this poll was so goddamn legit btw. i have thought back on it a few times lately as one of the most fun things i've done this year.
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:20 (nine years ago) link
otm
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:32 (nine years ago) link
Hot Razors in My Heart! Yes!
I knew some dude would have first hand knowledge of CRACK THE SKY.
― carl agatha, Monday, 17 November 2014 12:05 (nine years ago) link
OMG YES CRACK THE SKY
They were pretty much hometown boys (Weirton being only about a 45 minute drive from Pittsburgh). They were awfully popular here in the mid 70s (Hot Razors in My Heart and Rangers at Midnight especially) but their popularity didn't endure here the way it did in Baltimore.
And yes, this poll was so much fun, it makes me a little bit sad that it couldn't have lasted forever.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
Oh, and Surf City, too. That was the song from their first album that was waaaaay more popular on Pittsburgh radio in 1975 than She's a Dancer was.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 04:08 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EFAjVB6.jpg
― ✓ out this insane nakh yall (gr8080), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
✓ indeed
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
Our venerable classic-rock station here, Q-107, is in the midst of some kind of identity crisis. (Declining ratings, I would assume.) First I heard Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" a few months back, now I'm hearing "1979" and "Creep." They've closed the gap from being 30 years behind to maybe 20. (Putting aside that there's much better stuff from the early '90s than those two particular songs..."1979"'s good.) Maybe one, two, or all three of those wouldn't be unusual on an American classic-rock station--for Q-107, they're very unusual, and, for me, egregiously wrong. Worlds colliding; if I tune into Q-107, I want to stay inside the cocoon. I'd almost rather they stick with their old idea of new music, Nickleback and such, as godawful as that stuff it is. It at least makes sense in context.
― clemenza, Friday, 13 February 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
That is horrid. I can't imagine WDRV in Chicago - "The Drive" - which I listen to all of the time - doing that.
― SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Friday, 13 February 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
My dream station plays everything, of course (not really; "everything" from the subset of music I love...), but there's something so sad and desperate about hearing Simple Minds and "1979" there.
― clemenza, Friday, 13 February 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
CR playlists seem so set in stone that there's always a tiny thrill whenever I hear something for the first time since its original release. Today -- "Jazzman" by Carole King and the Elton cover of "Pinball Wizard."
― Carly Furiosa (WilliamC), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
A massive stone edifice with a typical CR playlist would make a pretty sweet piece of public art actually.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 21 May 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
Not quite what you're talking about, but it was the first thing I thought of:
http://i.imgur.com/rucuyBI.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 21 May 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
http://onlineathens.com/images/101702/ten.jpg
let there be drumsthere were drumslet there be guitarthere was guitar
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 May 2015 00:26 (nine years ago) link
Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be
(bizarrely, neither the words "lynyrd" nor "skynyrd" show up in this article, and "eagles" appears only once. some interesting stats nonetheless.)
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 6 July 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/james-gang-interview-2015
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 August 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
great piece, thanks for sharing!
makes me happy to know they were working so well together, that album is so damn good
and i dig that joe seems like a decent guy. kinda like a dog ...a dog that is a guitar genius
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
I literally thought they were singing "Well now look/We're the Doobies now"― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:02 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:02 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This now cracks me up every time I heard this song.
― Silence, followed by unintelligible stammering. (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 August 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
i love this poll so much
last week i looked up the doobie brothers wiki page to find out what the deal was with them switching singers
i got the gist of it but man it's long. srsly the War & Peace of wiki pages
and i never knew they started in San Jose! i always thought they were from florida or something
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 August 2016 17:39 (eight years ago) link
I recently discovered this album cover:
http://i.imgur.com/U0n2ISr.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 20 August 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
I mean...
― pplains, Saturday, 20 August 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
hahaha yeah
That's a good album though - fine starting point if you're curious about McDonald-era Doobies beyond the singles.
― Silence, followed by unintelligible stammering. (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 August 2016 17:50 (eight years ago) link
...which I am not
thx anyway, Doc :)
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 August 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Well now look / Veg you're missing out
― Silence, followed by unintelligible stammering. (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 August 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
naaaaanananaaaaow
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 August 2016 18:40 (eight years ago) link
I looked it up to find the Doobie version of "You Belong to Me".
It'd be hard to beat Carly or Anita anyway, but I thought MM would be up for it since he co-wrote the damn thing. Was kinda disappointed.
But hey, that pun title/bizarre photo manipulation of an album cover made up for it.
― pplains, Saturday, 20 August 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
it's very Planet of the Apes...except dumb
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 August 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
reminds me of those old SI posters
http://i.imgur.com/IrQxsQK.jpg
I'd kill for a Michael McDonald or Skunk Baxter version of that ^^
― pplains, Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:29 (eight years ago) link
lol
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 August 2016 23:58 (eight years ago) link
always nice to see this thread bumped for any reason
― Best Beloved Trump-Pence (some dude), Sunday, 21 August 2016 00:45 (eight years ago) link
i revisited my classic rock playlist today bcz of the revive
and i have decided i have way more time for preMM doobies. I like the MM doobie's hits a lot but they feel like a whole different band somehow
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 August 2016 00:56 (eight years ago) link
Gee, whatever makes you say that?
http://i.imgur.com/aywZi1H.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RRPB5Lk.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 21 August 2016 02:35 (eight years ago) link
:D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 August 2016 02:46 (eight years ago) link
i was having a minor freakout a few months ago when i had to pack up my entire apartment in a day and a half and along with that freakout i couldnt settle on what music to listen to until i dialed up this poll's corresponding spotify playlist and it was like aural adderall
― gr8080, Friday, 2 September 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
classic rock & chill
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 September 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link
I've actually looked at the Livin on the Fault Line cover at least a dozen times and it never hit me until now that it's really fucking weird.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 2 September 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
Ooh, Spotify playlist. I didn't have Spotify when we did this so never followed. If you chuck the Foghat song, it's eerie how close the top 10 from "Reaper" to "Magic Man" comes to my taste.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Friday, 2 September 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
i always mix it up with the climax blues band flying the flag cover
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514uymAJ5uL.jpg
xpost
― brimstead, Friday, 2 September 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
thanks to this poll i'm now totally in love with "Eye in the Sky"
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 September 2016 22:09 (eight years ago) link
that song is amazing
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 September 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
If you chuck the Foghat song
it's like i don't even know u
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 September 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
have nearly revived an alan parsons thread a couple times lately, I guess it might be time (flowin like a river)
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Saturday, 3 September 2016 00:25 (eight years ago) link
dont post any words you're gonna regret.
― pplains, Saturday, 3 September 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
things people post in the middle of the night
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Saturday, 3 September 2016 01:18 (eight years ago) link
sund4r we need to talk about your foghat problem
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 September 2016 04:54 (eight years ago) link
I looked up "Eye in the Sky" on spotify since I wasn't sure what it was, as soon as it started I immediately recognized it. It's the kind of song I've heard numerous times in my life but never really paid much attention to. I listened to it a second time a bit later. That was 5 days ago. It has been playing none stop in my head since then. I need help, this needs to stop.
― silverfish, Friday, 9 September 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
don't say words you're gonna regret
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 September 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS
― pplains, Friday, 9 September 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
don't cry, turn the tables instead
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 9 September 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link
I literally thought they were singing "Well now look/We're the Doobies now"
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 30 December 2017 01:35 (six years ago) link