TW Taylor Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Beyond a doubt, Thank You-Led Zeppelin. Even if it isn't one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 "I've Never Been To Spain " - Three Dog Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_n_white Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musiclvr Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 I hear Nights In White Satin quite often.... I would say a song I don't hear enough would be Red Barchetta from Rush, great group that I think is also underplayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 How can one actually know what is "underplayed"? There are millions upon millions of tunes that have never EVER been played on the radio. But I think the Kinks are the most underRATED band ever and deserve airplay for many, many more of their songs, especially the live versions. The Kinks sound much better live. Some "underplayed" Kinks tunes... "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" "Sleepwalker" "Village Green Preservation Society" "Add It Up" "Around The Dial" "Hatred" "Life On The Road" "State Of Confusion" "Till The End Of The Day" etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc,..... Plus a good 70 to 100 Stones tunes, and a good 30 to 50 Who tunes you rarely, if ever, hear on the radio. Nothing against the Zeppelins - I do love 'em and I plan on getting front row tickets when they tour over here - but NONE of their tunes could seriously be considered "underplayed". They just may be the most played band in history....bordering on overplayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TW Taylor Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 True, but there are quite a few Zeppelin songs you almost never hear or never hear on the radio. I heard "Your Time Is Gonna Come" on a radio station ONCE in my llife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 How can one actually know what is "underplayed"? There are millions upon millions of tunes that have never EVER been played on the radio. My thoughts exactly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_n_white Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I'm not sure you can call a song a "classic" if it doesn't get played. To me that may mean it's a classic to you but not to very many others. In that case we all have hundreds of songs we think as being classic to ourselves. For me,I would chose "Rumbleseat" by John Mellencamp which gets hardly any airplay and never has,especially compared to his other hits like "Hurts So Good","Jack and Diane" and "Small Town". I chose "Nights In White Satin" earlier when I thought this thread was about the classic songs that get played the least. But then again,I don't listen to much radio these days either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 The question is preposterous . . . but that will never dissuade bazooka from throwing in his two cents (and maybe even six or seven cents). Here's a couple 'played' but not enough . . . subjectively. Tales Of Brave Ulysses -- CreamLiving In The Past -- Jethro Tull [smallest]DJs take note.[/smallest] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musiclvr Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I'm not sure you can call a song a "classic" if it doesn't get played. I would think that any music that is classic rock regardless if it was a hit or not, can be called a classic rock song. I believe it has more to do with the era the music came out, not if the song made it to the charts or got much play on the airwaves. I love Pink Floyd and there are some of their songs that don't have a lot of airplay, but the song is still classic rock. And today, music from the 60's, 70's and some 80's songs are classic rock, 1987...20 years ago, time flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_n_white Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I think the term classic rock came to be to describe certain music played on certain radio stations,usually music from the 60's and 70's. But not every song in that era was a "classic". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musiclvr Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 What Makes Classic Rock Classic? Is it the artist? Not automatically. While a group or artist may have released rock albums in the '70s, there’s no automatic guarantee that everything they ever recorded, or will record, is automatically classic. Is it radio airplay and record sales? Not exclusively. In 1979, The Knack had the top-selling single of the year, My Sharona, from an album that went platinum in less than two months. After two more albums that were received far less enthusiastically, the group disbanded in the early 80s. Is it a particular musical style or lyric theme? Not so much. Led Zeppelin and The Beatles both recorded classic rock albums, but they hardly performed the same kind of music, or had the same musical style. Courtesy of About.com So I guess it depends on many different things that determine classic rock. And I feel if a song has some airplay, even a little it is classic rock, just my thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Before the term 'classic rock' existed, there were dj's playing whatever they wanted off of albums of the late '60s and early '70s. My vote would go forIn Memory of Elizabeth Reed by the Allman Brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musiclvr Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 And there are a few classic rock stations, not many that will still play songs that you don't hear often. Maybe a handful of stations in the states if that, but nice to hear a song every once in awhile that you don't hear all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Pa Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 King Crimson: "In The Court Of The Crimson King" maybe heard this 2 or three times in 20 years, and I'm in a major metro radio market area. