CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

All I could find was this Not liking old music doesn't make a young person stupid. Liking new music doesn't make an old person smart.

haha i am listening to the 'worst' playlist and GROOVING. "Captain Jack" and Cocker's "With A Little Help" are a-OK with me.

fuck, even the drums on "I Shot The Sheriff" kind of knock

Good enough for epmd

Homages to 1950s/early 1960s rock recorded in the 1970s always sound so odd to me. It makes me wonder to what extent the '70s artists were conscious of making an up-to-date, contemporary tune with a "Golden Oldies" subject matter versus sincerely trying to emulate or evoke a retro sound, because the results always sound more of the '70s than the '50s in terms of feel and sonics. Thinking of songs like "Old Time Rock & Roll," the Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More," or even straight-up covers like Linda Ronstadt's version of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy."

"Bad to the Bone" is such shit. It comes on the radio every single car trip, and I want to die.

So glad I wasn't the only one to vote for Brown Sugar. Ugh. Cannot imagine the people for whom it is, apparently, preferable to ''Teach Your Children,'' ''Walk of Life'' and motherfucking ''Come Sail Away.'' However, the entire exercise has probably been worth it for 'Eric Claptop.'

Clappin' your troubles away with the Claptop.

''I Shot The Sheriff's'' drums are also, I think, sampled on King Biscuit Time's ''I Walk The Earth,'' which rides the loop for like six minutes or something without getting old. So I'll give that to ol' Claphand.

I don't understand why no-one nommed The goddamed stupid Stroke & why it isn't #1

hate u guys so much right now

*kicks dirt*

My votes for worst (nothing in the top ten)

Asia - Heat of the Moment
Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
The Eagles - Heartache Tonight
Journey - Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'
Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel the Noise
Rick Derringer - Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo
Toto - Africa

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is gets extra points for stupid pseudo-philosophical gibberish lyrics. I know what time it is: time to stop playing this song forever.

Oh I totally voted for Heat of the Moment

hate that stupid song

I think about this tweet at least once a week.

http://i.imgur.com/6ljismA.png

lol

tayngoooooow

Oh fuck, I totally meant to vote against The Stroke. Wtf? Sorry Veg.

Heat of the moment is positively hilarious

that tweet is wrong, bob's just like a roots rocker in the 90s bitching about the swing revival

his message is "fuck all these 'dance moves' and shit lef's break bottles and holler"

it's "get off my lawn" in song form

pretty sure i voted for DSB and margaritaville in my top 100 songs.

'old time rock and roll' is horrible, it's just that kind of garbage early '80s midwest midtempo rock that kind of seemed to soundtrack my upbringing bc everybody from the generation right before mine just thought it was the most incredible hardcore shit and it just had soul and was just about the swingingest tune of all time, i swear it was played on jukeboxes more than any song in my town aside from probably 'the joker', until it was temporarily unseated by 'black velvet' for a period of about six months or so there. then it went right back to the top. such a shitty song, you'd never imagine the dude responsible for it was also responsible for 'ramblin gamblin man'.

or, for that matter, "2+2=?"

there's two bob segers

Yeah, but I thought the other one did "Shakedown".

My votes for worst (nothing in the top ten)

Asia - Heat of the Moment
Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
The Eagles - Heartache Tonight
Journey - Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'
Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel the Noise
Rick Derringer - Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo
Toto - Africa

― that's not my post, Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

six great songs here

i'm gonna stay out of this thread i don't think i understand it

"Heat of the Moment" is great IMO

Everybody's worst list is like 50/50 "oh yeah, good call" and "WTF that was in my top twenty on the main poll." Bodes well for a super unpredictable and fraught rollout. Still wish this could be like, one song a day for the next three months.

that tweet is wrong, bob's just like a roots rocker in the 90s bitching about the swing revival

To be fair, Seger stole that lyric from Chuck Berry ("Rock and Roll Music"). At least the tango - despite Bob's gringo pronunciation thereof - is an actual dance, unlike such inventions as the "congo" (from Chuck Berry) or the "mamba" from Starship's "We Built This City."

this was my worst list:

The Beatles – Get Back
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
Golden Earring – Twilight Zone
Europe – The Final Countdown
Steve Miller – The Joker
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe
Styx - Renegade
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9 (First Impression, Part II)
John Lennon – Imagine

holy shit @ "Lunatic Fringe", are you a madman

Piano Man is the perfect example of a failed song. what is it supposed to be? perceptive? no, not an original line in sight. nostalgic? again, these characters are too terrible for anyone to ever care. anthemic? "Oh, la la la, di da da" oh for fuck sake!

holy shit @ "Lunatic Fringe", are you a madman

― Euler, Sunday, July 27, 2014 6:49 AM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes, i am a lunatic and the song hits too close to home for me

I think it's supposed to be a "magical stranger" story (like Mr. Bojangles or whatever), only Joel casts himself in the role of the magical stranger which is dumb.

it's a magical tale where people put bread in jars

What's wrong with Twilight Zone?

Man, what are you doing here?

http://the-toast.net/2014/01/03/coda-piano-man-paul-davey/

High 5 to whoever else voted for Captain Jack as worse!

I don't think I know that song? obviously I don't want to listen to find out though

I never need to hear "Piano Man" again, but the "Bill, I believe this is killing me" always makes me laugh when I do.

"Captain Jack," on the other hand, is fantastic and woulda made my ballot were I non-lazy enough to vote.

imo there should be a thread where everybody listens to every Billy Joel song just like w/ the Eagles

i think the unifying principles for my most hated are "boomer asshole" + "mawkish schmaltz"
those are two things i really really cannot stomach, generally speaking

I voted Captain Jack 6th worse on my poll, Billy Joel had reserved a spot on the worst poll for me after I had to hold my nose and acknowledge the greatness that is You May Be Right.

Man, what are you doing here?

Can't help but notice three tracks on the extended Worst list are whitey CR trying to do Reggae

Sheriff
Hotel Cali
D'yer

Margaritaville being a related but not identical move

good point! The Police remained relatively unscathed, though.

Because rhythm isn't what makes Sting embarrassing.

I'd rather listen to the entire Eagles discography before I ever listen to Captain Jack again.

My worst:

1 Billy Joel - Captain Jack
2 Don McLean - American Pie
3 George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
4 The Police - Every Breath You Take
5 John Lennon – Imagine
6 The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!
7 Bob Seger - Turn The Page
8 Billy Joel - Piano Man
9 Glen Frey - The Heat Is On
10 Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth

imo there should be a thread where everybody listens to every Billy Joel song just like w/ the Eagles

― some dude, Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:38 AM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The idea was floated, but no agreement could be reached as to a beginning (Hassles? ATILLA? Non pitch-corrected Cold Spring Harbor?).