maura i love u but besmirching pink floyd, girl idk
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link
am i srsly the only one who hates Stroke
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
It made my best of list. Not high, but made it.
― Jeff, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link
well of course
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link
Aerosmith Rocks Natick, specifically
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
This poll is helping me refine my road trip compatibility table.
I was one of the 2 votes for Harvest in the albums poll. That album is so much more than its singles!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link
so are we all changing our DNs for the countdown?
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:34 (ten years ago) link
That would be a no.
― Jeff, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:37 (ten years ago) link
Billy Squier spreading his ear pollution far and wide to VG's disdain
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:41 (ten years ago) link
;_;
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:42 (ten years ago) link
xxxp: I'm game.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:45 (ten years ago) link
lol
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:47 (ten years ago) link
True story - I have a friend who was Billy Squier's bass player at the height of his career (1982). He was touring with Foreigner and when they did "The Stroke", they'd get some of the guys from Foreigner and crew guys and any friends of the band to come onstage and sing the "stroke me, stroke me" part and do this very exaggerated jerking off hand motion. I got recruited in Pittsburgh, Philly, and Cleveland. They were my shining moments.
― Sandy, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 5:02 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i always liked "The Stroke" but i like it even more after this story.
― some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:49 (ten years ago) link
maura, I can't handle your recoiling from the Pretenders.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:51 (ten years ago) link
CR is one of the biggest pet peeve making genres
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:59 (ten years ago) link
sorry guys. i think it's hynde's voice. just do not like it
pink floyd however i'm not apologizing for, that shit has become the musical standard bearer for vaguely anti-establishment dudes who are still Part Of The Problem and i'm like nahhhh
― maura, Monday, 28 July 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
i have a lot of baggage with Floyd, too, although for the most part Dark Side just gets to me
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 00:46 (ten years ago) link
btw i never realized "Slow Ride" was 8 minutes before. do most stations play a single edit, or did i just never notice how long it went on?
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 00:47 (ten years ago) link
I hate The Stroke so much but could not bring myself to vote for it for worst song because it made me the closest to a rock star I will ever be.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Monday, 28 July 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link
^ forgiven
the rest of you are on notice
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 July 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
Dark Side is the most boring post-Barrett PF album imo, but I realize I'm out on an island there.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 July 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
i think it's hynde's voice.
That's like half the reason I love Pretenders. The other half is James Honeyman Scott's guitar playing, but he unfortunately didn't stick around as long as he should've.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 July 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
Dark Side is at least very pleasant to listen to. the ways that the other albums are more 'interesting' are mostly just annoying to me.
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
Getting caught up after a weekend away. VegGrrl, you're not the only Stroke-hater.
ALBUMS1. Electric Ladyland (Jimi Hendrix Experience)2. Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin)3. Who’s Next (The Who)4. Layla (Derek and the Dominos)5. At Fillmore East (Allman Bros. Band)
WE HATES IT FOR EVER:1. Bob Seger - Against the Wind2. Foreigner - Hot Blooded3. Journey - Any Way You Want It4. George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone5. Boston - More Than a Feeling6. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son7. Styx - Lady8. Billy Squier - The Stroke9. Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia10. AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Monday, 28 July 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
true story: Kansas would have been #7 on the most hated list if all the votes for "Carry On Wayward Son," "Dust In The Wind" and "Point Of Know Return" were pooled together
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
i couldn't do a list of worst songs because the worst songs bring me so much joy laughter-wise
― brimstead, Monday, 28 July 2014 02:51 (ten years ago) link
dark side has shitty sequencing /challop
― brimstead, Monday, 28 July 2014 02:52 (ten years ago) link
i mean, track sequencing, the synth sequencers rule obviously
― brimstead, Monday, 28 July 2014 02:54 (ten years ago) link
OK, fuck it, some more fun with math
20 most hated artists by total 'worst' track poll point totals:1. Eric Clapton 1102. Billy Joel 1023. Eagles 924. George Thorogood 775. Don McLean 686. Bob Seger 637. Bachman-Turner Overdrive 528. Styx 499. Journey 4810. Led Zeppelin 3911. Don Henley 38 12. Foreigner 3713. Kansas 3614. (tie) Glenn Frey 34 / Steve Miller 34 / Blood, Sweat & Tears 3417. (tie ) Jimmy Buffett 33 / Supertramp 3319. Lynyrd Skynyrd 3220. (tie) Dire Straits 31 / The Doors 31 / The Guess Who 31
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:06 (ten years ago) link
High placement for Foreignerkansasjourneystyx is very gratifying...Boston joining them would have been too much to hope for.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:11 (ten years ago) link
imo there should be a thread where everybody listens to every Billy Joel song just like w/ the Eagles
based on the above, what there really oughta be is an eric clapton listening thread.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:11 (ten years ago) link
also, kudos to don mclean for collectively coming in fifth worst pace, presumably with a single song.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
Joel and the Eagles at least have some kind of consistent songwriting vision that you can engage with, for better and for worse. Clapton's solo catalog just seems like decades of coasting on covers and so-so originals.
