Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!)

[KevShmev]

Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home

I knew this song for years, but I have to admit that when I first started accumulating songs on my hard drive and got this, I was stunned when I saw that it was over 10 minutes.  I guess I never thought about it, but to me it always sounded like one of those late 60s'early 70s tunes that was a fast, catchy, short tune.  I probably never realized that it was two different songs that ran together.  Anyway, really good song.  I admittedly never go out of my way to listen to it, but it's still pretty darn good.

[masterthes]

Knocking On Your Back Door is a hell of a way to open up a terrific reunion album

I also really like I'm Your Captain, even though I don't really get what's happening in the song. It kind of sounds to me like the guy is being mutinied and then thrown overboard is my best guess

[Orbert]

Yeah, I think he's being taken out.  "Closer to Home" is pretty much a snoozefest to me.  Too repetitive and just doesn't really go anywhere.  If you like it, it's great; if you don't, it's just too much.  Kinda like the second part of "Layla".  It's pretty, but just goes on too long.

[Jaq]

I had Closer to Home stuck in my head for a straight week once.

If it happens again I blame you, Kev. 

[hefdaddy42]

Grand Funk is a great band, and this is a fantastic song.  Always one of my classic rock faves. 

[jingle.boy]

Yeah, I think he's being taken out.  "Closer to Home" is pretty much a snoozefest to me.  Too repetitive and just doesn't really go anywhere.  If you like it, it's great; if you don't, it's just too much.  Kinda like the second part of "Layla".  It's pretty, but just goes on too long.

Agreed Bob.  Hey Jude also suffers from this.  Fortunately, I enjoy I'm Your Captain enough that it's not a bother.  Layla on the other hand goes about 3 minutes longer than it needs to.

[King Postwhore]

Such a classic.  Just when music was expanding it's horizons we got songs like this from GFR.

[KevShmev]

Trevor Rabin - Now

Many don't know it, but prior to his tenure with Yes, Rabin released three solo albums, and even had a minor hit on rock stations with Now, which has stayed on in some markets as an obscure classic.  Good song, and while many often scoffed at him being Yes, when you listen to the vocal arrangements in this song, he was more of a Yes natural than most realized, vocally anyway.

[Jaq]

I have come to a conclusion.

Kev isn't from Earth-1, he's from Earth-2, where the music on the radio is much, much cooler than here. 

I've heard some of Rabin's early solo stuff, including this song-though it's been ages-but never on the radio.

[KevShmev]

In my defense, some of the obscure songs that I am featuring, I am taking others' word for it that they were played on the radio.  I did actually hear Now played on the radio...once.  That was good enough for me.

[bl5150]

Never heard that but sorta like it - to me at least it's an unusual blend of pompy sounds and rockin guitar.  He seems very heavily influenced by Lou Gramm vocally - does a great job though.

[King Postwhore]

 

Kev, never heard it on the radio but of course I bought all of Trevor's back catalog after 90125.  Even bought a few Rabbit albums.

[jingle.boy]

... is all I have to say.

[El Barto]

[Crossfire] Great tune and I can tell you the man gave me goosebumps with his playing and damn he is loud!

I recall that really pissed off the Swiss something fierce. On one of his DVDs, Montreux I suppose, they're actually booing him. Not due to lack of appreciation, but because he was so damned loud they couldn't tell what he was playing.

Never got to see him live, which is a shame really. Growing up I really hated the guy. Not my kind of music and since he was a local boy he was pretty much Jesus; exactly the sort of thing that bugs me. Eventually his playing grew on me, but he's still the fucking Messiah down here (well, co-Jesus along with Diamond Darrel now) and it's still annoying. Personally,  I prefer Bonamassa.

[King Postwhore]

Bart, he had plexiglass in front of his speakers to bounce the sound off he speakers so it wouldn't be a direct hit to the fans and it was still the loudest I ever heard except for Deep Purple.

[KevShmev]

AC/DC - Who Made Who

As I have said before, AC/DC falls into that "heard them too much over the years, and most of their songs sound pretty similar to me" category, but this song is still pretty awesome.  I thought it was totally bad ass the first time I heard it, and while plenty of their songs haven't aged that well for me, I still love cranking this one up to the max.

[hefdaddy42]

Trevor Rabin - Now

This is not something that gets played on any radio around here.  Never heard it, or even heard OF it.

