CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

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?

I get the impression that carl agatha and I are roughly on the same page.

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

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, July 28, 2014 8:01 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it has a "Stairway" like cultural stature but airplay-wise "Sweet Home Alabama" has been far and away the biggest song (by LS, or by almost anyone else) on classic rock radio for quite some time.

Yeah as often as freebird gets mentioned "in the culture" I've never heard it on the radio very often.

I sure do.

i'm looking at an airplay ranking that slots it between "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Roxanne"

Quite the GIS for that title.

http://thatgirlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/v-bozeman_freebird_video_premiere-1.jpg

Just found a site showing a live feed of my old station's playlist:

http://kkpt.tunegenie.com/

Everything about the same except ENTER SANDMAN? WHAT IN THE HELL?

Last Skynyrd song played was this morning. Something called "Dixie/Sweet Home Alabama".

there's a pretty sweet live version by built to spill floating around; guess martsch got tired of the joeks

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148406

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4voMB-jlSQQ

Also today, I learned geocities is alive and well in Japan:

http://www.geocities.jp/leotardskynyrd/

just came from my eyeglasses store, where "lonely is the night" was playing when i walked in. saleswoman looked up and, unprompted, said, "we're rockin' the classic rock today." "i know the feeling," i said.

sure, but how does she feel about the stroke

I just listened to "Shambala". Pretty sure I've never heard it before.

the song i most regret not voting for today is "brass in pocket." i rejected it on grounds of "not sufficiently classic rock." but i do hear it on cr radio out here, and it sounds perfect every time it comes on. which is to say, sometimes i am an idiot.

a cr countdown would make no sense without the uber-classic "free bird," even if lynyrd skynyrd topped it several times. it wasn't one of my three skynyrd votes but i'm glad it's on the list, and i'm glad it's low.

freebird is great

personally I dig the piano-heavy studio version on skynyrd's first, but i love the guitar solo in the live version, and ronnie's stage banter

"WHAT IS IT YOU WANNA HEAR?"

sure, but how does she feel about the stroke

i think the fact she was playing "lonely is the night" tells you all you need to know.