Voted!
― Brad C., Monday, 14 July 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
Godzilla is totally on the official list
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 14 July 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
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?
― how's life, Monday, 14 July 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
sure, that would be great!
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
obv you'd have to change it on Tuesday to "TODAY" if you did it like that, but whatever works.
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
"new grass on the field"??! GROSS GROSS GROSS.
oh come the fuck on!
― guwop (crüt), Monday, 14 July 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
xp: will do.
― how's life, Monday, 14 July 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
Is there a full list of all the nominated songs?
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 14 July 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
top of this thread
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
Godzilla is totally on the official list― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, July 14, 2014 9:29 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, July 14, 2014 9:29 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh my bad, i was looking at a c+p'd list w/o realizing i'd already c+p'd that one!
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 14 July 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
not calling you out - just didn't want you to think it got snubbed!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 14 July 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
ballot sent!
beatles - 0stones - 0 springsteen - 0 doors - 0fleetwood mac - 0pink floyd - 0zeppelin - 2steve miller - 7
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 14 July 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
beatles - 0badfinger - 3
― guwop (crüt), Monday, 14 July 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
kind of regretting all of my votes now and wishing I could just replace my entire list with the collected works of Roy Wood
― Darin, Monday, 14 July 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link
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!
― carl agatha, Monday, 14 July 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
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.
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
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?"
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
if i'm gonna go the rock and roll hoochie koo with a horse, i ALWAYS ask what it's name is.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
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.
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
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.
― carl agatha, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
xp Derringer plays the "Eat It" solo!
― guwop (crüt), Monday, 14 July 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
haha wow
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
btw Grand Funk Railroad and .38 Special are both playing the Maryland State Fair this year, who's going with me?
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
oh fuck the fabulous thunderbirds got left off OHHH FUCCCCK
― Euler, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
I thought about that the other day, but then I remembered how much hate there is for the Fabulous Thunderbirds on ilm.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
I'm writing them in, THIS ATROCITY MUST NOT STAND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyVcSkSnPjA
― Euler, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
done. Now I need to reset my brain from classic rock.
― Jeff, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
tbh i was appalled at myself for not pre-nominating several Thunderbirds singles myself and my write-in a couple on my own ballot
― some dude, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Have only ever encountered them as filler on VH1's More of the Big 80's.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Hey what happened to Itchycoo Park?
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
sent! now I have to catch up on this thread.
― Euler, Monday, 14 July 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
challop: Jimmie Vaughan way more interesting guitarist than Stevie Ray ever was.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 July 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
guitar dudes will disagree, everyone else will file under: damning with faint peaise
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 14 July 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
oh great, now autocorrect decides to back off
steve miller - 7
OTM
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 14 July 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
XP Welcome To Swingtown! Population: YOU.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link
the other night i fell asleep with "eee-eeevil woman!" sounding over and over in my head and when i woke up it was still there, so i can only conclude that my brain dedicated all the potentially restorative aspects of my entire sleep cycle to keeping that on loop
― guwop (crüt), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:13 (nine years ago) link
i love the support group tone that posts in this thread have taken on
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
otm
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:22 (nine years ago) link
ha ha yeah this poll has got me listening to Mountain and Wishbone Ash live albums. Nearing rock bottom.
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
program directors of radio stations with 100 active songs on their playlists probably don't sweat nearly as much as any of us have sweated over this.
i've got 50 slots solid, and 250 songs competing for the other 50 slots. all 250 are great.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link
bye bye "in the city."
249 songs competing for 50 slots now.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:34 (nine years ago) link
I just heard "Maggie May" again and kinda wish I could redo my ballot and get rid of it. Those drums...so plodding... on the other hand, the guitar solos are strange and wonderful.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:39 (nine years ago) link
"Gasoline Alley" kicks its ass imo.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
Dag, I forgot Maggie May on my worst songs list.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:44 (nine years ago) link
I seriously thought about putting Maggie May on 'worst' but was worried I might get kicked off the board.
Still think this might have been the rare poll that truly could have gone to 125 or 150 without losing meaningful ranking and hard choices. But that might have scared some people off I reckon.
Surely this is going to be one of the most unpredictable rollouts in ILM history, though! I remember Tuomas contemplating excluding "I Feel Love" from the disco poll since it would be expected to take #1. He didn't, and it didn't, but I can't imagine anything like that even being discussed with this nominations list, even after weeks of discussion over what ILM does and doesn't see as core to classic rock. I also can't guess whether the results for the 'big' acts will be vote-split, or whether it won't matter because die-hards will vote for many songs by the one act, high on their ballots. Oh man I can't wait.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 01:48 (nine years ago) link
when i was younger Rod Stewart was the one classic rocker beloved by my mother that i just found totally offputting. have softened up on him now but dunno if anything besides "Stay With Me" will make my ballot.
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 02:47 (nine years ago) link
http://rlv.zcache.com/i_rocked_the_vote_tees-r7373a553911d4b06919be4e1be98b6c1_804gs_512.jpg?bg=0xffffff
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 03:34 (nine years ago) link