CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL voting thread -- deadline July 15 -- VOTING CLOSED

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hey folks,

you've been tailgating and helping me get the nominations list ready for the last couple weeks. now let's get ready for the eternal all-request weekend.

will post the final nominations list in a moment -- i tried to consider everyone's suggestions but ultimately made the final call on what was in and what was out. there should be plenty of songs for you to vote for. about 800.

send ballots to shipley.al at gmail dot com by the end of day on Tuesday, July 15.

you can send up to 100 tracks (or at least 20). there are also two subpolls:

10 worst tracks

5 favorite classic rock albums (i.e. records that have multiple tracks you always enjoy hearing on the radio -- you don't even necessarily have to know and love the whole album, just the hits).

I've just started loading tracks into the Spotify playlist but hopefully soon all the nominated tracks will be here: http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/54fE6NUiIkUpeR4WENZWWr

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link

.38 Special – Caught Up In You
.38 Special – Hold On Loosely
.38 Special – If I’d Been The One
.38 Special – Rockin’ Into The Night
AC/DC – Back In Black
AC/DC - Big Balls
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC – For Those About To Rock
AC/DC – Have A Drink On Me
AC/DC – Hells Bells
AC/DC – Highway To Hell
AC/DC – It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)
AC/DC – Rock ‘n’ Roll AIn’t Noise Pollution
AC/DC – Shoot To Thrill
AC/DC – T.N.T.
AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
Aerosmith – Back In The Saddle
Aerosmith – Come Together
Aerosmith – Dream On
Aerosmith – Last Child
Aerosmith – Mama Kin
Aerosmith – Same Old Song And Dance
Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith – Train Kept A-Rollin’
Aerosmith – Walk This Way
Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You
Aldo Nova -- Fantasy
Alice Cooper – I’m Eighteen
Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
Alice Cooper – School’s Out
The Allman Brothers Band – Jessica
The Allman Brothers Band – Melissa
The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider
The Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ Man
The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues
The Allman Brothers Band – Whipping Post
America - Daisy Jane
America - Horse With No Name
America - I Need You
America - Lonely People
America - Tin Man
America - Ventura Highway
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
The Animals – We’ve Got To Get Out Of This Place
April Wine – Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine – Tonight Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love
April Wine - You Could Have Been a Lady
Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up
Argent – Hold Your Head Up
Arlo Guthrie-Alice's Restaurant
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Asia - Only Time Can Tell
Atlanta Rhythm Section - So In to You
Autograph – Turn Up The Radio
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Let It Ride
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Takin’ Care of Business
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Bad Company – Bad Company
Bad Company – Burnin’ Sky
Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough
Bad Company – Feel Like Makin’ Love
Bad Company – Ready For Love
Bad Company – Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy
Bad Company – Shooting Star
Badfinger - Day After Day
Badfinger - No Matter What
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band - Up On Cripple Creek
The Band – The Weight
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
The Beatles – A Day In The Life
The Beatles – Back In The USSR
The Beatles – Birthday
The Beatles – Come Together
The Beatles – Day Tripper
The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles – Get Back
The Beatles – Let It Be
The Beatles – Paperback Writer
The Beatles – Revolution
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles – Ticket To Ride
The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Benjamin Orr - Stay the Night
Big Brother And The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart
Big Country - In a Big Country
Billy Idol – Dancing With Myself
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Billy Joel – Big Shot
Billy Joel – Captain Jack
Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
Billy Joel - Miami 2017
Billy Joel – Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
Billy Joel – New York State Of Mind
Billy Joel – Only The Good Die Young
Billy Joel – Piano Man
Billy Joel – You May Be Right
Billy Squier – Everybody Wants You
Billy Squier – Lonely Is The Night
Billy Squier – My Kinda Lover
Billy Squier – The Stroke
Billy Thorpe- Children of the Sun
Blackfoot - Train, Train
Black Oak Arkansas - Jim Dandy
Black Sabbath – Iron Man
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Blood, Sweat & Tears – And When I Die
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Spinning Wheel
Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult – Godzilla
Blue Oyster Cult – I’m Burnin’ For You
Blues Image – Ride Captain Ride
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Seger – Against The Wind
Bob Seger – Fire Down Below
Bob Seger – Her Strut
Bob Seger – Hollywood Nights
Bob Seger - Katmandu
Bob Seger – Mainstreet
Bob Seger – Night Moves
Bob Seger – Old Time Rock & Roll
Bob Seger – Rock & Roll Never Forgets
Bob Seger - Still The Same
Bob Seger – Turn The Page
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
Bon Jovi – Runaway
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
Booker T. and the MG's - Green Onions
Boston – Don’t Look Back
Boston – Feelin’ Satisfied
Boston – Foreplay/Long Time
Boston – Hitch A Ride
Boston – Let Me Take You Home Tonight
Boston – More Than A Feeling
Boston - Peace of Mind
Boston – Rock & Roll Band
Boston – Smokin’
Boston – Something About You
The Box Tops - The Letter
Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boy's Room
Bruce Springsteen – Badlands
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark
Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart
Bruce Springsteen – Jungleland
Bruce Springsteen - The Promised Land
Bruce Springsteen – The River
Bruce Springsteen – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Bruce Springsteen – Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
Bryan Adams – Cuts Like A Knife
Bryan Adams – Run To You
Bryan Adams – Summer Of ‘69
The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!
The Cars – Bye Bye Love
The Cars – Good Times Roll
The Cars – Just What I Needed
The Cars – Let’s Go
The Cars – Moving In Stereo
The Cars – My Best Friend’s Girl
The Cars – Shake It Up
The Cars – You’re All I’ve Got Tonight
Charlie Daniels Band – The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Cheap Trick – I Want You To Want Me (Live)
Cheap Trick – Surrender
Chicago -- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Chicago -- Feeling Stronger Every Day
Chicago – Saturday In The Park
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind
The Clash – Rock The Casbah
The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash – Train In Vain
Cream – Crossroads
Cream – Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream – White Room
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born On The Bayou
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin Out My Back Door
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop The Rain
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Our House
Crosby, Still, Nash & Young-Teach Your Children
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock
Crowbar - Oh What a Feeling
The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
David Bowie - Changes
David Bowie – Fame
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
David Bowie – Modern Love
David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
David Bowie – Space Oddity
David Bowie – Suffragette City
David Bowie – Young Americans
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
David Essex – Rock On
David Lee Roth – Yankee Rose
Deep Purple – Child In Time
Deep Purple – Hush
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
Deep Purple - Space Truckin
Def Leppard – Bringin’ On The Heartbreak
Def Leppard – Foolin’
Def Leppard - Photograph
Def Leppard – Rock Of Ages
Def Leppard – Too Late For Love
Derek & the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues
Derek & The Dominos – Layla
Dio – Holy Diver
Dio – The Last In Line
Dio – Rainbow In The Dark
Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love
Dire Straits – Walk Of Life
Dobie Gray – Drift Away
Don Henley – All She Wants To Do Is Dance
Don Henley – Boys Of Summer
Don Henley – Dirty Laundry
Don McLean – American Pie
Donnie Iris -- Oh! Leah
Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
The Doobie Brothers – Black Water
The Doobie Brothers – China Grove
The Doobie Brothers – Jesus Is Just Alright
The Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music
The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
The Doobie Brothers – Takin’ It To The Streets
The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes
The Doors – Break On Through
The Doors – Hello, I Love You
The Doors – L.A. Woman
The Doors – Light My Fire
The Doors – Love Her Madly
The Doors – Love Me Two Times
The Doors – Peace Frog
The Doors – People Are Strange
The Doors – Riders On The Storm
The Doors – Roadhouse Blues
The Doors – Touch Me
Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time
The Eagles – Already Gone
The Eagles - Desperado
The Eagles – Heartache Tonight
The Eagles – Hotel California
The Eagles – In The City
The Eagles – Life In The Fast Lane
The Eagles – The Long Run
The Eagles – New Kid In Town
The Eagles – One Of These Nights
The Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling
The Eagles – Take It Easy
The Eagles – Take It To The Limit
The Eagles – Witchy Woman
Eddie Money – Baby Hold On
Eddie Money – Shakin’
Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
Eddie Money – Two Tickets To Paradise
Edgar Winter – Frankenstein
Edgar Winter – Free Ride
Electric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya
Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman
Electric Light Orchestra – Fire On High
Electric Light Orchestra – Sweet Talkin’ Woman
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - From the Beginning
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression, Part II)
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Lucky Man
Elton John – Bennie And The Jets
Elton John – Funeral For A Friend – Love Lies Bleeding
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John – Levon
Elton John – Rocket Man
Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell In Love
Elvis Presley - Burning Love
Eric Burdon & War – Spill The Wine
Eric Clapton - After Midnight
Eric Clapton – Cocaine
Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff
Eric Clapton – Lay Down Sally
Eric Clapton - Let It Rain
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
Europe – The Final Countdown
The Faces - Stay With Me
Fairport Convention -- Genesis Hall
The Firm – Radioactive
The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another
The Fixx – Saved By Zero
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Fleetwood Mac – Gold Dust Woman
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon
Fleetwood Mac – Sara
Fleetwood Mac – Say You Love Me
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun
Free – All Right Now
Free - Wishing Well
Focus – Hocus Pocus
Foghat - Fool for the City
Foghat – Slow Ride
Foreigner – Blue Morning, Blue Day
Foreigner – Cold As Ice
Foreigner – Double Vision
Foreigner – Feels Like The First Time
Foreigner – Head Games
Foreigner – Hot Blooded
Foreigner - I want to Know What Love Is
Foreigner – Juke Box Hero
Foreigner – Long, Long Way From Home
Foreigner – Urgent
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You
Gary Glitter – Rock And Roll Part 2
