CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

I'm pretty anal about musical categorizing and therefore don't believe that dixieland can even BE properly funky (didn't even have a bass or drums much of the time!)

yall are mad, "Black Water" is good

who let this guy in

:)

i blame pretty mama

It sounds like a horrible drug party as experienced by the kid of the hosts.

pretty mother dance with your father

the phrase "funky dixieland" remains one of the most repulsive musical collocations i can think of

especially when the song is neither funky nor dixieland

thx thread for evoking a hideous earworm, must seek treatment immediately

To have smoked grass in 1976, start going, "hey, this song has a nice little groove going," and then get hit with that extended acappella funky dixieland breakdown from out of nowhere must've been alarming.

How did the Oak Ridge Boys never cover this. They've done Seven Nation Army, for godssakes.

i'm gonna post this here instead of the furgeson thread bc hell yeah

http://i.imgur.com/XuHz8mj.png

oh man that is awesome

I'm pretty anal about musical categorizing and therefore don't believe that dixieland can even BE properly funky

the term "funky" was used by New Orleans jazz + R&B musicians long before the days of James Brown, and the most definitive funk elements (heavy backbeat + bass, syncopation/Latin rhythms) can be traced back to the early 20th century music of New Orleans

yall are mad, "Black Water" is good

― some dude, Friday, August 15, 2014 8:51 AM (1 hour ago)

^^^

Also, way to go Mike McD

Ferguson, MO: B There

Oh it is so refreshing to like someone's music and find out that person is also a good, thoughtful person.

omg xp

The song is characterized by the melodious a cappella section, with lyrics that are perhaps the most well known in the entire song: "I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland/Pretty mama, come and take me by the hand." These lines are also featured in the Train song, "I Got You" (from Save Me San Francisco) on which Simmons received a co-writing credit.

true horror

god they are THE WORST

the term "funky" was used by New Orleans jazz + R&B musicians long before the days of James Brown, and the most definitive funk elements (heavy backbeat + bass, syncopation/Latin rhythms) can be traced back to the early 20th century music of New Orleans

I realize that, but to my ears the post-JB definition of (capital-f) FUNK basically overwhelmed all that came before

i also like how Michael McD said "seems to me"

i def have a new appreciation of joe walsh after this poll

:)

I've gone into the BOC deep end thanks to this poll.

And I've got a new appreciation for Michael McDonald now (still think he ruined the Doobies though lol)

never ever listen to his version of "down by the river"

oh god

I've gone into the BOC deep end thanks to this poll.

― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, August 15, 2014 11:15 AM (23 minutes ago)

http://i.imgur.com/Ilzn96f.jpg

ace

went to get lunch and the place was playing the pandora "tom petty station"

current song: life is a highway

ugh, one of my all-time most hated

that kind of bullshit is exactly why i don't fuck with pandora

Are we ready to do this poll again yet? Because my life has felt so empty these past two weeks.
Obviously, Gr8080's got the artwork all prepped and ready.
Also, Michael McDonald, I do not enjoy listening to you but as a human being you are ace.

co-sign all if this

RE-POLL

shall not rest until 'green grass and high tides' outpolls fucking 'boys of summer' tbh

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland...

fp'd u

shall not rest until 'green grass and high tides' outpolls fucking 'boys of summer' tbh

otm

"Black Water" is cool, don't need to hear it every day but solid groove, kind of my go-to pick for before-and-after Doobies as microcosm for early vs. late CR. Y'all kinda sold me on "Woah, We're The Doobies Now" instead, but "Black Water"... just fine. Maybe the acapella thing goes on a few too many rounds and becomes showoffy rather than a delightful change-up in the mix.

u_u

Shit goes on for like 90 of the longest seconds of your life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5mlJqnL-r4

"The Doobie Brothers - Black Water (Love and Light Dubstep Remix)"

wondering if it's worth the energy to sit and chop up WAV files to make the funky dixieland acapella the basis of an entire 40-minute "concept" megamix

DOOBIESTEP!

lol

dnw

wondering if it's worth the energy to sit and chop up WAV files to make the funky dixieland acapella the basis of an entire 40-minute "concept" megamix

YES, IT IS

nope

crüt OTM

cool, well based on my track record with these things i should be done in five-six years, revive thread then if you dare

Just got back from a long-ass driving trip, listened to cr throughout the east/midwest. Heard "Behind Blue Eyes" seven times. Not complaining, but jeez, I'm pretty sure they recorded a few other songs.

Also, that acapella bit in "Black Water" is the worst and least defensible occurrence of music in all of human history.