Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: Finals!

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Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 512 to 256, Round 4 of 64

This round introduces the #61 seed and its challengers...

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"The Joker" (Steve Miller) [61] vs. "My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)" (Neil Young) [452]
"The Joker" (Steve Miller) - 1973 - #1 US, #1 UK (1990)
Ranked by 8 of 13 radio stations, highest in Tampa: #14

"My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)" (Neil Young)
Ranked by 4 of 13 radio stations, highest in Boston: #92

"Message In A Bottle" (The Police) [196] vs. "Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac) [317]
"Message In A Bottle" (The Police) - 1979 - #1 UK, #74 US
Ranked by 7 of 13 radio stations, highest in Boston: #80

"Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac) - 1975
Ranked by 4 of 13 radio stations, highest in Atlanta: #47
 
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"Pour Some Sugar On Me" (Def Leppard) [68] vs. "What Is And What Should Never Be" (Led Zeppelin) [445]
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" (Def Leppard) - 1987 - #10 US, #26 UK
Ranked by 8 of 13 radio stations, highest in Ontario: #30

"What Is And What Should Never Be" (Led Zeppelin) - 1969
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in Philadelphia: #159

"Bad Company" (Bad Company) [189] vs. "Jet Airliner" (Steve Miller) [324]
"Bad Company" (Bad Company) - 1974
Ranked by 6 of 13 radio stations, highest in Boston: #22

"Jet Airliner" (Steve Miller) - 1977
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in Philadelphia: #119

One day left for Round 1
Also open: Round 2 , Round 3
 
My votes:

Not a fan of The Joker. I prefer the electric "Into The Black", but I'll vote Out Of The Blue.
Love the Police, can't stand Fleetwood Mac. Message In A Bottle
Just in case Adrian joins the band someday: Pour Some Sugar On Me
Not a good BadC0 song, and the Miller is reasonable. Jet Airliner

The Zep song is probably "better" than the Def Lep song, but I choose Def Lep for sentimental reasons... such as, I was at the concert where they filmed that video. :cool:
 
Today's thought on classic rock ... what was the first true rock album title?

Excluding the 50s stars like Elvis (who I didn't research), early rock album titles fell in two groups.
1. Album named after a song it contains (Please Please Me, Surfin' USA, My Generation, etc)
2. Album named after the band (Meet The Beatles, Kinda Kinks, The Rolling Stones Now!, etc)

The first album title by a major band* to break this pattern was the Stones' Out Of Our Heads (July 1965). However, I'd argue that the title is still clearly a reference to the band, rather than a title for a group of songs.

The first album titles that weren't a reference to the band or a title track are the Beatles' Rubber Soul (Dec. 3, 1965) and the Stones' December's Children (the next day, Dec. 4). It's possible that the latter was a reference to the release date rather than the songs, but I've never seen a specific quote from the Stones saying so.

* "Major band" = Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks, Beach Boys are the bands I looked at. I don't think there's any other bands from 1962-4 as big as those.
 
Neil Young. I like the melody.
The Police. One of my favourite Police songs, not one of my favourite FM songs.
Zeppelin. Deaf leopards go down like lead zeppelins.
Steve Miller. Bad Company are... on second thought, I won't go for a pun here.
 
Cornfed Hick said:
Something New, The Beatles (1964 US release)
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Possibly, although I didn't see it as being a "conceptual" title. I think the title there was just a reference from a record company to a new batch of songs they were releasing. Much more importantly, I doubt the Beatles chose the title themselves. The US Capitol albums generally had astoundingly unimaginative titles: Beatles '65, Beatles VI, etc. Even something like Yesterday And Today seemed clever by comparison.
 
Neil because rust never sleeps and that song just so perfectly captures the heavy side of who he is, the Joker is sometimes fun, sometimes annoying.
Bottle is just a great smart rock song, although Landslide is pretty.
The Zep song has great feel, while Sugar is Schlockey.
The last one is the only tough one. The vocal on Bad Company is very emotive, but at this moment I prefer the fun groove of Airliner.
 
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The Joker because Neil Young's voice is truly terrible. A good song, but The Joker is a better package.
Landslide because I can't stand The Police.
Zeppelin because it's a neat song and Def Leppard got real lame.
Bad Company because I love that song and don't understand why everyone hates it.
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 512 to 256, Round 8 of 64

This round introduces the #57 seed and its challengers...

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"Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (The Clash) [57] vs. "Love Me Two Times" (The Doors) [456]
"Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (The Clash) - 1982 - #17 UK, #45 US
Ranked by 10 of 13 radio stations, highest in Washington DC: #55

"Love Me Two Times" (The Doors) - 1967 - #25 US
Ranked by 7 of 13 radio stations, highest in New York City: #318

"No One Like You" (Scorpions) [200] vs. "Pride And Joy" (Stevie Ray Vaughan) [313]
"No One Like You" (Scorpions) - 1982 - #64 UK, #65 US
Ranked by 6 of 13 radio stations, highest in Tampa: #47

"Pride And Joy" (Stevie Ray Vaughan) - 1983 - #20 US (Mainstream Rock chart)
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in Atlanta: #57
 
"New Year's Day" (U2) [72] vs. "Rock And Roll Band" (Boston) [441]
"New Year's Day" (U2) - 1983 - #10 UK, #53 US.
Ranked by 10 of 13 radio stations, highest in New York City: #91

"Rock And Roll Band" (Boston) - 1976
Ranked by 4 of 13 radio stations, highest in Tampa: #153

"Blinded By The Light" (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) [185] vs. "Lightning Crashes" (Live) [328]
"Blinded By The Light" (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) - 1976 - #1 US, #6 UK
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in Atlanta: #27

"Lightning Crashes" (Live) - 1994 - #1 US (Alternative Songs chart), #33 UK
Ranked by 4 of 13 radio stations, highest in Australia: #63

One day left for Round 5
Also open: Round 6 , Round 7
 
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