170. The Beatles – Come Together 628 points, 9 votes171. (tie) Dobie Gray – Drift Away 626 points, 10 votes, 2 first place votes
ban everyone
Drift Away my #1
― Euler, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
The top 10 kicks ass otherwise. xpost
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
I've never heard OF "Drift Away".
371. David Essex – Rock On 347 points, 6 votes
daaaaaaaaaaaaamn
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Raspberries at 400 blows my old, old mind.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
rly wish i voted in this, not that that would've changed anything
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
I've been asked to post just the top 100 for easy searching when people want to know what to bold for not having placed on the ballot thread, so here it is:
1. Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper 3107 points, 41 votes, 2 first place votes2. Heart – Barracuda 2434 points, 32 votes, 1 first place vote3. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town 2398 points, 34 votes, 1 first place votes4. Boston – More Than A Feeling 2324 points, 34 votes, 2 first place votes5. Foghat – Slow Ride 1916 points, 28 votes, 3 first place votes6. Heart – Crazy On You 1711 points, 22 votes7. The Who – Baba O’Riley 1681 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote8. T. Rex – Bang A Gong (Get It On) 1668 points, 28 votes9. Blue Oyster Cult – I’m Burnin’ For You 1630 points, 23 votes10. Cheap Trick – Surrender 1612 points, 24 votes, 2 first place votes11. Heart – Magic Man 1609 points, 22 votes12. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky 1608 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes13. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son 1605 points, 23 votes14. Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes 1577 points, 25 votes15. Golden Earring – Radar Love 1572 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote16. Bob Seger – Night Moves 1567 points, 21 votes17. The Cars – Just What I Needed 1560 points, 21 votes18. Led Zeppelin – Immigrant song 1510 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote19. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way 1497 points, 23 votes20. The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter 1496 points, 18 votes21. 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, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, August 1, 2014 3:16 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
one thing i tried to really stress was that even with all our voters, each and every ballot made a difference. one vote could totally change up the order of the top 4, or put several songs into the big list that were just outside the top 100. the point margins were razor thin all over the place.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Didn't know what #1 would be; my only question was whether it would be something I still like/love or something I wore out years ago. Glad to say the former (#2 and #3 would not have worked out so well).
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Was "Amie" the highest-placing write-in?
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
great poll!
looking forward to seeing how many aggregate votes acts like Foreigner/REO got and also the naming and shaming of all who failed to vote for Head East.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
who is "Painted Ladies" by? wasn't voted for or even nominated.
Ha. One Mr. Ian Thomas. I have no idea if it's in any way a standard CRR track but it sounds very much like one. I grew up listening to it on this sweet Ronco comp (also featuring "Drift Away").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUkIc6ucHg
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
"Painted Ladies" is by Ian Thomas, but it always struck me as more of oldies type tune than Classic Rock. Also it's probably one of those songs that only really gets a lot of airplay in Canada.
― MarkoP, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
The only reason I didn't vote is that I knew I'd be going down a serious rabbit hole in compiling my ballot. So much love for a lot of this stuff.
Looking at the list, the band whose absence from the top 100 most strikes me is Supertramp. They are intrinsic to my sense of Classic Rock. But I didn't vote for them either, so I'm not complaining.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
Ian Thomas is SCTV's Dave Thomas's brother.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, August 1, 2014 3:19 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I believe so. Trying to remember if I even saw any other write-ins in the top 500.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
My local station has "Breathe" as most played PF this week. "Brain Damage/Eclipse" second.
― timellison, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Huh. I did not know that until now.
― MarkoP, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
("Painted Ladies" was also one of the more blatant Neil Young imitations from that era.)
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
mmediately below it here: http://archive.today/OjCc
Here, sorry: http://www.chez106.com/2013/01/01/chez-106-listener-advisor-top-106-favourite-songs-of-all-time/
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
Blue Sky and Mr. Blue Sky both made the top 500. Both write ins.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
So fun!! Thanks for the time/energy fellas. Glad I voted bc I feel somehow purged after this poll.
Looking forward to img library too.
Also on my to-do list: remove Reaper mp3 from my iPod bc it makes the whole thing shut down every time it's played.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
http://www.qromag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/torontoisland10pavementk.jpg
"All my ladies are paaainnnn-TED..."
― pplains, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
fantastic poll! wish I'd voted. #151 TOO LOW!
so is AC/DC just way bigger in Canadian classic rock contexts, or did they get robbed?
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
man, eliminator really did suffer from vote splitting
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
AC/DC are pretty huge, but they suffered from vote-splitting and I think also the feeling that once you put your favorite one or two tracks on your ballot you've kinda covered their 'range' so to speak and don't need to vote for several songs.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
I want to believe that 'vote splitting' is real, but then we have 3 heart songs (the only 3 heart songs) in the top 11!
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
"Junior's Farm" (write in) made the top 500 as well.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
― clemenza, Friday, August 1, 2014 3:23 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sounds way more like America than Neil to my ears
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
will be doing some 'top artists by points totals' breakdowns that will shed some light on the vote-splitting question.
― some dude, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
cosign on the Heart thing. And both those 38 special songs, upon reflection, kinda suck.
but overall, a playlist to get me through the next week's commute with a smile.
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Lee--yes; should have said blatant-America-imitating-Neil-Young songs. But you're right.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Gary Wright - "Love Is Alive", another glaring omission. I wanna try compiling an alternate universe CRR playlist comprised only of stuff that didn't make the top 500.
― Dr. Yah Mo B. There, DDS (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
Gary Wright - "Love Is Alive", another glaring omission. -- 100x better than "Dream Weaver"
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
Looking at the list, the band whose absence from the top 100 most strikes me is Supertramp. They are intrinsic to my sense of Classic Rock.
To mine too. I voted for "Hide in Your Shell" and "School". I've never seen them get much love on ILM so I wasn't that surprised. If I squint a little, I can sort of see those songs as anticipating Radiohead in a weird way.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
Another band that did me in with first-run overexposure. I never lumped them in with Bostonkansasforeignerstyxtriumphtotojourney because they sounded SO different, though.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, 1 August 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
Didn't know they weren't there, but thirded. They seem crucial to me in terms of my sense of the timeline, what I listened to then, and what still gets played now (they're on Q-107 a lot). I'd put forth Crime of the Century and Even in the Quietest Moments as their two key CR album, though Breakfast in America gets more play.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
i've been getting "magic man" stuck in my head every day this week, it happens anytime i just look at one of these 70s party photos.
― brimstead, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
Clearly we need a stand alone Supertramp poll
― Jeff W, Friday, 1 August 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
you're bloody well right
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
― clemenza, Friday, August 1, 2014 3:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, now that i think about it, America made a career out of imitating Neil Young
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
fanfuckingtastic poll some dude and gr8080 and all voters and all commenters, even though all of you are wrong about the beatles.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
"Painted Ladies" is by Ian Thomas
Brother of SCTV's Dave Thomas btw
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
Holy fuck, I never knew this was not a Neil Young song!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
It gets played all the time in Canada, yeah.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
fanfuckingtastic poll some dude and gr8080 and all voters and all commenters, even though all of you are wrong about the beatles.― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, August 1, 2014 1:09 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, August 1, 2014 1:09 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I knew the FCC was gonna get on the AORta's case
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
this poll rocked into the night
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
I think this poll clearly demonstrates how bands that aren't on spotify don't actually exist anymore.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 August 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
is no Beatles in the top maybe another victim of 'not Classic Rock enough'? Every CR station seems to have periodic Beatles blocks at certain times, but I don't hear them much during regular programming.
― Lee626, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link