CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

Maybe not recording, strictly speaking, but still interesting:
http://youtu.be/O5voNyRmvXs

thread continues to deliver

McCartney used to talk about when EMI would get some new studio gear and he and the other Beatles immediately thought, "How can we 'break' this?" He lamented the fact that newer, digital gear couldn't be "broken" in interesting ways.

my fave mccartney analog studio reminiscence is in the complete beatles recording sessions book, where he waxes nostalgic about the chicken-head knobs on old-school studio equipment. nowadays, if someone wants to turn up an instrument in a mix, they can turn up by increments of hundredths of a dB, increments that basically no sane human can hear. in ye olden days, if you turned that chicken-head knob up one position, it actually got louder. you couldn't go from 1 to 1.15 on that dial. you had to go from 1 to 2.

i'm a big fan of working with limitations,

if there's one '60s band i wish had been recorded better, though, it would be the kinks circa something else and village green preservation society.

Was thinking about Won't Get Fooled Again because I was thinking about Come Sail Away - I don't think of the Who as really having that many soundalike acts, and Tarfumes observed that they were very hard to imitate ("because it's so difficult to get a handle on what the fuck they were doing") - but wow, the big royal return from the long break: BR-AANG! BRANG BRANG, BR-RAOW!... is straight out of the Townshend windmill playbook. No Moon, though.

quaint adjective \ˈkwānt\
: having an old-fashioned or unusual quality or appearance that is usually attractive or appealing

^intrinsic to vgps imo

Mono mix of vgps much more pleasing to my ear

(xp) oh totally agree about the quaint appeal of vgps. i just wish there was a teensy bit more clarity in the mix. but one of all-time fave albums as is.

but wow, the big royal return from the long break: BR-AANG! BRANG BRANG, BR-RAOW!... is straight out of the Townshend windmill playbook.

That's true, and I think that was one distinctly Who-like characteristic that was relatively easy to imitate.

(Well, that and the feedback on "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere," which launched several thousand bands.)

if there's one '60s band i wish had been recorded better, though, it would be the kinks circa something else and village green preservation society.

― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Saturday, August 2, 2014 9:32 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. As a producer, Ray Davies was indifferent at best to getting the basic tracks to sound decent (except on, for whatever reason, Give The People What They Want, which sounds like it must've been the record Steve Albini got all his ideas from).

Tuesday's Gone is on the list twice. Would have been top 200 otherwise. Still, it was a lot of fun and that Ian Thomas thing is the only one I don't know by name.

― Zachary Taylor, Friday, August 1, 2014 7:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Thanks for catching this btw. This led me to fixing that and a few other errors in the top 500, and put it all in the playlist (well, everything that's on Spotify, obviously), which is now 36 goddamn hours long.

note the new #500.

ILM's Top 500 Classic Rock Tracks (revised and hopefully final edition)
http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/7pw9uBSg3Vb49ONnFZEn3O

