When You Close Your Eyes will always be a great song. Four in the morning is very underrated.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
When You Close Your Eyes is so tempting to vote for.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 May 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
f "(you can still) rock in america" and that entire subgenre of mid-80s FM anthems. (tho "bullshit FM rock'n'roll patriot anthems" would probably make for a great poll...)
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Friday, 17 May 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
I have a certain thing for "Goodbye", and "When You Close Your Eyes" is indeed a great single. But, sorry, got to go with the inevitable, "Sister Christian".
― jetfan, Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
When You Close Your Eyes - Sentimental Street - Four In The Morning is a pretty great run!
I forgot that Secret Of My Success was them.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Saturday, 18 May 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
voted "(You Can Still) Rock (in America)"
― Oral Sex in Sharp’s Ridge Park (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
btw on further reflection "(you can still) rock in america" would probably win that hypothetical poll. (vs. e.g. "raised on radio," "r.o.c.k. in the u.s.a." etc etc blargh)
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
All three of your examples are good songs. Why u hatin?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:42 (ten years ago) link
I was just talking about this the other day, crazily enough ... When You Close Your Eyes is an awesome song and should win this poll easily.
― alpine static, Saturday, 18 May 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
There's Only One Way to Rock - Sammy Hagar 1981Rock You - Helix 1984Turn Up the Radio - Autograph 1984Raised on Radio - Journey 1986I Love it Loud - Kiss 1982R.O.C.K. in the USA - John Cougar Mellancamp 1985(You Can Still) Rock in America - Night Ranger 1983 Magic Power - Triumph 1981For Those About to Rock - AC/DC 1980I Like to Rock - April Wine 1979Rock of Ages - Def Leppard 1983Heart of Rock & Roll - Huey Lewis and The News 1983I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett 1981Rock 'N' Roll Party in the Streets - Axe 1982I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister 1984Bryan Adams - Kids Wanna Rock - 1984
― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 18 May 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
Can you make a Spotify playlist of that? I feel like rocking.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Saturday, 18 May 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
surely Hagar's "VOA" belongs on that list too
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 May 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
omg that list is amazing. nailed it (except maybe Joan Jett is def not bullshit?).
what was your Golden Age of Rock Radio station?
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Saturday, 18 May 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
btw the "raised on radio" i had in mind was THE RAVYNS (warning: olden times video contains like two minutes of backstory before music begins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8HT4kkBjD8
That was the "Raised on the Radio" I had in mind too. I remembered the chorus and assumed the rest.
― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 18 May 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
Hunting down old songs I don't really remember from the radio has been a recent hobby of mine. Adding The Ravyns to the list. I recently rediscovered "Mean To Your Queenie" by Point Blank.
― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 18 May 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
R.O.C.K. in the USA - John Cougar Mellancamp 1985
Have a soft spot for this, as it was the garagiest thing on top 40 radio in 1985.
(am also reminded that the first time I heard "Cold Sweat" was around that time -- Mellencamp's version)
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 24 May 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
I don't think "Magic Power" is necessarily a rock anthem, it's just an earnest "turned on some music to forget my day" anthem (and a poor man's "Spirit of Radio".) "She gets the magic power of the music from me" - the singer may not be a musician, he could be a DJ or maybe even the radio itself.
A few more for that mid-80s list: "Cum On Feel the Noize", "We Built This City", "Turn Up the Radio" (Autograph)
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 24 May 2013 06:06 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 25 May 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
If I were a rock and roll timelord, I'd go back to the 80s and create a Night Ranger/Husker Du split 7" with Night Ranger doing "Don't Want to Know if Your Lonely" and Husker Du doing "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" in their respected styles.
― earlnash, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:30 (ten years ago) link
That's just crazy enough to work.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:33 (ten years ago) link
I was at a rep screening of Wall Street last night, a theatre where they often start with a bunch of clips related to the film somehow. The "Secret of My Success" video was part of last night's pre-show. I'm not sure if I've ever seen anything so stupefyingly, irredeemably awful. I've always reserved that designation for "The Final Countdown," but I have to rethink that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUcRFTD_KEE
(Stepping back, I also realize there's stuff from the early '70s every bit as bad that I look back on with tolerant amusement.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 24 August 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
Poor Elvis. A worse indignity than if someone had actually dug up his corpse.
― clemenza, Saturday, 24 August 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
When You Close Your Eyes is so classicDon’t Tell Me You Love Me also so classicsoclassic
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 July 2021 01:54 (two years ago) link
Actually showed up on my Release Radar recently as they've a new album out in a few weeks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szs1Yi6gKb8
― groovypanda, Thursday, 29 July 2021 07:19 (two years ago) link