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, 24 June 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
― Jeff, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
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?
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
In no universe have I heard long distance runaround or any 70s yes other than roundabout on the radio
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link
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
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
― 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.
― some dude, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
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
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link
point totals for artists would do it! Nice.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
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)
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
"Cherry Bomb"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
probably the 1987 track i'm most remorseful about cutting out of the poll's chronological purview, love that song.
― some dude, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
haha! i used to call that song "laughin' laughin'" -- my friend and i used to lol and lol when we heard him sing that parti 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.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link
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?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
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.
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
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.
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
Important to note that DVD players were still quite uncommon in rural illinois 15 years ago.
...as was Dire Straits apparently.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
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.
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
lol totally!
that song is hilarious
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
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?
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
y-y-y-y-yes please
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
(xpost obv)
going through this list has made me realize how corny I am
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link
it's kinda liberating really
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link
no one to please but yourself, don't worry about it
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link
another nomination:
Journey - Who's Crying Now
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 01:08 (nine years ago) link
Linda Ronstadt - You're No GoodBlack Oak Arkansas - Jim DandyAtlanta Rhythm Section - So In to YouWhitesnake - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 01:17 (nine years ago) link
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?
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
pretty amazing we had gotten this far without any mention of black oak arkansas!
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
have I ever mentioned how great I think "Another Brick in the Wall" is? it still sounds ominous to me.
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 01:21 (nine years ago) link
Jethro Tull - TeacherCrosby Stills & Nash - Southern CrossSteve Winwood - Back in the High LifeBruce Springsteen - Prove It All NightQueen - Bicycle RaceAtlanta Rhythm Section - SpookyThe Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries MaryRod Stewart - Young TurksRolling Stones - Waiting on a FriendGenesis - Man on the CornerThe Cars - Dangerous TypeThe Allman Brothers Band - Blue SkyThe Allman Brothers Band - RevivalThe Kinks - Catch Me Now I'm FallingThe Kinks - Celluloid HeroesJonathan Edwards - SunshineTed Nugent - Free For AllMoody Blues - Ride My See-SawDave Edmunds - I Hear You KnockingAl Stewart - Time Passages
Maybe too AM gold? but feel like CR to me:Stories - Brother LouieShocking Blue - VenusJim 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 MindThe Human Beinz - Nobody But MeThe 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 CountryThe Fixx - Red SkiesTimbuk 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 NightJoe Jackson - Look SharpMott the Hoople - All the Way From MemphisPete Townshend - Rough BoysElton John - Grey SealRod Stewart - Mandolin WindVan Morrison - Jackie Wilson SaidThe Who - Pure and EasyT. Rex - Children of the Revolution
― Ari (whenuweremine), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 05:31 (nine years ago) link
Is the only restriction for the songs to be released before 1987 and be player in rock stations?
Do alternative or "electronic" artists count if they meet these parameters like say, New Order or Depeche Mode who are popular with the rockist crowd?
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 07:43 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure if they qualify or if they've already been mentioned but here's my list of noms if you wish to include them:
Jesus & the mary chain - just like honeyThe Standells - dirty waterHawkwind - Silver MachineStealers Wheel - Stuck in the MiddleGrauzone - EisbarThe Seeds - Can't Seem to Make You MineLove - a House is not a MotelDave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold TightRheingold - dreiklangs-dimensionenLos Saicos - DemolicionThe Animals - It's My LifeThe Zombies - Time of the SeasonXTC - Plans for NigelThe Cramps - Human FlyGang of Four - damaged goodsThe Undertones - Teenage KicksThe Modern Lovers - RoadrunnerNew Order - CeremonyNew Order - Age of Consentthe Cure - boys dont cry
Rheingols and Grauzone where big "rock" hitsin Germany. Not sure if they count as american classic rock but they do count as german classic rock.
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 07:58 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure of American CR radio but in Mexico artistslike Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa shared air time with Pink floyd and Led Zepellin
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 08:01 (nine years ago) link
Shocking Blue - VenusThe Easybeats - Friday on My MindThe Human Beinz - Nobody But MeBig Country - In a Big Country
― Ari (whenuweremine), miércoles 25 de junio de 2014 6:31 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
These are definitely popular on the CR radio over here.
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 08:04 (nine years ago) link
The problem about the broadcast parameter is that a song like The Standells - Dirty Water is well known with the Boston sports crowd and is considered a classic but someone from say, Texas might not know anything about it.
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 08:10 (nine years ago) link
It's on the rock and roll hall of fame as one of the songsthat shaped the scene. The whole list is filled with good recommendations and we could simply have a poll based around it.
http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 08:13 (nine years ago) link
"Dirty Water" is known in Texas.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 09:20 (nine years ago) link
― Moka, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:43 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah...most of your nominations are totally out of the realm of what this poll is about. Jesus And Mary Chain and New Order will not be included.
― some dude, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 11:35 (nine years ago) link
They were just suggestions. I've never lived in America so I'm not sure how popular these are in your Classic Radio stations. Mary Chain and New Order per example had plenty of radio play in stations or rock bars which played the sort of songs in your list when I lived in Barcelona. They loved them more than any country I've lived in.
This is your poll so I'm not complaining about what you want to include on the nomination list, just trying to help in case you missed something!
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 12:36 (nine years ago) link
Oh! Speaking about Spain here's a suggestion from a Spanish band which actually was hit in UK and America and I think is eligible for a Classic Rock radio list by all means:
Los Bravos - Black is Black
There's also:Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
Similar to Creedence and I remember hearing it first on a classic rock station in Dallas.
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), miércoles 25 de junio de 2014 10:20 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This makes me happy! I was trying to make a point about how CR stations might have different "classics" depending on the zone you live in but I honestly have no idea how popular "dirty water" actually is asides knowing that the Boston sports teams play it on their stadiums and people from Boston ought to identify the song.
― Moka, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 12:47 (nine years ago) link
"sultans of swing" is my "dont fear the reaper"
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
Me too if you mean that you can't stand to listen to Sultans of Swing.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
"My Kind of Lover" was just on the radio. I always forget how much I like Billy Squier (or the hits anyway, since that's all I know) until I hear his songs.
I always associate The Stroke with the Himalaya amusement park ride, which I used to ride mostly to hear The Stroke.
Also Billy Squier is looking good in his old age.
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― carl agatha, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
I hate Sultans of Swing to death. I want to stab that song through its heart.
― how's life, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
i'm ok w/ it lately but for years it was hands-down my least favorite song in the CR canon
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want to Be Like YouWalter Egan - Magnet & SteelBilly Idol - Eyes Without a Face
― Ari (whenuweremine), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
oh man i love sultans of swing and i always willmy mom told me that when i was a toddler i would start clapping when it came on. i really liked "the devil went down to georgia" too, so i think i just liked that sound. i remember asking my mom what that sound was and she didn't know. next time you hear that deedle eedle deedle eedle deedle eedle deedle of the solo in sultans of swing, think of little tiny me clapping with glee.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link