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
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, 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.
http://d36jiqg3u1m7g0.cloudfront.net/artistas/338x236/v2_338x236_thumb_55937_imagen_1.jpghttp://swearingin.com/wcontent/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/billy-squier1.png
― 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
man I love eyes without a face so muchit feels too far over the top 40 side of the fence to me tho. idk.magnet & steel OTM
y'all need to stop with this reaper-baiting itt. That song is is untouchable IMO, like "Eight Miles High" "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" "Queen of Eyes" "Dancing Days" untouchable. I don't think I'm just blinded by my BOC fandom either, I mean I don't want Godzilla on this fkin poll even though it well qualifies.
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
charlie daniels "In America" was one of the first 45s I ever bought, luckily I did not take its sentiments on board in my developing brain. I wish I'd heard "Wooly Swamp" when I was little instead.
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
I can't look at the full list rn but all three of those C Daniels joints need to be on here if they aren't already
"Devil...Georgia""The Legend of Wooly Swamp""In America" (CR Grossness in excelsis)maybe "Stroker Ace" too?
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
like "Eight Miles High" "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" "Queen of Eyes" "Dancing Days" untouchable
would love to listen to that classic-rock station at my laundromat.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
Heart - These DreamsPat Benatar - Love Is A BattlefieldPhD - I Won't Let You Down
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
fuck yeah these dreamsi assume Hit Me With Your Best Shot is already on? (all-time CR guitar solo on there, I can still sing every note from memory)
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
y'all need to stop with this reaper-baiting itt. otm AND reaper-baiting in general is not a good idea! every time hear that song i kinda space out and then i hear "don't fear the reaper, don't be afraid, take my hand" and i'm momentarily terrified that i am going to get into a car wreck within a matter of seconds. it's a reminder that i should probably fear the reaper.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
I love "Reaper," but it was years before I knew it had a scary-ass midsection solo; the AM radio edit didn't have that.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
DON'T BAIT THE REAPER
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
love that midsection solo, so great
I wish there were more BOC songs to nom but really most of their FM gems didn't quite break through the way they should have. Oh fuck it.
Blue Oyster Cult - Shooting Shark
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Never heard it.
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
It was an AOR hit for several years. idk.
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
I'm just being contrary. It is The ILX Way.
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
Did Molly Hatchet have any popular CR tracks or did everyone just buy them for the covers?
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
(vague memories of whoa-ohhh-oh-oh BACK STABBA!)
Flirtin' With Disaster needs to be on here if it's not already
― polyamanita (sleeve), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
Only one I've ever heard is "Flirtin' with Disaster." The vocalist sounds like a Muppet, but the rest is 4th-rate Skynyrd meh.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
how dare you, they are def a 2nd rate Skynyrd, give some credit ;)
― polyamanita (sleeve), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
I don't know if they still play it but Black Betty by Ram Jam was a CR staple for years
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
That gets heavy rotation on Chicago CR stations, that's for sure. I heard it yesterday and once today, two different stations.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
oh totally, it was in my list of nominations right off the bat!
― some dude, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
i have a 12" of Black Betty with a pretty lol but also pretty cool 90s house mix of it
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)Fischer-Z - So LongHerman Brood & His Wild Romance - Saturday NightStatus Quo - Rockin' All Over The WorldStatus Quo - Whatever You WantStatus Quo - The WandererStatus Quo - In The Army NowBill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un RockstarREO Speedwagon - Don't Let Him GoStevie Nicks - Rooms On FireForeigner - Waiting For A Girl Like YouForeigner - I Want To Know What Love IsSlade - Cum On Feel The NoizeSlade - My Oh MySlade - Mama Weer All Crazee NowSlade - Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
Don Johnson - HeartbeatAlan Parsons Project - Old And WiseVandenberg - Burning Heart
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Still love that guitar solo at the end of Burning Heart - sums up the whole "classic rock" thing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGSrv1GnXMM
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Landed him the job in Whitesnake too, I guess...
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
there is a conspic absence in your slade noms siegbran. Do you have some kind of problem with Terms of Psychic Warfare Run Runaway?
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
(xp) Yeah, awesome! We need more Dutch music in this poll!
For your consideration:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1pCWToiDL8Cuby and the Blizzards - Appleknockers Flophouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTXVN6VOHa0Brainbox - Doomsday Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzHRLTHoU38Earth & Fire - Ruby is the One
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
John Miles - MusicJoe Walsh - In the CitySaxon - Strong Arm of the LawSad Café - My Oh MyBilly Idol - Flesh For FantasyRoger Hodgson - Had a DreamCharlie Sexton - Beat's So LonelyStray Cats - (She's) Sexy and 17Power Station - Some Like It HotDire Straits - Twisting by the PoolThe Call - Everywhere I GoThe Rainmakers - Let My People Go-Go
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
some of these recent noms seem more like songs that were once played on rock radio, but that didn't make the jump to Classic Rock status
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
I feel like some dude has been pretty clear, this is All American USA Classic Rock (tm) that we're talking here
I am going with a vague definition of classic rock radio as it existed in America (and probably Canada, maybe other places but I really have no idea)
― polyamanita (sleeve), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link