Gary Wright – Dream Weaver
Genesis – Abacab
Genesis – Follow You Follow Me
Genesis – Invisible Touch
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis – Land Of Confusion
Genesis - Mama
Genesis - Misunderstanding
Genesis – No Reply At All
Genesis – That’s All
Genesis – Turn It On Again
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
George Harrison - What Is Life
George Thorogood – Bad To The Bone
George Thorogood – I Drink Alone
George Thorogood – Move It On Over
George Thorogood – One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
George Thorogood – Who Do You Love
The Georgia Sattelites – Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On
Glenn Frey – Smuggler’s Blues
Glenn Frey – You Belong To The City
Golden Earring – Radar Love
Golden Earring – Twilight Zone
Grand Funk Railroad – Closer To Home (I’m Your Captain)
Grand Funk Railroad – Some Kind Of Wonderful
Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band
Grateful Dead – Casey Jones
Grateful Dead -- Touch of Gray
Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia
Grateful Dead – Truckin’
Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel
The Greg Kihn Band – The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)
The Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy
The Guess Who – American Woman
The Guess Who - Clap For The Wolfman
The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
The Guess Who – No Time
Guess Who - Share the Land
Guess Who – Undun
Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds - Don't Pull Your Love
Head East – Never Been Any Reason
Heart – Barracuda
Heart – Crazy On You
Heart – Magic Man
Heart – Straight On
The Hollies – Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
Humble Pie - I Don't Need No Doctor
Humble Pie - 30 Days in the Hole
The Ides of March - Vehicle
Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
Iron Maiden -- Aces High
Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills
Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes
Jackson Browne – The Load-Out / Stay (Live)
Jackson Browne – The Pretender
Jackson Browne – Running On Empty (Live)
Jackson Browne – Somebody’s Baby
Jackson Browne – Stay
James Gang – Funk #49
James Gang - Walk Away
Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Jefferson Starship - Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship – Jane
Jefferson Starship - Miracles
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit, Somebody to Love
Jethro Tull – Aqualung
Jethro Tull - Bungle In The Jungle
Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath
Jethro Tull - Mother Goose
Jethro Tull -- Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)
Jethro Tull -- Thick as a Brick
J. Geils Band – Centerfold
J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame
J. Geils Band - Land of 1,000 Dances (Live)
J. Geils Band – Love Stinks
J. Geils Band - Must Of Got Lost
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Crosstown Traffic
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Foxey Lady
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Hey Joe
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Manic Depression
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary
Jimmy Buffett – Margaritaville
Joan Jett – Crimson & Clover
Joan Jett – I Love Rock ‘N Roll
Joe Cocker - Cry Me a River
Joe Cocker - Feeling Alright
Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Joe Jackson - Stepping Out
Joe Walsh – All Night Long
Joe Walsh – The Confessor
Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good
Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way
John Fogerty – Centerfield
John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road
John Lennon – Imagine
John Lennon – Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
John Lennon - Whatever Gets You Through the Night
John Mellencamp – Authority Song
John Mellencamp – Crumblin’ Down
John Mellencamp – Hurts So Good
John Mellencamp – I Need A Lover
John Mellencamp – Jack & Diane
John Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night
John Mellencamp – Pink Houses
John Mellencamp – Small Town
John Parr – Naughty Naughty
John Waite - Missing You
Journey – Any Way You Want It
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
Journey – Lights
Journey – Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’
Journey – Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Journey – Stone In Love
Journey – Wheel In The Sky
Journey - Who's Crying Now
Judas Priest – Breaking The Law
Judas Priest – Livin’ After Midnight
Judas Priest – You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son
Kansas – Dust In The Wind
Kansas – Point Of Know Return
The Kings -- This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide
The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night
The Kinks – Come Dancing
The Kinks – Lola
The Kinks – Rock And Roll Fantasy
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Kiss – Beth
Kiss – Detroit Rock City
Kiss – Rock And Roll All Nite (Live)
Kiss – Shout It Out Loud
The Knack – My Sharona
Led Zeppelin – All My Love
Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
Led Zeppelin – Dancing Days
Led Zeppelin – Dazed & Confused
Led Zeppelin – D’Yer Mak’er
Led Zeppelin – Fool In The Rain
Led Zeppelin – Going To California
Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker / Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)
Led Zeppelin – Hey Hey What Can I Do
Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy
Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin - In The Evening
Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
Led Zeppelin – Misty Mountain Hop
Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Led Zeppelin – The Ocean
Led Zeppelin – Over The Hills And Far Away
Led Zeppelin – Ramble On
Led Zeppelin – Rock & Roll
Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
Led Zeppelin – Trampled Underfoot
Led Zeppelin – What Is And What Should Never Be
Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean?
Leon Russell - Tight Rope
Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved
Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good
Little Feat – Dixie Chicken
Little Feat - Oh Atlanta
Little Feat - Willin'
Little River Band - Help Is On Its Way
Little River Band - Lonesome Loser
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Loggins & Messina-Your Mama Don't Dance
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Loverboy – Working For The Weekend
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad of Curtis Loew
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Call Me The Breeze
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Back My Bullets (Live)
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Three Steps
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Saturday Night Special
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd – That Smell
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
Lynyrd Skynyrd – What’s Your Name
Mannfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded By The Light
Marshall Tucker Band – Can’t You See
Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song
Meat Loaf – Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Michael Stanley Band -- My Town
Molly Hatchet – Flirtin’ with Disaster
Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
The Moody Blues-I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)
The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
The Moody Blues-- The Story in Your Eyes
Motley Crue – Home Sweet Home
Motley Crue – Smokin’ In The Boys Room
Mountain – Mississippi Queen
The Move - Do Ya
Nazareth – Hair Of The Dog
Nazareth – Love Hurts
Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
Neil Young – Like A Hurricane
Neil Young – Old Man
Neil Young – Southern Man
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Orleans – Still The One
Outfield – Your Love
The Outlaws – Green Grass And High Tides
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
Ozzy Osbourne – Bark At The Moon
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne – Flying High Again
Ozzy Osbourne – Over The Mountain
Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield
Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run
Paul McCartney & Wings – Jet
Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
Paul McCartney & Wings – Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)
Paul McCartney/Wings - Silly Love Songs
Paul Simon - Late in the Evening
Peter Frampton – Baby, I Love Your Way (Live)
Peter Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)
Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way (Live)
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey
Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open The Door
Phil Collins – I Don’t Care Anymore
Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
Pilot - Magic
Pink Floyd – Breathe (In The Air) / On The Run
Pink Floyd – Brain Damage / Eclipse
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd – The Happiest Days of Our Lives / Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
Pink Floyd – Have A Cigar
Pink Floyd – Hey You
Pink Floyd – Money
Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell
Pink Floyd – Time / Breathe (Reprise)
Pink Floyd – Us And Them / Any Colour You Like
Pink Floyd – Welcome To The Machine
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd – Young Lust
The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me
The Police – Every Breath You Take
The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police – Message In A Bottle
The Police – Roxanne
The Police – Spirits In The Material World
The Police – Synchronicity II
The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
The Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong
The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
Procol Harum (with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra) - Conquistador
Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale
Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
Queen – Another One Bites The Dust
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls
Queen – Killer Queen
Queen – Somebody To Love
Queen – We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions
Queen – You’re My Best Friend
Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel The Noize
Rainbow – The Man On The Silver Mountain
Rainbow -- Since You've Been Gone
Ram Jam – Black Betty
The Raspberries - Go All the Way
Ratt – Round And Round
Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe
REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
REO Speedwagon – Roll With The Changes
REO Speedwagon – Take It On The Run
REO Speedwagon – Time For Me To Fly
Rick Derringer – Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo
Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl
Rick Springfield - Love is Alright Tonite
Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
Robert Cray- Right Next Door
Robert Cray- Smoking Gun
Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
Robert Palmer – Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
Robert Palmer - Sailin' Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
Robert Palmer – Some Guys Have All The Luck
Robert Palmer – You’re Gonna Get What’s Coming
Robert Plant - Big Log
Robert Plant – In The Mood
Robert Plant – Little By Little
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart - Hot Legs
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Rod Stewart - Reason to Believe
Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well
Rod Stewart - Young Turks
The Rolling Stones - Angie
The Rolling Stones – Beast of Burden
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
The Rolling Stones – Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It)
The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
The Rolling Stones – Let’s Spend The Night Together
The Rolling Stones – Miss You
The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones – Shattered
The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend
The Rolling Stones –Wild Horses
The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep
