CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

rly wish i voted in this, not that that would've changed anything

I've been asked to post just the top 100 for easy searching when people want to know what to bold for not having placed on the ballot thread, so here it is:

1. Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper 3107 points, 41 votes, 2 first place votes
2. Heart – Barracuda 2434 points, 32 votes, 1 first place vote
3. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town 2398 points, 34 votes, 1 first place votes
4. Boston – More Than A Feeling 2324 points, 34 votes, 2 first place votes
5. Foghat – Slow Ride 1916 points, 28 votes, 3 first place votes
6. Heart – Crazy On You 1711 points, 22 votes
7. The Who – Baba O’Riley 1681 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote
8. T. Rex – Bang A Gong (Get It On) 1668 points, 28 votes
9. Blue Oyster Cult – I’m Burnin’ For You 1630 points, 23 votes
10. Cheap Trick – Surrender 1612 points, 24 votes, 2 first place votes
11. Heart – Magic Man 1609 points, 22 votes
12. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky 1608 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son 1605 points, 23 votes
14. Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes 1577 points, 25 votes
15. Golden Earring – Radar Love 1572 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote
16. Bob Seger – Night Moves 1567 points, 21 votes
17. The Cars – Just What I Needed 1560 points, 21 votes
18. Led Zeppelin – Immigrant song 1510 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote
19. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way 1497 points, 23 votes
20. The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter 1496 points, 18 votes
21. Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl 1445 points, 21 votes
22. Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure 1425 points, 21 votes
23. Free – All Right Now 1409 points, 21 votes
24. Yes – Roundabout 1384 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote
25. Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion 1383 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote
26. The Zombies – Time Of The Season 1372 points, 22 votes
27. Don Henley – Boys of Summer 1347 points, 25 votes, 1 first place vote
28. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower 1332 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes
29. Jefferson Starship – Jane 1330 points, 20 votes
30. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – American Girl 1296, 20 votes, 2 first place votes
31. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing 1253 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote
32. Derek & The Dominos – Layla 1238 points, 20 votes
33. Black Sabbath – Paranoid 1213 points, 20 votes
34. Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle 1203 points, 15 votes
35. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 1179 points, 17 votes
36. AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long 1176 points, 16 votes
37. The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again 1172 points, 16 votes
38. Van Halen – Panama 1165 points, 16 votes
39. Nazareth – Hair of the Dog 1161 points, 17 votes
40. Rod Stewart – Maggie May 1149 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote
41. Led Zeppelin – Kashmir 1132 points, 16 votes
42. Boston – Peace of Mind 1123 points, 13 votes
43. James Gang – Funk #49 1111 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote
44. .38 Special – Hold On Loosely 1090 points, 16 votes
45. The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang 1084 points, 16 votes
46. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb 1067 points, 13 votes
47. Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen 1065 points, 22 votes
48. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee 1054 points, 19 votes
49. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 1050 points, 17 votes
50. ZZ Top – La Grange 1049 points, 17 votes
51. Mountain – Mississippi Queen 1042 points, 15 votes
52. .38 Special – Caught Up In You 1041 points, 17 votes
53. Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven 1040 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes
54. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run 1033 points, 18 votes
55. Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street 1018 points, 15 votes
56. The Who – I Can See For Miles 1012 points, 16 votes
57. Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London 1007 points, 19 votes
58. The Band – The Weight 1002 points, 14 votes
59. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams 993 points, 15 votes
60. The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes 991 points, 15 votes
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

rly wish i voted in this, not that that would've changed anything

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, August 1, 2014 3:16 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

one thing i tried to really stress was that even with all our voters, each and every ballot made a difference. one vote could totally change up the order of the top 4, or put several songs into the big list that were just outside the top 100. the point margins were razor thin all over the place.

Didn't know what #1 would be; my only question was whether it would be something I still like/love or something I wore out years ago. Glad to say the former (#2 and #3 would not have worked out so well).

Was "Amie" the highest-placing write-in?

great poll!

looking forward to seeing how many aggregate votes acts like Foreigner/REO got and also the naming and shaming of all who failed to vote for Head East.

who is "Painted Ladies" by? wasn't voted for or even nominated.

Ha. One Mr. Ian Thomas. I have no idea if it's in any way a standard CRR track but it sounds very much like one. I grew up listening to it on this sweet Ronco comp (also featuring "Drift Away").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUkIc6ucHg

"Painted Ladies" is by Ian Thomas, but it always struck me as more of oldies type tune than Classic Rock. Also it's probably one of those songs that only really gets a lot of airplay in Canada.

The only reason I didn't vote is that I knew I'd be going down a serious rabbit hole in compiling my ballot. So much love for a lot of this stuff.

Looking at the list, the band whose absence from the top 100 most strikes me is Supertramp. They are intrinsic to my sense of Classic Rock. But I didn't vote for them either, so I'm not complaining.

