Author Topic: Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!) (Read 158456 times)

KevShmev · « **on:** January 21, 2013, 02:04:07 PM »

This will be similar to the 80s thread, in that there will be days I feature more than one song, especially since there are probably thousands of songs that are worth featuring in this thread. This thread could potentially go on for a long time.

As for what constitutes classic rock, pretty much any rock song from the 70s qualifies, and there are plenty of songs from the mid to late 60s, as well as the early 80s, that apply. Anyway, away we go!

Eagles - Hotel California

Easily one of the most popular classic rock songs of the 70s, I have heard this song many, many times, yet it still sounds awesome every time I hear it. The lyrics are very cool, it is a very easy to sing along to, it rocks and the guitar solo that closes the song is both epic and iconic. This has become one of those songs many love to call overrated, but when judging the song on merit alone, in other words leaving how much people like it or whatever out of the equation, this is by and large a tremendous song.

Man-Erg · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2013, 02:13:18 PM »

jingle.boy · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2013, 02:23:48 PM »

Definitely one of the best of all time, but as an unintended consequence, it's been over-played which produces diminishing returns of enjoyability. There are lots of other Eagles songs I prefer, but it is indeed a Top 10 classic rock song of all time in my books.

Unlegit · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2013, 02:32:45 PM »

Great song, one of the Eagles' best.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2013, 02:34:55 PM »

Lol Hotel California

That's how I met my ex... First day of high school... last class... teacher is playing music in classroom. Hotel Cali comes on. Her and I randomly discuss it.

TAC · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2013, 02:41:37 PM »

Many references to Anton Levay's Satanic Bible in that song.

Orbert · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2013, 03:27:14 PM »

I like the concept, and I liked the song the first couple of times I heard it, but the massive overplaying of this song on the radio has pretty much ruined it for me. Eagles had lots of great songs, many of them better than this.

MoraWintersoul · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2013, 03:42:33 PM »

I was really scared of this song when I was 13 for some reason.

Also, following the thread like mad.

Jaq · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2013, 03:44:04 PM »

Not even the best song on that album IMO-that honor goes to The Last Resort, which is one of my favorite songs from the 70s period-but it's a classic, with one of the definitive guitar breaks in the history of rock and roll. It's overplayed for a reason: perhaps only Stairway to Heaven is a more quintessential 70s rock song. I do remember, back in the day, when MTV started playing the live version of this song, being a little shocked because, hearing the song on the radio, I had assumed the order of the solos was Walsh then Felder, so for years I'd had it backwards.

While the 80s thread will feature more epic stories from me, this one will feature a lot of love for the actual SONGS. I think 1976 was the best year in the history of rock and roll, so I'm custom built for a classic rock thread.

wasteland · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2013, 03:46:54 PM »

Quote from: MoraWintersoul on January 21, 2013, 03:42:33 PM

I was really scared of this song when I was 13 for some reason.

Also, following the thread like mad.

OMG, it was the same for me when I was 16!

Now I love it, listening to the wornderful outro at dawn is one of the things to do before you die.

Orbert · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2013, 04:10:49 PM »

Quote from: Jaq on January 21, 2013, 03:44:04 PM

I think 1976 was the best year in the history of rock and roll, so I'm custom built for a classic rock thread.

You are correct. 1976 was the best year in the history of rock and roll.

Ħ · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2013, 04:15:22 PM »

Not a huge fan of Hotel California. I have a very hard time enjoying it, maybe because it's been so ingrained in my head from childhood that I can't have a fresh listen to it.

masterthes · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2013, 04:30:51 PM »

Favorite Eagles song, bar none

Lowdz · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2013, 04:42:42 PM »

Love the song. Love the album. Love the solos.
Great start to the op.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #14 on:** January 21, 2013, 04:59:49 PM »

I hope this thread has a fair amount of 60s songs in it, since that time period is rarely discussed on this forum.

As for Hotel California, it's pretty good.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 21, 2013, 07:19:32 PM »

Don't own any Eagles but this song is pretty good.

Zydar · « **Reply #16 on:** January 22, 2013, 02:24:43 AM »

Great song, and an example of a classic rock song that's been played to death but not to the point where I can't hear it without cringing. I'm a moderate Eagles fan and this is among their very best.

Oh, and that guitar outro gives me chills each time.

KevShmev · « **Reply #17 on:** January 22, 2013, 09:06:20 AM »

Jackson Browne - Running on Empty

I don't know about the rest of you, but it is impossible for me to hear this song without thinking of Forrest Gump. Granted, this was already a very popular classic rock tune for years, but the way it was featured in the movie just made it an easy association. Helluva good tune, either way.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #18 on:** January 22, 2013, 09:09:34 AM »

Following. So far,meh.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #19 on:** January 22, 2013, 09:18:33 AM »

Hotel California is amazing. Love that song and the acoustic version on Hell Frezze's Over is mindblowing.

