CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

I think I've always been unfairly biased against Boz Scaggs because my aunt, who was 12 years older than me and pretty much the epitome of cool, always made fun of his name. I voted for Lowdown anyway because that song rules.

I joined this band once, and as an "introduction", gave them all a mix CD of some songs that kinda shaped what I play. Not saying my life was changed by Boz Scaggs or anything, but I threw that one on there since I like the intro.

I was already the Mick Mars of the group, having been born in the Nixon years while they were all Carter children and subsequently, I earned the nickname Lido. But it's cool, they were all good dudes, and besides, Lowdown probably has the better intro anyway.

I'm sure to be in the minority here, but I find the 'woahs' in Lido to be the best part

I kind of feel that way about the Oos and Ahhs on Back On The Chain Gang.

when the synth drops in its a nice surprise

Oh the woahs are essential. Almost as essential as the shuffle itself.

also i'm a big fan of shuffles that have "shuffle" in the title but it never appears in the lyrics

Nice close-ups of Porcaro and the boys:

http://youtu.be/8Brlp57fZ6A

When I ran cross country in high school, my friend and I would frequently skip our runs during practice. We'd buy slurpees from 7 Eleven and walk up and down nearby Panama St. One of use would bust into 'Panama' every time. Then we'd run through a sprinkler and jog back to school.

I will have to check with our research department, but I am pretty sure no future members of Toto were involved in the recording of this next song...

http://i.imgur.com/p4vJzTZ.jpg

33. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
1213 points, 20 votes

Lido Shuffle SO GREAT.

I love Lido Shuffle but have never heard it on CR radio

omg dying at "we're the Doobies now!"

LIDO!!!!!!! Too low oh OHHHHH!

wdyll drinking coffee following the CR TOP 100 rollout:

http://i.imgur.com/RlZnb8Y.jpg

nice mug

Lido even got play on "Urban" stations. Not sure how many other times on this list so far that's happened, unless you want to count the time Rerun tried to bootleg a Doobie Bros show.

cue Elton John?

Boz! Went with Lowdown but happy for Lido

SABBATH YOU FUCKS

You're just mad because we found where you stole your look.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wqNz11OPWvE/TZvgINuxP6I/AAAAAAAAA-o/Sl-EifjrW6E/s1600/100124b+066.JPG

omg dying at "we're the Doobies now!"

I already voiced my appreciation for this, but having slept on it, I just wanna say that I think this is my favorite thing that I have read in this thread full of wonderful things so far.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mSdYqMdkT9U/T829xrCmQ2I/AAAAAAAArCk/CaU_SqbCQh0/s1600/BOZ+SCAGGS+LP+7.jpg http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/c4/70/8a/c4708a9a89b83133dcfde3bdf8975a9c.jpg

I love origin story songs, and I now wish Long Train Running was a song about how the Doobies formed and became successful, a la "Rock and Roll Band"

http://i.imgur.com/kIoxk3B.jpg

32. Derek & The Dominos – Layla
1238 points, 20 votes

Discovering Boz has been one of my favorite things for me in the last six years

Hey man, is that Freedom Rock?

Clapton rots but I still voted for "Layla" and a Cream song. there's no class in classic rock.

Sabbath was never adequately represented on radio. At least terrestrial radio, they are all over Sirius' Boneyard and Liquid Metal stations today. Im the biggest Sabbath fan ever and Im sick of Paranoid.

Layla is the worst song of the album that shares its name.

I consider that a Duane Allman alb

Sabbath is probably the biggest band with the largest catalog that only has one album as far as classic rock radio is concerned

Voted for this, the outro is still gorgeous, mostly because of Duane's slide.

"Layla" is the only song I can tolerate on that album. well, I guess I wouldn't rather jump off a bridge than hear "Bell Bottomed Blues"...usually...

the greatest scream ever screamed

this is obviously true about "won't get fooled again," and i used to sit through what seemed like 25 minutes' worth of the rest of the song waiting for it, and of course the "new boss/old boss" bit is essential, but "fooled again" otherwise does little for me. my least fave song on one of my top five cr albums.

and speaking of foolin, where the hell is def leppard's "foolin"? sigh.

Wasn't aware of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IJPLcwHOes

That actually makes me wonder if any Def Leppard will make the poll.

xp I heard crazy train on classic rock radio quite a bit

kinda shocked "lonely is the night" hasn't shown up yet had no idea ILM rated squier so high

My Clapton votes went to Bell Bottom Blues and Badge per someone's write-in campaign. I wish I could hear Layla as though I were listening to it the first time. I think I would like it a lot but as it stands now, there's too much cultural baggage and it just leaves me flat.

Voted for this, the outro is still gorgeous, mostly because of Duane's slide.

― voodoo chili, Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:21 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://www.imcdb.org/i003273.jpg

"Layla" is the only song I can tolerate on that album. well, I guess I wouldn't rather jump off a bridge than hear "Bell Bottomed Blues"...usually...

― Euler, Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:21 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No love for "why does love got to be so sad"? thats a pretty great song. there are some pretty great deep cuts on that thing. i just have to mentally block out the fact im listening to clapton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKE-7M3UJfc

xp I heard crazy train on classic rock radio quite a bit

― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:24 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not quite sure this counts

"Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?" is tremendous. I dig a lot of that record, and Clapton acquits himself well (for the last time, as it turned out -- dude could've/should've stopped there and then).

xxp

"Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" is excellent, and I like "Thorn Tree in the Garden," which Clapton had nothing to do with

love love love "lido shuffle" (and "lowdown") but they were early cuts for me. never thought of them as classic rock in the way that, say, toto's "hold the line," which i did vote for, is. but now of course i wish "lido" placed higher, this poll's damn self-imposed vagaries and constraints again.

I thought the interlude in layla was the best for awhile. I listened to a lot of moe. around that time as well.

If it's good enough for Scorsese, it's good enough for me.

Oh no. Gimme Shelter's gonna be No. 1.

"layla" forever ruined by the unplugged version. the ony song i can think of for which this is so.

xpost yeah my itunes genre tag for boz, dan, mac, doobies is "FM", which is not the same as CR but also not the same as Adult Contemporary.