Whoops, didn't notice that. Hi Glenn!
― how's life, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
Oh ha, totally didn't make that connection either!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
I should have nom'd Zep's take on "Traveling Riverside Blues", since for years the only place you could hear it was during "deep cuts" on classic rock radio
was thinking about that as I consider cutting all Zep except "Hey Hey What Can I Do" for similar reasons
― Euler, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
otm, the thing is I really cannot imagine a classic rock station of any merit not playing "When the Levee Breaks" - but yeah, if it had to be only one, "Hey Hey What Can I Do" would kinda be the right one.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
also how tf did Fairport Convention's "Genesis Hall" make this but T. Rex's "20th Century Boy" get cut
― Euler, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
i was more likely to leave in a song i haven't heard on the radio if the same band didn't also already have other songs that were clearly far more popular.
― some dude, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
Have never heard any T-Rex on CR besides "Bang a Gong" but my status as an expert on this kind of thing has more or less been torn to tatters.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
I've heard "20th Century Boy" occasionally.
― guwop (crüt), Monday, 7 July 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
"20th Century Boy" entered the US consciousness when it was in a Mitsubishi commercial 12-15 years ago.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
tbh I've never managed to get it straight vs. "21st Century Digital Boy," which I heard probably once, at age 12 or 13, in a parked car at Atlanta's Toco Hills shopping center. Not on Classic Rock Radio.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
xxxpost yes! "hey hey what can I do" is the most Classic Rock Radio zep
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 7 July 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Fuck "R.E.M. is now classic rock."
agreed, but "The One I Love" is still classic rock canon.
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 July 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/classicrock_grx_final1.png
Glad to see Seattle gets all Yessed out.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 7 July 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
I left in hey hey what can I do and one other zeppelin song that I consist to be particularly crr.
― how's life, Monday, 7 July 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
I'm pleased to note that I've already received 14 ballots and we're less than 50% through the voting period. I've responded to every e-mail I've gotten, so let me know if you sent one and haven't heard back from me.
― some dude, Monday, 7 July 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
I used to hear "Jeepster" a lot, almost as much as "Bang a Gong." Never heard "20th Century Boy" publicly aired except for that car ad.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 7 July 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
green grass and high tides is such a (literal) jam
^^^ this needs to be repeated frequently.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
FRANKENSTEIN, ppl
― brimstead, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
and Free Ride.
― how's life, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link
AND Slowbird
― brimstead, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
omg slowbird
― some dude, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Writing in slowbird
― how will the milf survive? (Jon Lewis), Monday, 7 July 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
Danger: slowbird
― La Lechera, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
is there anything more classic rock than being called 'the florida guitar army'
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:19 (nine years ago) link
The master list of songs from the fivethirtyeight article:https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/classic-rock/classic-rock-song-list.csv
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Monday, 7 July 2014 23:34 (nine years ago) link
Correction (1:23 p.m., July 7, 2014): A previous version of this article misspelled Thin Lizzy.
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
the classic rock canon sorted by year of release can only be modelled as a bell curve centered on 1975 IMO
― guwop (crüt), Monday, 7 July 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
looks more like 78 tbh
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
free ride so awesome!!!!
I always get it muddled up in my head with Free's 'All Right Now', just bc of 'free' appearing in both.
'All right now' is one of those trap songs, where you remember it being cool and you dig hearing it after a long time and then you're like OH WAIT THIS SONG GOES FOR 900 YEARS FUCK OFFFFFFFFF
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 July 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
rong
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
in fact it's exactly opposite
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 July 2014 23:59 (nine years ago) link
way rong
― guwop (crüt), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
"all right now" is so so hot
― brimstead, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
"Let's move before they raise the parking rates!"
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
I didn't listen to any classic rock today. I feel like a failure.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
Considering all the babes in classic rock songs, for some reason I feel the one in "All Right Now" to be the hottest.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
I have no grounds for this.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link
I actually go through huge oscillations with "All Right Now" - sometimes I'm so stoked and sometimes I'm super bored; this can probably be tracked inversely based on how much I'm in the mood for "Free Ride" and/or "Slow Ride."
It's definitely on the ballot but it might be a coin-toss whether it's in the top 30 or the bottom...
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
i was luke-warm on 'all right now' until a stretch in the mid-90s when i became invincible at pool when it was playing in a particular anchorage bar
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
i'm really into the 'favorite classic rock album' category, Rumours, at least half those songs are deserved staples. and the first led zeppelin album, i want to believe that DJs just played the whole thing uninterrupted
― brimstead, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 01:15 (nine years ago) link
my dad was a bit of a jazzbo -- he saw coltrane in '63 -- and otherwise into classical, such that i attended the symphony as a kid (tympani rule iirc) and have vivid memories of listening to shostakovich while playing yahtzee
so he didn't really get into classic rock until i did, which happened because school + pittsburgh. at some point he heard something on the radio that he liked and called the station to find out what it was, and wdve's herschel told him, with no condescension, that it was 'sympathy for the devil'
i think his first CR album was 'get yer ya-ya's out' on cassette, but ultimately ac/dc became his favorite. he appreciates absurd over-the-top lyrics. pretty sure he heard 'thunderstruck' before i did
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
i love that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 02:23 (nine years ago) link
tympani rule iirc
hell yeah. tympani are basically the classic rock section of an orchestra.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 02:54 (nine years ago) link
Not huge into Allmans but I would've considered "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" for a write-in.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:18 (nine years ago) link
I love that your story involves Herschel! Herschel was awesome!
― Sandy, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:19 (nine years ago) link
all of you who think Ride Like The Wind doesn't belong on your lists are wrong
― g simmel, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:45 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0HzWMqLeiE&feature=kp
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 05:01 (nine years ago) link
just cooked up some early polling data to help gr80 get started on the graphics and wow u early voters have great taste
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
:D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
The parts where the arrangement blows up and the backing vox go BA DA DA DUP! DUP DUP DUP DUUUUP! And cross goes RIIIIDE! make me feel super insane. Those bits really feel like he is being driven before a cavalry of demons.
― how will the milf survive? (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link