Greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time

[govmentchedda]

I loved BSSM, and really enjoy John Frusciante's work, but otherwise agree about RHCP.

[bapo!]

I don't know if its because I was all-in on rap back then, but his delivery on all the faster songs (I knew) sounded just as shit to me as Debbie Harry on "Rapture".

I will not tolerate Debbie Harry slander in this or any other thread! Take that shit back to reddit!

Syb, thanks for the Russia stories. TWILTS.

[A_B]

I loved BSSM, and really enjoy John Frusciante's work, but otherwise agree about RHCP.

When I first got into playing guitar Frusciante was one of the guys who just blew my mind.






Eff off with the Matheny Shit, Sabo. I know it's coming.

[A_B]

I don't know if its because I was all-in on rap back then, but his delivery on all the faster songs (I knew) sounded just as shit to me as Debbie Harry on "Rapture".

A friend in College SWEARS that Debbie Harry invented rap with that song.

I give him a pass because he taught me how to play my first chords and left his Martin flattop at my apartment for two years. God what a beautiful sounding instrument.

I should play guitar more.

[mister d]

If you gave those lyrics to someone who'd never heard the song and asked "Rock & Roll Hall of Famer" or "Suburban Wine Mom Freestyle", 0.00% would get the answer right.



(I'm going to ignore the belief that rap could have been invented in 1980. Its too much for me to deal with right now.)

[Johnny Carwash]

Just to keep this chain going, I absolutely hate the RHCP.

[INSERT DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS GIF]

Add a third to that, Giff.

Also I don't like RHCP either.

[A_B]

If you gave those lyrics to someone who'd never heard the song and asked "Rock & Roll Hall of Famer" or "Suburban Wine Mom Freestyle", 0.00% would get the answer right.



(I'm going to ignore the belief that rap could have been invented in 1980. Its too much for me to deal with right now.)

White kids from eastern kentucky. Always factor that in when I speak of my bygone days.

[Pruitt]

Just to keep this chain going, I absolutely hate the RHCP.

[INSERT DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS GIF]

Add a third to that, Giff.

Also I don't like RHCP either.

Not a fan at all.

"Under The Bridge" is okay, but they always struck me as making music that Eagles fans liked to listen to when they felt like rebels.

ETA: Blondie are trash. "Rapture" is one of the 20 worst popular songs of all time.

[P.D.X.]

You know that trope in 80's movies where there's a scene at a party/club/concert and it basically turns into a music video for the band for a bit. Was watching Thrashin' (1986) when lo that band turns out to be a very young RHCP. Never really was a fan of theirs but I definitely get how they were shaped by their time/place.

[bfj]

I don't know if its because I was all-in on rap back then, but his delivery on all the faster songs (I knew) sounded just as shit to me as Debbie Harry on "Rapture".

A friend in College SWEARS that Debbie Harry invented rap with that song.

I give him a pass because he taught me how to play my first chords and left his Martin flattop at my apartment for two years. God what a beautiful sounding instrument.

I should play guitar more.

I think she was one of the first to bring rap into a rock song. Maybe that’s what he meant.

[rass]

I love Breaking the Girl and the song from Coneheads, otherwise no strong feelings either way.

[A_B]

I love Breaking …heads, otherwise no …feeling…

[rass]

Feel like you wussed out there.

[A_B]

Feel like you wussed out there.

1000000 percent.

[govmentchedda]

I love Breaking the Girl and the song from Coneheads, otherwise no strong feelings either way.

Soul to Squeeze? That's a great one.

[rass]

It is! Farley in the video is a bonus.

[Rush2112]

I really don't care for any of the Peppers after BSSM, but Mother's Milk was my jam Freshman year in college. I also liked the earlier albums (Uplift Mofo, Freaky Styley, etc) that said I probably haven't listened to any of them in 10+ years.

[sancarlos]

I don't know if its because I was all-in on rap back then, but his delivery on all the faster songs (I knew) sounded just as shit to me as Debbie Harry on "Rapture".

I will not tolerate Debbie Harry slander in this or any other thread! Take that shit back to reddit!

Syb, thanks for the Russia stories. TWILTS.

I'm with bapo! Rapture may not be a great song, but Debbie Harry slander is not to be tolerated. Blondie had many bad songs, but they also had many great songs. And, they all had Debbie Harry, which was a plus.

