Being from the south and hearing it all the time, I hated Sweet Home Alabama for a long time, but have come to terms with it. I quite enjoy it now, and put it at number 64.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/lAlrMfX.jpg
66. Toto – Hold The Line944 points, 15 votes
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
First appearance of the dink-dink-dink piano!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
The other major association I have with the phrase "sweet home" is the bad teenage comedy anime DNA ^2. That doesn't help either.
my other major association starts with motley and ends with crue.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
Haha I was literally just sitting here wondering if gr80 was going to make the same dad joke I would've
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
please please please tell me there are more to come.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Dude is totally holding the line in that pic.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
xxxxxpost you're sure it's not G?
note: this is an old joke. "sweet home alabama" is in either G or D but it's unresolvable and better theory-heads than myself have gone to war on both sides of the question.
here's a representative thread on the subject. it's currently at 40 pages:http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=845618
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link
Hold the Line also on my most-hated list.
― pplains, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
better theory-heads than myself have gone to war on both sides of the question
which side is robert e. lee on?
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
No one in Alabama cares about what some dead old Virginian thinks.
― pplains, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
High 5 fcc! Good analysis of the complexities and simplicities of "Sweet Home Alabama," mine was the other #1 vote
― Brad C., Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
LIE YINE! BOW DU DU DU!
Song rules, Toto rules. Took me a long time, and Yacht Rock to come around to these facts. Didn't vote for the Toto IV megahits (which would have sat way at the top of my ballot, but felt way too 80s), but "Hold the Line" is great crunchy melodrama out of the mouths of studio nerds, which is a big part of this format for me.
"I'll Supply The Love" is the other amaaaazing track from this record, those clean bursts of muscley lead guitar announcing the arrival of the song (bit of a lift from "Do Ya" I guess), the beautifully stupid chorus/premise, and then the showoffy workout at the end. BUMP BUH BUM! Love it.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
particularly enjoy fez's rendition of 'hold the line' on that 70s show
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
The thingsthatyousaythatyou do
Hold the line!
I didn't order a lime! No no no.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
(xp) thanks brad! (my #1 vote, however, is now contingent on the song being in G. if it's in D, that changes everything.)
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
"I'll Supply The Love" is the other amaaaazing track from this record, those clean bursts of muscley lead guitar announcing the arrival of the song (bit of a lift from "Do Ya" I guess)
otm
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
heard it in a love song > can't u see
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:28 (ten years ago) link
"hold the line" is the rockinest toto but lol at it placing over AC/DC, Skynyrd and Zep. bodes well for "never been any reason"!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:28 (ten years ago) link
Toto is the worst of all these bands
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
yeah yeah I know this is an old joke but the only reason it's debatable at all is because of the solo. the song is still three chords ad nauseam.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
I actually disagree and think there are a lot of really good Toto songs, even well into the 80s. The most surprising thing is that they weren't dropped immediately in 1978 after someone at CBS heard "Georgy Porgy".
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
note: this is an old joke. "sweet home alabama" is in either G or D but it's unresolvable and better theory-heads than myself have gone to war on both sides of the question.here's a representative thread on the subject. it's currently at 40 pages:http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=845618
There was some good discussion on the IMM theory thread.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 29 July 2014
i had no doubt. just figured i'd share with the studio audience =D
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
What you say about the Key of G, Is what you say about the Key of D
http://i.imgur.com/bjb3XWb.jpg
65. Rush – Tom Sawyer972 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
Yessssss voted this high for my family!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
Not 1st pl high tho
65??????????????????
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
Oh Carl is going to be disappointed with this placement.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
BOW NOW NOW weeny weeny weeeee
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
the only Rush I couldn't deny for a classic rock poll
― Euler, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
I'm starting to realize that my only real beef with prog bands is that they'll occasionally lock into a real tight groove only to abandon it a minute and a half later for something far less compelling. "Tom Sawyer" is definitely an occasion when they maintain the focus and bring it home, though.
I totally blew out my voice singing "Hold The Line" on SingStar. That should give an indication of my feelings for that song.
― Eat Your Heart Out And Fingerblast Your Pancreas (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
My #1! I know it isn't the most CR of CR tunes, but I can't help myself, I love me some Rush.
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
This is another track where you could poll individual drum fills like "In the Air Tonight," but fuck Neil Peart showing off imo. Phil's fills are tasteful.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
This was one of those weird out-of-place videos on MTV when it first came on. Missing Persons, Thomas Dolby, Rush with "Tom Sawyer"....
I knew I had exited The South when I went to a house party outside of KC and there was a band of hoosiers (small 'h', no Indiana affiliation) playing "Tom Sawyer". I looked around at the Midwesterners behind me and thought, "Ohh, so THESE are the people who listen to this band."
But hey. I'm from the part of the country where traffic stops every afternoon, we get out of our cars and "Freebird" plays over the radio speakers.
― pplains, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
but fuck Neil Peart showing off imo
don't put him down as arrogant
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
i definitely thought "Tom Sawyer" would (and should) be in at least the top 20, was disappointed by how low it ended up. but then, if there's one thing more classic rock than loving Rush, it's hating Rush.
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
I'm from the part of the country where traffic stops every afternoon, we get out of our cars and "Freebird" plays over the radio speakers
this should be turned into a tv series. would be better than "the leftovers."
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bwlfl1u.jpg
64. Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill974 points, 16 votes
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
This was top 20 for me. "Tom Sawyer" was top 5 obv.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
This was one of those weird out-of-place videos on MTV when it first came on.
Having seen some extended blocks of early early MTV recently, it was largely composed of weird out-of-place videos. They had a lot of time to fill, and there were an awful lot of older band that were trying their awkward level best to remain on the cusp of relevance. I wish I could remember which completely cringeworthy Starship video I saw which in no way indicated that they would someday gain a toehold in the age of music videos.
― Butthole Phlebotomy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
Solsbury Hill is a good song, but the impact has been somewhat weakened by its appearance in every movie trailer ever.
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
I'd guess "Jane" or "Miracles".
At this point, I'm convinced the No. 1 song of this ilxor.com/ILM poll will be "Cars" by Gary Numan.
― pplains, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
I think the CR radio I've experienced has been much...beefier? brawnier? bro-down-ier? than that with which some of you are familiar. Much as I love "Solsbury Hill", it has absolutely no association with CR radio in my brain.
― Butthole Phlebotomy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
this one being the best: http://youtu.be/KmkVWuP_sO0
xxp
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
a whole lot of these songs have baggage now from soundtracks/trailers, but for the most part i'm able to shake it off
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
Listening to "Tom Sawyer" now and you know, I think of this as a song I like, but in fact its particular brand of bombasticism isn't working for me anymore. I get more actual pleasure from hearing "Come Sail Away" or even "Too Much Time On My Hands."
OK, skipping to "Limelight," always my favorite from this record. OK -- NOW I'm accepting the bombasticism. Starts with a riff instead of a foreboding synthfart.
But even here! It's SLOWER than I remembered. Less urgent. The big reverb on the guitars in the chorus (is it a chorus?) sounds terrible now.
I have switched over to "Turn It On Again." No less bombastic, surely. But when Phil Collins says "Down on my luck again. Down on my luck again" you feel something is actually going on, while when Geddy talks about "society" it just sounds like he's writing a term paper.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
ditto xp to old lunch
― Euler, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
I have a feeling that if any of the songs that got a lot of write-in talk are going to show up, it'll be soon. Hard to imagine any of them making the top 40.
I thought about playing "Sweet Home Alabama" to try to catch the faint "Southern Man" quote, but that would mean I'd have to listen to SHA and, and, NAW.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link