The Romantics – What I Like About You
Rush – Closer To The Heart
Rush – Fly By Night
Rush - Freewill
Rush – Limelight
Rush – Red Barchetta
Rush – Spirit Of Radio
Rush - Subdivisions
Rush – Tom Sawyer
Rush – Working Man
Sammy Hagar – I Can’t Drive
Santana – Black Magic Woman
Santana – Evil Ways
Santana – Gypsy Queen
Santana – Oye Como Va
Scandal – Goodbye To You
Scandal - The Warrior
The Scorpions – No One Like You
The Scorpions – Rock You Like A Hurricane
Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People
Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair
Sly & the Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime
Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
The Standells – Dirty Water
Status Quo - Down Down
Status Quo – Pictures of Matchstick Men
Status Quo - Rockin' All Over the World
Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You
Steely Dan – Deacon Blues
Steely Dan – Do It Again
Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne
Steely Dan – My Old School
Steely Dan - Peg
Steely Dan – Reeling In The Years
Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
Stephen Stills – Love The One You’re With
Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride
Steve Forbert – Romeo’s Tune
Steve Miller – Fly Like An Eagle
Steve Miller – Jet Airliner
Steve Miller – The Joker
Steve Miller – Jungle Love
Steve Miller – Rock’n Me
Steve Miller - Swingtown
Steve Miller – Take The Money
Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks – Stand Back
Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Cold Shot
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Pride And Joy
The Stray Cats – Rock This Town
Styx – Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
Styx – Come Sail Away
Styx – Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
Styx – Grand Illusion
Styx - Lady
Styx – Renegade
Styx -- Rockin' the Paradise
Styx - Suite Madame Blue
Styx – Too Much Time On My Hands
Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady
Supertramp – Breakfast In America
Supertramp – Give A Little Bit
Supertramp – Goodbye Stranger
Supertramp - Hide in Your Shell
Supertramp – The Logical Song
Supertramp - School
Supertramp – Take The Long Way Home
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
The Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
Talking Heads – Take Me To The River
Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever
Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
Ten Years After – I’d Love To Change The World
Them - Gloria
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
Three Dog Night - Joy to the World
Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
Three Dog Night - One
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
Tommy James – Draggin’ the Line
Tommy James and the Shondells -- Crimson and Clover
Tommy James and the Shondells -- Crystal Blue Persuasion
Tommy James and the Shondells -- Mony Mony
Todd Rundgren - Bang the Drum All Day
Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me
Todd Rundgren - I Saw the Light
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – American Girl
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Breakdown
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Don’t Come Around Here No More
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Don’t Do Me Like That
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Even The Losers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Here Comes My Girl
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Waiting
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – You Got Lucky
Toto - Africa
Toto – Hold The Line
Toto – Rosanna
Traffic – Dear Mr. Fantasy
Traffic - Empty Pages
Traffic - Feelin' Alright
Traffic-Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
T. Rex – Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Triumph – Magic Power
The Troggs -- Wild Thing
The Tubes – She’s A Beauty
The Turtles – Happy Together
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Gonna Take It
U2 - Bad (Live)
U2 – New Year’s Day
U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
Uriah Heep – Easy Livin’
Uriah Heep – Wizard
Van Halen – And The Cradle Will Rock…
Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Van Halen – Beautiful Girls
Van Halen – Dance The Night Away
Van Halen – Dancing In The Streets
Van Halen – Eruption / You Really Got Me
Van Halen – Finish What Ya Started
Van Halen – Hot For Teacher
Van Halen – Ice Cream Man
Van Halen – I’ll Wait
Van Halen – Jamie’s Cryin’
Van Halen – Jump
Van Halen - Panama
Van Halen – (Oh) Pretty Woman
Van Halen – Runnin’ With The Devil
Van Halen – Unchained
Van Halen – When It’s Love
Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison – Domino
Van Morrison - Moondance
Van Morrison - Wild Night
Walter Egan - Magnet & Steel
War – Low Rider
Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London
Wet Willie – Keep On Smilin’
The Who – Baba O’Riley
The Who - Bargain
The Who – Behind Blue Eyes
The Who – Eminence Front
The Who – Going Mobile
The Who – I Can See For Miles
The Who - Join Together
The Who - Long Live Rock
The Who – Love Reign O’er Me
The Who - Magic Bus
The Who – My Generation
The Who – Pinball Wizard
The Who – Squeeze Box
The Who - Summertime Blues (live)
The Who – Who Are You
The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
The Who – You Better You Bet
Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free
Yes – I’ve Seen All Good People
Yes – Long Distance Runaround
Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Yes – Roundabout
Yes – Starship Trooper
Yes – Wonderous Stories
Yes – Yours Is No Disgrace
The Zombies – She’s Not There
The Zombies - Time of the Season
ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses
ZZ Top – Give Me All Your Lovin’
ZZ Top – Got Me Under Pressure
ZZ Top – I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide
ZZ Top – I Thank You
ZZ Top – La Grange
ZZ Top – Legs
ZZ Top – Pearl Neckalce
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top – Tube Snake Boogie
ZZ Top – Tush