Ian Thomas is SCTV's Dave Thomas's brother.

Was "Amie" the highest-placing write-in?

― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Friday, August 1, 2014 3:19 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I believe so. Trying to remember if I even saw any other write-ins in the top 500.

My local station has "Breathe" as most played PF this week. "Brain Damage/Eclipse" second.

Huh. I did not know that until now.

("Painted Ladies" was also one of the more blatant Neil Young imitations from that era.)

mmediately below it here: http://archive.today/OjCc

Here, sorry: http://www.chez106.com/2013/01/01/chez-106-listener-advisor-top-106-favourite-songs-of-all-time/

Blue Sky and Mr. Blue Sky both made the top 500. Both write ins.

So fun!! Thanks for the time/energy fellas. Glad I voted bc I feel somehow purged after this poll.

Looking forward to img library too.

Also on my to-do list: remove Reaper mp3 from my iPod bc it makes the whole thing shut down every time it's played.

http://www.qromag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/torontoisland10pavementk.jpg

"All my ladies are paaainnnn-TED..."

fantastic poll! wish I'd voted. #151 TOO LOW!

so is AC/DC just way bigger in Canadian classic rock contexts, or did they get robbed?

man, eliminator really did suffer from vote splitting

AC/DC are pretty huge, but they suffered from vote-splitting and I think also the feeling that once you put your favorite one or two tracks on your ballot you've kinda covered their 'range' so to speak and don't need to vote for several songs.

I want to believe that 'vote splitting' is real, but then we have 3 heart songs (the only 3 heart songs) in the top 11!

"Junior's Farm" (write in) made the top 500 as well.

("Painted Ladies" was also one of the more blatant Neil Young imitations from that era.)

― clemenza, Friday, August 1, 2014 3:23 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sounds way more like America than Neil to my ears

will be doing some 'top artists by points totals' breakdowns that will shed some light on the vote-splitting question.

cosign on the Heart thing. And both those 38 special songs, upon reflection, kinda suck.

but overall, a playlist to get me through the next week's commute with a smile.

Lee--yes; should have said blatant-America-imitating-Neil-Young songs. But you're right.

Gary Wright - "Love Is Alive", another glaring omission. I wanna try compiling an alternate universe CRR playlist comprised only of stuff that didn't make the top 500.

Gary Wright - "Love Is Alive", another glaring omission. -- 100x better than "Dream Weaver"

Looking at the list, the band whose absence from the top 100 most strikes me is Supertramp. They are intrinsic to my sense of Classic Rock.

To mine too. I voted for "Hide in Your Shell" and "School". I've never seen them get much love on ILM so I wasn't that surprised. If I squint a little, I can sort of see those songs as anticipating Radiohead in a weird way.

Another band that did me in with first-run overexposure. I never lumped them in with Bostonkansasforeignerstyxtriumphtotojourney because they sounded SO different, though.

Didn't know they weren't there, but thirded. They seem crucial to me in terms of my sense of the timeline, what I listened to then, and what still gets played now (they're on Q-107 a lot). I'd put forth Crime of the Century and Even in the Quietest Moments as their two key CR album, though Breakfast in America gets more play.

i've been getting "magic man" stuck in my head every day this week, it happens anytime i just look at one of these 70s party photos.

Clearly we need a stand alone Supertramp poll

you're bloody well right

Lee--yes; should have said blatant-America-imitating-Neil-Young songs. But you're right.

― clemenza, Friday, August 1, 2014 3:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, now that i think about it, America made a career out of imitating Neil Young

fanfuckingtastic poll some dude and gr8080 and all voters and all commenters, even though all of you are wrong about the beatles.

"Painted Ladies" is by Ian Thomas

Brother of SCTV's Dave Thomas btw

Holy fuck, I never knew this was not a Neil Young song!

It gets played all the time in Canada, yeah.

fanfuckingtastic poll some dude and gr8080 and all voters and all commenters, even though all of you are wrong about the beatles.

― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Friday, August 1, 2014 1:09 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I knew the FCC was gonna get on the AORta's case

this poll rocked into the night

I think this poll clearly demonstrates how bands that aren't on spotify don't actually exist anymore.

is no Beatles in the top maybe another victim of 'not Classic Rock enough'? Every CR station seems to have periodic Beatles blocks at certain times, but I don't hear them much during regular programming.

top = top 100

Yeah when the Beatles are on CRR it always feel obligatory to me, like paying tribute to ancestors. Obviously Abbey Road and Let It Be are CR enough in both spirit and timeline, but they still seem like a separate thing to me.

would like to add in my thanks as well, fantastically run poll.
looking forward to seeing the artist tally.

"School"

Also one of the songs (along with "Another Brick in the Wall pt 2" and "The Headmaster Ritual") that used to make me wonder what the UK education system was like in the 60s and 70s.

I think most people had a 'no bands with cirque du soleil shows in vegas' rule