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

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CAN'T FIGHT THIS POOOOLLLLLLLIN ANYMOOOORE

hmm maybe POLLLLLLLLLLIN is better than POOOLLLIN

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criminally overlooked in the noms

I won't stan for anything on that record, but "That Was Then, This Is Now" from a year or two before was really nice.

crap, I voted a Greatest Hits album thinking it was fully in the spirit of the poll.

Me too. Also a live album not by Frampton. Tbh I could pick at least five equally valid top fives, with no overlap.

I just sent in a ballot. Heavy on Aerosmith and Zeppelin maybe.

here's what didn't make it.
101. Pink Floyd - Time / Breath (Reprise)
102. Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise
103. Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Comin'
104. Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster
105. Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
106. Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet

Live albums disallowed too?

cuts that have hurt my heart so far today:

--tom petty "don't do me like that" ("you were in the public eye/givin' someone else a try" is an all-time fave line)
--thin lizzy "the boys are back in town" (penalized for reminding me too much of the hold steady)
--all of billy joel
--pat benatar "heart breaker"

if live albums *aren't* allowed (i voted for one, but i don't really care) an exception should be made for frampton because c'mon

Ballot sent. There are a few artists for whom I just can't separate my fav. songs of theirs into rankings. So, in the spirit of CR radio, my ballot contains some Rock Blocks.

Nice

i left out a bunch of great songs mainly because they just don't vibe strongly with my radio memories, for some reason. certain stones and zep songs, for example. and stuff i associate more with oldies.
i did vote for one new discovery: cheap tricks's "i want you to want me" from budokhan. my god, pure euphoria!

sent in my ballot, can't wait to see how this shakes out.

going to do this now, watch some MLB All Star game and try to order this thing. haven't cut down my ballot either.

cheap tricks's "i want you to want me" from budokhan. my god, pure euphoria!

Pretty sure this is the only version I've ever heard -- first on the immortal Rock 80 Ktel comp, then on the radio. (I voted for it, along with two other Rock 80 tracks.)

Ballot sent! My ranking was done really quickly, but it turned out okay.

first cut 287 songs, lol.

the deepest. baby i know

xxxp i hadn't heard the studio version before either. I listened to it the other day, it has a piano playing the chunk-a-chunk riff instead of guitar bleeeghh not feeling it.

studio version is better. not as needy.

Studio version isn't enhanced by 10000 Japanese Girl Audio Hormones.

it's already nerdy enough

studio version doesnt have

I WANT YOU

TO WANT ME

I WANT

YOU

TO WANT

ME

Studio version isn't enhanced by 10000 Japanese Girl Audio Hormones.

― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, July 15, 2014 8:35 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hah otm, the part where they all sing 'didn't i didn't i didn't i see you crying' is amazing

Since I finally got their debut out of storage, I hope voters remembered a little band called VAN HALEN while building ballots.

I made a last-minute substitution when I realized I really couldn't live without "Runnin' With the Devil."

heard one of my VH votes on classic rock radio this morning

Van Halen are in my top 5 favorite bands ever ever, but I only made room for them to appear once on my ballot. (I'm running a VH poll in about 3 years or so, and I'll make up for it then.)

twice for me and je ne regrette rien

ballot not yet submitted, but three vh songs are locked in. i've got a few three-peats in my ballot, as classic rock is meaningless without two-fers and rock blocks. classic rock is a not a one-hit-wonder format. it's a careerist format.

Van Halen's first 4 albums were such transcendent, ecstatic experiences. They reach previously unknown realms of joy and sonic sensuality. Dave's voice is the sound of freedom. [/youtube comment]

― brimstead, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:41 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

classic rock is a not a one-hit-wonder format. it's a careerist format.

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, July 15, 2014

i'm not going to come right out and say Red Rider made my top ten but let's just agree there's room for both

oh red rider will most definitely be on my ballot. and the georgia satellites. there's definitely room for both, but i think the format really does generally aim at artists/bands rather than songs, much more than other oldies-based formats do.

oh indeed. just checked: 14 twofers and 8 rock blocks on my ballot

I had a few twofers, but only one block...DOOBIES

Ballot sent; I mostly left off obvious Beatles/Zep/Hendrix/Floyd etc. to make room for acts that will never get their own poll.

In my parts bands like Toto don't make CR playlists (too soft-rock/AC) nor the Turtles or Tommy James (too 'oldies').

Also WTF no Yardbirds nominated?

I nearly plotzed when I heard my local station drop "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" into an afternoon set minus fanfare about 10 years ago.

"hold the line" fucking rocks

^^^

VOTED

cut out all New Wave type of stuff so no Clash, Blondie and Talking Heads...

i'm looking forward to reading memories of hearing songs in storms, heat waves, traffic jams, on friday nights, sunday mornings, etc

just recollections and moments in general

can we find some frequency to broadcast the results & we can all blast it from our trans-ams at the saturday night beer bust

puhleeeeeeze

Wishing now I'd voted for Peace of Mind instead of More Than a Feeling. Fuck More Than a Feeling.

Sorry, More Than a Feeling. I didn't really mean that.

cut out all New Wave type of stuff so no Clash, Blondie and Talking Heads...

otm. except for the cars.

I just want to say I love Deep Purple so much. They make me feel good.

i left the Cars in as well, they were much more Classic Rock than KROQ. so it felt OK to leave them in.