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link

861

how's life, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link

(uh, 861 songs, that is)

how's life, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link

I know this is somewhere in the gigantic noms thread, but: ordered or unordered?

Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:02 (nine years ago) link

Do you want the ballots in any particular format?

carl agatha, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link

Also: EXCITED

carl agatha, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link

this thread should play 'caught up in you' every time you open it

nvm that's probably not a good idea

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link

Did you exclude Three Dog Night's "Shambhala" for some reason?

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link

Uh, wow, so... you've disallowed 2 songs that I nominated and were going to be top-10 on my ballot.

Guess I'll have to rethink this.

WilliamC, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link

Or, "Shambala" as they spell it. xp

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link

song that doesn't need to lobbied for at all, but which i will lobby for anyway: "sweet home alabama." the platonic ideal for every rock radio format ever invented. but this is its home format. and it has the best sounding guitars ever recorded in the rock and roll milieu.

fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link

Ah yes, sorry: ordered ballots only please, top to bottomed. Numbered not necessary but may be helpful.

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link

Don't know if it makes a difference but you have the following listed as separate entries:
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit, Somebody to Love

nxd, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link

this thread should play 'caught up in you' every time you open it

Ha, I just looked that one up and went "Oh, that (awesome) song!"

EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link

I think "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Tush" are the only non-Allmans Southern rock songs that made my initial cut.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link

so glad ILM loves .38 Special as much as I do

guwop (crüt), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link

<3

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link

I'm not voting for any songs Eminem has rapped over

relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link

Was Mr. Blue Sky disallowed for any reason? CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL parking lot tailgate pre-party -- nominations, discussions, parameters, etc.

Jeff, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link

Also the song Blue Sky itself. Could have sworn i nominated that.

Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link

This is the "Party Rock Anthem" fiasco all over again!

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link

why is Party Rock Anthem not on this list?

guwop (crüt), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link

Mr Blue Sky is a classic rock staple

not gonna vote for it but

Euler, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link

i never heard "Mr. Blue Sky" on the radio before it appeared in a bunch of commercials and movie trailers about a decade ago and only a few times since then

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link

I wish

Euler, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link

Don't know if it makes a difference but you have the following listed as separate entries:
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit, Somebody to Love

― nxd, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 11:40 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh yeah, disregard the entry w/ both song titles in it. maybe i should've specified that it would've helped to format nominations for my convenience but there was a lot of stuff like that to fix on my end, there was bound to be something falling through the cracks.

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link

I managed to get my list down to 134 on the second pass. I realized I was keeping token songs from certain radio airplay staple bands even though I was either burned out on those specific songs or liked other songs that don't get airplay much better. Once I let go of that urge, it went much easier. That's going to make my ballot weird, I think (no Pink Floyd, no Aerosmith for two examples), but it will be true to my heart.

carl agatha, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link

if you're dying to vote for something not on the list, vote for it, i don't care. but i don't feel like i cut anything that has a fighting chance of making the countdown unless i had a reason, and ended up just trimming away a lot of obscurities that only seemed to have one or two likely voters.

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link

nbd but I pine for Rainbow's "stone cold" as nom'd by (i think) la lechera and I will vote for it

resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link

also I heard "edge of seventeen" on the radio last night and it ruled and I'm happy it's on the list!

resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link

if you're dying to vote for something not on the list, vote for it, i don't care. but i don't feel like i cut anything that has a fighting chance of making the countdown unless i had a reason, and ended up just trimming away a lot of obscurities that only seemed to have one or two likely voters.

