CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

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?).

Anything besides sick-of-it behind "Turn Turn Turn" and "For What It's Worth," Jeff? Those are unusual picks.

how about a thread where we just listen to Attila every day
xp

"Your sister's gone out. She's on a date
And you just sit at home and tabulate (those classic rock ballots)"

I had Turn Turn Turn on mine; I might've gone for For What It's Worth as well had I thought of it. It's the damn worthiness and inoffensiveness of the exercise that riles me. Rock should be a little bit dirty, selfish, morally-compromised. Especially when we're talking Classic Rock.

Anything besides sick-of-it behind "Turn Turn Turn" and "For What It's Worth," Jeff? Those are unusual picks.

― clemenza, Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:23 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Because they were both on the Forrest Gump soundtrack, duh.

But yeah, overplayed, folky tunes that just make me cringe when I hear them. Far from my own personal definition of what classic rock sounds like.

hey ilx

you look wonderful tonight

(ducks)

is it a wonderful day to count down the top ten AOR albums of all time?

YES

OK, like the 'worst' poll, this one also received 37 ballots, although not from all the same people, a lot of folks just did one or the other.

The Top 10 Classic Rock Albums of All Time:

10. Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
34 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote

Their most CR album imo, good work everyone.

also fun to have an album included which had a track on the 'worst' list

Picked this one as my representative Zep album because I don't hear songs from it on the radio as often, but I get irrationally excited when one of them pops up.

question: do people have strong feelings about the UK edition vs. US edition?

9. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
39 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote

Too bad that D'Yer Mak'er is the most played, when it should really be The Ocean.

is it too late to post my worst ballot? yes?
1. Don McLean – American Pie
2. J. Geils Band – Love Stinks
3. George Thorogood – Bad To The Bone
4. Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good
5. Bob Seger - Katmandu
6. Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
7. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
8. Jackson Browne – The Load-Out / Stay (Live)
9. Gary Wright – Dream Weaver
10. The Firm – Radioactive

Houses is my favorite Zep LP. great balance of epics and pop songs and weird aesthetic outliers.

in the airplay data i've seen, "Over The Hills" is the album's biggest radio recurrent over "D'Yer Mak'er."

xpost i thought we were saving ballots til the end tbh