" totally confused with "Vicious".
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:34 (ten years ago) link
@contenderirzer I guess I agree that a ton of what's played on CR is awesome hirsute Freedom Rock. I was just saying that classic rock as a radio format is broader than that, and as far as I can tell it always has been. Probably a quarter to a third of playlists aren't stuff like that, which is borne out by your experiment where 2 of 7 songs don't fit your criteria.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link
Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb, She's a Rainbow
xpost intheblanks otm
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:40 (ten years ago) link
xxxp fwiw the best Since You've Been Gone is by Aretha Franklin
― g simmel, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:03 (ten years ago) link
i had forgotten how much of a jam Romantics' "what i like about you" was
what other stuff is in the CR/new-wave crossover... "my sharona"?
"steppin' out" got mentioned upthread-- does this count? it has electronic drums and no guitar...
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Oh man, I love that song. It's hella AOR.
― how's life, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:18 (ten years ago) link
But like, no biker ever...
― how's life, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
― how's life, Thursday, June 19, 2014 8:54 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Would vote for.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:25 (ten years ago) link
(though it's "Love is Alright Tonite," isn't it?)
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link
i dunno man, i can see a biker jamming to "steppin' out" after a few lines of blow in the right context
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
I could see someone on maybe a Yamaha or something....
― how's life, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
and wearing a tux.
― how's life, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:35 (ten years ago) link
Well I was looking at the recent playlist of a nearby Classic Rock station and saw Split Enz's "I Got You" on it, which I've understood was a bigger hit here in Canada than in the US, but it seems too new wavey to me to want to suggest.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link
i dunno man, i can see a biker jamming to "steppin' out"
Steppin' Out is a slippery slope leading to Hungry Like The Wolf. Scott Muni will be rolling in his grave, people!
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
Nooooo Steppin' Out is so good and perfect and gets CR radio play I swear.
It's going to go on the same "mellow out" mix as Steely Dan that the bikers listen to when they've taken Valium to come down from their multi-day meth binge.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
I'd veto Joe Jackson but accept the Cars
In other news, I listened to The Cars' Shake It Up (the record, not just the song) yesterday and it reminded me-- The Cars are so gd good: music, lyrics, general vibe, love it all-- even though the s/t is a total hit parade and indispensable, their other albums were totes solid and not to be missed if you like The Cars
I also listened to "Burnin' for You" yesterday and what a weird song that is. Time to play ~b-sides~
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
Steppin' Out doesn't really lead to Hungry Like The Wolf. it's the difference between Elton John and the Monkees. surely the bikers know this?
― g simmel, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
What does and doesn't get played on cr radio can be confusing and frequently infuriating. Boz Scaggs' very-disco "Lowdown"? Sure! How about some Funkadelic? Nope!
Ditto Steve Winwood's guitarless "Higher Love." Hey, can you guys maybe play "Let's Go Crazy" instead? WHAT?! NO! THAT'S NOT CLASSIC ROCK!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
i think the artist's general image has something (a lot) to do with whether or not he (usually he) is embraced by CR
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I don't think anyone here would argue that.
xp
― how's life, Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
Oh totally, I'm not suggesting anyone itt would rep for "Higher Love" as a major cr song or anything; just that the way the radio format is programmed is suspect.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:11 (ten years ago) link
that's a polite way of putting it!
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
LL otm re The Cars -- i've been obsessed with the song 'Magic' for like, a year now
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
^ me too
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
I was thinking about that the other day, Tarfumes (xxpost) classic rock = music for racist bikers i guess idk
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link