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

blocktober, like a block party weekend except ALL MONTH LONG

I always wonder if CR employees get excited about these things, and have, ilk, a "Blocktober" kick-off party or celebrate the success of the "Get the Led Out" initiative.

like, not ilk.

I am in a coin operated laundromat in Framingham ma, a break from my ailing mother in laws apartment. Played so far in here:
Hotel California
Jumping Jack Flash
Leather and Lace
Peace Of Mind
Benny & The Jets
Sweet Emotion

I thought "I've Seen All Good People" was pretty unique, actually. (It was released before the first Doobie Brothers album fwiw, although I don't know that I see the comparison, unless you're only talking about the second, lesser, movement.) The closest thing I could compare it to is CSNY but the hymn-like quality distinguishes it imo. It mostly works on the prettiness of the melody, Anderson's delivery, and the interaction with the counter-melodies. It's a pretty early prog track, not especially sophisticated in terms of compositional structure, compared to what Yes would go on to do (or even some other things on the same album, perhaps). There's not a terribly strong connection between the two movements, aside from the basic contrast. Yes's backing vocals can let them down a bit sometimes.

my local station has a lot of these things. "the vinyl frontier," every night at 11, they play one side of a classic album, at 5pm they play a live recording, on sunday mornings they play acoustic versions of songs, PLUS they get the led out and do twofer tuesdays and all that.

sunday we get Get the Led Out at 8-9, then Elwoods' Bluesmobile at 10-11 which I've never listened to but I think is a syndicated thing

"i've seen all good people" > "white rabbit" > "dirty work" in the category of classic rock chess references.

and, yeah, i've never much cared for the second half of "i've seen all good people" either.

Yes hits not getting enough love itt, i worry for my beloved "Roundabout."

"long distance runaround" is the yes song most likely to get my vote, though it's another one where i often check out somewhere in the middle of the wtf second half.

I do like the second part of "I've Seen All Good People" btw! I just think the first part is the real stunner; also, that the way the two parts are integrated is pretty crude compared to what they would become capable of.

CSN works too.

xps Definitely voting for Roundabout. There's a live version floating around that I like better than the studio version (mainly because it removes the intro), but even the studio version is great. Classic "DJ needs to go number 2" track.

Reading this I was like, "I think I'll listen to Yes" and I opened Spotify and it was still on Fragile from the last time I was reading this thread and thought, "I think I"ll listen to Yes."

I forget what all Yes songs we've nominated, but they'll probably all get a place on my ballot.

Straight bragging: Yes follows me on twitter because I tweeted something once about nobody liking Fragile as much as I like Fragile.

It was seriously the highlight of pretty much my entire Twitter experience.

^^ gets it

As always, I remain sooo envious of those of you whose classic rock stations play whole album sides and stuff, that would be so great.

Not CR, but I turned on the radio today to hear a DJ say "It's a Retro Tuesday here and we've been playing some lesser known bands for ya - - " (music starts playing) " - - that's Elton John, we play a lot of him, but, that's okay, because he's great! From 1983, here's 'I'm Still Standing.'"

This might be getting crazy, but I could almost imagine best/worst Classic Rock Artists subpolls - though the main rollout will obviously reflect this to some extent, I could see vote-splitting diluting the impact of some of the big-catalog figures.

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky

Never used to hear that much, but I feel like it's gotten a new lease on life with post-2000 movie and TV use.

Where's "Turn To Stone" in CR terms?

In no universe have I heard long distance runaround or any 70s yes other than roundabout on the radio

This is a bad thing ftr

Also I want to note that after 90 minutes in that laundromat I now hate classic rock radio

I will get over it

This might be getting crazy, but I could almost imagine best/worst Classic Rock Artists subpolls - though the main rollout will obviously reflect this to some extent, I could see vote-splitting diluting the impact of some of the big-catalog figures.

