CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

i saw it but i don't remember the soundtrack (aside from "against the wind")
mostly i am resentful of movies that ruin music for people

YES. Fortunate Son my one Creedence vote, so damn great

mostly i am resentful of movies that ruin music for people

Totally. I can't even listen to the Ghostbusters soundtrack anymore.

I have had an unholy mashup of 'Walk Away" and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" in my head for the last two days

Woo hoo! My number 3, I think?

i devoted my CCR votes to the chooglier side if their noms, but this song rips, all time classic. a hippie song that actually gets it right.

Way prefer 'Bad Moon Rising' but I guess 'Fortunate Son' is vastly beefier, and hence rockier and classicker.

it's also vastly more OTM

fun fact: the 2 shortest songs in the top 100 are both by CCR.

This one is for douglas. I'm not saying he's THE magic man, but he's A magic man.

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

11. Heart – Magic Man
1609 points, 22 votes

That man has figured out life.

TRY TRY TRY TO UNDERSTAND

has anyone been keeping count of the appearances of jorts in the images?

magic hands

Creedence Clearwater Revival - "It Ain't Me (It Ain't Me)"
Heart - "Try To Understand (Try To Understand (Try Try Try To Understand))"

has anyone been keeping count of the appearances of jorts in the images?

― some dude,

hi!

SUM FOKESR BAWN
MAYD TOOO WAVE THE FLAYG
OOOOH THE RED WHAHT AND BLUUUEEEE YAAAAW

omg magic man

that riff is all-time

FUCK YEAH ANN & NANCY WOOO

he got magic hands, mama.

Speaking of music in movies, Virgin Suicides does right by "Magic Man."

Nice touch, Canadian beer in that last img

Disappointed not to have seen any Boone's Farm bottles yet tho :(

"Barracuda" is for sure in the top ten, right?

Sure

In a perfect world both Crazy on You AND Barracuda place in the top 10.

Three people that I know of had it in their top 4. I'm sure many others had it top 10.

The Dreamboat Annie singles are so great.

Other locks: "Reaper", "More than a Feeling"? I didn't really realize that I was so in sync with ILM on these.

No more prog, probably?

Virgin Suicides was ok but I'd rather just imagine my own magic man with magic hands instead of imagining that kid.

Speaking of suicide, bring on the reaper!

in a perfect world the top 10 would contain about 40

xp - (i mean that in the context of this poll, not irl!! i continue to fear the reaper in spite of the reassurances)

in a perfect world we could all go to a free music festival feat the top 10 and drink bud heavys and boone's farm

Yeah, I still have absolutely no idea what's going to go on for these next ten.

Speaking of music in movies, Virgin Suicides does right by "Magic Man."

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra)

TRIP FONTAINE.

What are jorts? I thought that was a typo for joints, but apparently not.

Seconded on The Virgin Suicides.

jean shorts.

ugh the guitar solo in this w/ all the breakdowns is just sublime and then everything stops and that massive synth line just cascades over everything and suddenly i'm l0u1s jagg3ring myself

Did the Move get much CR radio play? "Feel Too Good" is an alternate universe CRR top ten no-brainer.

true confessions: always kinda bored by barracuda but then I like a lot of zep more than "immigrant song" so

"barracuda" more of an "Achilles last stand"

Did the Move get much CR radio play?

No.

I had a rock block of songs with the word "Heartbreaker" in my top 10, and now thinking none of the 3 will make it. Booo.

Pat Benetar's Heartbreaker was totally on my list. That song rocks like hell.

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I would have preferred "Crazy on You" over "Magic Man" -- I think the latter has one too many instrumental/solo sections shoehorned into it, and the former is fuckin' TITE. Better vocal, better arrangement, better in every way.

Not crazy about Barracuda either. Voted for Magic Man, Crazy On You would have been my second Heart vote.

that whole first side of "Dreamboat Annie" is like one long CR single to me

Did the Move get much CR radio play?

Zero. But I had Do Ya in my top ten, that's one of the alltime great songs.

We kick off our top ten with the only mention that Kiss will get in the list. This one goes out to Gavin and President Keyes...what? I'm being told Paul Stanley is on the phone and he is not happy. I'll be right back, folks.

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

10. Cheap Trick – Surrender
1612 points, 24 votes, 2 first place votes

Ooh my #2 - and my top two were clear and above the rest of my list