One of my least favorite T Rex songs (with this single's b-side, 'raw ramp' being my favorite) but I still voted for it. Happy to see it on the top 10.
― Moka, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
it is sort of inexplicable that this was T. Rex's only American hit, it sounds pretty much exactly like all their other peak-period singles
― Οὖτις, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
Glad to see T. Rex place so high, sad that this is seemingly the sole representative of their amazing discography on CRR. Always thought "Children of the Revolution" should've been huge.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
Jeepster used to be huge on CRR here well into the 80s.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I definitely remember hearing "Jeepster" a lot.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
come from the land of the ice and snow with the jigsaw jazz and the get fresh flow
― brimstead, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
"Get it on" is THE t-rex song, afaic
― brimstead, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
20th century boy had some more exposure bc of a massive car ad campaign iirc but otherwise yeah
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
i'm not sure i've even heard another T. Rex song. and i hear this one enough that i change the station about half the time when it comes on.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
i'm not sure i've even heard another T. Rex song.
Dude. Stop what you're doing and go fix this thing.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
Go HIV a listen to the slider LP it's pretty incredible throughout
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
yeah i've been working my way through some 70s blind spots, definitely on the to-do list
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
Whoa I mean give :O
lol
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
I'd never heard the T Rex version when I first heard the power station version when it was on the Muzak at the Gap when I worked there briefly in 2001
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
This one is dedicated to rogermexico. Which reminds me, I once rogered a girl in Tijuana while this song was playing.
http://i.imgur.com/QDyMlYw.jpg
7. The Who – Baba O’Riley 1681 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
20th Century Boy should be as big as this song, but I don't mind
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
xpost
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
I heard the oasis song "cigarettes and alcohol" before "bang a gong", it's one of their more transparent ripoffs.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
The Slider is another all killer no filler album, highly recommended
― sleeve, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
feel like Old Lunch is abt to update his list again
Felt that I had no choice but to vote for this because any CR poll without WE'RE ALL WASTED totally misses the point
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
this was one of the biggest surprises to me as I was counting votes. Who's Next-era Who always seemed pretty divisive around here and "Baba" seemed more emblematic of what some dislike about the album and anecdotally less popular than "Won't Get Fooled Again," so I had no idea "Baba" would be in the top 10 with "Fooled" 30 spots lower.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
Townshend's 9-minute instrumental "Baba O'Riley" demo:http://youtu.be/v-layDeazY8
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Obvious rad song. I'm starting to feel like a lot of CR bands made their song titles purposefully obfuscatory.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
TEENAGE WAISTBAND
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
Baba is awesome. I thought everyone agreed on that. My 7.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
ugh the top 5 really doesn't need two Heart songs
― een, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, August 1, 2014 12:59 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The title of the song is derived from the combination of the song's philosophical and musical influences, Meher Baba and Terry Riley.[2]
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
my senior prom date walked down the aisle to an orchestral arrangement of baba when she got married, it was really lovely tbh
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
"burnin' for you" top 10 the most wtf moment of this entire poll for me. i like the song just fine -- it's definitely top 10 boc for me-- but wtf? never change, ilm.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
The Who - "Don't Cry (Don't Raise Your Eye)"
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
holding out for "China Grove"
― Euler, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
Fun fact: there is a song called "Teenage Wasteland" that Townshend demoed but the Who never recorded:http://youtu.be/tmbaWtQoLM0
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
I had china grove high. Not sure though.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
I didn't get the pee thing on the Who's Next cover until fairly recently
― brimstead, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
I remember having a hard time reconciling the violin coda with what had come before in early listens
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
xp Feel like Crazy on You might not place. I have what I feel is a pretty good guess on what's in the top 6, and it'd be shocked if Crazy on You were in there.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
In a perfect world both Crazy on You AND Barracuda place in the top 10.
otm
not otm
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Fun fact: there is a song called "Teenage Wasteland" that Townshend demoed but the Who never recorded:
"Hey you! Don't step on my turnips/ Oh lord, when will they ever learn it?" didn't have quite the same lyrical punch.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Freaks and Geeks had scene with Rogen correcting Lindsay on the song title
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
The cover artwork shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling protruding from a slag heap. According to photographer Ethan Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect. The partially cloudy sky seen above the site was also composited from a separate image. The photograph is often seen to be a reference to the monolith discovered on the moon in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which had been released only about three years earlier.[10] Pete Townshend stated it was an ironical answer to Stanley Kubrick turning down the direction of Tommy.[11] In 2003, the United States cable television channel VH1 named Who's Next's cover one of the greatest album covers of all time.[12]
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
I like to imagine that the cover of "Ace of Spades" was taken at the same location
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
Ace of Spades cover shows the dudes who were hired to track down the people who peed on the thing.
― cwkiii, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
Another great classic rock band that isnt' represented on crr playlists.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
The Who's discography has never been polled?
― campreverb, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
I know where you've peedThe only card I need is the ACE OF SPADES THE ACE OF SPADES
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
song i'm happiest to see in the top 20: "night moves." sad that "still the same" missed the poll, but i get that. "night moves" is a cr epic done right: platonically ideal composition and a lyric that rings completely true.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
― brimstead, Friday, August 1, 2014 1:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Me neither - didn't look closely, that those were just shadows
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
I passed over Won't get Fooled & Baba but am happy that they placed, they're certainly about as CR as it gets.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link