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
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, July 30, 2014 3:18 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah "BR" and "Thick As A Brick" are two of my favorite '70s epics because they're such knowing parodies of the form but still awesome
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
And now, the opening track from our #6 album. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
http://i.imgur.com/fiHR5fj.jpg
48. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee1054 points, 19 votes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:31 (ten years ago) link
Join us on 107.7 tonight as we dig in to Tom Petty's greatest deep cuts, with and without the Heartbreakers: http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2014/07/deep-album-cuts-vol-23-tom-petty-and.html
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:32 (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?
I guessing it was around quite a bit. April-ish 1991 I taped this VH1 "'70s Sunday" thing where they played '70s videos all day, which was my first time hearing the song or seeing the video (the old version). I heard it a few times on classic rock stations afterwards and it turned into one of my favorite songs by the time summer arrived. Wayne's World was released the following February and my obsession felt more vindicated.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
the Wayne's World soundtrack was the first CD i purchased with my own money, but the whole Queen greatest hits album was a staple of my household well before that.
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
April '91 was also while Freddie was alive. Dang.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU GOTTA FEEL TO BE TRUUUUUUUUUE
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
Man, 107.7 is all Top 40 and shit here.
https://lh5.ggpht.com/tfevx7jJFMGrU5P9n99rXKXgZULHZVhl-45tJDSE41gYtiREpHhMC-2RmXqY-iXxGu3S=w300
Why would anybody leave Baltimore...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6EpfCzdMoY
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
This poll has me listening to my own CR-ish playlist and remembering so many little-remembered gems that, if they'd become "classics", would've fit seamlessly into the format, like Jo Jo Gunne's "Run Run Run" and "Ebony Eyes" by Bob Welch. I'd love to see other people's picks along those lines once all of the legit results have rolled out.
― Slurping Peppers (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU GOTTA FEEL TO BE TRUUUUUUUUUEyeah man, that part. :)
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
re: the popularity of Bohemian Rhapsody, when I was in fourth grade (c. 1982), cool kids would bring tapes out to recess and play them on those little single-speaker mono tape decks and being the coolest kid of them all I brought a tape recording of Bohemian Rhapsody and spoke enthusiastically to my skeptical audience of how amazing the song was because it had so many different PARTS and that was the last time I was allowed to play my tapes on the playground.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
haha
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
cool kids otm
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
A college friend hated "Refugee" because of the "kidnappedtieduptakenawayandheldforRAN-som" part -- "It has too many words!"
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
"Ebony Eyes" by Bob Welch
is insanely great. and is, like "don't stop believin'," one of those exceptionally rare pop songs where the chorus doesn't appear until the end of the song.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
I distinctly remember Mark Goodman on MTV referring to that Queen song as "The BoHo Rap".
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
The Petty documentary has a bit where the members and Jimmy Iovine failing take after take, pissed off because they knew it was such a great song.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
'Bohemian Rhapsody' was definitely of population-permeating renown over here, from probably the first day it was released. Pretty sure I voted for it, it's just so ridiculous.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
scarves and boots and flowy skirts, oh my
http://i.imgur.com/m97m3pB.jpg
47. Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen1065 points, 22 votes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
fuck yes.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
nice one-two there. "edge" and "refugee" both on fire from the first note. huge radio stopping power.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
(still kicking myself for not also voting for "stand back" though.)
AXIS OF PETTY
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
xp Yeah, "Ebony Eyes" absence from CR playlists is a puzzler. I never hear "Sentimental Lady" anymore either.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
SUDDENLYTHERE WAS NO ONELEFT STANDIN' IN THE HALL
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
i'm a huge stand back stan and didn't vote for "stand back" either fwiw. crushingly good but not so classic rock.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
I voted "Edge" high, but would vote it even higher in a poll of the greatest rock-song intros.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
"Edge of Seventeen," "Talk to Me," and "Stop Draggin'" were the only Nicks songs I heard on CR radio ("Stand Back" and "Leather and Lace" and once in a while "If Anyone Falls" on AC or eighties radio).
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Not said enough: the excellent relationship Nicks has with her backup singers of 30 years. Note how well they trade lines or echo them.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
I never knew what this song was. It's great.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
so many great songs piling up agh i cant take it
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
edge of seventeen is so gorgeously spooky -- gypsy and rhiannon are fine and all but she goes so far into the eternal divine feminine magical mystery you really wonder if she'll come back.
(putting the broom down and riding waddy wachtel's guitar all the way. make of that what you will.)
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link
i learned on "jeopardy" last night that there is a medical term for fear of the number 17: heptadecaphobia
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
COME AWAY COME AWAY
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
what a relief to get to a classic rock staple that's about unabashed lust for a young dude
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link
maybe "Bohemian Rhapsody" counts but
i love edge of seventeen so much
MAYBE I WILL GO AGAINTOO MORROW
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
he was no more than a baby then xxp
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
EYES
ON
HIYUM
Dave Marsh put the live version in his 1001 singles book.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
my favorite story abt this song is when a friend who DJs weddings professionally received a typed-up request list from a bride and groom a month before their wedding which had a few inaccuracies including:
Fleetwood Mac - One-Winged Dove
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
A+
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
also the photo for this song is part one of a two-part super-easy photo-scavenger-hunt, (pt 2 in our next result)
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
"Edge of Seventeen" c/d
― You. Squared. (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Ooooh, nice teaser! (xpost)
http://i.imgur.com/ZyvAJhe.jpg
46. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb1067 points, 13 votes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
I need to make a list of what I at one time would have guessed that these songs were called.
Stevie Nicks - "Just Like The Wild Wing-uh (Seems Like The Song Sounds Like She's Singin' (Ooh Baby Ooh Ooh))"
― Slurping Peppers (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
and she's got another song called "Ooh My Love."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
Guitar solo
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
i spun edge of seventeen in between disco records a lot circa 07/08 to moderate dancefloor success
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link