"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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Heart - These DreamsPat Benatar - Love Is A BattlefieldPhD - I Won't Let You Down
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:34 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
DON'T BAIT THE REAPER
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:42 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Never heard it.
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:45 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
how dare you, they are def a 2nd rate Skynyrd, give some credit ;)
― polyamanita (sleeve), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:28 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
oh totally, it was in my list of nominations right off the bat!
― some dude, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:42 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
Don Johnson - HeartbeatAlan Parsons Project - Old And WiseVandenberg - Burning Heart
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:11 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Landed him the job in Whitesnake too, I guess...
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:15 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
"Rooms on Fire" def too late.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
Earth & Fire cracks me up for some reason, even though they actually pre-date Earth, Wind & Fire.
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
Rare Earth - I Just Want To Celebrate
― guwop (crüt), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I was just thinking they really changed their sound after they added Wind to the group.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
Or it's like Crosby & Nash, where their temperaments were better fits for each other, and they made some records together between EW&F records.
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
So many potential supergroups. Earth, Stills & Fire would be something.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link
Bummer when Neil Young split midway through his tour with Wind in '76.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link
Emerson, Wind & Young
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
Roger Hodgson - Had a Dream
I was super into this when it came out, haven't thought about it in decades
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
Seals, Crofts, Crofts, Seals, Crofts & Crofts
― shameless pureyors of slop-on-plate (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
Earth, Wind, Lake & Fire - that group had everything
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Hamilton Joe Frank Reynolds Seals Crofts Earth Wind Fire Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link