you better believe I'll be drifting away this evening. This thread has been the bright spot in a fucked up work week.
Cheers to the on-air crew at the AORta.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link
In a perfect world both Crazy on You AND Barracuda place in the top 10.― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Friday, August 1, 2014 8:31 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Friday, August 1, 2014 8:31 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Didn't realize it before this poll, but it's obvious now that we live in a perfect world
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link
Doc Casino your thoughts on classic rock have been a total highlight since this poll began.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:28 (ten years ago) link
so gr8080 tell us more about the pics
aloha fridayinternet k-hole?ship fam?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
awwwwwww, that's really nice of you to say, intheblanks! It turns out I actually know very little about the genre, as has been fairly systematically shown, but I love the stuff I know (and have known since childhood, or possibly since before birth), and it's been a really great joy to a) get some educatin' (go to school!) from ILM and b) just revel in other people's joy and memories and unabashed excitement for music that, you'd think, we'd have all been just become totally inured to through ubiquity. It's infectious.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:35 (ten years ago) link
(Shoutouts down the line: Veg was a major hero here as always, and, not to state the obvious, but Sandy has been a serious breath of fresh rockin' air. But there were no bummer posters on this thread; everybody kept the party going, right down the line, and not one toke over.)
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
Doc Casino OTM, especially here:
It's the flipside of "Come Sail Away," which is my biggest "holy shit, how did that not place?" You can't have classic rock without Styx exhorting you to board a starship and COME SAIL AWAY (rock as adventure, rock as redeemer for the teenage soul)!
it was my #25 and it blows me away to realize that even a #1 placing wouldn't have helped it
then again, it made the "most hated" list
― sleeve, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link
So did "Don't Stop Believin'!" Really amazing how things turn around on this board... I would have assumed Styx was a total lock for this poll. (Of course, as some dude has pointed out, every vote mattered.) OTOH I think I did call the BOC win at some point, just based on my subconscious sense of the ILX hivemind, but I'm definitely not rifling through all the threads to find it.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:46 (ten years ago) link
i am bummed that work was too busy for me to fully rock along, i wanted so bad to CAPS LOCK ROCK as is my wont, but hey, shit was awesome no matter what
now occupies #2 spot in my heart right behind the legendary action movie poll for best poll ever
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
for those that don't know and those who just can't let the party go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIuyDWzctgY
written by Paul Williams' brother(?)
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:58 (ten years ago) link
Cannot overstate how much fun this has been. Obviously I am older than most of you (maybe all of you?) and I got to experience all of this music in the moment, but that also means that I've had many more years to grow weary of some of it. Everybody's enthusiasm, and Doc Casino's awesome reviews, made me remember how much I love so much of this music, and how lucky I was that I got to be around some of the people who made it. You people rock so hard.
Veg, your CAPS LOCK ROCKIN made me laugh so so hard, so many times, 'cause I am a CAPS LOCK ROCKER too.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:03 (ten years ago) link
i am a caps unlock rocker, but i caps locked by dn for this thread in tribute to the awesomeness of the two of you.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:04 (ten years ago) link
yeah what with some dude's hard work, gr80's images, the side thread w/Dr C's reviews of FCC's curveballs/Sandy's awesome anecdotes, and everyone's general enthusiasm ITT, this has really been a treat.
― sleeve, Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:09 (ten years ago) link
My first place was outside of the top 500: Robert Palmer - Sailin' Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley. Have to admit that it's definitely not the most "classic rock" of songs, but it squeaks in under Little Feat. I probably should have given more points to Skynyrd or something.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life)
Sailin' Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley was the last song I cut, and maybe the one that was the hardest for me to cut. Love it sooooo much.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
my robert palmer vote was for "you're gonna get what's coming," though i understood it was hardly a top 500 candidate, never mind a top 100 candidate.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
Hey guys, I heard that the owners of AORta are selling the station to some assholes who want to turn it into a Sports/Talk station with Limbaugh and Hannity and traffic on the 9s. But if we can throw a HUGE BENEFIT ROCK SHOW we might keep it blasting out the rock forever!
