CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

ughhhhhhhhhhh you guys I hate that I have missed most of this rollout so far. hopefully tomorrow will be kinder to me

crying into my can of beer that 'Walk Away' came in so low. I even voted it my #1 to give an extra bump. Oh well. Glad it ranked, it's such a great jame

SEEMS TO ME

pull up a seat, Veg, there's still a couple songs left for the day:

http://i.imgur.com/syGtzBW.jpg

82. Golden Earring – Twilight Zone
864 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote

gr8080, some dude, you guys are killing it right now

"this is big daddy jimbob rocker from modesto, currently haulin my bigrig up Reno way and just wanted to call in and say keep up the good works, these sweet sweet tunes are what keep old jimbob haulin. 10-4 over and out"

echoing the above sentiments that "Free Bird" is a jam and that "Walk Away" is a jame

BAW
BAW
BAW

BAW
BAW
BAW BAW
BAW

ttsstt ssttsstt

bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp

free bird is more of a jam but I'll take "tuesday's gone" every time

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, July 28, 2014 5:48 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i have nothing against "Free Bird" but i much prefer "Simple Man" and "Tuesday's Gone." by the same token "Sweet Home Alabama" is probably my least favorite of their uptempo hits.

xpost that was my radar love intro

i love when the horns show up in the second crazy break, this song has EVERYTHING

Twilight Zone video is the shizz

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a1sf2CzEq0w

omg that is super embarrassing I just spazzed out about the wrong song

y can't vg read ;_;

Totally possible that there will be more Golden Earring songs in this countdown than CCR.

love it, btw

xpost yeah i think I voted sweet home pretty high just on classicness and I don't regret it but the one the pounded me on re-listening was "saturday night special"

twilight zone is awesome

also I have zero idea of what the lyrics are

faces moving house, feels like being born, my vigo get lose under moon and star etc

idk, sounds cool, i dig it

WHERE DO I GO NOW THAT I'VE GONE TOO FAR?!!!

VG OTM

WHEN THE BULLET HITS THE BOWWWWWNE

wait'll u hear the lyrics in the next tune

so coy, gr80!

sorry, didn't realize my mic was still hot

Gonna continue the 'scary' theme of the last song and transition from Rod Serling to Mary Shelley...

http://i.imgur.com/iVgJ2wl.jpg

81. Edgar Winter – Frankenstein
872 points, 13 votes

Awesome image.

Went through my ballot today and realized that I accidentally voted for Frankenstein twice.

I regret nothing.

I voted for it zero times, and I wish I could've voted for it zero times twice.

Really moving into serious classic rock territory now.

Went through my ballot today and realized that I accidentally voted for Frankenstein twice.

I regret nothing.

― voodoo chili, Monday, July 28, 2014 6:11 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha there were a couple things like that where i had to be careful not to count the song twice

I've never heard "Frankenstein" on the radio. Listening to it now; it's going on the "songs I probably should have voted for" list.

whenever i open my mouth to hum/sing a "cliché CR riff" this song is reflexively what comes out, without even thinking about it, it's ingrained in my mind as "what a CR riff sounds like"

Good first 20 today, y'all. Only one kind of sticks out as odd to me (Lou Reed), but people swear it's paid its classic rock radio dues, so I'm not arguing.

wow 0/20 today

I heard Walk on the Wild Side regularly on my hometown CR station, and they usually avoided that kind of stuff like the plague (there was no Bowie on their playlist, for example)

Don't know about this golden earring song guys. Really I don't see the need for any other golden earring songs other than radar love to even exist.

When I was younger, I found it impossible to comprehend that Twilight Zone and Radar Love were actually by the same band. It made no sense to me.

great rollout, and great photos. lost my #1 though, feels like Wichita State all over again.

listened to classic rock station on grooveshark tonight in honour kiu guys never heard of most of these psyched

None of mine either but a solid rollout so far

Four of mine so far, and one of my 'worst' has made the countdown. My highest placer so far is "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" which I had at #14 - still tons of potential for #80-#1 to be just wall to wall unquestionable classics.

superb pics, great vibe to this rollout

Where are these photos coming from? hahaha

::balances beer can on top of head, crosses eyes::

4 of mine so far as well, no idea what remains in this poll.

i mean, twilight zone beat free bird, all bets are off afaict

does Free Bird have a good rep up north? bc down south it was the alpha and omega

for a number of mid-80s memorial day 500 countdowns in pittsburgh, it finished second

live version or gtfo tho

(As I was putting my ballot together for this poll, I realized that I have a thing for songs with lots of parts, as my #1 and #2 will strongly attest.)

― carl agatha, Monday, July 28, 2014 4:06 PM (3 hours ago)

at #1 and #2 carl agatha gets all yessed out

I think I'm glad I have no idea what "Space Jam" is

FLAE rules, always has, always will, and I say that as somebody w/ a very low Steve Miller tolerance level

Sleeve OTM 2 times

at #1 and #2 carl agatha gets all yessed out

You're half right and I bet you could guess the other half, too.

Beethoven.

a large chunk of the songs at the top of my ballot are over 6 minutes long and feature extended deviations from the verse/chorus format. AOR epics are my shit.

So "Free Bird" is "Stairway"/"California"/"Numb"-level in a lot of the US?