Neil ain't no hippie. He's a million miles away from that helicopter day.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
I'm not saying he's not actually classic rock, it's just my tastes with this poll find me leaning much more to muscle car guitar joe walshyness and neil just doesn't fit that well in my mind with this stuff
it's weird!
i find myself getting v picky about what I want in my classic rock granola, a lot of my peccadilloes are surprising even to me
I feel bad though because Neil's my guy, I love him to death!!! he's gonna be so mad at me
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 July 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
But there was that time he went to the radio interview and ended up alone at the microphone
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 31 July 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Ironically, Neil Young has owned more muscle cars than Joe Walsh has.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 31 July 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link
He just hasn't driven in them
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
Still gettin work done at the ranch
Neil young is 1000x more classic rock than fucking "under pressure" (which i like a lot)
― brimstead, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
just not very toned or swole muscle cars
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/29/1338289971421/Neil-Young-008.jpg
― Brad C., Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
as far as CSNY goes I only heard "Ohio" and "Helpless." Which raises the total of songs with Neil Young on them I heard to a half dozen.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
Rust never sleeps, man. xp
― carl agatha, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
I get what VG is saying, though. Neil is a cut above some of the CR staples. But so is fleetwood mac, etc.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
Neil Young has at least 5 CR fixtures,
Plus Helpless and Ohio
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, July 31, 2014 5:56 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Sugar Mountain as well
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:05 (ten years ago) link
xps ALLLLLL RITE NOW, god such an amazing breakdown/solo/bass groove sequence halfway through. been getting heavy into free lately, of course this is the big hit but it still owns
neil young is definitely classic rock, a necessary counterbalance to all the muscle car machismo. never been huge into cinnamon girl tho
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:05 (ten years ago) link
Swear I've heard needle and the damage done as well
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
and Tonight's the Night
― Brad C., Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
I just entered a contest to win Tom Petty tickets for next Thursday, wish me luck ILX
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:16 (ten years ago) link
Voodoo Poll (Slight Recap)
21. Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl 1445 points, 21 votes22. Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure 1425 points, 21 votes23. Free – All Right Now 1409 points, 21 votes24. Yes – Roundabout 1384 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote25. Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion 1383 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote26. The Zombies – Time Of The Season 1372 points, 22 votes27. Don Henley – Boys of Summer 1347 points, 25 votes, 1 first place vote28. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower 1332 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes29. Jefferson Starship – Jane 1330 points, 20 votes30. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – American Girl 1296, 20 votes, 2 first place votes31. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing 1253 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote32. Derek & The Dominos – Layla 1238 points, 20 votes33. Black Sabbath – Paranoid 1213 points, 20 votes34. Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle 1203 points, 15 votes35. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 1179 points, 17 votes36. AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long 1176 points, 16 votes37. The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again 1172 points, 16 votes38. Van Halen – Panama 1165 points, 16 votes39. Nazareth – Hair of the Dog 1161 points, 17 votes40. Rod Stewart – Maggie May 1149 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote41. Led Zeppelin – Kashmir 1132 points, 16 votes42. Boston – Peace of Mind 1123 points, 13 votes43. James Gang – Funk #49 1111 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote44. .38 Special – Hold On Loosely 1090 points, 16 votes45. The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang 1084 points, 16 votes46. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb 1067 points, 13 votes47. Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen 1065 points, 22 votes 48. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee 1054 points, 19 votes49. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 1050 points, 17 votes50. ZZ Top – La Grange 1049 points, 17 votes51. Mountain – Mississippi Queen 1042 points, 15 votes 52. .38 Special – Caught Up In You 1041 points, 17 votes53. Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven 1040 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes54. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run 1033 points, 18 votes55. Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street 1018 points, 15 votes56. The Who – I Can See For Miles 1012 points, 16 votes57. Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London 1007 points, 19 votes58. The Band – The Weight 1002 points, 14 votes59. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams 993 points, 15 votes60. The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes 991 points, 15 votes 61. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon 986 points, 16 votes61. (tie) The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking 986 points, 13 votes63. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel 984 points, 16 votes64. Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill 974 points, 16 votes65. Rush – Tom Sawyer 972 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote66. Toto – Hold The Line 944 points, 15 votes67. Led Zeppelin – Ramble On 937 points, 13 votes68. Electric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me Down 930 points, 13 votes69. The Faces – Stay With Me 928 points, 15 votes70. The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’ 926 points, 13 votes71. Jackson Browne – Running On Empty (Live) 921 points, 15 votes72. The Marshall Tucker Band – Can’t You See 910 points, 14 votes73. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama 904 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes74. Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit 897 points, 14 votes75. The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky 896 points, 13 votes76. The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider 892 points, 13 votes77. Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman 890 points, 15 votes78. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Breakdown 885 points, 15 votes79. Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe 880 points, 14 votes80. AC/DC – Highway To Hell 877 points, 14 votes81. Edgar Winter – Frankenstein 872 points, 13 votes82. Golden Earring – Twilight Zone 864 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote83. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird 861 points, 13 votes84. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket 859 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote85. Van Halen – Runnin’ With The Devil 858 points, 14 votes86. Steve Miller – Fly Like An Eagle 857 points, 15 votes87. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 854 points, 13 votes88. (tie) The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze 853 points, 14 votes88. (tie) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 853 points, 12 votes90. James Gang – Walk Away 846 points, 12 votes91. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight 839 points, 14 votes92. Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side 837 points, 16 votes93. (tie) The Knack – My Sharona 834 points, 13 votes93. (tie) Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty – Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around 834 points, 16 votes93. (tie) Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ 834 points. 14 votes, 1 first place vote96. The Kinks – Lola 833 points, 15 votes97. Fleetwood Mac – The Chain 832 points, 13 votes98. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 826 points, 13 votes99. The Who – Eminence Front 818 points, 12 votes100. Ram Jam – Black Betty 817 points, 14 votes
― some dude, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
21 of my picks have placed so far- but looking back at my ballot it must have been selected in some kind of weird fever dream. There's some shit on there I wouldn't have even admitted to myself that I liked before voting started. Such is the power of Classic Rock
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
tbh Eminence Front is my favorite discovery from this poll so far. had never heard that song, and it is awesome.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
I had apparently never heard Frankenstein before, it was pretty cool!