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
Oh ha, I've heard "Drift Away" a million times but didn't know the title or artist.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
First time I heard "Drift Away" was when Bon Jovi did it in concert in '87 (final song of the encore)
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:24 (ten years ago) link
In the late 80s/early 90s my sister owned a flat in Newlands (South Side of Glasgow) and her next door neighbour was Brian Robertson's mother - a 100% working class wee Glasgow wifie, except that her flat was packed with memorabilia, photos etc of Thin Lizzy, Motorhead and tons of other rock bands and celebs. In her toilet was a framed, signed picture of Rod Stewart and he had written on it "Thanks for the bacon sandwiches, love Rod".
― everything
Brian Robertson's ex-wife is Dee Harrington, who was Rod Stewart's live-in gf in the early-to-mid 70s. She's the one he dumped for Britt Ekland. Which makes that picture in the bathroom extra goofy to me.
The first show I ever worked as a production assistant was a Thin Lizzy show. They were playing a very old theatre (mookieproof, it was the Stanley), and the dressing rooms were up on the third floor. The backstage elevator was one of the old hand-crank types, and it was my job to bring them down to the stage. And it was my first day on the job and I was the only female who worked for the promoter, and the local stagehands were being quite mean to me all day, and nobody bothered to show me that there was a trick that you had to do to get the elevator door to open. So I have the band in the elevator, and I can't get them out. And we can hear everybody getting restless and the band were trying so hard to help me figure out how to open the door and I am almost in tears. We finally get it open, and my boss is right there waiting and he started screaming at me and Phil Lynott said "hey, I'm not going onstage until you apologize to her." And of course, the boss immediately apologized. Phil Lynott was such a gem.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
awesome
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Saturday, 2 August 2014 01:43 (ten years ago) link
Excellent
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:03 (ten years ago) link
Love that BOC won this. I've been running around the house shouting "praise Balthazar!"
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:16 (ten years ago) link
XP Oh wow. Great story (as always) Sandy!
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
man, they just helped you save face
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
so gr8080 tell us more about the picsaloha fridayinternet k-hole?ship fam?
plz remind me to answer this on monday. don't have the time/not sure how i want to go about doing so until then.
i'm djing a wedding for two early 30's art professors tomorrow at a beautiful louisville mansion and despite the carefully curated playlist i've got ready to go, i'm totally fighting the urge to just let our top 100 rip all nite
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
omg sandy that is the best
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:23 (ten years ago) link
that is just great.
sandy i don't know if i'll ever hear "kashmir" again without thinking of your friend tossing the PG 8track out the window, your friend otm
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:23 (ten years ago) link
xxpost gr8080 you gotta!!
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
sandy, i seriously think you might be my spirit animal/ long lost cool older sister
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
omg phil
(mookieproof, it was the Stanley)
not the syria mosque?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:28 (ten years ago) link
so i'm still about three days behind on this thread, can't wait to read it.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:33 (ten years ago) link
for some reason "ride like the wind" makes me think of driving while having to go to the bathroom really bad
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 August 2014 02:34 (ten years ago) link
I was gonna suggest a Sandy Stories poll, but now I think it's pretty clear what would win. Holy shit.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
via lyrics.wikia.com, i offer you the quintessential classic rock lyrics:
Woo!Slow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easyI'm in the moodThe rhythm is rightMove to the musicWe can roll all nightOooh slow rideOoohSlow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easySlow down, go down, got to get your lovin' one more timeHold me, roll me, slow ridin' woman you're so fineWoo!I'm in the moodThe rhythm is rightMove to the musicWe can roll all nightOoohSlow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easySlow down, go down, got to get your lovin' one more timeHold me, roll me, slow ridin' woman you're so fineSlow ride, easy, slow ride, sleazySlow ride, easy, slow ride, sleazySlow down, go down, got to get your lovin' one more timeHold me, roll me, slow ridin' woman you're so fineSlow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easySlow downGo downSlow downGo downCome on, babyTake a slow ride with meCome on, babyTake a slow rideOh, feel goodMmmm, feels so goodI like it, yeahI feel goodOh, I feel all rightYou know the rhythm is rightYou know the rhythm is rightWe've got to rock all nightWe've got to rock all nightYou know the rhythm is rightWe've got to rock all nightYou know the rhythm is rightWe've got to rock all nightYou know the rhythm is rightWoah, come all nightSlow ride!
Slow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easy
I'm in the moodThe rhythm is rightMove to the musicWe can roll all night
Oooh slow rideOooh
Slow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easy
Slow down, go down, got to get your lovin' one more timeHold me, roll me, slow ridin' woman you're so fine
Woo!