Thank you.

This is my campaigning post for

Wings - Junior's Farm
John Lennon - #9 Dream

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

WilliamC, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link

This is my campaigning post for

Eric Clapton - Badge

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:54 (nine years ago) link

ah jeez chill with the bold would ya

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link

he did it first

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link

Is that a different version than Cream's "Badge"? I'll totally vote for the OG Cream recording.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link

ah jeez chill with the bold clapton would ya

cwkiii, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link

Cream's "Badge" is great. I guess, billed as Clapton, it might be some live thing? I dunno.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link

Ah yeah sorry, Cream did it first - was thinking of a live number. I'll vote for Cream too.

Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link

I'm feeling very boldface today, but I'll take the request under advisement.

WilliamC, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link

btw gr80 is going to be working up visuals for the results thread, i've seen some samples and they're awesome.

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link

:D

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link

yay
hold on loosely, ppl

La Lechera, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link

I'm voting for Shambala and I encourage you all to join me. You have 100 spaces on your ballot, and seeing a write-in place feels good!

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link

Hold On Loosely is so necessary.

how's life, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link

Hold On Loosely is so necessary.

huge place in my heart because it's one of the first songs i ever learned how to play on guitar. i thought i owned the world. also, it's great.

fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link

tbh i've barely heard even the really BIG enduring Three Dog Night hits on classic rock radio and just included some of those in good faith, never heard this "Shambala" thing before in my life

some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link

I guess it's regional (although I don't know why the southeast us would've picked up on it more than other regions)? It's a total radio-cranker for me.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:46 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, I hear it reasonably often. I'll write it in.

WilliamC, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link

Will .38 Special be the beneficiary of a "top of ballot" advantage, as is often asserted in political races?

intheblanks, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link

Yes, go for it!

some dude, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link

Doing it, Paul.

thomasinskeep, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link

Oh man, Foreplay/Longtime you guys.

how's life, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link

^ ad-libs on the coda to my no.17

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link

This song is so unruly.

how's life, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link

Shoulda included WAY more Boston on my ballot.

how's life, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link

I am a big, big fan of foreplay. I mean "Foreplay." Well, yeah.

some dude, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link

Won't be able to rank the whole thing. Top 20 or 25 maybe.

a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link

But that's the most difficult part to rank! I've got like twenty viable no.1s up top.

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link

The number of points your #25 song is getting is still pretty high, just list 'em and they'll all get a nice boost

some dude, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link

lol @ Swamp Da Wamp

guwop (crüt), Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:31 (nine years ago) link

Top 50: sent! Can't wait to see this poll. Al, you're a giant for compiling it.

thomasinskeep, Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link

Have been having ridiculous computer trouble - it doesn't wantto cut & paste 100 lines. Think I've sorted through it now & am sending ballot. Pologies for lateness.

a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link

I won the Supertramp tickets!

a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:54 (nine years ago) link

Haha wow just got 3 ballots in the space of 20 minutes! Any more stragglers? I'll give you Thursday too, lotta counting left to do.

some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:59 (nine years ago) link

letting the deadline slide is so classic rock

wait was five man electrical band's (or tesla's ffs) 'signs' nominated?

mookieproof, Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:10 (nine years ago) link

cover was post-86 and nobody nommed the original.

I let the deadline slide on all my polls, usually because i'm anxious for more voters, in this case because the turnout was so huge that it just seems fair to give people an extra window of opportunity while I'm counting.

some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:48 (nine years ago) link

tbh that entire post was rhetorical

<3 some dude, thanks for running the show that never ends. it's guaranteed to blow our heads apart

mookieproof, Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:58 (nine years ago) link

btw I should just you guys the gist now, the top 100 will probably run mon-fri the week AFTER next, starting July 28. thread will kick off with subpolls sometime next week I reckon. all tentatively, obviously gr80 have our work cut out for us and doing it right is more important that doing it quickly.

some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:17 (nine years ago) link

rocktaugust

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:33 (nine years ago) link

so that would be oxt week.

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/16/5901883/oxt-new-word-weekend

fact checking cuz, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link

I call for a literal, month-long Rocktaugust, just because more than five songs a day is hard to have a proper drunken argument about.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:25 (nine years ago) link

ugh xp

mookieproof, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:28 (nine years ago) link

just realized we missed "You're So Vain"

Euler, Saturday, 19 July 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link

great song obv but i can't recall ever hearing it on a classic rock station

some dude, Saturday, 19 July 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link

I dunno I think I remember it as a staple but I have no other evidence.

