CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL voting thread -- deadline July 15 -- VOTING CLOSED

He's already said there's at least one song he might write-in on his own ballot, so they're fair game imo.

Yeah, I'm not surprised by LS's politics, but more surprised that pro-gun mid-westerners I grew up with never picked up on this and made a big deal about it. Maybe guns weren't as heavily politicized in the '70s?

xp

anti-gun and pro-environment!

Maybe they dig Ronnie too much to argue :)

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet is cool, great sound, good hook (though with a cruel backstory: they were making fun of a guy in the band with a stutter), nice bassline IIRC. This was on a tape of summer fun hits that I believe we got from Domino's Pizza and which never left my sister's ready reference of tapes, so I am irrationally attached to the song. (Can't remember what else was on there...Summertime Blues for sure, maybe Summer in the City.)

''Takin' Care of Business'' always sounds a little forced though, band trying too hard to have a working class catchphrase kind of hit. ''Work out!'' is indeed where it all falls apart, a sad contrast to ''You need educatin'!''

I cannot stomach BTO in any way

Let It Ride by BTO is completely awesome tbh

I'm a little tired of thump-thump BTO too. Try "Hey You," which I voted for--closer to power-pop, almost.

I won't clutter this up with embeds, but two great clips I've found:

"Hey You": youtube.com/watch?v=NyMNCqhRNOM&feature=kp
"Can't Get It Out of My Head": youtube.com/watch?v=ZrffDM3hHk8

The second is almost like an actual video...in 1974?

Let It Ride is a car commercial -- sorry. No thx. They just remind me of the sonic wallpaper of a place I am desperate to leave.

fair enough! i am mercifully unburdened by extramusical associations with a lot of this stuff - the only bto song that anyone really knows in the uk is YASNY

Sit down for George Thorogood?

Keep hearing this in Lil Jon's voice

So I switched from actual CR radio to our Spotify playlist, and while 100% fewer commercials is a bonus I'm bummed I missed out on the chance to win tickets to see Foreigner & Styx in Camden.

"Oowatanite" is the April Wine song I associate the most with CRR from growing up. I never thought they were at all great, though.

Keep hearing this in Lil Jon's voice

irl lol

growing up I thought some of these songs--"Lunatic Fringe" "Burnin' For You" "Twilight Zone"--were by the same band

and that band rules

bummed that the 86 cutoff date keeps me from voting for Thunderstruck

BTO rules, u all suck

Just noticed a nom that was disallowed -- I'm going to make room on my ballot for the write-in, hope y'all will too.

Amie - Pure Prairie League

ILM loves thin lizzy, right?

"boys are back in town" gets better every time i hear it

^^^

Only have ever heard this song on CRR. Will definitely vote for it.

(I mean "Amie," but same goes for Lizzy.)

ILM loves thin lizzy, right?

Trying to finish my ballot today and "The Boys Are Back in Town" will surely be in my top ten, I love Thin Lizzy so much.

Also writing in UFO, "Too Hot to Handle," and I invite anybody who agrees with me to do the same

Re: BTO, I own their greatest hits (''...So Far!''), and have listened to it on several occasions, but I swear all I can come up with in my head are the big two.

Lunatic Fringe is so great. Any fictitious band would be happy to have it linking together their brute rockers with their spacey jams.

And woah, woah, woah. ''Amie'' is essential here! Sliding that into my crowded ballot immediately.

''The Boys are Back in Town'' definite top ten. Never unhappy to hear that on the radio. Love how joyous the guitar is... the 'boys' sound kind of like awful sexist bros, but the music kinda convinces you that everybody involved really loves their antics. This gets really problematic re: the girl wlaps them in the face, but still, what craft. Was even thinking it might be #1 til I remembered some pummeling super-jams that really have to get top billing.

thin lizzy forever

so much swagger

I browsed around the rest of the Spotify list while I ate breakfast and found a few more rerecordings.

Dobie Gray - "Drift Away" -- looks like the original isn't available on Spotify, but it's on youtube --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIuyDWzctgY

The John Lennon and Ringo Starr tracks, but the originals aren't available. Ditto "Games Without Frontiers"

Kiss -- "Beth" -- I've never been a Kiss fan so I don't know for sure, but this one sounds a little off somehow.

Orleans - "Still the One" -- scroll down to the one that says "45 Version," track time is 3:55

Ozark Mountain Daredevils -- "Jackie Blue" -- the original is on 20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection, track time 4:12

Pilot -- "Magic" -- get the version on Anthology, track time 3:07

Stealers Wheel -- "Stuck in the Middle With You" -- the original is on the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack

Basically I looked for all the 70s one-hit wonders fucked by the music industry. I was surprised that Blondie did a bunch of rerecordings.

listening to Jailbreak for the first time rn

growing up i always loved "The Boys Are Back In Town," but i couldn't place Phil's accent, and ended up picturing Arnold Schwarzenegger delivering the verses, which still entertains me to this day.

Just noticed a nom that was disallowed -- I'm going to make room on my ballot for the write-in, hope y'all will too.

*Amie - Pure Prairie League*

Aw, nuts. I would have totally voted for this but I already submitted my ballot. I LOVE this song.

Amie write-in campaign? Count me in.

WC's suggested playlist changes implemented, cheers!

I'd heard "Amie" certainly, but I never knew who'd done it (to be fair, I haven't looked very hard). This is a great song, though!

oh man, didn't notice that wasn't on the list - that's a crucial omission

"Jailbreak" shld have gotten nominated too

It did...I remember ctrl+f'ing the nominations thread for it...but it didn't make it to some dude's final list.

::puts feet up, takes nap::

For a while, maybe longer if i ---LONGER IF I DOOO A HOOOOOO

thanks to this poll i had "green eyed lady" stuck in my head last night & this morning woke up with "caught up in you"

If anyone mod-edits "Amie" into the noms list above, it wasn't me! I only thought about it...

see this is why i'm not making the Spotify playlist collaborative

lol, wise move

Do you want the ballots numbered, un-numbered, or it doesn't matter?

each vote submitted on individual rolling papers

lol

I've already smoked my ballot. Fuck.

Kickin' Sugarloaf bonus track that never made it over to CR radio: their followup hit, five years and three albums later, the kinda sorta funky music industry kissoff "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You," with very Derringer-esque vocals and a sheepishly acknowledged lift from "I Feel Fine."

(#9 hit on Billboard, but apparently not beloved enough to rate inclusion on any oldies format, or Sounds of the Seventies commercials - never heard it til I was specifically trawling Billboard countdown-type CDs.)

numbered ballots would be helpful but not necessary