OoohSlow ride, take it easySlow ride, take it easy
Slow ride, easy, slow ride, sleazySlow ride, easy, slow ride, sleazy
Slow downGo downSlow downGo down
Come on, babyTake a slow ride with meCome on, babyTake a slow ride
Oh, feel goodMmmm, feels so goodI like it, yeahI feel goodOh, I feel all right
You know the rhythm is rightYou know the rhythm is rightWe've got to rock all nightWe've got to rock all night
You know the rhythm is rightWe've got to rock all nightYou know the rhythm is rightWe've got to rock all nightYou know the rhythm is rightWoah, come all night
Slow ride!
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:13 (ten years ago) link
i just gotta say, the guitar solo in "sultans of swing" is the absolute bomb.
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:15 (ten years ago) link
both of em i mean
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:16 (ten years ago) link
Slow Ride lyrics just don't convey any sense of how cool ''SLOW RIDE!!!'' sounds coming from them. There's like, extra H's in there or something. Can't be duplicated.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:17 (ten years ago) link
SLOOOOWWWWRRRIIIIIIIDE
everyone knows it's one word, not two
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:19 (ten years ago) link
holy shit sandy!
― seems it never rains in west california (Hunt3r), Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:21 (ten years ago) link
― mookieproof
No, DiCesare/Engler bought the Stanley a few months before I started working for them and they were doing all of their theatre-size shows there. Danny Kreske and some other smaller promoters still did shos at the Mosque until they tore it down. The Mosque was so beautiful, but the Stanley was pretty sweet other than the ancient backstage.
Veg, you are totally my rock little sistah.
I love that you guys enjoy these stories, I've thought about writing a book but I don't know. I have this weird thing about monetizing things that are so precious to me. We had this code back then. We were there because we needed to be around music, not because we wanted anybody's fame or money (although we didn't turn down Ahmet Ertegun's champagne lol). Almost Famous was so otm about that aspect of it.
My favorite Thin Lizzy-related experience: About a week after that show in Pittsburgh, I went up to see them in Cleveland. After the show, Brian Robertson got ahold of some PCP and he was a mess. He was a mess to begin with - a sweet, lost kid. He carried around a stuffed-animal dog for comfort. I'm always still surprised that it was Phil that died and not him. Anyhow, we were all taking turns keeping him occupied so he wouldn't get too disruptive, and it was about 4 AM, and it was my turn to babysit. I am the worst person in the world to put in a position of responsibility for another, nobody ever listens to me, lol. So within 5 minutes I had lost all control of the situation and he was out in the hall yelling and kicking around the room service trays that people had left for housekeeping to pick up. I'm trying to talk him into going back into his room and the man who was staying in the room across the hall came out of his room and yelled at us for making so much noise and called us motherfuckers. And that man was Mel Torme. He had also done a show in Cleveland that night and EVERYBODY stayed at Swingos, it was THE celebrity hotel. So yeah, the Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:23 (ten years ago) link
bwahahah
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:28 (ten years ago) link
omg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:31 (ten years ago) link
omg yesssssssssss
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:31 (ten years ago) link
i am not one of ilm's fancy pants music writers, but if you wanted to write short stories/blog posts (toward writing a book or not) there are some such who might be interested, i dunno
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:37 (ten years ago) link
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
yeah i understand the reluctance, and the code, but at the same time i think your stories really deserve to be told sandy!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
also i would buy you an imp + iron when i'm home for xmas
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 August 2014 03:50 (ten years ago) link
thanks again, some dude & gr8080. i already want to go back and read all three threads (noms, poll, and results).
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 August 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link
cool stories!
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Saturday, 2 August 2014 04:07 (ten years ago) link
It turns out I actually know very little about the genre, as has been fairly systematically shown, but I love the stuff I know (and have known since childhood, or possibly since before birth), and it's been a really great joy to a) get some educatin' (go to school!) from ILM and b) just revel in other people's joy and memories and unabashed excitement for music that, you'd think, we'd have all been just become totally inured to through ubiquity. It's infectious.― Doctor Casino, Friday, August 1, 2014 5:35 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Doctor Casino, Friday, August 1, 2014 5:35 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is me m/l
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Saturday, 2 August 2014 04:08 (ten years ago) link