also Mookie! DVE just played some horrible banjoey pseudocountry bullshit that I did not know so I went to their website to look at the "now playing" list and it's the newest from The Clarks. UGH.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
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.
^Jesus actually gets his own song on Tres Hombres, so he shouldnt be too bummed.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
styx/kansas/reo fans begin an anxious vigil. death by vote-split?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
clemenza, I think there may be a thread like that floating around somewhere. If not, I have scads of Song Titles For Dummies in my repertoire.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
"C'mon man, Number 14, y'know where you really placed"
― nxd, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
seriously Spirit in the Sky? Fuuuuuuck that
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
Fingers crossed that the missing #13 is Cheap Sunglasses
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:47 (nine years ago) link
I need Survivor to show up soon.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, August 1, 2014 10:45 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
smh @ this ignorance
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
OTM
― sleeve, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
I find the dynamics of this poll to be the most fascinating yet. There's so much going on beyond merely which songs we like; also worked in are things like "is it CLASSIC ROCK enough?" or "this artist needs some recognition in an ILM poll" or "it was used to great effect in a crucial flick".
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
I've been thinking my #1 has a pretty decent shot of actually making #1. And it's a band that hasn't shown up yet.
Also just sayin, it would just feel weird to see a classic rock Top 10 without Pink Floyd or Led Zep. Due to the vote splitting, I'm thinking this might be the first classic rock list in history of mankind to exclude these 2.
― billstevejim, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
Prove me wrong please.
From the song's Wikipedia page:
Of the song, Greenbaum observed: "It sounds as fresh today as when it was recorded. I’ve gotten letters from funeral directors telling me that it’s their second-most-requested song to play at memorial services, next to 'Danny Boy'.".
Also, this:
in a VH1 episode about famous one-hit wonders, Alice Cooper said that he was surprised to hear someone with a Jewish-sounding last name performing a song that seemed to be about Jesus
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
I don't see any more Floyd coming. w/ Zep who knows
― Euler, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, August 1, 2014 9:43 AM (6 minutes ago)
praying hard that this is the case
crüt & sleeve OTM, "Spirit" deserves every vote it gets + more
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, August 1, 2014 10:45 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, this. Such a bland non-entity of a song. It's the unflavored ice milk of cr.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Mine too. I know mine is 100% guaranteed to show up, it's just a question of where.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
brb going to get some unflavored ice milk
― cwkiii, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
styx/kansas/reo fans begin an anxious vigil.
Nothing I've ever read on ILX suggests that people here feel the same way I do about "Point of Know Return," so all my vigilance is focused on Tommy, Dennis, and those nice Panozzo boys.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
I must be a superstitious architect, because I just skipped #13! Sorry folks, we've got some, uh, strong coffee in the station this morning. This one's for Darin:
http://i.imgur.com/pCsMqV4.jpg
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son1605 points, 23 votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
imo there is no more classic rock CCR than "fortunate son." whether that was enough for it to make my ballot or this rollout, only the rock gods know.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, July 28, 2014
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
Hooray, my number 4!
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
my mom refused to let me sing "spirit in the sky" because it gave her the creepstherefore, i loved to sing it
i know the reaper hasn't made his/her final appearance…
Fortunate Son RUUUULES
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
eephus! i could have sworn i lobbied for point of know return in the tailgate party thread but i can't find any trace of those posts. dust in the wind...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:02 (nine years ago) link
oh man, I forgot about the reaper!
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:02 (nine years ago) link
i am legit excited for the rest of the rollout, even knowing the results already lol
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:03 (nine years ago) link
Fortunate Son is my number 4 as well. So badass.
Seriously though, fuck the Forrest Gump soundtrack.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:03 (nine years ago) link
"Fortunate Son" was my only CCR vote. Such a jam.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
Never mind Reaper, I had a BOC song in my top 10 that I'm burnin' to see ... but not expecting to.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
"Fortunate Son" is brilliant. Used really well in Melvin and Howard.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
xp Me too, I've all but lost hope.
― cwkiii, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
What is BOC again? Boards of Canada?
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
i'll take either of those two, love them bothtime to play b-sides!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
never forget yr BÖC umlaut
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
Boston's Only Classics
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
i mean either BÖC song
i have never seen forrest gump or heard the soundtrack but i am now vv afraid
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:09 (nine years ago) link
oh fine i looked it's mostly oldies nbd
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
i saw it but i don't remember the soundtrack (aside from "against the wind")mostly i am resentful of movies that ruin music for people
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
YES. Fortunate Son my one Creedence vote, so damn great
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
mostly i am resentful of movies that ruin music for people
Totally. I can't even listen to the Ghostbusters soundtrack anymore.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
I have had an unholy mashup of 'Walk Away" and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" in my head for the last two days
― sleeve, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
Woo hoo! My number 3, I think?
― Darin, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
i devoted my CCR votes to the chooglier side if their noms, but this song rips, all time classic. a hippie song that actually gets it right.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
Way prefer 'Bad Moon Rising' but I guess 'Fortunate Son' is vastly beefier, and hence rockier and classicker.
― emil.y, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
it's also vastly more OTM
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
fun fact: the 2 shortest songs in the top 100 are both by CCR.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
This one is for douglas. I'm not saying he's THE magic man, but he's A magic man.
http://i.imgur.com/VikDfNn.jpg
11. Heart – Magic Man 1609 points, 22 votes
That man has figured out life.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link