CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

I think what makes "Wonderful Tonight" especially loathsome is that it's this 'romantic' song that seems to be unwittingly told from the perspective of a hopeless drug addict whose girlfriend has to drag him home and put him to bed at the end of the night

my worst Clapton selection was "I Shot the Sheriff" but on reflection this is more representative

I think what makes "Wonderful Tonight" especially loathsome is that it's this 'romantic' song that seems to be unwittingly told from the perspective of a hopeless drug addict whose girlfriend has to drag him home and put him to bed at the end of the night

― some dude, Saturday, July 26, 2014

EXACTLY

::tips shades:: I think we're ready for #1

1. George Thorogood – Bad To The Bone
73 points, 9 votes, 1 worst place vote

Was a "do not play" at my recent wedding, DJ played it anyway, such is the song's awful power

Xp, obviously

bu bu bu bu bu bu barf

here is your Spotify playlist of (most of) the 25 worst classic rock songs of all time, should you dare to listen:
http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/0scmjFFi4ZPkfaCFpFzPGA

1. George Thorogood – Bad To The Bone
73 points, 9 votes, 1 worst place vote

2. Eric Claptop – Wonderful Tonight
72 points, 11 votes, 3 worst place votes

3. Don McLean – American Pie
68 points, 8 votes, 3 worst place votes

4. Billy Joel – Piano Man
55 points, 7 votes, 2 worst place votes

5. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Takin’ Care of Business
45 points, 7 votes, 1 worst place vote

6. (tie) The Eagles – Hotel California
39 points, 5 votes

6. (tie) Bob Seger – Old Time Rock & Roll
39 points, 7 votes, 1 worst place vote

8. (tie) Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
33 points, 4 votes, 1 worst place vote

8. (tie) Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
33 points, 5 votes

10. The Guess Who – American Woman
31 points, 4 votes, 2 worst place votes

11. (tie) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Spinning Wheel
26 points, 3 votes, 2 worst place votes

11. (tie) Billy Joel – Captain Jack
26 points, 3 votes, 2 worst place votes

11. (tie) Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On
26 points, 7 votes

14. (tie) Joe Cocker – With A Little Help
25 points, 5 votes, 1 worst place vote

14. (tie) Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff
25 points, 5 votes

14. (tie) Led Zeppelin – D’Yer Mak’er
25 points, 4 votes

14. (tie) The Eagles – Heartache Tonight
25 points, 4 votes, 1 worst place vote

18. Styx – Come Sail Away
21 points, 3 votes, 1 worst place vote

19. (tie) Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
19 points, 3 votes

19. (tie) John Lennon – Imagine
19 points, 4 votes, 1 worst place vote

21. (tie) Don Henley – Dirty Laundry
18 points, 3 votes

22. (tie) Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me
18 points, 3 votes

22. (tie) Dire Straits – Walk of Life
18 points, 3 votes

22. (tie) Steve Miller – The Joker
18 points, 4 votes

25. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Teach Your Children
17 points, 3 votes

best albums countdown on Sunday btw

"Bad To The Bone" invented Blueshammer.

god bless the other three votes for "d'yer maker"

absence of Doors is highly suspicious though

not angry, just disappointed that no one shares my endless burning hatred for

Paul McCartney/Wings - Silly Love Songs

The Doors were 'victims' of vote-splitting -- 6 different songs got votes, only "Roadhouse Blues" got more than one.

OK, nos. 1 and 2 are pretty indefensible. I've long wondered if Clapton intended "Wonderful Tonight" to be darkly humorous/ironic.

yeah, i can get behind not liking those two songs.

I had different songs by Thorogood (Move It On Over) Clapton (I Shot The Sheriff) and Joel (Captain Jack). Also chose Glen Frey (The Heat Is On) over any Eagles.

Don't Stop Believin', however, was my #1 107.7 jam, which is the rare song that gets better for me every single time I hear it.

b-b-b-b-but b-b-b-bo diddley in the "b-b-b-b-bad to the bone" video!

Here's my worst ballot:

Styx – Come Sail Away
Kansas – Dust in the Wind
Boston – Foreplay/Longtime
America – Horse With No Name
Emerson Lake and Palmer – Lucky Man
Foreigner – Hot Blooded
Bachman Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
Bryan Adams – Summer of 69
Jimmy Buffett – Margaritaville
REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You

Can't complain cause I didn't vote, but no "Hey Jude?"

I truly hate Come Sail Away.