AC/DC - Who Made Who

I never liked this song.

[jingle.boy]

AC/DC - Who Made Who

Middle to bottom tier of AC/DC songs.  I enjoy it, but there's a whole lot more from them I'd spin first.  Wasn't this from the Maximum Overdrive soundtrack?

[BlobVanDam]

A middle tier AC/DC song for me too. A good song, but they have so many better songs I'd choose to listen to first. But they also have a lot worse.

[hefdaddy42]

AC/DC - Who Made Who

Middle to bottom tier of AC/DC songs.  I enjoy it, but there's a whole lot more from them I'd spin first.  Wasn't this from the Maximum Overdrive soundtrack?

Their album Who Made Who WAS the Maximum Overdrive soundtrack, although there were only a couple of original songs on it (including this one).

[jingle.boy]

AC/DC - Who Made Who

Middle to bottom tier of AC/DC songs.  I enjoy it, but there's a whole lot more from them I'd spin first.  Wasn't this from the Maximum Overdrive soundtrack?

Their album Who Made Who WAS the Maximum Overdrive soundtrack, although there were only a couple of original songs on it (including this one).

Thaaaat's right.  Thanks for jogging the memory.

[KevShmev]

Billy Squier - In the Dark

I'll chalk this up to being another classic rock song that I always find enjoyable, but never seek out.  That sums up all of the songs of his I am familiar with (all of which are good, and most of which seem to come from the Don't Say No record).

[King Postwhore]

AC/DC - Who Made Who

As I have said before, AC/DC falls into that "heard them too much over the years, and most of their songs sound pretty similar to me" category, but this song is still pretty awesome.  I thought it was totally bad ass the first time I heard it, and while plenty of their songs haven't aged that well for me, I still love cranking this one up to the max.

I always found this middle of the road for me.  Good for partying but otherwise I wouldn't play it.

Billy Squier - In the Dark

I'll chalk this up to being another classic rock song that I always find enjoyable, but never seek out.  That sums up all of the songs of his I am familiar with (all of which are good, and most of which seem to come from the Don't Say No record).

My favorite song from Billy.  Dark and rocking.  The way I like my Billy Squier.

[Orbert]

I never had Don't Say No, but one of my old roommates must have, because I remember listening to it, and it was pretty solid.  A bunch of hits, and the album tracks weren't bad, either.

In the Dark is a good song.  I like that slamming intro, the contrast between it and the relatively mild verses, and how the slamming intro comes back for the break.  The synth countermelody during the refrain is cool, too.  I wanted to do this song back in the 80's when Billy was hot, but we already did "Everybody Wants You" and our guitarist didn't want to do another Billy Squier song.

[jjrock88]

My favorite song from Billy too!  Very cool tune

[Podaar]

A top single by Billy Squeeze. I always enjoy it when I hear it...then move on.

[bl5150]

My favorite song from Billy too!  Very cool tune

I like that too. Squier is a nobody in Australia so the only exposure I had to him was The Stroke (no likey) and that video for Rock Me tonite (yikes) ,so I had little incentive to investigate further.

[jjrock88]

I like "the stroke" based on that one scene from Billy Madison.

[masterthes]

Have to check it out then, so far Lonely Is the Night is my favorite Squier song. Interesting tidbit, first time I heard that song, thought it was a Robert Plant song 

[hefdaddy42]

Never liked Billy Squier. 

[KevShmev]

Elton John - Crocodile Rock

So many of his songs tend to fall into that "Eh, I guess it's okay" category for me, and this is one of them.  I mean, I see, or should I say hear, the appeal of it for others, but while it's enjoyable enough, I don't find anything about it to be particularly memorable other than the corny-sounding "la la la la la" part.

[Orbert]

For a long time, I thought the "la la la la la" part was a direct quote of some 50's song, but I've never found any reference to such a thing, so now I don't know.  I like Elton's uptempo songs, and this is one of them.  It's not the greatest, but it's a fun song.

[Jaq]

I worked with a guy once on a construction project for a parking garage, putting the foundations in.

One day he sang the "la la la la" part of Crocodile Rock for six straight hours.

I hate that fucking song now. 

[Podaar]

I love me a lot of Elton. I'm passively indifferent to this one.

[jingle.boy]

la la la la la can get annoying, but otherwise it's a great tune.