Euler, Saturday, 19 July 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link

Thirty seven Decembers ago, pop songstress Carly Simon tore up the record charts with her single "You're So Vain." The song captured the number-one slot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Adult Contemporary charts, and to this day remains one of the most popular classic rock songs of all time.

from a Carly Simon press release, qed

Euler, Saturday, 19 July 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link

Yup: Billboard Hot 100 x Adult Contemporary.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 19 July 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link

I've heard it on classic rock radio before, for sure.

how's life, Saturday, 19 July 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link

I never have, I don't think--which is not to say CR stations elsewhere don't play it. Great song, but it doesn't really fit my amorphous definition of CR; for one thing, my guess is it would have been considered pop by Creem readers at the time (as they lusted after Carly herself...).

clemenza, Saturday, 19 July 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, I think that's OTM. Singer-songwriter, not noted as an instrumentalist as such, James Taylor connection, other hits are all definite AM pop stuff, and...a girl?!! Feel like the deck woulda been stacked against her. I'm totally down with the idea that some CR stations could have gone with it though. It does basically rock, kinda. And it's undoubtedly classic.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 19 July 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link

fwiw this was *precisely* why I didn't nominate any Carole King

Ismael Klata, Saturday, 19 July 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link

I would've voted for You're So Vain til the cows came home though

Ismael Klata, Saturday, 19 July 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link

yeah there's a lot of '70s soft rock that's borderline classic rock, and where you put the border is subjective. speaking of James Taylor, i definitely would've nominated "Fire And Rain" if i'd thought about it, although it's in that gray area where i doubt it would've gotten many votes.

some dude, Saturday, 19 July 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link

There will be a singer-songwriter poll one sweet day, and Kris Kristofferson will get the acclaim he deserves

Ismael Klata, Saturday, 19 July 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link

I heard "You're So Vain" on a car radio (*) the other day and the solo + 70s Stones subtext made me think it HAD to have been a CR staple, like in between "Beast of Burden" and "Rock and Roll Never Forgets"

(*) counterpoint: I was in Britain

Euler, Saturday, 19 July 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link

It could fit, musically, but, yeah, I don't hear it on CR radio, even though I hear it a tonne or other formats. Doesn't turn up on the couple all-time lists I checked.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 19 July 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link

don't get me wrong, ysv wouldn't have made my first round of cuts itp.

how's life, Saturday, 19 July 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link

I've heard more Joni* than Carly on CR radio.

*Court and Spark singles.

Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 July 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link

tonne or other formats

"on other formats"

EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 19 July 2014 22:48 (nine years ago) link

Adult Contemporary at the time of You're So Vain would have meant the much less hip Easy Listening.
Classic Rock at the time would have been AOR. Nice spin by Simon's publicist though.

campreverb, Saturday, 19 July 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link

Joni gets a lot of CR airplay here. It's hard to say how of that has to do with Cancon requirements. Absent that, she'd still have gender bias and the singer-songwriter tag to contend with, but not as much as King or Simon, probably. Think she was more accepted by the rock audience back then.

A singer-songwriter poll down the road with a window from about '68 to '72 would be great.

clemenza, Saturday, 19 July 2014 23:20 (nine years ago) link

i was going to vote for Donovan's "Season of the Witch" but it was not nominated either.

Bee OK, Sunday, 20 July 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link

Really? I don't hear her much on CR. "Big Yellow Taxi" does turn up at #482 on the Q107 list.
xpost

EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 20 July 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link

yeah...the classic rock canon is funny, women were allowed in, but they had to rock pretty hard most of the time, whereas there's lots of mellow acoustic staples by the guys. some of the mellower Fleetwood Mac hits probably the most significant exception.

some dude, Sunday, 20 July 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link

I've been hearing the Court and Spark singles semi-regularly on Q-107 for years, Sund4r. I can only seem to find the 2007 list online, which has "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Raised on Robbery."

clemenza, Sunday, 20 July 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link

I can believe it. CHEZ has become pretty limited even compared to the Q, probably.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 20 July 2014 00:45 (nine years ago) link

I think Joni has more CR street cred via her Zeppelin endorsements over the years (plus more shared Zep DNA if you consider her influence on III and IV).

Darin, Sunday, 20 July 2014 05:16 (nine years ago) link

^^Not to mention the CSNY connections.

Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 20 July 2014 05:24 (nine years ago) link

ICYMI, the results have begun:
CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

some dude, Sunday, 27 July 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link


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