TIME TO ROCK

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the first of our occasional special guest polls - in this case awesomewells was caught not in possession of a paid account, and wanted to canvas the views of the assembled poptimists on the subject of ROCK.

But how to define rock? He naturally chose The Best Rock Album In The World...Ever, which surely by Trades Description science collects together only the finest examples of ROCK, which will be submitted to Any Good At All science.

How rock are poptimists? LET'S FIND OUT!


[Poll #769482]


NB this album came out in 1994 which is why it does not have LORDI et al. on it.

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Tom I predict you will love my 'mashola' of 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' and Chaka Demus & Pliers 'Tease Me' on impending Ultramix 93.

Or maybe not.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Whom, might I ask, is Python Lee Jackson anyway?

[juror8.livejournal.com]

One of Rod the Mod's early bands.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it is a comedy supergroup of Eric Idle, Stewart Lee and holiday camp favourite Englebert Jackson m'lud.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Rod Stewart was not a member of this otherwise undistinguished group. Rod or the Faces were recording in the same studio complex as PLJ, and got chatting. PLJ's singer couldn't get this song to work, and somehow Rod agreed to record a guide vocal, so he did one take. The band's actual singer still could do nothing with it, and they persuaded Rod to let them release his vocal, anonymously. The story didn't come out until it had been in the charts for some weeks, though it was surely obvious to everyone whose voice we were hearing.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Skynyrd > all other bands ever. We should really rename the internet the Skynyrdnet in tribute.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What a lot of ticks!

I am not convinced that all of these are rock though.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Are they not "rock" or are they not "rocking", Tom?

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

eg The Kinks.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i kind of want to tick Stiltskin. i rather liked it at the time. (hangs head)

[juror8.livejournal.com]

There's a really good Stiltskin/No Diggity mash-up around the internet somewhere.

also

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

there is still time for boshed up SILVER MACHINE 06.

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

Was Meat Loaf in a NOW poll at some point? When I started typing him the auto complete popped his name up, and I can only imagine ever having typed him in anywhere as being the worst artist in a long list of them.

[mippy.livejournal.com]

I am rather disturbed by how many of these I actually like. I now feel rather ill.

Also, today I cannot spell Zeppelin. Also II: there is no Whitesnake (as endorsed by R.Badger).

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think this poll proves that ROCK is GRATE.

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

Actually I rather like ALL these songs (except the couple I havent heard), but it seems wrong to tick absolutely everything.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

nah, enthusiasm = GOOD :)

i ticked loadsandloads

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Apart from one single, sole exception, this poll is entirely awful and I also feel ill because it is SO INDIE.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

This may be the least indie album ever assembled!

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

I suspect I'm in the wrong place to moan about the lack of ticky for Muddy Waters...

It is the rockriff that all rock is based on!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

but it is so OLD and WRINKLY i cannot remember how it goes

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Rock is GRATE! I bought a Crosby Stills and Nash album the other day, JUST TO MAKE THAT VERY POINT!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

did you tell the cashier to "mellow out, robot" when he asked for the money?

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

The drop-off in quality on this is even worse than a Now! album.

This will be the first of many genre-specific compilation polls. The next one will be METAL. Maybe.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Also this should've been titled 21 CANON SALUTE!

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

do the strand != rock

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it was in the 70s when there was no pop but rock.

Iggy Pop

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Indie Rub more like.

Re: Iggy Pop

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

OK not entirely but I am k-bored of "The Passenger" - at least it wasn't "Lust for Life" tho.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Somehow I find this poll just too painful to fill out.

A True Rocktimist Writes...

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

I love the Rock music.

Most glaring omission is "Here I Go Again".

Iggy Pop agreed is indie and should not be on there.

"Crazy Crazy Nights is one of the greatest songs of all time.

Also, no Journey! WTF?!?

Re: A True Rocktimist Writes...

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Also, I have 12 Alice Cooper albums. "Teenage Lament '74" is their greatest song I think.

[koganbot]

I play air drums.

I ticked everything I could remember except for the Meat Loaf.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I have the best funk album in the world ever in my possession, if you want another of these!

[koganbot]

Wait, this is not a proper rock compilation as it does not contain "Spirit in the Sky." All proper rock compilations contain "Spirit in the Sky." I apologize if my not pointing this out earlier has caused anyone any inconvenience.