CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

every single song by white people that was released before the year 1990

before 1987 actually, but ha ha yes.

this is the only Bowie I voted for

― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:48 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I only voted Tattoo You-era Stones. Seems more CR to me.

I only voted Goat's Head Soup-Some Girls era Stones.

Hot tramp! I loooove Rebel Rebel. Great song, fun memories.

I'd really like to do an edit of the It's Only Rock n Roll album - cut straight to the vocal, lop off one verse and chorus from each track, no codas. I could totally see myself voting for Dance Little Sister or something.

ugh at that stones song

My top 10 was all stones and rod the mod but never cared for this one or stay with me.

if they did a fade at the end of the last chorus instead of that interminable outro it would probably be my favorite song ever.

last one for today

http://i.imgur.com/fqpY4YI.jpg

61. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon

986 points, 16 votes

So many great live versions of this

After the results can we get a tally of how many pics have beers in them (so far my count is all but like 3).
Great job

My #1 vote in the Mac poll and voted it high here, too. Such a great groove, and Stevie at her Stevie-est.

I've been mulling this comment over in my head for a while, but being married to an actual Hoosier from Indiana, I decided to ask my wife if there was such a thing as a hoosier not from Indiana. She says no, hoosier specifically means someone from Indiana. Did you maybe mean "hesher"?

― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Tuesday, July 29, 2014 3:14 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No, I meant hoosier. I know, it is weird.

While "hoosier" may still be heard in areas of the south in its original, disparaging meaning of "uncouth rustic," the term seems to be slowly loosing currency. One important pocket of linguistic resistance, however, remains. Thomas E. Murray carefully analyzed the use of "hoosier" in St. Louis, Missouri, where it is the favorite epithet of abuse. "When asked what a Hoosier is," Murray writes, "St. Louisans readily list a number of defining characteristics, among which are 'lazy,' 'slow-moving,' 'derelict,' and 'irresponsible.'" He continues, "Few epithets in St. Louis carry the pejorative connotations or the potential for eliciting negative responses that hoosier does." He conducted tests and interviews across lines of age and race and tabulated the results. He found the term ecumenically applied. He also noted the word was often used with a modifier, almost redundantly, as in "some damn Hoosier."

In a separate section Murray speaks of the history of the word and cites Baker and Carmony (1975) and speculates on why Hoosier (in Indiana a "neutral or, more often, positive" term) should remain "alive and well in St. Louis, occupying as it does the honored position of being the city's number one term of derogation." A radio broadcast took up where Murray left off. During the program, "Fresh Air," Jeffrey Lunberg, a language commentator, answered questions about regional nicknames. He cited Elaine Viets, a Post-Dispatch columnist (also quoted by Paul Dickson), as saying that in St. Louis a "Hoosier is a low-life redneck, somebody you can recognize because they have a car on concrete blocks in their front yard and are likely to have just shot their wife who may also be their sister."

http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/internet/extra/hoosier.html

Now, how did I learn the term from a bunch of dudes from Kansas City metro? Good question, I don't know. Ask the Canadian band who sang about Tom Sawyer.

Weird, folks from Indiana are gonna be pissed!

Actually one thing this poll has brought home to me is how crappy, generally, Brit Blues bassists were. John McVie a noble exception on this and countless other tracks.

"Eminence Front" was #19 on our The Who tracks poll. I promise you there are not 18 more Who songs in this countdown.

― some dude, Monday, July 28, 2014 7:47 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" was #11 on our Rolling Stones tracks poll. I promise you there are not 10 more Stones songs in this countdown.

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" was #11 on our Rolling Stones tracks poll.

Wow, it was really that high? I feel like I live on a different planet.

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo better be on there

another great day! Worried about the lack of any ZZ Top, though.

no way cheap sunglasses isn't placing

I'm the worst kind of Rolling Stones fan... I kind of only like the "groovy" RS singles. I'd much rather listen to "Brown Sugar" instead of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking". There isn't a single song on "Exile on Main St." that I remember.

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo better be on there

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 5:05 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

got your back on this one, fingers crossed. Feel like 60-40 is the last chance for any "not their 1-2 biggest hits" type songs though - there's so many HUGE heavy hitters that haven't popped up yet.

can't you hear me knocking is great -- it's not my go-to jam but I'm always happy to hear it if it comes up unexpectedly

Could we get a recap please?

