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

and select one or two "deejay's choice" songs

That would explain my local station playing Lou Reed's "New Sensations" and a Richard Thompson song I didn't recognize in the middle of an otherwise FoghatJourneyKansas hour.

I don't know whether I should feel happy for the DJs that still have a job in their field or feel bad for them for what their job has become

That's interesting. Kind of suggests the whole CR format has been honed/focus grouped to scientific perfection. In which case us arguing over noms seems somewhat otiose.

CR programmers probably have the same data that Ebro talks about (only 5% of listeners change the station when this Chris Brown song plays while 25% change it on this other song, etc.) Since they have no new stuff to add to playlists, they can test every song to even the time of day it should be played.

feel like there should be a sub-poll for songs with sax solos

My #1 has one of the greatest sax solos ever.

bless your heart

Hm, I'm guessing something by Springsteen.

so much sax in my ballot

Is "Baker Street" eligible? Doesn't seem foghatjourneykansas enough, but I remember hearing it on my dads car radio in the actual 70s

I guess there's no reason to be coy about #1s in this poll. People are gonna vote for what they're gonna for.

Mine is "Urgent" by Foreigner. I didn't know until last year that Junior Walker played the sax on that, but once I found out it seemed so obvious.

Urgent is a jam! I approve of this.

urgent isn't even the best foreigner song I HATE U JF

yeah baker st. totally

Even before some dude got this poll rolling a couple weeks ago, I'd been on a Foreigner listening kick for about a month. Most mornings on the way to work and evenings on the way home—all Foreigner. Given that much time to compare and contrast all their singles, Urgent comes out on top imo.

^^^doesn't know what love is, doesn't want to be shown

yeah i think the only Foreigner that I actively dislike is Dirty White Boy

Waiting for a Girl Like You is my fave because I am made of cheese
(also Thomas Dolby with those sweet keys)

^^^doesn't know what love is, doesn't want to be shown

tbh "I Want to Know What Love Is" is my co-favorite, but it seems out of place in considerations for this poll? I dunno.

yeah i think the only Foreigner that I actively dislike is Dirty White Boy

otm, that song blows.

not even Lou can save that one

my favorite Foreigner-related song is "Midnight Blue", which is ineligible for coming out in 87. & I don't think it's been a classic rock mainstay.

but

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/7cRdgIZgobs/hqdefault.jpg

Midnight Blue rupes

Lol rules

I had an episode of double vision last week and in addition to being freaked out about it I also constantly have the chorus of "Double Vision" playing in my head

Queen - One Vision

Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home

h8 Foreigner more than almost any of these bands :(

Queen - One Vision

― how's life, Monday, June 30, 2014 9:26 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

is this a classic rock staple outside the US? here nothing post-Hot Space gets a drop of airplay.

It got airplay (and MTV rotation!) when it was new; haven't heard it on the radio since.

I've heard on a classic rock station in San Diego.

But whatever. Hundreds of other songs to vote for. Just reminded of it because of "Double Vision". lol.

One Vision, from the Iron Eagle soundtrack if I'm not mistaken

Yeah, that's the first place I heard it.

yep. me too.

I think I saw Iron Eagle as a double feature with Back to the Future. The power of memory is a curious thing

I don't remember that Queen song, but I remember well the song "Iron Eagle" from that soundtrack. WTF

Never say die! Iron Eagle
Never look back, never say die.

http://youtu.be/0ZwsCIfo9n8

I might find the devil, you never can tell!

I don't even remember anything about Iron Eagle, but I did spin the hell out of that soundtrack.

maybe it got played a bunch in the movie, or over the credits? neither a classic nor a classic rock staple

xp there it is

that may be the most 1986 song of all time

I think you're right.

i love one vision!

Today WLUP played Highway to Hell, then two commercials that must be aimed at their core demographic:

* ad for this place http://numalemedical.com where an older man talked about the unanticipated complications that arose from his reduced performance and general ED and how this center helped him fix them
* ad for McD's coffee in which a confident man declares that it gives him maximum potency and helped him fix the copier, after which he basked in the praise of his colleagues

:-/

I am stuck at the Framingham Classic Rock laundromat again.

do tell
forgot there was also an ad for some home network show guy who was having a free seminar to teach ppl how to flip homes. they used the phrase "flip homes" like 50x and claimed that this was a hot ticket, so call soon for your free tickets to this informative seminar that will make you money/help you advance in the world.

ha ha On the "Old School" station I've been listening to they keep playing ads about Obamacare, "Cash for Clunkers is back!" and how to "get the government subsidies that you deserve!" It's like a Republican's nightmare.

well, boiling down this thread to the final list is coming along nicely, will be ready to kick off July with the voting thread tomorrow morning.

Oh, THIS song is the Kings' "Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide"!

feel like there should be a sub-poll for songs with sax solos
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 June 2014 01:31

Have mentioned before (on a sax thread) running a discrete poll on this subject. If there's interest, I'll add to the list (for running in 2018 or whatever).

CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL voting thread -- deadline July 15