Running On Empty. Seen Jackson play this live many times and I just love that slide solo. Great tune.

rogerdil · « **Reply #20 on:** January 22, 2013, 09:20:01 AM »

Both are good songs.

Jaq · « **Reply #21 on:** January 22, 2013, 10:02:41 AM »

Going with the truly classic classic rock songs, I see. Always liked the concept of this album-an album of songs recorded more or less live (some in front of audiences, some in places like hotel rooms and tour buses) about playing live. Hmm. Wonder how many people know that's the concept of the album today.

KevShmev · « **Reply #22 on:** January 22, 2013, 10:06:57 AM »

Quote from: Jaq on January 22, 2013, 10:02:41 AM

Going with the truly classic classic rock songs, I see.

Don't worry, I will be featuring plenty of less-obvious classic rock tunes, but I thought it was better to start off with a few that most are gonna know.

rogerdil · « **Reply #23 on:** January 22, 2013, 10:08:49 AM »

Yeah exactly, or people would complain the opposite point.

Orbert · « **Reply #24 on:** January 22, 2013, 10:40:00 AM »

Running on Empty -- the song and the album -- came out when I was in high school, so I knew them both pretty well. Years later, I'd moved to Columbia, Maryland to work a gig in Silver Spring, just outside of D.C. The local venue was Merriweather Post Pavillion, where I saw Ringo Starr, Todd Rundgren, Joe Walsh, and others. It was also during this time that "Classic Rock" radio stations started to appear, and one day the DJ played this song and said "recorded right here at Merriweather Post Pavillion, this is Jackson Browne's Running on Empty". Cool! I'd unknowingly moved to the very town where an album I'd been listening to for years was recorded. I pulled out the record and looked on the back. Yep. Merriweather Post Pavillion. I've been there.

It was an open air place, with lawn seating, etc. One time we stopped at the bank across the street to use the ATM and I could hear Rush doing their soundcheck. "Limelight". It was cool.

tl;dr version: Good song

SystematicThought · « **Reply #25 on:** January 22, 2013, 10:44:02 AM »

That's a good song. I always remember hearing it on the radio as a kid, mind you, in the late 90s. I like the album along with The Pretender (fun fact, Toto's Jeff Porcaro plays drums on that album).

lonestar · « **Reply #26 on:** January 22, 2013, 10:52:13 AM »

Read the song title, Running on Empty, and the chorus immediately jumped into my head and won't leave. True sign of a classic.

mike099 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 22, 2013, 12:14:35 PM »

Both great songs. My favorite Eagles cd is 'On the Border'. So much variety on the cd.

Jackson Browne was great in concert and so were the Eagles in the late 70's and the Hell Freezers over tour in the early 90's.

KevShmev · « **Reply #28 on:** January 22, 2013, 12:16:23 PM »

Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My

I'm admittedly not much of a Neil Young fan, and I DESPISE the original version of this song on Rust Never Sleeps, mainly because the heavy tone he uses in it is god-awful. However, I saw a different live version on VH1 Classic recently and it sounded much better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdikywAcaM

Sidenote, I've always preferred the acoustic My My, Hey Hey version, and that is one of the few Young songs I'd say I like a lot.

masterthes · « **Reply #29 on:** January 22, 2013, 12:19:35 PM »

I agree Kev, I don't like the heavier version of this song either

Jaq · « **Reply #30 on:** January 22, 2013, 12:52:31 PM »

Never have been a particularly big fan of Neal Young, though I did like how effortlessly he could transition from acoustic based music to electric guitar heavy rock without missing a beat in either direction. That's a delicate balancing act, and not a lot of people do it as well as Neal Young does.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #31 on:** January 22, 2013, 01:17:16 PM »

I can't stand Neil Young... and I'm Canadian! Not a single redeeming song in his catalogue as far as I'm concerned.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #32 on:** January 22, 2013, 01:19:02 PM »

Hotel California - first guitar solo I ever learned how to play.

Hey Hey My My - one of the first songs I ever learned to play on guitar.

Two songs I still dig to this day.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #33 on:** January 22, 2013, 01:21:18 PM »

Hadn't heard Hey Hey My My in a couple years... one of those songs I knew but had no idea who it was. It came on the radio a couple weeks ago... It made me

but not as hard

Orbert · « **Reply #34 on:** January 22, 2013, 01:25:30 PM »

In the original recording, the heavy version on Rust Never Sleeps, he'd blown the speakers on his amp. But it is also the most intense distortion possible, as the speakers are literally blown, and he went with it, because Rock and Roll!

It's not my favorite Neil Young song, but I like it enough, and that guitar sound is awesome. But I can see why some people wouldn't like it.

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Author Topic: Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!) (Read 158456 times)