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

steve miller - 7

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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

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

i love the support group tone that posts in this thread have taken on

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ha ha yeah this poll has got me listening to Mountain and Wishbone Ash live albums. Nearing rock bottom.

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.

bye bye "in the city."

249 songs competing for 50 slots now.

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.

"Gasoline Alley" kicks its ass imo.

Dag, I forgot Maggie May on my worst songs list.

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.

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.

http://rlv.zcache.com/i_rocked_the_vote_tees-r7373a553911d4b06919be4e1be98b6c1_804gs_512.jpg?bg=0xffffff

Not totally satisfied with my ballot, but it got close to distilling whatever I think of as classic rock. Didn't vote for lots of songs and artists I love, because they aren't quite in that zone for me. And a lot of artists, I didn't necessarily vote for my personal favorite songs of theirs, but my favorite classic rock songs of theirs -- which can be very different. Anyway, it was fun trying to narrow it down.

Also, couldn't resist one conceptual rock block in my top 10.

How did this escape the net during the noms process?

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

true, that song is pretty awesome. 4 out of 5 of Squier's biggest songs ain't bad, though.

Not totally satisfied with my ballot, but it got close to distilling whatever I think of as classic rock. Didn't vote for lots of songs and artists I love, because they aren't quite in that zone for me.

Tried my best to adhere to this but there were some things I felt like I couldn't pass up. I'm a little concerned that my #1 pick actually belongs in a completely different poll, but looking at upcoming polls, it certainly won't end up on any noms lists in the next few years, so I went for it.

it really is amazing how unpredictable this thing is going. so far i've entered votes for 691 different songs into the spreadsheet, and #691 is one of the maybe top 5 most played songs in the history of classic rock radio, showing up 20 something ballots in.

Despite my foundering campaign for 'Shadows of the Night', I have discovered the original writer has a power pop album judged by Allmusic to be essential. Has anyone heard it?
http://www.allmusic.com/album/this-day-and-age-mw0000828132

@some dude what's the deadline tonight? I want to make sure I get my ballot in, but also have to do my actual job throughout the day.

should have listened to BTO re:self-employment.

word.

yeah w the x. how much sleep i get before it's time to fake a ranking?

I didn't vote for more than 2 songs by any individual band or artist, but if you count collaborations or solo projects, I had 4 Eagles-related votes (or6, if James Gang counts as Eagles-related).

TS rock career advice: BTO, Dire Straits, Todd Rundgren, Loverboy

almost done! my most hated list is so toxic that i could barely stand to consider a station that would play all of those songs in that order. i'd probably have a stroke.

Stroke! Stroke!

that song is not on my most hated list! it's mostly forced nostalgia, "relaxing", hfcs, and misogyny

voted!! it was particularly satisfying to imagine hearing them in order.

Worst songs rollout is either going to be sooooo satisfying or suuuuuch bullshit.

Hopefully both. What's a good poll without some bullshit?

This rollout is going to be the best thing ever.

GETTING READY, ANTICIPATING LOVE AND MUSIC

Beatles 0, Dylan 0, Bon Jovi 1

Sent my albums ballot in at the last minute. Threw an old familiar favorite under the bus in the name of classic rock purity. 5 was a great number for that.

coming to terms with the fact that I'm not gonna be able to get a ballot done. deadline is basically now?

Voted a few days ago. My regrets: not voting Piano Man on my worst tracks list, and not voting for The Cars eponymous debut on my best albums list.

I mean, if the criteria for the albums is "records that have multiple tracks you always enjoy hearing on the radio," I can't really think of a better example than that first Cars album.

i think you still have 12 more hours? xp

Cars s/t, Boston s/t, best of Steve, these are the urtexts of CR

Voted for Cars!! Albums list was so easy -- I thought about it for 2 min max.

coming to terms with the fact that I'm not gonna be able to get a ballot done. deadline is basically now?

Jon just do a 20 song ballot!

so far i've entered votes for 691 different songs into the spreadsheet, and #691 is one of the maybe top 5 most played songs in the history of classic rock radio, showing up 20 something ballots in.

Guessing "Hotel California".

But maybe not, given that there's a whole ILM thread devoted to listening the Eagles' entire catalogue song-by-song.

Cars s/t, Boston s/t, best of Steve, these are the urtexts of CR

also who's next.

i would have argued for tom petty's greatest hits, too, but i decided to honor the poll's 1986 deadline for tracks by not considering any compilations released after that.

I'm not even going to look at my ballot again because I am racked with remorse over all the songs I had to cut. This must be how terrible dictators feel after genocide.

harvest!!

maybe some dude is talkin' bout "China Grove"

otm if you get torn up after a little genocide you're not going to cut it as a dictator imo xp