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

101. AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 816 points, 14 votes
102. Derek & The Dominos – Bell Bottom Blues 809 points, 12 votes
103. The Allman Brothers – Whipping Post 808 points, 12 votes
104. Argent – Hold Your Head Up 805 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote
105. The Sweet – Ballroom Blitz 796 points, 12 votes
106. The Allman Brothers Band – Blue Sky 795 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote
107. Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone 787 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote
108. (tie) The Doors – Riders On The Storm 784 points, 13 votes
108. (tie) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded By The Light 784 points, 14 votes
110. (tie) Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good 782 points, 13 votes
110. (tie) Jefferson Airplane – Somebody To Love 782 points, 11 votes
112. Joan Jett – I Love Rock & Roll 781 points, 15 votes
113. Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer 780 points, 12 votes
114. Black Sabbath – War Pigs 778 points, 15 votes
115. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Over The Hills And Far Away 773 points, 10 votes
115. (tie) Aerosmith – Dream On 773 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote
117. Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number 764 points, 12 votes
118. (tie) Genesis – Abacab 762 points, 11 votes
118. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun 762 points, 12 votes
120. (tie) The Doobie Brothers – China Grove 757 points, 14 votes
120. (tie) Aerosmith – Back In The Saddle 757 points, 10 votes
122. Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water 756 points, 13 votes
123. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio 754 points, 14 votes
124. (tie) The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash 753 points, 12 votes
125. (tie) Boston – Foreplay / Long Time 753 points, 11 votes
126. The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man 747 points, 11 votes
127. The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil 745 points, 9 votes
128. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday’s Gone 738 points, 12 votes
129. Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 737 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote
130. Foreigner – Urgent 732 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote
131. Alice Cooper – I’m Eighteen 729 points, 13 votes
132. Def Leppard – Photograph 726 points, 12 votes
133. ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man 722 points, 9 votes
134. (tie) Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train 719 points, 17 votes
134. (tie) The Rolling Stones – Miss You 719 points, 11 votes
136. Bad Company - Feel Like Makin’ Love 718 points, 11 votes
137. The Who – Behind Blue Eyes 717 points, 9 points
138. REO Speedwagon – Roll With The Changes 715 points, 10 votes, 1 first place point
139. Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home 708 points, 13 votes
140. Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out 703 points, 10 votes
141. AC/DC – Back In Black 701 points, 12 votes
142. Bob Seger – Hollywood Nights 700 points, 9 votes
143. The Eagles – Hotel California 699 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote
144. Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield 697 points, 11 votes
145. The Police – Synchronicity II 689 points, 10 votes
146. (tie) Steely Dan – Deacon Blues 682 points, 8 votes
146. (tie) Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is 682 points, 9 votes
148. ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses 678 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote
149. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing 672 points, 11 votes
150. Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth 671 points, 11 votes
151. Cheap Trick – I Want You To Want Me (Live) 670 points, 14 votes
152. Rick Derringer – Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo 669 points, 14 votes
153. Rush – Limelight 666 points, 9 votes
154. Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy 665 points, 8 votes
155. Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot 664 points, 10 votes
156. Todd Rundgren – Hello It’s Me 662 points, 11 votes
157. Styx – Renegade 661 points, 11 votes
158. Badfinger – No Matter What 656 points, 9 votes
159. The Cars – Let’s Go 655 points, 11 votes
160. The Who – My Generation 651 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote
161. The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever 647 points, 9 votes
162. Focus – Hocus Pocus 646 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote
163. Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark 644 points, 10 votes
164. Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way 643 points, 13 votes
165. Neil Young – Heart Of Gold 635 points, 10 votes
166. Santana – Oye Como Va 633 points, 10 votes
167. The Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ Man 632 points, 8 votes
168. (tie) The Kinks – You Really Got Me 630 points, 11 votes
168. (tie) Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair 630 points, 8 votes
170. Big Country – In A Big Country 629 points, 8 votes
171. The Beatles – Come Together 628 points, 9 votes
172. (tie) Dobie Gray – Drift Away 626 points, 10 votes, 2 first place votes
172. (tie) David Bowie – Suffragette City 626 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote
172. (tie) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – The Waiting 626 points, 8 votes
175. Supertramp – Logical Song 625 points, 12 votes
176. (tie) Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride 621 points, 11 votes
176. (tie) Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son 621 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote
178. (tie) Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart 619 points, 10 points
178. (tie) Judas Priest – Livin’ After Midnight 619 points, 11 votes
180. Santana – Black Magic Woman 617 points, 10 votes
181. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Gold Dust Woman 616 points, 9 votes
181. (tie) Led Zeppelin – The Ocean 616 points, 8 votes
183. Rush – Subdivisions 614 points, 8 points
184. The Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane 613 points, 11 votes
185. (tie) The Band – Up On Cripple Creek 612 points, 11 votes
185. (tie) Rainbow – Since You Been Gone 612 points, 7 votes
187. (tie) Journey – Any Way You Want It 611 points, 10 votes
187. (tie) Queen – Killer Queen 611 points, 11 votes
189. (tie) Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story 609 points, 8 votes
189. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Tusk 609 points, 9 votes
191. Steely Dan – Peg 604 points, 7 votes
192. (tie) Lynyrd Skynyrd – That Smell 602 points, 10 votes
192. (tie) David Bowie – Changes 602 points, 9 points
195. Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4 601 points, 14 votes
196. The Outfield – Your Love 600 points, 11 votes
197. Ratt – Round And Round 591 points, 8 votes
198. (tie) Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight 589 points, 11 votes
198. (tie) The Doors – L.A. Woman 589 points, 9 votes
200. (tie) Cream – Sunshine Of Your Love 587 points, 9 votes
200. (tie) Head East – Never Been Any Reason 587 points, 8 votes