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 6:14 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, part of the reason i want a top 100 ballot is so people don't feel limited to a single token favorite Zep or favorite AC/DC song is they love several. definitely gonna do point totals for artists in the stats breakdown afterwards.

jon otm, the worst kind of classic rock exposure is when you are forced to listen to a lot of songs in a row without the ability to turn it off or leave etc

and honestly, that's usually when the universe conspires to play you the shittiest rock block ever

point totals for artists would do it! Nice.

Xpost it was just so utterly surpriseless even by CR radio standards. The most out there track I heard was that one john cougar mellencamp song I don't know the title of. (That's when a smoke was a smoke and groovin was groovin say yeah yeah)

"Cherry Bomb"

probably the 1987 track i'm most remorseful about cutting out of the poll's chronological purview, love that song.

haha! i used to call that song "laughin' laughin'" -- my friend and i used to lol and lol when we heard him sing that part
i can't even remember why aside from i think we thought the song was lame

being stuck listening to "love in an elevator" is among the worst classic rock experiences. i'd rather hear "don't fear the reaper" 5x in a row.
also forgot to mention that i got in the car the other day and "sultans of swing" was playing and it was HEAVEN (that was my first favorite song that i heard on the radio) and then the dumb DJ cut off the solo at the end! wtf?! disgusting and savage behavior.

I love Sultans so much!!! such a great song. criminal to cut the solo :( that whole Dire Straits album is such hardcore time/place music for me --- always think of a time in my life where every boy tried to wear a terrycloth headband because they wanted to be Knopfler. lol Was there ever a more unrock-guitar rockgod than him?

also forgot to mention that i got in the car the other day and "sultans of swing" was playing and it was HEAVEN

Haha this exact thing happened to me yesterday when I took ailing mother in laws car on an errand by myself. It was the first time I had been alone in days and one of the tasty licks sections of sultans was playing.

At my high school "post-prom," I won a DVD player for correctly IDing Sultans of Swing during "Name that Tune." The song is forever linked in my memory to this triumph.

Important to note that DVD players were still quite uncommon in rural illinois 15 years ago.

...as was Dire Straits apparently.

Do we need john parr "naughty naughty" in this poll? It may have been more of a top 40 thing but it feels like CR to me and its era is correct. Also it is super gross in that inimitable CR way.

lol totally!

that song is hilarious

the nominating process has been disappointing so far. we need more stuff!

can i just nom "music" by john miles or is it too AOR for the poll?

y-y-y-y-yes please

(xpost obv)

going through this list has made me realize how corny I am

it's kinda liberating really

no one to please but yourself, don't worry about it

another nomination:

Journey - Who's Crying Now

Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good
Black Oak Arkansas - Jim Dandy
Atlanta Rhythm Section - So In to You
Whitesnake - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City

i love "you're no good" to death, and i feel like i would love any classic rock station that actually played it to death too. are there any?

pretty amazing we had gotten this far without any mention of black oak arkansas!

have I ever mentioned how great I think "Another Brick in the Wall" is? it still sounds ominous to me.

Jethro Tull - Teacher
Crosby Stills & Nash - Southern Cross
Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life
Bruce Springsteen - Prove It All Night
Queen - Bicycle Race
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Spooky
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary
Rod Stewart - Young Turks
Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend
Genesis - Man on the Corner
The Cars - Dangerous Type
The Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
The Allman Brothers Band - Revival
The Kinks - Catch Me Now I'm Falling
The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine
Ted Nugent - Free For All
Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw
Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
Al Stewart - Time Passages

Maybe too AM gold? but feel like CR to me:
Stories - Brother Louie
Shocking Blue - Venus
Jim Croce - Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown

These probably have aged over to oldies radio at this point, but they were def played on CR radio 15 years ago:
The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind
The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

Too new wavey maybe? But I don't think I really get the distinction if the Cars and Talking Heads qualify:
Big Country - In a Big Country
The Fixx - Red Skies
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

These may seem more like "deep cuts", but I swear they were played on CR radio (at least in the Bay Area) in the late 90's:
Bruce Springsteen - Spirit in the Night
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
Mott the Hoople - All the Way From Memphis
Pete Townshend - Rough Boys
Elton John - Grey Seal
Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said
The Who - Pure and Easy
T. Rex - Children of the Revolution