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:13 (ten years ago) link
yeah McLean, Buffett and The Guess Who each only had one hated song
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
PINK FLOYD RULES
you dark side haters dont get it maaaaaaan
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:16 (ten years ago) link
My number one best song has showed up on someone's worst song list.
― Jeff, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:20 (ten years ago) link
^ ILX's biggest "Dirty Laundry" fan
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
200 different songs were on the 'worst' ballots. a lot of them are great songs.
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
i don't disagree with any of that. but i think, as a result, there are probably a bunch of hidden things in ec's catalog, both good and bad, that very few if any people here would ever have encountered. whereas i think joel's catalog is small enough and beloved enough by people on this very board (cough cough) that there'd be very few, if any, surprises.
on the other hand, i will never turn down an opportunity to re-engage with billy, so if his thread were ever to happen, i'd be there faster than you can say "brenda and eddie."
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
I'm sure. And I'm sure some will place in the top 100. Xpost
― Jeff, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:25 (ten years ago) link
(xp)I have this corny bit of business with the manager of Table Wine around the block from my house in which I go in and ask for the "Billy Joel Special- a bottle of red, bottle of white." He pretends to laugh and go along with it, although they mostly seem to listen to Aimee Mann in there.
― Two Ten O'clocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:27 (ten years ago) link
I haven't said this on the Eagles thread yet, but keep in mind that there is a Billy Joel poll on the master schedule.
Now, you all know that I wouldn't mind listening to every single one of his songs in a row and then participating in a poll, but for the rest of you, yes, I do doubt your commitment.
― pplains, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:30 (ten years ago) link
See, I voted The Wall as my #2 CR album because of how effectively classic rock radio winnows it down. I have no interest in the album as a whole, but there are like eight CR warhorses on it, and when one of them comes on the radio I pretty much never change the station even though I've heard them dozens of times before. Ditto most of the Eagles' catalogue - enjoyable enough radio fodder, never cared to check out the albums. Ignoring the lyrics helps, too.
― thewufs, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:31 (ten years ago) link
Always think of pplains and fcc as the biggest Billy Joel fans on ilx or, if not of Billy himself, than at the very least of Liberty DeVitto.
― Two Ten O'clocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:32 (ten years ago) link
― Jeff, Sunday, July 27, 2014 10:20 PM (16 minutes ago)
"For Those About to Rock," betcha betcha betcha
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:38 (ten years ago) link
I have this corny bit of business with the manager of Table Wine around the block from my house in which I go in and ask for the "Billy Joel Special- a bottle of red, bottle of white." He pretends to laugh and go along with it
if he were a real mensch, or at least a real new yorker, he'd bring you a bottle of rosé instead.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:45 (ten years ago) link
ha, yes exactly.
― Two Ten O'clocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 July 2014 03:52 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0l9XAhe21k
― maura, Monday, 28 July 2014 04:08 (ten years ago) link
was "sunset grill" nominated? I wouldn't have voted for it, but that's got one hot dramatic synth riff
― brimstead, Monday, 28 July 2014 04:11 (ten years ago) link
Enjoyed the worst tracks countdown but gutted to see ILX doesn't seem to share my hatred of Supertramp.
With the albums subpoll I decided to voted base on how well the albums were represented in the nominations list - e.g. Tusk is my favourite record ever but it didn't feel right voting for something with only two songs in there, whereas Rumours has five awesome songs (and 'Don't Stop') so that got my #1 slot.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 28 July 2014 08:51 (ten years ago) link