202. Queen – You’re My Best Friend 585 points, 7 votes
203. Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker 576 points, 10 votes
204. Deep Purple – Hush 575 points, 12 votes
205. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Going To California 571 points, 9 votes
205. (tie) Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls 571 points, 10 votes
207. John Waite – Missing You 568 points, 7 votes
208. (tie) Survivor – Eye of the Tiger 567 points, 9 votes
208. (tie) Ted Nugent – Stranglehold 567 points, 6 votes
210. George Harrison – What Is Life 566 points, 8 votes
211. The Hollies – Long Cool Woman in A Black Dress 558 points, 12 votes
212. (tie) Alice Cooper – School’s Out 553 points, 8 votes
212. (tie) Night Ranger – Sister Christian 553 points, 9 votes
213. The Box Tops – The Letter 551 points, 9 votes
214. Badfinger – Day After Day 550 points, 7 votes
215. John Mellencamp – Lonely Ol’ Night 548 points, 7 votes
216. (tie) J. Geils Band – Centerfold 547 points, 9 votes
216. (tie) Black Sabbath – Iron Man 547 points, 9 votes
216. (tie) Donnie Iris – Ah! Leah 547 points, 10 votes
219. Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band 546, 8 votes
220. (tie) Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light 544 points, 11 votes
220. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Fool In The Rain 544 points, 7 votes
222. Them – Gloria 539 points, 7 votes
223. (tie) Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love 538 points, 9 votes
223. (tie) Steely Dan – My Old School 538 points, 9 votes
225. Queen – Somebody To Love 537 points, 7 votes
226. The Move – Do Ya 536 points, 8 votes
227. Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild 534 points, 8 votes
228. (tie) John Mellencamp – I Need A Lover 531 points, 8 votes
228. (tie) The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Hey Joe 531 points, 8 votes
230. (tie) Toto – Africa 530 points, 9 votes
230. (tie) Bryan Adams – Summer Of 69 530 points, 8 votes
230. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Gypsy 530 points, 7 votes
233. The Cars – Moving In Stereo 529 points, 9 votes
234. Steely Dan – Reeling In The Years 528 points, 12 votes
235. Neil Young – Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) 522 points, 11 votes
236. Eric Burdon & War – Spill The Wine 521 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote
237. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man 517 points, 8 votes
238. Billy Squier – Everybody Wants You 515 points, 8 votes
239. The Zombies – She’s Not There 514 points, 6 votes, 1 fist place vote
240. (tie) Steely Dan – Do It Again 513 points, 8 votes
240. (tie) Cream – Badge 513 points, 6 votes
242. The Georgia Satellites – Keep Your Hands To Yourself 512 points, 12 votes
243. Robert Plant – Big Log 509 points, 8 votes
244. (tie) Bruce Springsteen – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 506 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote
244. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Black Dog 506 points, 9 votes
246. The Allman Brothers Band – Jessica 505 points, 10 votes
247. Pink Floyd – Time / Breathe (Reprise) 500 points, 8 votes
248. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust 499 points, 8 votes
249. Billy Squier – Lonely Is The Night 497 points, 8 votes
250. Nazareth – Love Hurts 494 points, 12 votes
251. (tie) Pure Prairie League – Amie 491 points, 7 votes
251. (tie) Journey – Stone In Love 491 points, 6 votes
253. Paul McCartney & Wings – Jet 489 points, 10 votes
254. (tie) Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run 488 points, 11 votes
254. (tie) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born On The Bayou 488 points, 7 votes
256. Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath 487 points, 9 votes
257. Edgar Winter – Free Ride 484 points, 9 votes
258. (tie) Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart 482 points, 8 votes
258. (tie) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Don’t Do Me Like That 482 points, 8 votes
260. Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin 480 points, 8 votes
261. Styx – Come Sail Away 479 points, 10 votes
262. The Eagles – Life In The Fast Lane 478 points, 8 votes
263. (tie) Little Feat – Willin’ 477 points, 7 votes
263. (tie) Elton John – Bennie and the Jets 477 points, 7 votes
265. (tie) Elton John – Rocket Man 476 points, 8 votes
265. (tie) The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road 476 points, 7 votes
267. Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You 474 points, 10 votes
268. (tie) Jethro Tull – Aqualung 472 points, 7 votes
268. (tie) Billy Squier – The Stroke 472 points, 8 votes
270. The Guess Who – American Woman 471 points, 10 votes
271. Kansas – Dust In The Wind 468 points, 8 votes
272. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Sara 467 points, 6 votes
272. (tie) AC/DC – It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) 467 points, 7 votes
274. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Dancing Days 465 points, 8 votes
274. (tie) Lynyrd Skynyrd – Saturday Night Special 465 points, 8 votes
276. Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee 460 points, 8 votes
277. John Lennon – Instant Karma (We All Shine On) 458 points, 9 votes
278. ZZ Top – Tush 457 points, 10 votes
279. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – You Got Lucky 454 points, 7 votes
280. (tie) The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 452 points, 6 votes
280. (tie) Traffic – Low Spark of High Heeled Boys 452 points, 8 votes
280. (tie) The Clash – Train In Vain 452 points, 7 votes
283. Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 451 points, 9 votes
284. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A. 450 points, 5 votes
285. Rush – Spirit Of Radio 447 points, 8 votes
286. (tie) Rod Stewart – Young Turks 446 points, 6 votes
286. (tie) Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love 446 points, 7 points
288. Billy Idol – Rebel Yell 443 points, 5 votes
289. Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers 441 points, 9 points
290. Molly Hatchet – Flirtin’ With Disaster 439 points, 10 votes
291. Van Halen – Hot For Teacher 438 points, 7 votes
292. (tie) Queen – Another One Bites The Dust 437 points, 8 votes
292. (tie) America – Horse With No Name 437 points, 7 votes
294. Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya 435 points, 8 votes
295. (tie) The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary 434 points, 9 votes
295. (tie) The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want 434 points, 5 votes
297. The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 433 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote
298. (tie) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People 432 points, 8 votes
298. (tie) David Bowie – Space Oddity 432 points, 7 votes
298. (tie) The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 432 points, 7 votes

