CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

It was my #3. It embodies all that's dumb and glorious about FM radio.

Except for Seger, I'm loving the top 20 so far.

Prefer the weird Dutch menace of Twilight Zone but this deserves to be Top 20

So happy once driving to see my girlfriend in another state and hearing "I'm Sorry" come on some Iowa AM station at 2 in the morning.

I'm heading out on a road trip that will take me through Birmingham, where they love the governor, and Muscle Shoals, that's got the Swampers, so I'll have to catch the rest of the rollout on the flip side ... stay classy, classic rockers

(selects 8-track tapes)

BAW
BAW
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BAW BAW
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ttsstt ssttsstt

bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp

― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, July 28, 2014 5:52 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lido shuffle's been in my head for 2-3 days now

not sure if boz's weird phrasing is classic or dud

"Radar Love" is amazing. Yet another karaoke song that has destroyed my voice (so worth it). I was pleasantly surprised a little while back to discover that Golden Earring had been around since the '60s and that their earlier stuff isn't half bad.

xxp otmest

Just had a sudden realisation that Focus haven't made it. Bah. I'm just holding out for 'Barracuda' to win this thing, now.

"Hocus Pocus" is a spectacular song that absolutely belongs in the CR canon and which I never expected to place here.

Well, in a perfect world there would be no question about Head East finishing near the top of this poll and there would never be any reason to be worried. But in this ever-changing world in which we live in, I have concerns...

This one goes out to zachary taylor, and all you other dudes and dudettes of all ages.

http://i.imgur.com/szd30Gm.jpg

14. Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
1577 points, 25 votes

I would be interested to see the breakdown of UK vs US bands who made the countdown. Oh, and Canada. Are there any bands from outside of those areas?

oh wow – didn't expect Mott to get this high

xpost Yeah, Golden Earring, for a start (Dutch).

Crüt and I played JWIN in my basement yday!! We nailed the beginning and mostly flubbed the end.

Where's Badfinger?!

xxxp AC/DC

Golden Earring, for a start (Dutch)

Ha, I did not know this.

Should have clocked AC/DC, though.

Jefferson Starship's "Count On Me" just popped up on the iPod. Man, what a great song. I hope it fell just outside the top 100.

this was my original image for ATYD, but i decided against it http://i.imgur.com/yK44oyW.jpg

It's hard to find pictures of dudes carrying the news

is that Ft. Lauderdale spring break '83?

Where's Badfinger?!

― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera)

No Matter What was in my top 5.

WHERE'S THIN LIZZY?

I have never in my life heard of Mott the Hopple.

Is the spotify list being updated? I need to listen along.

also, Solsbury Hill just came on 102.5 WDVE, so much for it not being CR.

Veg please join me in getting teary eyed.

Just listened to Radar Love again, so great. So many different rockin' parts, and the drums and the horns.

I voted for it, but I should have placed it higher

i was ready to vote "radar love" pretty high but i always forget the free jazz odyssey in the middle that kinda bogs the whole thing down for me. seems like that would put a damper on karaoke night fun but maybe i'll try it anyway...

mott was a late cut for me but i'm happy to see it. wonder if this means there's more bowie coming...

hope not! but it is ILM

Looks like Van Morrison is going to get the shaft. Brown Eyed Girl might be too much of an oldie, and then there would be vote splitting between his others.

Just listened to Radar Love again, so great. So many different rockin' parts

carl agatha loves parts

I'll be shocked if "Changes" doesn't make it. But I expect to be shocked by a lot of things at this point.

well "Suffragette City" would be ok

I love parts. I have always loved parts.

Mott a late cut for me too, it fell into the category of "it probably doesn't need my help"

true story, 107.7 was originally going to use THE SHOCKER as its alias before we settled on THE AORta

classic rock: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

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"All the Young Dudes" won a competition as the song that everyone on ILM liked at one time iirc!

This one's for Ari and cwkiii. Oh, and Jesus, too, although he told me once that he always gets this confused with "La Grange" until he hears his name in the lyrics.

http://i.imgur.com/CY3lOIi.jpg

12. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
1608 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes

I'd honestly be okay with Bowie taking all of the remaining slots.

THE song that everyone on ILM likes

xpost WTF; p sure I've never heard this on CRR.

the bombest

YES YES YES

(Context: Find a song that everybody on ILM likes )

Good job ILX on Spirit in the Sky.

Looks like Van Morrison is going to get the shaft. Brown Eyed Girl might be too much of an oldie, and then there would be vote splitting between his others.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, August 1, 2014 10:32 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Van is in my top 5!

See what I love about this poll (which I didn't vote in, sorry) is that it's not all Stones / Who, it really has those songs I remember encountering on CR radio as a child and going "WHOA WHAT IS THAT" and maybe never really knowing. "Radar Love" and "All the Young Dudes" for example. Those songs are IN ME.

Of course, "Come Sail Away" has the same status in my heart and is surely not going to place.

this song is still my #1 candidate for:

hits from the eighties or whenever that have yet to been turned in to brand-spanking psychedelic "edits" by Todd Terje or some other charming moustach-parading Scandanavian wag filling in fo

Isn't there a third CR song with that "Spirit In The Sky"/"La Grange" guitar thing going on?