for such a zepcentric band, heart were surprisingly low on guitar heroics...seems like they emulated Jimmy Page's orchestrations more than anything
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee)
But is Nancy Wilson a guitar-heroic guitar player? I don't play myself, so I'm no expert, I always figured she was a decent acoustic player but here's the thing...1980, a friend of mine did some work with Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson, so we went down to Wheeling, West Virginia to see them open for Heart. After the show, there's nothing much going on in the bar, the hotel bar band are just finishing up and some of the guys from Heart ask if they can get up and jam. Then they ask Mick Ronson to come up and play with them and Nancy throws a fit, seriously runs off to her room crying because why did they ask Mick instead of her? So a couple of people go to calm Nancy down and bring her back to the bar and everybody's like OH NANCY, we're sorry your feelings were hurt, please jam with us too. So they start playing something and maybe ten minutes pass and she throws ANOTHER fit and storms off again because "Mick's showing off."
I can't imagine it's easy to be the other guitar player in a band with Nancy Wilson.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Cant stand Crazy on You, or most of Heart's ouerve. I just dont get it.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
don't forget the babe-of-the-day, pp
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
"crazy on you" is more than the sum of its parts (and jeez is it stuffed with 'me) and got my highest Heart vote itp on the strength of its full-on cock rock swag.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
I changed "wet t-shirt" to "two-for-one" at the last minute back there.
― pplains, Friday, 1 August 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I've now heard the full version of "Slow Ride" for the first time in my life.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
:D
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
(xxxp) would love to hear a version of heart with nancy AND mick ronson in it.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
will link to a nice & clean gallery once we get to #1hi 5 my man
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
i'm late but i heard "surrender" on the radio last tuesday, because that's when 100.3 does twofer tuesdays and invariably play i want you to want me/surrender at least 5 times
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
I don't remember hearing "Surrender" that much. "Dream Police", "I Want You -- To Want -- ME", even the goddamm "Flame" I heard more often on CR.
― pplains, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
Note the large jump in points from #5 to this one. The top 4 separated themselves from the pack fairly early on in the voting and never let "Slow Ride" or anything else get close to catching up. This one is for Jeff and Doctor Casino.
http://i.imgur.com/gY5cTw1.jpg
4. Boston – More Than A Feeling2324 points, 34 votes, 2 first place votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
Of course.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link
34 votes and I was not one. Figured it didn't need the help.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
DAMN IT THE WAITING ISN'T GOING TO MAKE THIS LIST
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
this is pretty cool re: "all the young dudes" (via wiki)
According to an interview Bowie gave to Rolling Stone magazine in 1973, the boys are carrying the same news that the newscaster was carrying in the song "Five Years" from Ziggy Stardust; the news being the fact that the Earth had only five years left to live. Bowie explains: "All the Young Dudes' is a song about this news. It's no hymn to the youth, as people thought. It is completely the opposite."
― brimstead, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
I fear Urgent probably isn't either. xp
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
(stomps off in Nancy Wilson-style hissy fit)
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
if no matter what doesn't show up i'll boycott this list all over again
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
Also, thinking it might only be two Doobies tracks in the top 100, and one of them is yacht rock.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
wait a minute -- did i miss "feel like makin love" showing up?
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
According to an interview Bowie gave to Rolling Stone magazine in 1973, the boys are carrying the same news that the newscaster was carrying in the song "Five Years" from Ziggy Stardust; the news being the fact that the Earth had only five years left to live. Bowie explains: "All the Young Dudes' is a song about this news. It's no hymn to the youth, as people thought. It is completely the opposite."― brimstead, Friday, August 1, 2014 2:05 PM (21 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Somebody needs to translate this for me, i have no idea what this means.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
More Than Feeling was my number 1. That song is goddamn perfection. I probably listen to it 79 times a day. Maybe not.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
haha Bill
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
someone give bill magill the news
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
stomping sandy otm.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
34 votes and I was not one. Figured it didn't need the help. Figured Boston can fuck off, they broke my head with overexposure in high school.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
All I know is that there are three songs left and one is Barracuda.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
It would be nuts to have zero Bad Company songs in the top 100, though.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
one is reaper
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
one is steppenwolf
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
i would like to go back in time, to wednesday, and tell my two-day-younger self to stop worrying so much about the absence of heart in the lower tiers of the countdown.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
One has gotta be Leo Sayer.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
REM gets some play on crr here so don't count them out
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
I buy Reaper (of course!), but I don't buy Steppenwolf.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
xp to will c -- More Than a Feeling is the only Boston song I can stand
― voodoo chili, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
Gold Dust Woman?
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
Working For The Weekend?
Ha! That would be a very ILM thing to do. xp
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
Biggest surprise to me thus far is "Comfortably Numb" being the only Floyd pick in a classic rock poll. That's not their best song, their most popular, or their most Classic Rock.
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
iron butterfly #1. everybody watched Manhunter on netflix last weekend.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
― Lee626, Friday, August 1, 2014 2:15 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, big head-scratcher to me too.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link
(fingers in ears) lalalalalalala OH BABY DON'T IT FEEL LIKE HEAVEN RIGHT NOW
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
;_; feelin that
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
It very well could be The Waiting, but a top 100 with no Foreigner and no Bad Company is just weird.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
urgenturgentemergency!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
feels like something from a dream, sandy.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
This one is for Ben. You sent me a quick top 20 ballot at the last minute and guess what? It made a difference, your top song would've been #4 without your vote.
Also, a special dedication to our boy gr80, who did an amazing job with the images. This was his favorite song that made the top 20.
And finally, a shout out to the crew at Jaker's, who always take good care of The Aorta whenever we broadcast from there. There was this chick that used to dance a lot, but I forget her name at the moment.
http://i.imgur.com/Bkat0xN.jpg
3. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town2398 points, 34 votes, 1 first place votes
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
a top 100 with no Foreigner and no Bad Company is just weird.
Well then. We've done just that!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 August 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
lol forgot about thin lizzy
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 1 August 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link