301. (tie) Eddie Money – Two Tickets To Paradise 431 points, 8 votes
301. (tie) The Doors – Break On Through 431 points, 6 votes
303. The Tubes – She’s A Beauty 430 points, 7 votes
304. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here 429 points, 10 votes
305. Led Zeppelin – Heartbreaker / Living Loving Maid 428 points, 6 votes
306. Journey – Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) 424 points, 6 votes
307. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Three Steps 420 points, 6 votes
308. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Manic Depression 419 points, 7 votes
309. The Outlaws – Green Grass and High Tides 415 points, 6 votes
310. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Misty Mountain Hop 413 points, 8 votes
310. (tie) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart 413 points, 8 votes
310. (tie) Kiss – Rock & Roll All Nite (Live) 413 points, 8 votes
313. (tie) Elton John – Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding 412 points, 7 votes
313. (tie) The Beatles – A Day In The Life 412 points, 5 votes
313. (tie) George Harrison – My Sweet Lord 412 points, 7 votes
314. Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man 409 points, 7 votes
315. Aerosmith – Last Child 407 points, 5 votes
316. Stevie Nicks – Stand Back 406 points, 5 votes
317. Elton John – Tiny Dancer 403 points, 9 votes
318. The Cars – My Best Friend’s Girl 400 points, 9 votes
319. (tie) Van Halen – Jump 399 points, 10 votes
319. (tie) Pink Floyd – Money 399 points, 7 votes
321. Yes – Long Distance Runaround 399 points, 7 votes
322. (tie) David Bowie – Young Americans 398 points, 8 votes
322. (tie) The Cars – You’re All I’ve Got Tonight 398 points, 8 votes
322. (tie) The Clash – Rock The Casbah 398 points, 6 votes
325. Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel The Noize 397 points, 8 votes
326. (tie) AC/DC – For Those About To Rock 395 points, 5 votes
326. (tie) The Cars – Bye Bye Love 395 points, 7 votes
328. Asia – Heat of the Moment 394 points, 7 votes
329. The Ides of March – Vehicle 392 points, 7 votes
330. Eddie Money – Shakin’ 391 points, 6 votes
331. Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey 390 points, 7 votes
332. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – From The Beginning 389 points, 6 votes
333. (tie) The Police – Roxanne 388 points, 7 votes
333. (tie) The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin 388 points, 6 votes
335. (tie) Boz Scaggs – Lowdown 385 points, 6 votes
335. (tie) Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue 385 points, 5 votes
336. David Bowie – Modern Love 384 points, 5 votes
337. Def Leppard – Foolin’ 383 points, 8 votes
338. America – Ventura Highway 381 points, 8 votes
339. (tie) ZZ Top – Give Me All Your Lovin’ 380 points, 8 votes
339. (tie) The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 380 points, 5 votes
341. The Rolling Stones – Let’s Spend The Night Together 378 points, 5 votes
342. The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar 377 points, 6 votes
343. (tie) The Animals – House of the Rising Sun 375 points, 6 votes
343. (tie) The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night 375 points, 7 votes
344. Neil Young – Southern Man 369 points, 8 votes
345. Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl 368 points, 5 votes
346. (tie) The Beatles – Ticket To Ride 367 points, 6 votes
346. (tie) Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 367 points, 6 votes
348. (tie) Christopher Cross – Ride Like The Wind 364 points, 5 votes
348. (tie) David Bowie – Fame 364 points, 5 votes
348. (tie) Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady 364 points, 7 votes