Also, where's the hate for "Horse With No Name"? Do people think of it fondly cause it was in that one episode of Breaking Bad?

i don't hear "Hey Jude" on CR radio that much anymore. "Get Back" is the scourge of my existence now.

My Please Die list.
Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel
Jethro Tull-Aqualung
Eric Clapton-I Shot the Sheriff
Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
The Moody Blues-I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band
Billy Joel-Captain Jack
Ram Jam-Black Betty
George Thorogood-Move It On Over
Glen Frey-The Heat Is On
Linda Rondstadt When Will Be Loved

(xp) would love to live in a world in which there is no "get back."

"Horse With No Name" got some votes

The Heartache Tonight worst-place is mine. So many to choose from though, I definitely had at least one other limp Eagles classic in there.

But xp I don't understand how Roadhouse Blues can be a multiple pariah. Even if you hate The Doors, that's still pure untouchable essence of rock surely? There are so many better candidates. It'd be like, I dunno - hating Zeppelin, especially Rock And Roll; or hating drinking, especially water.

not angry, just disappointed that no one shares my endless burning hatred for

Paul McCartney/Wings - Silly Love Songs

― Brad C., Saturday, July 26, 2014 2:03 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

someone does; i just didn't vote in this subpoll

Was going more by the (justifiable) hatred for HJ expressed elsewhere on ILM, but good point.

absence of Doors is highly suspicious though

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, July 26, 2014 2:02 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Peace Frog" made my ballot. So many to choose from, though.

Where now stands the Sake Bar Decibel on 9th Street in NYC there used to be a karaoke bar with a live backing band. They had very thick Japanese accents that were pretty much impenetrable, with which they would sing a number of their own covers now and then but would also announce the customer selections. One of these I heard as '"Where Are You, Donna?" by Eddie Cochran' which turned out to be "Wonderful Tonight," by Eric Clapton. That is all I have to say about that song.

Aw, I love "Aqualung" and "Eye in the Sky".:(
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"Heartache Tonight" hate surprised me, that's totally one of the best Eagles tonight

er best Eagles songs

BLAST First (from politeness) billy joel – captain jack
2 moody blues – nights in white satin
3 loggins and messina – your mama don’t dance
4 sammy hagar – I can’t drive 55
5 supertramp – the logical song
6 emerson, lake & palmer – karn evil 9 (1st Impression, part II)
7 don henley – all she wants to do is dance
8 don henley – dirty laundry
9 the eagles – take it to the limit
10 bob seger – old time rock and roll

Aqualung-Prog is a blind spot for me, and flutes make me angry. Clarinets too.

thought gary glitter would take this

feel like people here have generally not held the crimes of the person against their music, and in Glitter's case the crimes have kind of eclipsed whatever feelings the music generated

Also: In America, his most famous recording is something most people don't know (A) who performs it, and (B) what the song is actually called.

Worst:

1 Stevie Ray Vaughan – Pride And Joy
2 The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
3 George Thorogood – Bad To The Bone
4 Bob Seger - Old Time Rock and Roll
5 Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
6 Bryan Adams – Summer Of ‘69
7 Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On
8 John Fogerty – Centerfield
9 Bob Seger – Turn The Page
10 The Tubes - She's a Beauty

Also re:the Doors: I hate their collected body of work, but none of their individual CR canon songs is as bad as any of the songs on my worst list.

If I did a top 30 worst, there might be a Doors song., but none are so egregious as to make top 10.

btw, at the conclusion of the top 100 on Friday, i will start a ballots thread, and will encourage people to hold off on posting their ballots for the poll and subpolls until then

She's A Beauty?

it got literally 1 point on the worst poll. it is the least worst.

my most hated:

Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Takin’ Care of Business
Jimmy Buffett – Margaritaville
Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy
Bob Seger – Old Time Rock & Roll
The Eagles – Hotel California
Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
Van Halen – Hot For Teacher
Sammy Hagar – I Can’t Drive
Loggins & Messina-Your Mama Don't Dance
Little River Band - Reminiscing

"Still Rock and Roll to Me" got robbed

the song Billy Joel wrote after his bandmates convinced him that there was a hip new musical genre called "Funny Butt"

Reminiscing was right on the bubble for me. so dreadful.

She's A Beauty?

Mostly for the execrable, misogynist video, which was on heavy rotation on Philadelphia's home grown video show Video Rock and was egregious even for the early 80s.

i like "old time rock n roll" a lot, it sounds more pissed off than joyous to me.