The weird thing is, "Eminence Front" didn't even make the top 40 in the US -- "Athena" was a much bigger hit (#28), and was all over AOR (and top 40) radio in 1982. Sensibly, cr radio in retrospect realized "Eminence Front" was the far better song.
Daltrey supposedly said it was the only song on It's Hard worthy of release. It's also one of two post-Moon songs the Who still play live.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link
they play emminence front live? What does roger do, check his email?
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:21 (ten years ago) link
well what do you know, thanks youtube
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:22 (ten years ago) link
eminence front was the leadoff track on some balearic/loft style mix cd by some tokyo dj that i listened to on repeat circa 06/07. i think this was what it mixed in to.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:35 (ten years ago) link
and my dark horses are mississippi queen and hair of the dog
He plays guitar!http://youtu.be/XU87294pVx8
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:40 (ten years ago) link
I'll definitely give Miss. Queen some help.
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:40 (ten years ago) link
***
― polyamanita (sleeve), Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:41 (ten years ago) link
hadn't thought to look up "Classic Rock" on wiki, some interesting history of the format here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_rock
― polyamanita (sleeve), Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
Hoping Funk No. 49 makes the top 10
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:43 (ten years ago) link
What you tryin' to haaayyynd meehh!?
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:44 (ten years ago) link
Without ever having really thought about it, I guess I kinda assumed that Classic Rock as a format was something that grew out of the success of The Big Chill soundtrack. There were precedents, of course (American Graffiti), but wasn't that really the first time that anyone realized that there was a real market in catering to boomer nostalgia?
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:45 (ten years ago) link
that was definitely a watershed - all the kids in my senior high school class were singing along to the Temptations - but as the Wiki link notes the real push came in '82 from Lee Abrams
― polyamanita (sleeve), Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:49 (ten years ago) link
btw I just rocked out and played air guitar to "Come Sail Away"
― polyamanita (sleeve), Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:51 (ten years ago) link
mandatory imo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
Mississippi Queen is peculiar in that it's one of the most iconic riffs in all of classic rock, but its 2:30 length is basically a sneeze compared to the excess inherent in the format.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
Mississippi Sneeeeeze
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 01:58 (ten years ago) link
mississippi queen is gonna/had better be way up there
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
never got it tbh
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:18 (ten years ago) link
smdh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
http://beyondthebarbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/haters-gonna-hate-panda-300x225.jpg
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:26 (ten years ago) link
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
that said, the YouTube recommendation mosaic that pops up when "mississippi queen" ends is 100% OTM and lol
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/841/9i1a.png
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:30 (ten years ago) link
big chill soundtrack is more oldies imo but it was my first exposure to legit pop music, dancing in the streets vividly the first song I can recall hearing in my head when it wasn't playing (my parents didn't play much pop/rock when i was growing up)
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:43 (ten years ago) link
Come Sail Away also has to be a huuuuge odds-on favorite here, I'm imagining it in a lot of people's top tiers and almost everybody's ballots somewhere. Plus it's itching for the rematch after "Come Sail Away" vs. "More than a Feeling" vs. "Don't Stop Believing" - it's tough, it's hungry, it's ready.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:47 (ten years ago) link
on that "I Know Where You're Going..." song by James Gang, Joe Walsh totally effs up the guitar rhythm at one part. what's that song really called, btw?
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, July 30, 2004 12:05 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^ have never been able to shake this post re "Funk #49." I have no idea if the mistake is there or what kind of thing "ken taylrr" is even talking about but even as a fantasy it's always kinda deflated the song for me, like it's this sort of "ta-da, guitar song for our axe-man" song and he's just screwing up the tempo everywhere. Nonetheless I love the vocals and the main riff to death. James and/or the Gang should have sued Loggins over "Footloose."
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:53 (ten years ago) link
my post-sopranos disdain for "don't stop believin'" is firm but damn if it shouldn't be top 10 here
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:55 (ten years ago) link
funk #49 is a masterpiece warts and all
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 28 June 2014 02:56 (ten years ago) link
mississippi queen has a fucking monster riff and doesn't wear it out. launching point for böc, and not just for the cow bell
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:01 (ten years ago) link
funk no.49 is why we dearly beloved are gathered here today in this church of classic rock music
BEEEWWWWB-BEWWWWW-BEWWWWWW BEWWWW-BEWWWWW-BEWWWWWW BEEDLEOoooooooSKWROWWWWWNKSKWROWWWWWWNK-SKWROWWWNK
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:04 (ten years ago) link
I stan for a few Styx classics, but Come Sail Away is not one of them.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:08 (ten years ago) link
cmon johnny fever, loosen up
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
I'd set my computer on fire before I'd vote for Styx.
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:15 (ten years ago) link
you babies
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:18 (ten years ago) link
i will be voting for "Renegade" in this poll.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:20 (ten years ago) link
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Friday, June 27, 2014
you're fooling yourself
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:20 (ten years ago) link
Thing is, I'm old enough to have gotten drenched in that stuff daily on its first go-round. Bostonkansasforeignerstyxtriumphtotojourney was way overplayed around here. There's a lot of 70s rock that I look back at with fondness, but not Bostonkansasforeignerstyxtriumphtotojourney.
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Saturday, 28 June 2014 04:06 (ten years ago) link
boston fking rules
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 June 2014 04:50 (ten years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, June 27, 2014 11:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Agree. That song is of nuclear strength for its time. Mountain had other killer songs but this is the only one with CR legacy.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Saturday, 28 June 2014 05:18 (ten years ago) link
Thing is, I'm old enough to have gotten drenched in that stuff daily on its first go-round. Bostonkansasforeignerstyxtriumphtotojourney was way overplayed around here. There's a lot of 70s rock that I look back at with fondness, but not Bostonkansasforeignerstyxtriumphtotojourney.― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Friday, June 27, 2014 9:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Friday, June 27, 2014 9:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This old man says, amen, brother.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 28 June 2014 05:56 (ten years ago) link
Key thread: sail away
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 28 June 2014 13:40 (ten years ago) link
Foghat's my dark horse pick to win this thing.
"This sounds like Foghat" is my wife's response to any loud rock that she doesn't like
― Brad C., Saturday, 28 June 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
my top 2 songs are the exact same length apparently.
― guwop (crüt), Saturday, 28 June 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
A late nom, assuming it's not too AM Gold:
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right (Don't Fear the Marimba)
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Saturday, 28 June 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zILs4TaYFqs
"i got a little bone to pick with the (mtv) programming department. now i like rap music as much as the next frightened caucasian, but would it kill you every once in a while to play a little foghat? know what i mean?"
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 28 June 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
SF's KFOX, which caters to the lighter side of the Classic Rock spectrum, had Janis Joplin on and it occurred to me that I used to hear her a bunch on CR radio but seems to have been excised to the oldies realm or ignored completely these days.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
I meant exiled, not excised.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
Janis' CR catalog is pretty slim: a couple Big Brother songs, "Bobby McGee" & "Move Over", maybe "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)".
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 June 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
No doubt, it just seems to have receded in favor of more recent classics. Whoever mentioned the Chambers Bros upthread, same thing. I remember hearing that song on CR radio quite a bit years ago. I guess the late 60s hippie stuff just sounded too oldies. Anyway, the playlist can't get too big, that way lies anarchy.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 28 June 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
That Foghat joke is Jim Carrey's finest moment.
― intheblanks, Saturday, 28 June 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link