"Radar Love" is amazing. Yet another karaoke song that has destroyed my voice (so worth it). I was pleasantly surprised a little while back to discover that Golden Earring had been around since the '60s and that their earlier stuff isn't half bad.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
xxp otmest
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
Just had a sudden realisation that Focus haven't made it. Bah. I'm just holding out for 'Barracuda' to win this thing, now.
― emil.y, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:09 (nine years ago) link
"Hocus Pocus" is a spectacular song that absolutely belongs in the CR canon and which I never expected to place here.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:12 (nine years ago) link
Well, in a perfect world there would be no question about Head East finishing near the top of this poll and there would never be any reason to be worried. But in this ever-changing world in which we live in, I have concerns...
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
This one goes out to zachary taylor, and all you other dudes and dudettes of all ages.
http://i.imgur.com/szd30Gm.jpg
14. Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes 1577 points, 25 votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
I would be interested to see the breakdown of UK vs US bands who made the countdown. Oh, and Canada. Are there any bands from outside of those areas?
― emil.y, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
oh wow – didn't expect Mott to get this high
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
xpost Yeah, Golden Earring, for a start (Dutch).
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
Crüt and I played JWIN in my basement yday!! We nailed the beginning and mostly flubbed the end.
Where's Badfinger?!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
xxxp AC/DC
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
Golden Earring, for a start (Dutch)
Ha, I did not know this.
Should have clocked AC/DC, though.
― emil.y, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
Jefferson Starship's "Count On Me" just popped up on the iPod. Man, what a great song. I hope it fell just outside the top 100.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
this was my original image for ATYD, but i decided against it http://i.imgur.com/yK44oyW.jpg
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
It's hard to find pictures of dudes carrying the news
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
is that Ft. Lauderdale spring break '83?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera)
No Matter What was in my top 5.
WHERE'S THIN LIZZY?
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
I have never in my life heard of Mott the Hopple.
Is the spotify list being updated? I need to listen along.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
also, Solsbury Hill just came on 102.5 WDVE, so much for it not being CR.
Veg please join me in getting teary eyed.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
Just listened to Radar Love again, so great. So many different rockin' parts, and the drums and the horns.
I voted for it, but I should have placed it higher
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
i was ready to vote "radar love" pretty high but i always forget the free jazz odyssey in the middle that kinda bogs the whole thing down for me. seems like that would put a damper on karaoke night fun but maybe i'll try it anyway...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
mott was a late cut for me but i'm happy to see it. wonder if this means there's more bowie coming...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
hope not! but it is ILM
― Euler, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
Looks like Van Morrison is going to get the shaft. Brown Eyed Girl might be too much of an oldie, and then there would be vote splitting between his others.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
Just listened to Radar Love again, so great. So many different rockin' parts
carl agatha loves parts
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
I'll be shocked if "Changes" doesn't make it. But I expect to be shocked by a lot of things at this point.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
well "Suffragette City" would be ok
― Euler, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
I love parts. I have always loved parts.
― carl agatha, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
Mott a late cut for me too, it fell into the category of "it probably doesn't need my help"
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
true story, 107.7 was originally going to use THE SHOCKER as its alias before we settled on THE AORta
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
classic rock: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
(xxxpost)
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
"All the Young Dudes" won a competition as the song that everyone on ILM liked at one time iirc!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
This one's for Ari and cwkiii. Oh, and Jesus, too, although he told me once that he always gets this confused with "La Grange" until he hears his name in the lyrics.
http://i.imgur.com/CY3lOIi.jpg
12. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky 1608 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
I'd honestly be okay with Bowie taking all of the remaining slots.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
THE song that everyone on ILM likes
xpost WTF; p sure I've never heard this on CRR.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
the bombest
― Euler, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
YES YES YES
― cwkiii, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
(Context: Find a song that everybody on ILM likes )
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
Good job ILX on Spirit in the Sky.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Friday, August 1, 2014 10:32 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Van is in my top 5!
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
See what I love about this poll (which I didn't vote in, sorry) is that it's not all Stones / Who, it really has those songs I remember encountering on CR radio as a child and going "WHOA WHAT IS THAT" and maybe never really knowing. "Radar Love" and "All the Young Dudes" for example. Those songs are IN ME.
Of course, "Come Sail Away" has the same status in my heart and is surely not going to place.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
this song is still my #1 candidate for:
hits from the eighties or whenever that have yet to been turned in to brand-spanking psychedelic "edits" by Todd Terje or some other charming moustach-parading Scandanavian wag filling in fo
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
Isn't there a third CR song with that "Spirit In The Sky"/"La Grange" guitar thing going on?
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
I was starting to worry that "Spirit in the Sky" had somehow missed out. I love that song so much, and it really is the essence of "classic rock" to me.
― cwkiii, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
"shake your hips" which is itself a cover obv xp
― een, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
I really like Old Lunch's "Classic Rock for Dummies"--worth a separate thread.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
Spirit in the Sky, placed where it belongs. Amazing song.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
YES THAT'S THE ONE, thank you, een.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
"Come Sail Away" has the same status in my heart and is surely not going to place.
never say never
― sleeve, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
Wait -- is there no #13? Is this poll like an apartment building?
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link