Humorous digression : My wife has varying degrees of eye-rolling regarding my crushes past and present on Debbie Harry, Chrissie Hynde, Lucinda Williams, Elizabeth Cook, and Margo Price.

[A_B]

Wait til you see Japanese breakfast live.

[mister d]

I'm with bapo! Rapture may not be a great song, but Debbie Harry slander is not to be tolerated. Blondie had many bad songs, but they also had many great songs. And, they all had Debbie Harry, which was a plus.

I hold artists accountable for the worst of their work. Like if REM was a 4 album band and had "Shiny Happy People" and "Radio Song", I'm not sure I'd feel close to the same about them.

Also, since this is the de facto Cobain thread for now ...

[bapo!]

I'm with bapo! Rapture may not be a great song, but Debbie Harry slander is not to be tolerated. Blondie had many bad songs, but they also had many great songs. And, they all had Debbie Harry, which was a plus.

Have I ever mentioned Lester Bangs' biography of Blondie? It's hilarious. Bangs' band ran in the same circles as Blondie, and he was jealous that Blondie made it big, while his band never did. So he wrote a short book about how overrated Blondie was and how much he hated them. It's a hundred pages of petty score-settling.

[mister d]

This is a little weird. I saw your post but it didn't make sense to me so I went to Lester Bangs' wiki page and realized he's a different person than Lance Bangs. Then I read his page and towards the end it mentions his praise for Toots and the Maytals and in a dream I had last night I remember telling someone that Toots was way ahead of the gender curve because all of the Maytals were female then immediately thinking (in my dream) that I had no idea if that was true and knew it probably wasn't. Very insecure in that one.

The end.

[EnochRoot]

If you argue this - it's cuz you were going to score points with a girl.

[Pruitt]

That's an absolute Classic!

So's this...

[Pruitt]

[rass]

A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.

[EnochRoot]

Greatest Fucking Classic Rock Radio Single of All Time Nominee:

Hollywood Nights (did I already post this a year or so ago?)…



She looked at him with those soft eyes so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home

[tennbengal]

weirdly enough, way down on my list of good Seger songs.

[rass]

That’s a song with some drive

[sancarlos]

Yeah, I could name a dozen Bob Seger songs I like better than that one. But, to each his own.

A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.

Couple good examples:

[EnochRoot]

Yeah, I could name a dozen Bob Seger songs I like better than that one. But, to each his own.

A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.

Couple good examples:
[…]

[Pruitt3]

A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.

[EnochRoot]

Yeah, I could name a dozen Bob Seger songs I like better than that one. But, to each his own.

Eh - I’m not ranking Seger’s greatest hits. This is the song that rallies the troops. Especially love’s losers.

[EnochRoot]

Tina Turner gets it. (o:

[A_B]

The answer is Roll Me Away re: Bob Seger.

[Gunpowder]

A true power move is writing a song that’s named after your band.

That's why I vote for "Hey Everybody Let's Blow Some Fish" by Hootie and the Blowfish

[tennbengal]

"At Seventeen" (Janis Ian) has to be one of the most quietly devastating songs that gets played on classic rock stations, right?

[Pruitt3]

"At Seventeen" (Janis Ian) has to be one of the most quietly devastating songs that gets played on classic rock stations, right?

So frigging grim. Haven't heard it in 30 years and it still makes me want to curl up in a ball.

On a happier, more summery note...

[rass]

[rass]

Since this thread seems to have the most mentions of Layla, and hasn’t been bumped in a while…

First a confession - I like unplugged Layla. Not as much as the original but I don’t change the channel when it’s on the radio and I’m happy he recorded it. Maybe it’s just a slower version of a famous song and not really a middle aged study of the flame of young love, but I like it. Not sure if this needs to be a confession but I feel like someone here bad mouthed it at some point.

But my questions today are for the people who clapped when he sang the first line of the first verse. Did they really not recognize the song up to that point?

The one dude who woo’d at the first chorus is cool though, I wish I could say I was that guy. Or any individual noticeable on a famous live performance.

Also, the piano flourishes throughout that version are a nice touch given the big piano centric instrumental outro isn’t part of the unplugged version.