holy shit @ "Lunatic Fringe", are you a madman
― Euler, Sunday, 27 July 2014 10:49 (ten years ago) link
Piano Man is the perfect example of a failed song. what is it supposed to be? perceptive? no, not an original line in sight. nostalgic? again, these characters are too terrible for anyone to ever care. anthemic? "Oh, la la la, di da da" oh for fuck sake!
― g simmel, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:02 (ten years ago) link
― Euler, Sunday, July 27, 2014 6:49 AM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes, i am a lunatic and the song hits too close to home for me
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:20 (ten years ago) link
I think it's supposed to be a "magical stranger" story (like Mr. Bojangles or whatever), only Joel casts himself in the role of the magical stranger which is dumb.
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:22 (ten years ago) link
it's a magical tale where people put bread in jars
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:23 (ten years ago) link
What's wrong with Twilight Zone?
― Siegbran, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:24 (ten years ago) link
Man, what are you doing here?
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:26 (ten years ago) link
http://the-toast.net/2014/01/03/coda-piano-man-paul-davey/
― carl agatha, Sunday, 27 July 2014 12:11 (ten years ago) link
High 5 to whoever else voted for Captain Jack as worse!
― Jeff, Sunday, 27 July 2014 12:30 (ten years ago) link
I don't think I know that song? obviously I don't want to listen to find out though
― Euler, Sunday, 27 July 2014 12:36 (ten years ago) link
I never need to hear "Piano Man" again, but the "Bill, I believe this is killing me" always makes me laugh when I do.
"Captain Jack," on the other hand, is fantastic and woulda made my ballot were I non-lazy enough to vote.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Sunday, 27 July 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
imo there should be a thread where everybody listens to every Billy Joel song just like w/ the Eagles
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 13:38 (ten years ago) link
i think the unifying principles for my most hated are "boomer asshole" + "mawkish schmaltz"those are two things i really really cannot stomach, generally speaking
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Sunday, 27 July 2014 13:43 (ten years ago) link
I voted Captain Jack 6th worse on my poll, Billy Joel had reserved a spot on the worst poll for me after I had to hold my nose and acknowledge the greatness that is You May Be Right.
― campreverb, Sunday, 27 July 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
― Siegbran, Sunday, 27 July 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
Can't help but notice three tracks on the extended Worst list are whitey CR trying to do Reggae
SheriffHotel CaliD'yer
Margaritaville being a related but not identical move
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 27 July 2014 13:58 (ten years ago) link
good point! The Police remained relatively unscathed, though.
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
Because rhythm isn't what makes Sting embarrassing.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:05 (ten years ago) link
I'd rather listen to the entire Eagles discography before I ever listen to Captain Jack again.
― Jeff, Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:05 (ten years ago) link
My worst:
1 Billy Joel - Captain Jack2 Don McLean - American Pie3 George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone4 The Police - Every Breath You Take5 John Lennon – Imagine6 The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!7 Bob Seger - Turn The Page8 Billy Joel - Piano Man9 Glen Frey - The Heat Is On10 Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
― Jeff, Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
imo there should be a thread where everybody listens to every Billy Joel song just like w/ the Eagles― some dude, Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:38 AM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― some dude, Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:38 AM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The idea was floated, but no agreement could be reached as to a beginning (Hassles? ATILLA? Non pitch-corrected Cold Spring Harbor?).
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
Anything besides sick-of-it behind "Turn Turn Turn" and "For What It's Worth," Jeff? Those are unusual picks.
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
how about a thread where we just listen to Attila every dayxp
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:25 (ten years ago) link
"Your sister's gone out. She's on a dateAnd you just sit at home and tabulate (those classic rock ballots)"
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:32 (ten years ago) link
I had Turn Turn Turn on mine; I might've gone for For What It's Worth as well had I thought of it. It's the damn worthiness and inoffensiveness of the exercise that riles me. Rock should be a little bit dirty, selfish, morally-compromised. Especially when we're talking Classic Rock.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
Anything besides sick-of-it behind "Turn Turn Turn" and "For What It's Worth," Jeff? Those are unusual picks.― clemenza, Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:23 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― clemenza, Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:23 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Because they were both on the Forrest Gump soundtrack, duh.
But yeah, overplayed, folky tunes that just make me cringe when I hear them. Far from my own personal definition of what classic rock sounds like.
― Jeff, Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
hey ilx
you look wonderful tonight
(ducks)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
is it a wonderful day to count down the top ten AOR albums of all time?
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
YES
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
OK, like the 'worst' poll, this one also received 37 ballots, although not from all the same people, a lot of folks just did one or the other.
The Top 10 Classic Rock Albums of All Time:
10. Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy34 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Their most CR album imo, good work everyone.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
also fun to have an album included which had a track on the 'worst' list
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:11 (ten years ago) link
Picked this one as my representative Zep album because I don't hear songs from it on the radio as often, but I get irrationally excited when one of them pops up.
― voodoo chili, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
question: do people have strong feelings about the UK edition vs. US edition?
9. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? 39 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Too bad that D'Yer Mak'er is the most played, when it should really be The Ocean.
― voodoo chili, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
is it too late to post my worst ballot? yes?1. Don McLean – American Pie2. J. Geils Band – Love Stinks3. George Thorogood – Bad To The Bone4. Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good5. Bob Seger - Katmandu6. Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me7. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive8. Jackson Browne – The Load-Out / Stay (Live)9. Gary Wright – Dream Weaver10. The Firm – Radioactive
― billstevejim, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:21 (ten years ago) link
Houses is my favorite Zep LP. great balance of epics and pop songs and weird aesthetic outliers.
in the airplay data i've seen, "Over The Hills" is the album's biggest radio recurrent over "D'Yer Mak'er."
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
xpost i thought we were saving ballots til the end tbh
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
JIMI
in high school my brother and my friend stole a big spindle of cable tv cable that said HENDRIX on its end. that's classic rock
― Euler, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
there will be a separate thread for ballots at the end of all this, but i'm not gonna be a hardass about it
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
Huh, I never knew about the US vs UK differences on Are You Experienced? ... it's hard for me to imagine the album without "Purple Haze," "Hey Joe," and "The Wind Cries Mary."
― Brad C., Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
so wait until I post it to complain
― billstevejim, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
i said it yesterday but nobody paid me any mind so i let it go
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
i didn't realize the forrest gump sdtk had such a chilling effect on people -- interestingalso i love the byrds (but that song is not a favorite tbh)
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
US version of AYE definitely has a stronger tracklisting.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
we've got a box of donuts down here at The Aorta this morning, so a lot of us have sticky fingers right now, I tell ya
8. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers46 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
definitely one of those albums where it just boggles my mind how many classics are on it. i remember the first time i looked at the tracklist like "wait, my favorite '70s Stones songs, they're all here!?"
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
xpost (baby) booming post
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING?!
― voodoo chili, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
That's two of my top five now, plus I had a gateway Hendrix comp too. Feeling like my 'no deep cuts' policy is paying off.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link