351. Blood, Sweat & Tears – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy 363 points, 4 votes
352. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Trampled Underfoot 362 points, 5 votes
352. (tie) Journey – Wheel In The Sky 362 points, 7 votes
354. (tie) Steve Miller – The Joker 361 points, 8 votes
354. (tie) Van Morrison – Wild Night 361 points, 7 votes
354. (tie) Procol Harum – Whiter Shade of Pale 361 points, 6 votes
357. Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne 359 points, 5 votes
358. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary 358 points, 6 votes
359. (tie) Eddie Money – Baby Hold On 356 points, 5 votes
359. (tie) Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road 356 points, 6 votes
361. (tie) Blue Oyster Cult – Godzilla 355 points, 6 votes
361. (tie) Bad Company – Shooting Star 355 points, 5 votes
363. Paul McCartney & Wings – Live And Let Die 354 points, 6 votes
364. (tie) Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way (Live) 353 points, 8 votes
364. (tie) Steve Miller – Take The Money 353 points, 6 votes
366. (tie) Van Halen – I’ll Wait 352 points, 4 votes
366. (tie) Van Morrison – Moondance 352 points, 4 votes
368. Rush – Freewill 351 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote
369. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Crosstown Traffic 350 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote
370. (tie) Deep Purple – Highway Star 349 points, 5 votes
370. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Hey Hey, What Can I Do 349 points, 6 votes
372. David Essex – Rock On 347 points, 6 votes
373. Linda Rondstadt – You’re No Good 346 points, 5 votes
374. (tie) Dire Straits – Money For Nothing 345 points, 5 votes
374. (tie) John Mellencamp – Jack & Diane 345 points, 9 votes
374. (tie) The Eagles – Take It Easy 340 points, 6 votes
374. (tie) Bad Company – Bad Company 340 points, 6 votes
378. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Run Through The Jungle 339 points, 6 votes
379. Neil Young – Like A Hurricane 337 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote
380. The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women 336 points, 8 votes
381. (tie) Dio – Holy Diver 335 points, 6 votes
381. (tie) AC/DC – T.N.T. 335 points, 5 votes
383. The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses 333 points, 5 votes
384. The Scorpions – No One Like You 332 points, 7 votes
385. Supertramp – Breakfast In America 331 points, 5 votes
386. (tie) Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 330 points, 6 votes
386. (tie) The Doors – Peace Frog 330 points, 6 votes
388. Greg Kihn Band – The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em) 328 points, 6 votes
389. The Who – Pinball Wizard 327 points, 6 votes
390. (tie) The Troggs – Wild Thing 326 points, 9 votes
390. (tie) Tommy James and the Shondells – Crimson and Clover 326 points, 5 votes
392. (tie) Dire Straits – Tunnel Of Love 325 points, 5 votes
392. (tie) John Mellencamp – Authority Song 325 points, 8 votes
392. (tie) Queen – We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions 325 points, 6 votes
395. (tie) The Police – Message In A Bottle 323 points, 5 votes
395. (tie) The Police – Spirits In The Material World 323 points, 5 votes
395. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Rock And Roll 323 points, 5 votes
395. (tie) Talking Heads – Burning Down The House 323 points, 5 votes
395. (tie) Ozark Mountain Devils – Jackie Blue 323 points, 5 votes
400. (tie) Rick Springfield – Love Is Alright Tonite 320 points, 4 votes
400. (tie) The Raspberries – Go All The Way 320 points, 5 votes

402. Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love 319 points, 5 votes
403. Quarterflash – Harden My Heart 312 points, 6 votes
404. (tie) Steve Miller – Jet Airliner 310 points, 6 votes
404. (tie) Jefferson Starship – Miracles 310 points, 4 votes
404. (tie) The Charlie Daniels Band – The Devil Went Down To Georgia 310 points, 6 votes
407. Loverboy – Working For The Weekend 309 points, 6 votes
408. Dire Straits – Romeo And Juliet 308 points, 4 votes
409. (tie) Bryan Adams – Run To You 307 points, 7 votes
409. (tie) The Who – Who Are You 307 points, 5 votes
411. (tie) Tommy James and the Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion 300 points, 6 votes
411. (tie) Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley 303 points, 4 votes
413. (tie) Robert Plant – In The Mood 300 points, 4 votes
413. (tie) REO Speedwagon – Take It On The Run 300 points, 5 votes
415. The Who – Bargain 299 points, 5 votes
416. (tie) Foreigner – Juke Box Hero 297 points, 5 votes
416. (tie) John Mellencamp – Pink Houses 297 points, 6 votes
418. Peter Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do (live) 295 points, 4 votes
419. Santana – Evil Ways 293 points, 5 votes
420. Dio – Rainbow In The Dark 291 points, 4 votes
421. (tie) Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime 289 points, 5 votes
421. (tie) Joe Cocker – Feeling Alright 289 points, 7 votes
423. (tie) AC/DC – Hells Bells 288 points, 5 votes
423. (tie) The Grateful Dead – Casey Jones 288 points, 7 votes
425. (tie) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin’ Out My Back Door 287 points, 4 votes
425. (tie) Iron Maiden – Aces High 287 points, 4 votes
425. (tie) The Guess Who – No Sugar Tonight / Mother Nature 287 points, 8 votes
425. (tie) Deep Purple – Space Truckin’ 287 points, 4 votes
425. (tie) Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open The Door 287 points, 5 votes
430. (tie) Three Dog Night – Joy To The World 285 points, 5 votes
430. (tie) Boston – Don’t Look Back 285 points, 5 votes
432. (tie) The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby 284 points, 4 votes
432. (tie) Gary Glitter – Rock And Roll Part 2 284 points, 5 votes
434. (tie) Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky 283 points, 4 votes
434. (tie) Rush – Working Man 283 points, 5 votes
436. (tie) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock 280 points, 4 votes
436. (tie) REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You 280 points, 4 votes
438. Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills 279 points, 6 votes
439. John Mellencamp – Hurts So Good 278 points, 6 votes
440. (tie) Billy Idol – White Wedding 274 points, 4 votes
440. (tie) Sly & The Family Stone – Dance To The Music 274 points, 4 votes
442. Joan Jett – Crimson & Clover 273 points, 6 votes
443. Boston – Smokin’ 271 points, 3 votes
444. Orleans – Still The One 270 points, 4 votes
445. Pink Floyd – Have A Cigar 269 points, 3 votes
446. (tie) Lynyrd Skynyrd – What’s Your Name 268 points, 4 votes
446. (tie) Supertramp – Goodbye Stranger 268 points, 5 votes
448. Van Halen – Unchained 266 points, 4 votes
449. Judas Priest – Breaking The Law 265 points, 5 votes
450. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Don’t Come Around Here No More 262 points, 4 votes