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Unless I play it from my iTunes library, Cat Stevens' "Foreigner Suite" is a tad too long for commercial radio. (Ditto for Gordon Lightfoot's "Canadian Railway Trilogy.") But they aren't Classic Rock, are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 The question is preposterous . . . but that will never dissuade bazooka from throwing in his two cents (and maybe even six or seven cents). Here's a couple 'played' but not enough . . . subjectively. Tales Of Brave Ulysses -- CreamLiving In The Past -- Jethro Tull [smallest]DJs take note.[/smallest] It seems Alice Cooper already has taken note. I've heard him play both of these a few times. Great songs they are too. If I had to pick a fairly radio friendly classic rock song that is underplayed, another Jethro Tull song comes to mind - Sweet Dream. If radio friendliness is not an issue, then Supper's Ready by Genesis, or any tracks off In The Court Of The Crimson King. Also, plenty of Cold Chisel songs could do with getting some airplay overseas. [smallest]DJs take note.[/smallest] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ry 71 Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Living In The Past -- Jethro Tull [smallest]DJs take note.[/smallest] I am, and I plan on playing this for my show next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 The question is preposterous . . . but that will never dissuade bazooka from throwing in his two cents (and maybe even six or seven cents). Here's a couple 'played' but not enough . . . subjectively. Tales Of Brave Ulysses -- CreamLiving In The Past -- Jethro Tull [smallest]DJs take note.[/smallest] Before the term 'classic rock' existed, there were dj's playing whatever they wanted off of albums of the late '60s and early '70s. My vote would go forIn Memory of Elizabeth Reed by the Allman Brothers. Being a DJ I have to put in my two cents here, I play all 3 of those songs above, I like them so I play them, and I do play other songs you don't hear as often on the radio that are classic rock songs. And it is a classic if it has been played, maybe not all the time but if it has been played it's a classic rock song. So since DJ's in the 60's and 70's played pretty much the whole album, AOR album oriented rock or album oriented radio both apply, most every song is a classic rock song. The ones that get overplayed are the ones that became hits, made it to the charts, and those songs are cool to hear, but we all need the ones that got lost in the shuffle. But I'm just a DJ, what do I know. Some songs I think are underplayed... Maybe ~ Janis Cold Turkey ~ John Lennon Hello Old Friend ~ Eric Clapton Tin Soldier ~ Small Faces I Don't Need No Doctor ~ Humble Pie Just a few I like to hear and play from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 [smallest]Culled from my postings in other threads [/smallest] : Alone Again Or ; Seven And Seven Is ; She Comes In Colors -- Love. Arthur Lee’s band has somehow been overlooked by Classic Rock radio. Rock My Soul -- Elvin Bishop Band 8:05 -- Moby Grape. ... Omaha , which actually squeaked onto the charts, is another of the simultaneously-released singles from this jinxed band. Country Joe & The Fish are probably best known for the cheer at Woodstock, but does anybody else remember Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine ? [smallest] And a new nickel's worth of stuff that could stand more playing [/smallest] : Mr. Spaceman; So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star -- The Byrds Keep On Truckin' (Mama) -– Hot Tuna It's No Secret ; Today -– Jefferson Airplane My Dark Hour -- Steve Miller Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 A couple of songs I heard today, that I don't hear very often: Handle With Care ~ Traveling Wilburys....definitely a group of classic artists with unique voices....love this tune! Journey To The Center Of The Mind ~ Amboy Dukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Rock My Soul -- Elvin Bishop Band Country Joe & The Fish are probably best known for the cheer at Woodstock, but does anybody else remember Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine ? Mr. Spaceman; So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star -- The Byrds Keep On Truckin' (Mama) -– Hot Tuna A bit of change from your nickel. All these are favorites of mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Bad Company - Seagull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 ^^^^ heard that one today!.....Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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