I have never heard Can You Hear Me Knockin on the radio, that's a weird one to include here.

sure!

61. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon 986 points, 16 votes
61. (tie) The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking 986 points, 13 votes
63. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel 984 points, 16 votes
64. Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill 974 points, 16 votes
65. Rush – Tom Sawyer 972 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote
66. Toto – Hold The Line 944 points, 15 votes
67. Led Zeppelin – Ramble On 937 points, 13 votes
68. Electric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me Down 930 points, 13 votes
69. The Faces – Stay With Me 928 points, 15 votes
70. The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’ 926 points, 13 votes
71. Jackson Browne – Running On Empty (Live) 921 points, 15 votes
72. The Marshall Tucker Band – Can’t You See 910 points, 14 votes
73. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama 904 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes
74. Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit 897 points, 14 votes
75. The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky 896 points, 13 votes
76. The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider 892 points, 13 votes
77. Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman 890 points, 15 votes
78. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Breakdown 885 points, 15 votes
79. Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe 880 points, 14 votes
80. AC/DC – Highway To Hell 877 points, 14 votes
81. Edgar Winter – Frankenstein 872 points, 13 votes
82. Golden Earring – Twilight Zone 864 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote
83. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird 861 points, 13 votes
84. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket 859 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote
85. Van Halen – Runnin’ With The Devil 858 points, 14 votes
86. Steve Miller – Fly Like An Eagle 857 points, 15 votes
87. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 854 points, 13 votes
88. (tie) The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze 853 points, 14 votes
88. (tie) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 853 points, 12 votes
90. James Gang – Walk Away 846 points, 12 votes
91. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight 839 points, 14 votes
92. Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side 837 points, 16 votes
93. (tie) The Knack – My Sharona 834 points, 13 votes
93. (tie) Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty – Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around 834 points, 16 votes
93. (tie) Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ 834 points. 14 votes, 1 first place vote
96. The Kinks – Lola 833 points, 15 votes
97. Fleetwood Mac – The Chain 832 points, 13 votes
98. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 826 points, 13 votes
99. The Who – Eminence Front 818 points, 12 votes
100. Ram Jam – Black Betty 817 points, 14 votes

CYHMK has become a go-to Stones deep cut in the last 10-15 years.

Thanks!

my ballot had zero stones but CYHMK is poss my favorite of theirs

CYHMK has become a go-to Stones deep cut in the last 10-15 years.

― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, July 29, 2014 5:28 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally. it ain't on every station, but the stations that wanna go deeper than "Brown Sugar" are all over it.

There isn't a single song on "Exile on Main St." that I remember.

Tumbling Dice is all-time imo, but I've never heard it on CRR much.

oh I sure have. "Happy" too. No deep cuts, although when the Stones released Stripped the live "Shine a Light" made a brief appearance.

CYHMK is maybe my favorite stones song, such an incredible track

Don't want to let this get by without pointing out Rhiannon is one of Buckingham's finest riffs. I've still never figured out how to play it smoothly.

rhiannon is beautiful, also kinda valium-y in a good way

Holy shit, I didn't know this song was called "Long Train Running"! I totally thought it was "Without Love"! I am a false classic rock fan!

Easy mistake, since the chorus is "without looooooove" and not "long train runnin'".

Yep. Like the chorus of "What a Fool Believes" is "meharderhardefarfar"

No you are a perfect classic rock fan- think back to the last time any CR DJ actually said the name of the song-- they'd just say "blah blah blah before that you heard THE DOOBIES and now let's get caller 7 on the line for the pair of tickets to see THE DOOBIES at Cache Creek Casino this Thursday..."

For the record it wasn't until your post that I knew what song that was. Great song!

I wrote-in for Without Love, it could still place

11 songs of mine so far, extra excited about Stay With Me.
And OMG Veg, Solsbury Hill makes me get all teary too, all the grabbing his things 'cause they've come to take him home.

Also Stevie Nicks, ugh.

11 here as well.

wait I thought I was the lone Fleetwood Mac hater here

xp

Lol, Ismael. And, yes, great song!

no you are

xpost

I don't hate Fleetwood Mac, just Stevie Nicks.

I like Stevie Nicks, and I sometimes enjoy talking with other people who like Stevie Nicks, but those weird fans who LIVE FOR Stevie Nicks and draw/paint terrible fan art and dress witchy and ...you know who I'm talking about here. They probably got really into Twilight too.