yeah when it fell into place at #50 i was like yessss this is such a perfect way to kick off the top half (xp)
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
epic intro line to "La Grange"
― skip, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
La Grange is another one that's waaaayyy too short.
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
xps: yeah, I bet a lot of the "I don't think that's classic rock" quibbling won't be making that much of an appearance from this point.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
Finally some ZZ Top.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I feel like the last few picks have been capital-C classic rock, totally unalloyed by new wave or oldies.
La Grange is short because you can't listen to a track off Tres Hombres without listening to the whole thing
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
And I'm no purist around these issues (I'm pro-Beatles and pro-Cars on CR), but it feels like this poll is really moving into the platonic ideal of CR here.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
the beer drinkers and hellraisers ideal
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
that is captured so well in the track images
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
sorta feel like la grange is the ur strip bar/sports radio bumper song
― seems it never rains in west california (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
Missippi Queen and LaGrange are two of the most kick ass things to ever be put to wax. Agree with the poster above who gave a shout out to this lyric: "MISSISSIPPI QUEEN/IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN". That's poetry right there man.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
The guitar work in both these two songs just crushes.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Tone, baby, tone. What happened to that tone.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
Question I've been wondering as long as this poll's been running: do ZZ Top get groupies?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
― seems it never rains in west california (Hunt3r), Wednesday, July 30, 2014 7:45 PM (40 seconds ago)
Yeah, this is why I hate a lot of classic rock, tbh.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
Question I've been wondering as long as this poll's been running: do ZZ Top get groupies?― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:47 PM (48 seconds ago)
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:47 PM (48 seconds ago)
http://i.imgur.com/BAaYMqJ.jpg
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
btw we should have a nudie suit poll
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
As the only member without a hat, drummer should've been named Frank Hat.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
i see what u did there
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
A+, Tarfumes.
― Blood Supper III: Marrow Feast (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
Sort of pissed at AC/DC atm for messing up this beautiful spotify playlist by not being available.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
Porter Wagoner ftw
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
Watching ZZ Top video in my childhood, these guys seemed a million years old. Weird to realize that Billy Gibbons was 33 when Eliminator came out.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
We've already seen "Born To Run" and "Stairway" today, how many more iconic tracks can we get out of the way?
http://i.imgur.com/QtcWPay.jpg
49. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 1050 points, 17 votes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
i can understand the ambivalence others have about it, but a top 5 track for me, never gets old.
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
can pretty much tell which one of them just killed a man.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
it's not even remotely possible that ilm is going to rate "carry on wayward son" over both "bohemian rhapsody" and "stairway to heaven," is it? iS IT? IS IT???????????
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
Can pretty much tell which one of them just fucked a man
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
lol, that's never been in doubt. xp
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
I didn't realize that Dusty was about a half-foot shorter than Billy.
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
For ilxors who have a handle on what the culture was like pre-Wayne's World, was Bohemian Rhapsody top-tier Queen or was it elevated to some massive degree by the film?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
it was always a pretty big deal iirc, but WW put it over the top
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
like, I knew most of it by heart pre-WW without ever owning a single Queen album
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
I remember it getting moderate play on cr radio, but it seemed to have vanished by the late 80s.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:06 (ten years ago) link
The only Queen songs I knew as a kid/adolescent were We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, Another One Bites the Dust and One Vision (thanks to Iron Eagle), so getting introduced to Bohemian Rhapsody in 1991 as a 17 year old was quite revelatory.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
It was always the #1 cultural touchstone in the UK, even above Stairway
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
I heard Bohemian Rhapsody in the 80s cuz it would get video play (sometimes it would be billed as the "first rock and roll music video" which is just ridiculous)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I dunno how that line caught on, I used to hear it constantly too
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
They used to always play the video for Bohemian Rhapsody on Night Flight in the '80s,
― Darin, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
It was neck and neck with "Killer Queen" for a long time, took the lead at the last turn, but got blown out by "Rock You/Champions" when CR playlists started being solidified, imo.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
Not only was it the first rock and roll video, but it was also the first ROCK OPERA!
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
So they said.
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
invented the internet too
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
and overbites
― Darin, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Bill Brohemian Rhapski
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
BR #5 for me.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
Queen were first rock royalty too
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
I heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" on the radio a lot in the '80s. I didn't vote for it, but I do appreciate its subversion of the '70s multi-part rock epic -- like, a "Stairway to Heaven" that knows it's ridiculous and revels in its ridiculousness.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
I was listening to "The Mercy Seat" the other night. Now I'm imagining this going through Nick Cave's head at the big moment.
All the songs people say they don't or didn't hear on Classic Rock Radio, I keep thinking how would 14 or 21 year old me have ever even known of the existence of these songs without Rock or Classic Rock Radio.
― Zachary Taylor, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:21 (ten years ago) link