Sund4r don't like it
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
Kind of stunned there hasn't been any Aerosmith yet. I voted for what are probably the 3 most famous 70s Aerosmith songs iirc, but none have shown yet.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
Anyhoo boys of summer pretty much redeems Henley's existence imo. maybe the Eagles too. more proof of mike campbell's greatness. a chart of his influence on the entire classic rock playlist would be telling.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
I don't mind "Boys of Summer", although I'm not that passionate about it.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
was catching up, and going 'Jane'?! then saw 'Boys of Summer'. so happy.
― campreverb, Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
I'm starting to worry about Eddie Money. If there was a pool I'd be betting BOC wins.
― campreverb, Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, don't understand the new wave dig upthread. I get it with the Cars or the Knack, even if I disagree, but are Don Henley's CR bona fides really in dispute because there are synths on the track?
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
I'd put my money on Boston, but BOC feels like a lock for top 5
hey Don the asshole is you:
"I was driving down the San Diego freeway and got passed by a $21,000 Cadillac Seville, the status symbol of the Right-wing upper-middle-class American bourgeoisie – all the guys with the blue blazers with the crests and the grey pants – and there was this Grateful Dead 'Deadhead' bumper sticker on it!"[
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
I don't have anything against Boys of Summer really, but I'm a bit shocked it came up so high.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, don't understand the new wave dig upthread.
It was a prediction, not a dig.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
Would have never guessed there was that much love for it.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
I'm not one of the people who thinks that new wave is not CR, btw. I gave high votes to the Police and the Cars and ranked a synth-heavy Peter Gabriel song in my top 10.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
wasn't there a 'punk' remake of this?
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
The Ataris. It was terrible.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
not a bad single for an ex-Eagle, but insufficiently classic or rock for this ranking
(shakes head, furrows brow, revs Chevy Nova pensively)
― Brad C., Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
would you rather hear the Eagles?! hehe.
― campreverb, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
#1 five weeks on album rock radio in '84/85 btw
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
It'll be interesting to see whether The Eags make an appearance here
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
When I heard this song as a kid, I assumed the Boys of Summer were serial killers or something: "Out on the road today I saw a dead head sittin' on a Cadillac/A little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back". And just keep running, Don!
― Kool-Ranch! flavor Kool-Aid® drink mix (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
then you realized the killer was Don
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
well, yeah.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
UGH work is getting in the way of this poll today.AMERICAN GIRL my #1, my favorite song ever. I've heard it a million times and I never tire of it. So much history with this song, so much history with this band.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
hey, my upper lip is feeling prickly.
and it reeks of bacon in here...
that can only mean one thing:
http://i.imgur.com/x6obIJu.jpg
26. The Zombies – Time Of The Season1372 points, 22 votes
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
took this song for granted until Miguel's interpolation in 2012.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
...Wait, what? I love (LOVE) the Zombies, but...classic rock?
― Kool-Ranch! flavor Kool-Aid® drink mix (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Love this song. Such an oldie though.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
feel like this oldies station song (but I love this song)
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
ha, yeah. what how's life said.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
gettin weird up in here. need something CLASSIC to settle us down
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
Interesting that this is a year younger than "I Can See For Miles," but no one called that an oldie.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
Well, it doesn't particularly rock, either.
― Kool-Ranch! flavor Kool-Aid® drink mix (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
True story, I thought I had finalized the top 50 last week and sent it to gr80 to make images when I realized i'd neglected to do the count for "Time of the Season" and it leaped into the top 30. Countdown woulda been better without it afaic but the people have spoken.
― some dude, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
it's fun watching the age and regional differences mess with everyone's minds ... "Time of the Season" was low on my ballot due to limited rock content, but it squeezed in, while "Boys of Summer" bombed the big-on-MTV test
― Brad C., Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
"What's your name? Who's your daddy?" will never stop bringing the lols for me.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
Next song is like the epitome of classic rock fwiw
― some dude, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
Good song, great organ solo, great band. Didn't vote for it though.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
Long organ solo definitely the most classic rock element of the song.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
voodoo chili OTM, particularly 'good song, great band'. Decent but definitely on the low end of my esteem in comparison to the rest of their output.
― Kool-Ranch! flavor Kool-Aid® drink mix (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
at the height of my CRR listening years, circa 1991-95, Time of the season still got a lot of airplay, as did CCR, Janis, and other 60s stuff that got phased out to make way for the stuff that was big on modern rock radio then that is on CRR now.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
is 'centerfold' classic rock?
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
we'll find out
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
didn't vote for this Zombies song, but it's def more cr than that Henley tune.
― Darin, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Boys of Summer WTF
― carl agatha, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
is 'centerfold' classic rock?― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, July 31, 2014 2:29 PM (3 minutes ago)
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, July 31, 2014 2:29 PM (3 minutes ago)
what about "centerfield"?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
dunno but I'm ready to play
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
(centerfold on spotify, that is)
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
yes
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
ok folks, we're officially 75% through this thing... we've had a few dark horses and more than one surprise, but big number twenty-five is certainly one that is underrated by few and loved by almost all:
http://i.imgur.com/Y64jJPE.jpg
25. Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion1383 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
YES
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 July 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link