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

Didn't realize how much I liked that Boz Scaggs track, Lido Shuffle.

― campreverb

Lido Shuffle is THE BEST.

^^A bit awkward to do on karaoke tho (I ended up singing along to the synth solo)

i've enjoyed "Lido Shuffle" for years without knowing what it was called or who it was by (i think i vaguely thought it might be Van Morrison) and finally looked it up just before the poll started when it was on an episode of Halt And Catch Fire. definitely voting for it.

2. I never heard Lynnyrd Skynnyrd's "You got that Right" in my entire life until this trip. Thought it was Blackfoot or some shit until she shazamed it.

Probably because it was sung by Steve Gaines, not Ronnie Van Zant. Great, great fucking song.

Want to put a quick word in for "Life's Been Good," sure it's interminable but it's also legitimately funny.

A bit awkward to do on karaoke tho (I ended up singing along to the synth solo)

I've been wanting to do this in karaoke for years! It's #2 on my ballot.

It's fun to do at karaoke! Agreed, you kinda have to fill some time with the solo but that goes for many things. When I did it, the karaoke guy was like "oh, THAT song!" It may get that reaction more than any other song.

keyboard solo = drink time!

xxpost Bill Magill: there's an alternate version of 'You Got That Right' on the 2001 re-release of Street Survivors that is even better than the original imo

Want to put a quick word in for "Life's Been Good," sure it's interminable but it's also legitimately funny.

will be high on my ballot.

we'll all be high, maaaan

lol

Had "Life's Been Good" in earlier shortlists but it fell off back when I was stuck around 160. It's good, but I associate the long synth (mouth harp?) break with this one time when I was 17 and feeling really carsick after eating these bad airline yogurt-covered pretzels, while this song played for seemingly hours. On the same road trip, "Whole Lotta Love" came rushing back in from the jam right as we were cresting a ridge and descending with the power and grace of long-gone automobiles into some Oregon coastal town. It will be on my ballot.

I didn't vote it, and maybe should have, but "I can't complain/But sometimes I still do" is possibly the greatest lyric ever written.

There was a single/radio edit of "Life's Been Good" that cut out at least half of the synth break and all of the guitar solo; made the song much more effective.

Also, fun fact: the synth used on that song was a gift to Joe Walsh from Pete Townshend. Joe had given Pete the Gretsch guitar that Pete used on Who's Next and every Who and solo record thereafter, so Pete gave Joe an ARP.

sometimes i feel

redefine everyday

good lord i feel like i'm dyin

I can't think of any lengthy classic rock staple that I prefer as the single edit. Lotta 6-to-8 minute tracks on my ballot.

I used to prefer the edit of Don't Fear the Reaper without the extended solo in the middle, but then I realized I was being a fool.

One would qualify for me (classic-rock bubblegum, but it does get played on Q-107 here): the "Crimson and Clover" edit. I remember how disorienting is was when I heard the full version for the first time--seemed altogether wrong.

xp: me too. The solo is very jarring though, so I don't really blame myself. Just glad I've come around.

good lord i feel like i'm dyin

― mookieproof, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 3:28 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I love that song so much. I love the Allman Brothers. I also wrote in Blue Sky, and you all should, too.

On the same road trip, "Whole Lotta Love" came rushing back in from the jam right as we were cresting a ridge and descending with the power and grace of long-gone automobiles into some Oregon coastal town. It will be on my ballot.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 2:32 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I had a very similar moment to Blue Sky, driving somewhere in eastern Pennsylvania, just the right amount of stoned, cresting a ridge on a beautiful autumn day right as the chorus to Blue Sky kicked in. It is one of my life's sparkling moments.

might be your man, I don't know

So many great Duane-era Allman tracks. I limited myself on my ballot to two songs per artist, and I chose Jessica and Statesboro Blues. I haven't submitted yet, so I might switch out Jessica for Blue Sky. It'll come down to Chuck Leavell's piano solo on Jessica vs. Dickie Betts' guitar solo on Blue Sky.

break the rules and vote both imo

I understand about indecision

Midnight Rider IMO

xxxp yeah but that would mean cutting something else that I love.

crut OTM in my heart tho I don't feel like I ever hear midnight rider on the tadio

speaking of: "i'm no angel" may not make my 100 but damn

crut OTM in my heart tho I don't feel like I ever hear midnight rider on the tadio

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, July 9, 2014 1:07 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I heard a rock block on CR of "Elizabeth Reed", "Leave MY Blues at Home" (which was shocking) and "Nobody to Run With". Surprising choices, but deeply satisfying.

Elizabeth Reed is my favorite (the live version), but the classic rock stations I listen to usually don't go for 14-minute jazz influenced instrumentals. I prefer the live versions of almost all Duane-era Allman tracks.

once or twice long ago i remember hearing 'don't want you no more/not my cross to bear' on the radio <3

gregg's yell just after the segue is one of the better examples of the genre imo

sent!

Elizabeth Reed is my favorite (the live version), but the classic rock stations I listen to usually don't go for 14-minute jazz influenced instrumentals. I prefer the live versions of almost all Duane-era Allman tracks.

― voodoo chili, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 1:39 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It was the studio version. I assume you mean the Fillmore version. That is a mindblowing performance.

It'll come down to Chuck Leavell's piano solo on Jessica vs. Dickie Betts' guitar solo on Blue Sky.

― voodoo chili, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 12:17 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think both Duane and Dickey trade solos here, and they are pretty tough to tell apart. Duanes second to last song on wax, the last being the sublime "Little Martha".

I think Duane takes the first solo, and Dickey takes the final solo.

both end too soon. wish that song was 20 minutes long.

VOTED. And thank you WilliamC for the ranking suggestions, it made it actually doable.

Write-ins that made my final cut: "Mr. Blue Sky," "Blue Sky," "Amie," and UFO "Too Hot to Handle."

And in the spirit of CRR, lots of two-fers, and 8 bands got ROCK BLOCKS.

in the wild: after seven innings of classic modern rock on the fenway park p.a. at tonight's red sox game (matthew sweet, they might be giants, living colour, etc.), the fenway dj switched to "stairway to heaven" when the previously sleepy red sox started rallying in the eighth inning. the red sox went on to complete a miraculous comeback in the ninth (with further assistance from dropkick murphys, who might as well be classic rock as far as boston is concerned). "stairway to heaven" potentially moving up my ballot as a result.

Ugh, how did I miss the two Uriah Heep tracks in the noms list?

Just voted! Also did a worst poll and albums poll.

participation has been very high for the subpolls, which is great

I didn't feel like it at the time, but I should probably throw together a quick albums ballot.

I'm kind of burned out on classic rock. Only 369 more songs to review.

yeah feel free to submit subpoll ballots later if you've already sent in the main tracks ballot btw

I don't think I can bring myself to vote for any songs as the worst. Even "American Pie."

Worst tracks is where I wish I had a 50 song ballot. Got a lotta hate to purge.

Oh yea, I coulda gone forever with that one.