Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are releasing their 13th album today, but we're gonna take it back to 1976 right now with a little ditty from album numero uno...
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78. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Breakdown 885 points, 15 votes
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:33 (ten years ago) link
This song doesn't get much play down here; nor does "Don't Do Me Like That." It's all "American Girl," "Refugee," "Even the Losers," and "The Waiting" from this period.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:35 (ten years ago) link
i'm genuinely baffled lunatic fringe placed at all
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
oh man, that pic reminds me of the 8-Way Santa cover.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link
Breakdown reminds me a lot of Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan.
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link
can-con lurkers
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:46 (ten years ago) link
Another cover better than the original, imo.
― pplains, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
I voted for Lunatic Fringe. It's one of those songs I heard on CR for years and years before I found out who it was by, so there was some mystery in its appeal for me.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:49 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, Lunatic Fringe was included in my ballot (albeit nearly in last place) because I don't think I can imagine crr without it. Also mysterious. Of an ilk with Twilight Zone.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
also contains the word "twilight" in the lyrics.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:55 (ten years ago) link
Aretha's "Love the One you're With" kills:http://youtu.be/X5oTJl4VTmU
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:56 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I don't know what you would call the weirdos who voted for Red Rider. I know they're out there, though.
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77. Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman 890 points, 15 votes
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
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― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:59 (ten years ago) link
FUCK WRONG THREAD> I AM NOT A CLASSIC ROCK COVER.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:00 (ten years ago) link
I need to stop drinking.
lol we should def have everyone post a wdyll drinking itt
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
Evil Woman is ok, I've never thought of it as more than a novelty song. Still, I usually don't change the station when it comes on.
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
"novelty song"?
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
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76. The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider 892 points, 13 votes
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:25 (ten years ago) link
"Breakdown" was my highest Petty vote, because its groove seems custom-built for classic rock radio. Like Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench and Stan Lynch foresaw the entire format and realized there was a slinky little piece missing in its foundation.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:29 (ten years ago) link
it's all roght
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
argh
speaking of grooves, I'm surprised and delighted to see "midnight rider" place
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:32 (ten years ago) link
Half of these results have basically been "songs I know well but never had any idea what the titles were".
― Eat Your Heart Out And Fingerblast Your Pancreas (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
also: since "highway to hell" went generally unremarked lemme just say for the record that Malcolm Young is a genius. get well soon man.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
Amen. I hope AC/DC get in one last hurrah with a tour and album.
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:17 (18 minutes ago) Permalink
A lot of this is my 90s baby perspective. The first time I heard "Evil Woman" was in Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link
re "lunatic fringe": that's a top ten jam for me. never not stoked to hear it. still ominous after all these years, nice gilmourish solo riding the edge of 80s-ness. file with "twilight zone" for sure, but it's a cut above imo.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
ELO is a novelty freakin' band
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
Word is, Malcolm's out (but physically present), and his nephew took his place for recording (and presumably will do so for the tour).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
And now, we're going to smooth things out for a few minutes.
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75. The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky 896 points, 13 votes
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
YES! This song is so smooth and creepy.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
It was in my top 10! It also very strongly reminds me of a certain place and time, namely waiting for my mom in her giant Caprice Classic.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
images are something special today.
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
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― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
I had midnight rider at 11. Probably could have gone higher though. Awesome song.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
this song & coast 2 coast AM* are forever fused in my mind
*and weed and french fries
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
didnt vote for it because its not sufficently CR imo, but its prob in my top-10 of all songs that were nominated
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
Based on that performance, I'm gonna say the Suzi Q cover of Breakdown was the keyboardist's idea. It was a good idea.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
UGH work and not feeling well kept me from these festivities for the past 24 hours.5 songs of mine so far. WALK AWAY! Twilight Zone, Highway to Hell, Evil Woman, and Midnight Rider.Work better be slower today, I am not in the mood to try to play catch up, it all just goes to hell when that happens.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
I had never knowingly heard "Eye In The Sky" before this poll, I'm a little mystified by its placement
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:04 (ten years ago) link
It was a top 40 hit, was it not? I remember it getting a lot of airplay in the early 80's.
― Darin, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:08 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it was a big hit. I didn't vote for it, but it was definitely ubiquitous on rock radio at least through the '80s.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Eye in the Sky is from 1982 btw.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
(I prefer the second single from that album, "Games People Play" -- which is not as good as Joe South's "Games People Play," but is still good.)
I don't doubt that it was a hit, I've just never heard it on classic rock radio
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
I used to have some pills that made me smaller, but I decided the weight loss just wasn't worth the night terrors.
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74. Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit 897 points, 14 votes
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:49 AM
Yeah -- I was not a fan of it in its first-run days, but I like its bland menace now. A late cut from my ballot though.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:11 (ten years ago) link
Oops, "Games People Play" is actually from the previous APP album.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:11 (ten years ago) link
i love white rabbit
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:13 (ten years ago) link