CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

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.

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"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

my theoretical Top 10 in no real order

Frankenstein
Funk #49
Mississippi Queen
Anthem - Rush
Never Been any Reason - Head East
Radar Love
Roundabout
Long Train Runnin
Do It Again - Steely Dan
Bad Motor Scooter - Roundabout

my theoretical Top 10 in no real order

Frankenstein
Funk #49
Mississippi Queen
Anthem - Rush
Never Been any Reason - Head East
Radar Love
Roundabout
Long Train Runnin
Do It Again - Steely Dan
Bad Motor Scooter - Montrose

lol WE'RE ALL WASTED

I had two Beatles songs in my top 10 fwiw.