"suite: judy..." was up there with the doobies' "black water" when i was a kid as a song that i would patiently sit through the first several minutes every time it came on the radio just so i could hear the ending.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Monday, 28 July 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
Woah! Didn't expect that. Would have thrown it a little teeny vote if I'd thought it had a chance as "classic rock" (versus AM gold).
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 July 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
ugh
― Euler, Monday, 28 July 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
everything doesn't need to fall into a neat containeri hope "ohio" makes it but i have my doubts
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 28 July 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
I dig plenty of CSNY just fine but not those with the taint of Stills as much as that one
― Euler, Monday, 28 July 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
I would love "Ohio" to place.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 28 July 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
I expected more mid-70s cuts by this point, but perhaps the top half of the poll will be loaded with those.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 28 July 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
the mid 70s are definitely the center of gravity for this whole thing
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
haven't been able to participate in this, but just wanted to say those pictures are great
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 28 July 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
Judy Blue Eyes is a great springtime jam.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 July 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
indeed. Stills wrote most of my favorite CSN songs.
― brimstead, Monday, 28 July 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
man I am not much of a CSN/Y fan but when I put my balloting hat on it turns out they're pretty classic imo. think I voted for three tracks. "suite: judy blue eyes" was one of them but "our house" was a canyon too far.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
"can I tell it like it is?"
\m/
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
Either this song is pretty trippy or I drank something I shouldn't have from the cup gr80 left in the studio.
http://i.imgur.com/U3ZoeM3.jpg
86. Steve Miller – Fly Like An Eagle857 points, 15 votes
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
For people of a certain generation, Fly Like an Eagle will always evoke Space Jam (and Seal's terrible version).
― voodoo chili, Monday, 28 July 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
^ false
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
voodoo chili probably otm. I was a little too old for Space Jam, but have been stunned to realize what a cultural touchstone it is for people 3-8 years younger than me.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 28 July 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
I think I'm glad I have no idea what "Space Jam" is
FLAE rules, always has, always will, and I say that as somebody w/ a very low Steve Miller tolerance level
― sleeve, Monday, 28 July 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
steve miller, CR necessary evil
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 28 July 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
imo
Definitely a mid-70s cut, though, just what I was hoping for.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 28 July 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
FLAE has a good trippiness going for it, though tbh I always thought shooting the children with no shoes on their feet was a little excessive. Second-tier Miller though IMO - this is one guy where I like him more when he goes full-on corporate fraternity rock and ditches the remnants of spacey Sixties mind-expansion and nature-love. Hoping for "Jet Airliner" and/or "Jungle Love" to place here.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 July 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
"Fly Like An Eagle" evokes the bit in Miles Davis' autobio about Miller being a "non-playing motherfucker with only one or two sorry-ass records out."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
lol - I just looked up that full quote and I love it.
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
We laugh now, but wait til Columbia exhumes Miles' sweetass fusion jam cover of "Swingtown".
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Didn't Macca claim that Steve Miller was his favorite guitarist? Yikes...
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
A couple of songs I voted for have shown up so far, but Suite: Judy Blue Eyes is the first placing song I'm really excited to see. I love that tune. It has so many parts!
(As I was putting my ballot together for this poll, I realized that I have a thing for songs with lots of parts, as my #1 and #2 will strongly attest.)
― carl agatha, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
The picture selections for Purple Haze and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes are fantastic, btw.
― carl agatha, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, July 28, 2014 4:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Haha, CSNY were on that bill with Miles and Miller, and Miles did cover "Guinnevere"...
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
::does a split in mid-air::
http://i.imgur.com/7OHnHPy.jpg
85. Van Halen – Runnin’ With The Devil858 points, 14 votes
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
XP Davis was also on the bill when the Whitten/Crazy Horse live album was recorded.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
OH GOD I'M RUNNIN'!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
wonder what miles thought of evh
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
for years I heard the lyric "I found the simple life ain't so simple" as "I found the simple life -- it's so simple!"
I like my version better...feels very authentically DLR.
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
One of my big takeaways from this is that Roth Van Halen is possibly my ultimate classic rock band.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
great song I've never tired of
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
What really made me vote for Runnin' was the isolated vocal track that circulated years back. I can listen to it all day.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
eeYEAAAHH!
OOWWW!
grady killin' it with that pic
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
Again, this isn't my favorite song by the band in question, but it's the one that feels most like CRR. It was my lone VH vote.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
Runnin' With the Devil is an amazing song, it would be perfect as the intro song for an MLB closer, but I'm not sure if anyone has used it yet.
― voodoo chili, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
growing up there was a club in Ocean City called Scandals, and for like 10 years i would constantly hear a local rock radio ad in Delaware that was some random cover band playing the "Runnin' With The Devil" intro with that bass pulse and the little piano tinkle, and then the drums kick in and a vocalist sings along with the guitar riff: "SCANDAAAAAAALS"
I really hear that every time I hear the VH song tbh.
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Pop Music Scores Big With Baseball’s Champions Top teams are programming hit tunes over stadium sound-systems to keep crowds fired up between innings. by Colin Devenish 10/18/1998
New York Yankees star-pitcher David Wells is the classic ruffian, known forhis after-hours antics, but he’s all business when he brings his portlyframe to the mound.
Or as business-like as you can be when the defiant blast of “Runnin’ With the Devil”by Van Halen is escorting you onto the baseball diamond.
While Wells, an anchor in the 1998 American League Champion Yankees’rotation, favors the fist-pumping fervor of Van Halen, each of histeammates will step into the batter’s box during this year’s World Seriesagainst the National League Champion San Diego Padres this week to the tuneof their own drummers — or drum machines, as the case may be.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
OK, now let's smooth it out with a little afternoon rock with Chrissie Hynde and the boys...
http://i.imgur.com/ynCEYhx.jpg
84. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket859 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
As you know, every night at 11pm on "The Aorta" we kick back with a set of deep cuts from a different classic band. If you join us tonight, we'll be digging in the crates with The Pretenders:http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2014/06/deep-album-cuts-vol-21-pretenders.html
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
Total pedant shit here, but Pretenders are one of those bands like Ramones and Pixies who have no article before their name.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
ha ha "and the boys" is my #1 most hated rock dj cliché
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
we get a few things wrong here at The Aorta, but it feels so right
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
Sometimes yes, sometimes no...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Learning_to_Crawl_(The_Pretenders_album_-_cover_art).jpg/220px-Learning_to_Crawl_(The_Pretenders_album_-_cover_art).jpg
xp to JF
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
where were you itt when Eagles needed you??
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link