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Shirley wrote:That Shinedown cover was good, but in no way does it surpass the original to me. I'm guessing BSF first heard that version before the original. For most of us, the version we know first is the one we prefer. To me though, the guy just tries to hard and his overwrought passion doesn't really match the message and tone of the lyrics.

Heh. BSF ain't a kid no more. Skynard got played a lot growing up. Just always enjoyed that Shinedown version. To each his own.

DC47 -- They're significantly harder rock than what that cover would denote before you go searching. I still think they're a great band, just very heavy. They did a neat cover of "Careless Whisper" by George Michael which was definitely a different spin on the song. Just wanted to give you the heads up. I think my mother once bought a Buckcherry album ("16" maybe?) because she heard the song "Sorry" on the radio. She was not impressed with that CD.

Heard Old Man over the weekend. I had a thought which I just bothered to follow up on now (thanks).

Neil Young was 27-ish when Old Man was released.
Old Man was released 43-ish years ago.

That's all.

Bonus knowledge just learned: James Taylor played on that song, and contributed back-up vocals along with (at this point, thread stalwart) Linda Ronstadt.

Bump to appease the phpbb gods who clearly want some more hot takes on classic rock anthems

BSF21 wrote:Bump to appease the phpbb gods who clearly want some more hot takes on classic rock anthems

The bump gave me a notification that I was quoted a year ago.

P.D.X. wrote:

BSF21 wrote:Bump to appease the phpbb gods who clearly want some more hot takes on classic rock anthems

The bump gave me a notification that I was quoted a year ago.

Same

Um, I am in classic work avoidance mode (paperwork and writing nasty letters to insurance companies who refuse to pay me for services rendered.)

So I used (abused?) my still in force swamp admin privileges, and removed the html tags from the youtube vids in this thread.

If that is a bad thing, too many hotlinks or bandwidth issues or something, please let me know and I'll stop, and I'll undo what I've done. But I thought it would be a good thing, as well as kill a couple of hours.

Ah ha!!!

brian wrote:As for me, if I'm thinking classic rock, I'm thinking something epic, so give me Baba O' Riley or Come Sail Away.

My oldest insists on listening to this in the car prior to all of her soccer games. I'm getting pretty good at belting it out.

And this thread is great, fun to revisit. I'd like to combine it with the walkup music thread: your choice is restricted to something you posted in here or something. I'd probably pick Tom Sawyer.

And I just can't resist when that tune is mentioned.

Finished with my woman cause she couldn't help me with my mind.

Pruitt wrote:Finished with my woman cause she couldn't help me with my mind.

One of my favorites. Sabbath is really underappreciated. Favourite band (with the Beatles) of my youth.

While a great single, Paranoid is basically all you hear from them on classic rock stations.

I love Paranoid.

Was pleasantly surprised to see War Pigs featured in the big scene in the last episode of Fargo last season.

Rush2112 wrote:While a great single, Paranoid is basically all you hear from them on classic rock stations.

Well, on occasion they'll play this one:

sancarlos wrote:I love Paranoid.

Was pleasantly surprised to see War Pigs featured in the big scene in the last episode of Fargo last season.

I may have posted this before but I love this version...

Hail.

Gunpowder wrote:Fleetwood Mac is boss and anyone who disagrees can eat a penis.

For more on Fleetwood Mac and penises, check out today's NYT crossword

BSF21 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:42 pm

howard wrote: But, hell; Whipping Post is too damn long for a classic rock station.

Way up on my list. Pretty much any Allman Bros song. One of my pop's favs so I heard a lot of them growing up.

My wife and I, back when she was my gf, used to take a ton of road trips. For many years, Rambling Man (and most of that album) was played at the beginning of the trip.

Eta - From the department of redundancy department.

rass wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2015 11:49 am Heard Old Man over the weekend. I had a thought which I just bothered to follow up on now (thanks).

Neil Young was 27-ish when Old Man was released.
Old Man was released 43-ish years ago.

That's all.

Bonus knowledge just learned: James Taylor played on that song, and contributed back-up vocals along with (at this point, thread stalwart) Linda Ronstadt.

