CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

AND HARRY DOESN'T MIND

xps lol emil.y wtf is that?

some dude could you post a recap for those of us nerds crossing tracks off our ballots?

I love love love Dire Straits. I love them. I'm so happy they're here.

creole

This might be their highest entry here, but I'm excited that it could also be the lowest of three.

London.. town

fcc so so otm about Layla being forever ruined by that dire unplugged version, my Clapton vote went to Bell Bottom Blues, so tortured in all the right ways.
Also I find it endlessly interesting that Jim Gordon killed his mom yet Clapton still gets the fuck you votes, such is the power of his yick factor

Was gonna save the recap for the end of the day today

argh I had mercifully forgotten about that slow turgid unplugged version of Layla, ick

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

― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz)

it's not quite ruined for me but yeah the unplugged version is such a piece of shit

clapton sounds like an old man nodding off during the whole performance

When they found Clapton unplugged, he was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out for the autopsy.

I registered to a guitar forum using my irl name when I was in elementary school. Now a post about how I think 'Sultans of Swing' is the best 'guitar song' will forever be a top google search result for my name.

The "and a crowd of young boys, they're just foolin' around in the corner" verse is Knopf's Dylanest moment

young SG otm

This is one of the few times Knofler's schtick works.

I dont seem to be getting the pictures anymore.

sultans is sublime

knopfler's schtick works extremely well for the entirety of Dire Straits

Love Sultans but love Romeo and Juliet and Tunnel of Love so much more, if you kick Les Boys off Making Movies you have a perfect album.
Which I did not vote for as one of my favorite CR albums, shame on me.

Though Sultans' guitar solo is amazing, the solos from In the Gallery trump it

yeah, and Making Movies is great as well. and Communique!

I dont seem to be getting the pictures anymore.

looks ok on my end, anyone else?

That Unplugged Layla is horrible, but it's one of those tracks that was made even more horrible by its unexplainable ubiquity. From 1992-1993, I probably heard it more than any other song.

if you kick Les Boys off Making Movies you have a perfect album.
--PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy)

QFT

And yeah "romeo" and "tunnel" are a whole other thing, but not the kind of thing you hear on the radio very often.

I still see pics (android)

Did Guitar George know the E7 inversion that George Harrison was talking about upthread? Or maybe Guitar George is George Harrison...

i posted in the noms thread that i hate hearing sultans on the radio, but this poll has made me do a total 180, the lyrics/story to this song are so wonderful, they say everything "American Pie" wants to using 10% as much ink

Jeff "Guitar" George Will Teach You Guitar

Guitar George knew ALL THE CHORDS

Only thing I hated worse than that acoustic version of Layla was that acoustic version of Hotel California.

harkens back to the halcyon days of my tweens when all the boys wore tennis headbands because they wanted to be like Mark Knopfler

And yeah "romeo" and "tunnel" are a whole other thing, but not the kind of thing you hear on the radio very often.

Yup, that's why "Sultans" was my only Dire Straits vote in this. Making Movies is indisputably a classic rock album, but not so much a Classic Rock album.

harkens back to the halcyon days of my tweens when all the boys wore tennis headbands because they wanted to be like Mark Knopfler

― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl),

don't you mean "les boys"

lol vc

lol vg. I sometimes think about trying to rock a 'Knopf at Live Aid' look. But tbh all of the band were smokin' that day.

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23900000/Mark-Knopfler-Dire-Straits-mark-knopfler-23947785-600-731.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs48/i/2014/088/c/2/mark_knopfler_tribute_by_lilie1111-d2541v7.jpg

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-0/c0.80.720.479/s720x720/1545679_188300018043602_1418941632_n.jpg

mark knopfler fan art ... can't believe i hadn't gone down that road before.

he's so gross. The mouth looks like he bought it someplace.

Also, it's really hard to search for GNR Fan Fiction on Google.

I dare you to enter the world of Stevie Nicks fan art and slash.

holy jesus.

http://i.imgur.com/nYix2MF.jpg

https://img0.etsystatic.com/008/0/6371787/il_570xN.407276888_g4h4.jpg

dylan + springsteen + petty, at least genetically

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/lespauldouble/magazine_img.jpg

augh those pics

for those in need:

EMERGENCY EYEWASH STATION

hahaha

xp

Sultans is such a jam. Didn't even know of its existence til last year.

http://img.karaoke-lyrics.net/img/artists/3981/mark-knopfler-202277.jpg

^ dgaf

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