451. (tie) Europe – The Final Countdown 260 points, 5 votes
451. (tie) The Standells – Dirty Water 260 points, 4 votes
451. (tie) Van Halen – Jamie’s Cryin’ 260 points, 4 votes
454. The Sweet – Fox On The Run 259 points, 4 votes
455. (tie) The Rolling Stones – Beast Of Burden 258 points, 5 votes
455. (tie) The Beatles – Revolution 258 points, 4 votes
457. (tie) Boston – Hitch A Ride 257 points, 6 votes
457. (tie) Led Zeppelin – All My Love 257 points, 4 votes
459. The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another 253 points, 3 votes
460. The Eagles – One Of These Nights 250 points, 5 votes
461. Genesis – Turn It On Again 249 points, 3 votes
462. Lee Michaels – Do You Know What I Mean? 246 points, 4 votes
463. Wishbone Ash – Blowin’ Free 245 points, 5 votes
464. Little Feat – Dixie Chicken 241 points, 6 votes
465. (tie) Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes 239 points, 5 votes
465. (tie) Meat Loaf – Paradise By The Dashboard Light 239 points, 4 votes
467. (tie) Electric Light Orchestra – Sweet Talkin’ Woman 238 points, 3 votes
467. (tie) Ten Years After – I’d Love To Change 238 points, 4 votes
469. The Rolling Stones – Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 236 points, 3 votes
470. Led Zeppelin – What Is And What Should Never Be 235 points, 4 votes
471. (tie) The Eagles – I Can’t Tell You Why 234 points, 4 votes
471. (tie) Marshall Tucker Band – Heard It In A Love Song 234 points, 6 votes
471. (tie) The Rolling Stones – Shattered 234 points, 4 votes
474. (tie) The Doobie Brothers – Takin’ It To The Streets 233 points, 3 votes
474. (tie) U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday 233 points, 4 votes
476. Elton John – Levon 231 points, 3 votes
477. Three Dog Night – Shambala 227 points, 4 votes
478. (tie) Grand Funk Railroad – Closer To Home (I’m Your Captain) 225 points, 3 votes
478. (tie) Van Halen – Dance The Night Away 225 points, 4 votes
478. (tie) Def Leppard – Bringin’ On The Heartbreak 225 points, 3 votes
478. (tie) Supertramp – Take The Long Way Home 225 points, 4 votes
482. The Who – You Better You Bet 224 points, 3 votes
483. (tie) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain? 223 points, 4 votes
483. (tie) J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame 223 points, 4 votes
485. Yes – I’ve Seen All Good People 222 points, 4 votes
486. Dr. John – Right Place Wrong Time 221 points, 4 votes
487. Led Zeppelin – Dazed And Confused 220 points, 3 votes
488. Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell 216 points, 5 votes
489. The Beatles – Paperback Writer 215 points, 4 votes
490. Deep Purple – Child In Time 212 points, 3 votes
491. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The Corner 211 points, 4 votes
492. Paul McCartney & Wings – Junior’s Farm 210 points, 3 votes
493. (tie) Rod Stewart – Reason To Believe 208 points, 2 votes
493. (tie) Yes – Starship Trooper 208 points, 3 votes
495. (tie) Elvis Presley – Burning Love 206 points, 4 votes
495. (tie) The Who – Magic Bus 206 points, 4 votes
495. (tie) Electric Light Orchestra – Fire On High 206 points, 3 votes
495. (tie) Bryan Adams – Cuts Like A Knife 206 points, 3 votes
499. Blondie – One Way Or Another 202 points, 6 votes
500. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak 201 points, 2 votes

