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
i think i underrated sticky fingers bc i kind of mentally edit out "brown sugar" and "bitch"
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
sorry, Ismael, we have rules about greatest hits albums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xillqqt0Y0&feature=youtu.be&t=1m4s
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
I know Brown Sugar has shown up as a most hated track (understandably), but I love that live version on The Brussels Affair.
― campreverb, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
I happen to be listening to "Louisiana Rain" right now, good time to let this one fly:
6. (tie) Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedoes55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
How is this only #6? Oh right, I didn't send in an albums ballot. You people are disappoint.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
History is written by the voters!
― campreverb, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
would have probably landed at #6 my ballot tbh -- indisputably classic but its no Boston
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
okay that comes off a lot harsher than i meant it. xo tom p i listen to you a lot more than tom s
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
I was only kind of jokingly complaining. I know what the staples are, and there are more than ten of them, so this list is (or should be) all gold.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 July 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
One of my big takeaways from the Petty doc I watched a couple weeks ago is that drum sound they fine-tuned in the studio during the Torpedoes sessions (and maintained through the rest of the 80s until Jeff Lynne butted in). It is SO IMPORTANT to the success of top-tier Petty songs.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah i feel like it's a minority opinion around here but f jeff lynne's magic touch imo
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
btw, if you sync this thread up to the first season of Rizzoli & Isles, some trippy stuff happens
6. (tie) Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
I'm pretty embarrassed that I didn't know about the different track lists of AYE. I always just listened to the 17-track CD tbh.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Dark Side of the Moon: Peak AOR
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
it's Zoso if you ain't know so
5. Led Zeppelin – IV65 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
ilx you have won back my heart, a+ list so far
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
Hard to argue with LZ IV
― voodoo chili, Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
I can see that everybody's waitin'. Gettin' crazy. Anticipating love and music, play play play. Yeah? Yeah.
4. Boston – Boston80 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
YEAAAAAAAAH
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
<3 brad delp up in heaven
that boston album is like a greatest hits on its own
all killer no filler, so good
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Houses of the Holy is such a weird ragbag mess of an album, it's hard to believe that PG is the odds-and-ends comp.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link