I mentioned this in the album draft when I was putting up Excitable Boy, but James Taylor, Linda Rondstadt, Jackson Brown, The Eagles, Mick Fleetwood, and others I'm not remembering were either on the same label and/or just liked hanging out, because they are all over everyone's albums back then.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Mar 23, 2018 11:33 am
I mentioned this in the album draft when I was putting up Excitable Boy, but James Taylor, Linda Rondstadt, Jackson Brown, The Eagles, Mick Fleetwood, and others I'm not remembering were either on the same label and/or just liked hanging out, because they are all over everyone's albums back then.

Laurel Canyon found itself a nexus of counterculture activity and attitudes in the mid-late 1960s and early 1970's, becoming famous as home to many of L.A.'s rock musicians, such as Frank Zappa; Jim Morrison of The Doors; Carole King; The Byrds; Buffalo Springfield; Canned Heat; John Mayall; members of the band The Eagles; the band Love; Neil Young; and Micky Dolenz & Peter Tork of The Monkees.

James Taylor and Joni Mitchell as well.

rass wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2015 7:21 amI heard Miracles on the radio yesterday. In typical me fashion, I've never bothered (until this morning) to read up on the song despite the fact that it's randomly meaningful to me, so I didn't know there was a radio cut and an album cut of the song. The radio single version was edited not just for time, but for content. Specifically this, I guess:

I had a taste of the real world (Just a drop of it)
When I went down on you, girl, oh.

I noticed that line yesterday, and it stood out so much that I'm not entirely sure that I've ever actually heard the album cut. The lyrics as transcribed here read like a horrible love poem, and then there is this towards the end:

(sarcastic Grace mini-orgasm)

Someone on SiriusXM's Classic Rock station was trying to work something out this afternoon, because they followed up Miracles with this:

Classic song - goofy clip.

rass wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:26 am Not sure if anyone short of 'loma would bother declaring a right answer with enough authority to fight over it, and I would expect one's personal choice would change from time to time/mood to mood.

My pick right now, and for a while, is this:

bump

rass wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:49 pm

rass wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:26 am Not sure if anyone short of 'loma would bother declaring a right answer with enough authority to fight over it, and I would expect one's personal choice would change from time to time/mood to mood.

My pick right now, and for a while, is this:

bump

That whole album.

As with most things that go viral, I have no idea why that dude longboarding/skateboarding to that song while drinking juice did.

He's pure joy, that dude. He's my favorite thing of 2020, and my hockey team just won the Stanley Cup.

Alright, so maybe not THAT much, but he's a very close second.

I love the idea that millions of Gen Z kids are discovering Rumors. It really is a great album.

"No it's all true". Kills me every time.

rass wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2015 7:21 am {Post about the sexual content of Jefferson Starship's Miracles truncated because it's long and I quoted it once before in this thread, and I've decided in intervening years that the song is just one long ode to orgasms which is quicker to type}

Easy Now by Clapton came on the radio this evening and while my first thought was "that racist bastard, change the channel" calmer heads prevailed because I like the song. Maybe it's because I've heard a lot of All Things Must Pass this week due to that album's 50th anniversary, but it struck me as very Harrison-ish but I can't find anything that says he was involved.

ANYWAY, similar to my missing the point of Miracles for years, the chorus

Easy now, don't let my love
Flow out of you
Please remember that I want you
To come too

is definitely about trying to not pull a Christmas 2020.

rass wrote: ↑Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:26 am Not sure if anyone short of 'loma would bother declaring a right answer with enough authority to fight over it, and I would expect one's personal choice would change from time to time/mood to mood.

My pick right now, and for a while, is this:

getting closer

Just one spot shy of Missy Elliott.

Can only assume you’re mocking Missy, Dreams and me. in some order.

BTW it only took until #20 (counting from #1) to hit a song I don’t recognize.

rass wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:01 pm BTW it only took until #20 (counting from #1) to hit a song I don’t recognize.

There were some curious selections but I get what they were trying to do.

Billy Thorpe's Children of the Sun isn't nearly the greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time, but it's top 50.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:53 pm Billy Thorpe's Children of the Sun isn't nearly the greatest fucking classic rock radio single of all time, but it's top 50.

Was also used very effectively in Season 2 of Fargo.

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:48 pm

rass wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:01 pm BTW it only took until #20 (counting from #1) to hit a song I don’t recognize.

There were some curious selections but I get what they were trying to do.

Meant that more as a comment on me than the list, I think. I'm barely aware of Robyn the artist, but I was pretty shocked that I didn't at least recognize the chorus or something.

Also, according to that list and according to us being old..."Smells like teen spirit" must be the true answer.