srsly only 31 missing? yay

there are a few list entries that spanned multiple tracks ("We Will Rock You"/"We Are The Champions" etc.) so it's actually more than 31. but still, not too much altogether.

whoa apparently there are verses in slow ride

did anyone else know this, did anyone know slow ride was more than 30 seconds long

his full name is Foggington Hatford III, too

well i knew that

True to its title, the ascendancy of Foghat's top single on the Hot 100's top 40 (#40 - #36 - #34 - #32 - #30 - #28 - #27 - #24 - #22 - #20) during the winter of 1976 was indeed a slow ride.

Jailbreak! :-)

love that song! ♫ there's gonna be a jailbreak tonight / a jailbreak tonight i know ♫

so dont you be around

haha heard "jailbreak" just hours ago and my sister both laughed at the "...somewhere in the town" line

somewhere = probably at THE JAIL iirc

"Hey You! Good Lookin' Female. Come Over Here!"

xpost hahaha, yes, true - although a certain occasional clumsiness is part of the appeal of that band to me - "Romeo / own-io" for example, that's fucking charming as hell.

Looked at revised Top 500, The Waiting still not #1, I demand a recount.

Also thank you Tarfumes for giving me inspiration for new dn.

Cool story about Krugman, I can only imagine how sick they are of hearing More Cowbell and perhaps automatically think that's what people are going to say when they mention DFTR.

Love Jailbreak! Always looool at HEY YOU! GOOD LOOKING FEMALE!

xxpost and so do you! Haha!

I put Jailbreak at #4, god bless whoever put it at #15 and got it into the top 500.

I have so much goodwill toward whoever that is, that is such an incredible song, I could listen to it forever.

"Hey You! Good Lookin' Female. Come Over Here!"

― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, August 2, 2014 9:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The way Lynott sings that like he's actually hitting on someone is so incredible.

so don't you be around!!!!

Watching Metal Mania on VH1 Classic and the video for Foolin' is on now, this should have been top ten just because of the lulzy video, so glad I put Pyromania in my top 5 albums.

listening to The Move's version of "Do Ya" for the first time and...eh. why did anyone vote for this over the ELO one? do any radio stations actually play it?

I'm sure UK stations probably played it - The Move never cracked the US market, but were pretty big in Britain. I agree that the ELO version is vastly superior. If I would have participated in the nomination process, I would have thrown out some better Move songs for consideration - Omnibus, Wild Tiger Woman, Cherry Blossom Clinic...

Anyway, thanks again some dude and gr8080 for an awesome poll!

would really love an AM Gold poll at some point

agreed!

Thought about that on the way home tonight, just to imagine the artwork for The Horse or Vehicle.

Would be a lot of crossover. Norman Greenbaum would be happy.

Absolutely need to have an AM Gold poll, that stuff is such fun

Sooooooo late with this, but how the fuck did we get through the noms process without Robin Trower?

what's his big song?

Day of the Eagle! I almost wrote that in!

...and "Bridge of Sighs" and "Too Rollin' Stoned"!

They're all "deep cuts" now, but seminal early 70s FM rock all the same.

Trower's still big on CRR here, I've heard both Bridge of Sighs and Day of the Eagle over the past few weeks

I voted for the Move's Do Ya. Not super familiar with either of them, but when checking through all the noms for new stuff I found that one and liked it. It sounded vaguely familiar, maybe I had once mistaken for a late 60s Who track or something? At the same time, I skipped over all the ELO stuff because I've never really dug ELO all that much, so I didn't even know about that version. I still think the o.g. version is good in a charming, late 60s early 70s kinda imitation Who kinda way.

none of the Trower pick hits sound familiar to me, although he certain has the most classic rock voice ever.

Definitely in to vote for AM Gold, someone should put their name down! And not just in the hopes that it will draw out previously unknown ilxor Brandy to share smooth sunny good-time anecdotes of goofing off in the studio with Rickie Lee Jones, cutting up on the road with Bread, and sharing tender moments at sunset with James Taylor. Yes, this music just makes you feel good... and with this new ballot poll, you can find it all in one place, without all the hassle, and the expense! Isn't that right, Captain?

Am also seriously considering putting my quarter down for Alternative Rock (and keeping it there this time, dangit) but there may be some other claimants to that one.

Yes plz AM gold poll!!!!!!

Brandy? Is she a fine girl?

I definitely want to sign up for another poll in the queue but I don't know what yet. Obviously anything will seem easy after this one, and I'd have plenty of time to recharge. Wouldn't wanna do AM Gold -- maybe a new wave poll would be fun, although it would be even harder to police the boundaries than it was with this one. Not many bands that showed up in this poll that haven't already been polled or put in the queue that would be good candidates. Would love to do a Thin Lizzy or Little Feat poll if there were enough voters to make it interesting.

I dream of a boc ballot poll. Would totally run one.