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
lol so far no placing track has received more votes than "boys of summer"
SUCK IT HATERS
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
boys of summer a classic, rogermexico. otm
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
love it but it's totally AC.
― brimstead, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
A rough day for my ballot, given how high we are now - only four matches. "Sweet Emotion" and "Lido Shuffle" both very high on mine, though, so that's cool. I will say that the very high appearance of "Jane," though it kinda makes me shrug in confusion (gave it an honest go in the fcc thread but I just find it shrill and headache-inducing), is heartening: weird ILMer-type picks can totally make it in this poll! Figured we'd be kinda done with stuff like that way down in the 90s, but this is definitely not your everyday classic rock poll, and it's more interesting for that.
I do feel pretty good about most of my top ten, if not my top twenty, showing up here. Maybe not "Drift Away," though I'd really like to see it place.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
Agreed with brimstead - I hear that song at the grocery store, but not between car ads.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
boys of summer plays on crr here 5 times a day
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
19 so far for me.
Surprised by some of the tunes/bands that haven't shown up so far.
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
Henley Jams* I Have Heard On Area CRR: "Dirty Laundry", "Boys of Summer", "All She Wants To Do Is Dance", "The Sunset Grill", "The End of The Innocence", "The Last Worthless Evening", "The Heart of The Matter".
*Well, yeah.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link
In general, I always heard "Dirty Laundry" a lot more than "Boys of Summer." Not sure on which stations tbh.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
"All She Wants to Do is Dance" is typical stupid ho Henley condemnation but man Kootch and Campbell made great synth grooves for him.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
Boys of Summer is fine. I don't hate it. I might even like it. I just look at my list, of which 17 songs have placed so far, and think of all the amazing songs that could have made this list instead. Also Don Henley is gross.
https://twitter.com/movingsideways/status/453943890622812161
― carl agatha, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
7/50
Surprised that every major cr standard (bo rap,layla,stairway,freebird, watchtower,comfortably numb) placed. The only ones missing are smoke on the water and well, The Eagles.
― g simmel, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
The #1 will end up being, like, "Only God Knows Why"
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
irl lol
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
wwwwwwwooooooooow lotsa great jams today (<3 <3 cinnamon girl, under pressure, jane)
i was the #1 for sultans of swing because it was my very first favorite song -- i was 3 or 4 and my mom noticed that i liked it and i asked her what it was and it thereby became my favorite. then i learned how to work the record player and got lots of new favorite songs but the sultans of swing were my first favorite song in my life. it did not ignite a love for dire straits -- i've never owned a dire straits album -- but for songs, yesssss.
where's dust in the wind?
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
There were 4 bands I had multiple tracks for-Fleetwood Mac, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who and Heart.Where are Ann & Nancy?! Oh god.
― campreverb, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
oh they're coming up -- it's the AORTA
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
xpost on reflection I'd vote for only god knows why over smoke on the water
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:53 (ten years ago) link
hahaha me too but not in an OG classic rock poll
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:55 (ten years ago) link
― carl agatha, Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:41 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hahaha irl lol @ that tweet
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
I've got 19 so far. My only rule for voting was no voting for anyone who had or is scheduled to have their own poll. So no Stones, Who, etc.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
That tweet is one of those things I just sit and think about to cheer myself up when I'm feeling blue. xp
― carl agatha, Thursday, 31 July 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
28 of mine have placed so far. A lot of others that have placed were last minute cuts for me.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
For those keepig score, the average length of the 80 songs is 4:41. I was hoping we'd break the 5 minute barrier. We've got at least one 8 minute opus to come, but after that, who knows.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 31 July 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
There were some heavy hitters like Paranoid and Won't Get Fooled Again that I dropped in favor of giving some love to the lesser-knowns. I regret nothing... yet.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 31 July 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
My level of anticipation for the next bank of songs is only equalled by anticipation for MOAR awesome PHOTOES :D
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 July 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
I placed the Zombies (iirc) despite it verging on oldies, and despite me trying to be strict about only including 'proper' classic rock, as I just think the sound of that song works in the CR canon. I do get other people not being so sure, though.
― emil.y, Thursday, 31 July 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
I heard the Zombies on classic rock radio all the time in the 80s. Time of the Season and She's Not There were both in heavy rotation.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 31 July 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
those people can always vote for Hold Your Head Up xpost
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 31 July 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
P sure Neil Young gets daily CR airplay here.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 31 July 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link