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

speaking of borderline songs, i've been wanting to write in david bowie's "life on mars?" but i just checked and noticed it hasn't been mentioned even once on either this thread or the nominations thread. i've always thought of it as a late-bloomer that eventually became a classic rock standard, but my mind may be playing tricks on me, and maybe i only hear it on noncommercial dad-rock stations that act sort of like classic rock but aren't (kcsn in northridge, ca., i'm talking to you).

does anyone's classic rock station actually play it?

I didn't hear Life on Mars until college at least - first clear memory is of people doing it at karaoke. The cool new girl in town did a great version of it (she kinda ruled at everything she sang) but balls also raised the roof, I remember being in the audience with cool new girl, coming up with interpretive dances (mainly for the 'fighting in the dance hall' bit). I imagine for UK audiences it's much more ubiquitous...?

I think I'd only heard it a couple of times before the Bowie ballot poll, and never on the radio.

Songs that referenced drugs were given a priority on my ballot, so 25 or 6 to 4 made the cut.

Ballot in. Had to just code my eyes and pull the trigger, knowing that I'll immediately think of 15 things I should have added, pulled, moved up, moved down. Whatever. It's all classic. This rollout is going to rule.

er, close my eyes. hate u so much autocorrect.

I was just browsing around the nominations Spotify playlist, and had a couple of semi-panicked "oh crap, I hope I voted for that" moments. They turned out to be my #10 and #11.

if i code my eyes forever

One of the highlights of my weekend: I inadvertently deeply insulted a passionate fan of "Wonderful Tonight" at a shitty brewery.

Still have a lot of work to do to get this damn ballot in order...

I looked out this morning, my ballot was done
Turned on some music to start my day
Realized I had to vote for a familiar tune
I code my eyes, and it slipped awayyyyyy

25 or 6 to 4 has one of the all time great guitar solos. Beginnings and Make Me Smile also great CR tunes. Later stuff is AM gold

making one last campaigning post for BOC's "GODZILLA" since i just noticed it was left off the official noms

Voted!

Godzilla is totally on the official list

some dude, you want me to change the thread title to "CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL voting thread -- deadline July 15 -- POLL CLOSES TOMORROW" or something?

sure, that would be great!

obv you'd have to change it on Tuesday to "TODAY" if you did it like that, but whatever works.

"new grass on the field"??! GROSS GROSS GROSS.

oh come the fuck on!

xp: will do.

Is there a full list of all the nominated songs?

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Godzilla is totally on the official list

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oh my bad, i was looking at a c+p'd list w/o realizing i'd already c+p'd that one!

not calling you out - just didn't want you to think it got snubbed!

ballot sent!

beatles - 0
stones - 0
springsteen - 0
doors - 0
fleetwood mac - 0
pink floyd - 0
zeppelin - 2
steve miller - 7

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

beatles - 0
badfinger - 3

kind of regretting all of my votes now and wishing I could just replace my entire list with the collected works of Roy Wood

I'm having a lot of weird buyer's remorse on this ballot. Like, I cut Dixie Chicken without really listening to it again because I felt burned out on it and then I listened to it yesterday and that song is a totally raucous jam and I should have included it!!! And now today I feel like I should have kept Do Ya (ELO version).

And of course my failure to write in Amie, which will haunt me for my remaining days.

Speaking of - everybody who hasn't submitted a ballot yet write in Amie! Don't live to regret it like I did!

your ballot's already been counted, so no takebacks :(

i am practicing some lenience with people who ask to revise their ballots soon enough after sending them that i haven't tabulated 'em yet, though.

btw i was just in the car and my local classic rock station played Rick Derringer after America with this howler of a transition: "have you ever done the rock and roll hoochie koo with a horse with no name?"

if i'm gonna go the rock and roll hoochie koo with a horse, i ALWAYS ask what it's name is.

btw i recently realized that Rick Derringer produced most of "Weird Al" Yankovic's early albums. it's amazing we never got a Charo-themed parody of that song or anything.

Oh, I don't want to change anything! It's like a tattoo. Once it's finished, I might as well learn to live with it.

xp Derringer plays the "Eat It" solo!

haha wow

btw Grand Funk Railroad and .38 Special are both playing the Maryland State Fair this year, who's going with me?

oh fuck the fabulous thunderbirds got left off OHHH FUCCCCK

I thought about that the other day, but then I remembered how much hate there is for the Fabulous Thunderbirds on ilm.

I'm writing them in, THIS ATROCITY MUST NOT STAND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyVcSkSnPjA

done. Now I need to reset my brain from classic rock.

tbh i was appalled at myself for not pre-nominating several Thunderbirds singles myself and my write-in a couple on my own ballot

Have only ever encountered them as filler on VH1's More of the Big 80's.

Hey what happened to Itchycoo Park?

sent! now I have to catch up on this thread.

challop: Jimmie Vaughan way more interesting guitarist than Stevie Ray ever was.

guitar dudes will disagree, everyone else will file under: damning with faint peaise

oh great, now autocorrect decides to back off

steve miller - 7

OTM

btw Grand Funk Railroad and .38 Special are both playing the Maryland State Fair this year, who's going with me?

friend of mine just got tickets to see foreigner + styx at the iowa state fair next month

tbf, foghat was already playing county fairs in the late 80s

XP Welcome To Swingtown! Population: YOU.

last night when i couldn't fall asleep until 5am i found myself comparing and contrasting the 'whoa ohs' in 'swingtown' and 'lido shuffle'

so, bad day today