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Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

Edgy DC Mar 30 2011 09:45 PM

This is what I had queued up before the hinting started. It's more or less in the order I was ready to play them in, but I typically would impulsively pass on my top song and grab something deep on my bench. "Live and Let Die" was like 17th on my sheet when I sent it out to die. Speaking of cheating, I was thinking of playing "Heartbreaker" without attributing it to any artist and seeing if I got credit for any song of that name. 1) "I Want You to Want Me" — Cheap Trick 2) "Bargain" — Who, The 3) "Black Water" — Doobie Brothers, The 4) "Long Live Rock" — Who, The 5) "Chain, The" — Fleetwood Mac 6) "Boys of Summer" — Henley, Don 7) "China Grove" — Doobie Brothers, The 8) "Bungle in the Jungle" — Jethro Tull 9) "Celluloid Heroes" — Kinks, The 10) "Heartbreaker" — Led Zeppelin 11) "You Give Love a Bad Name" — Bon Jovi 12) "Free Falling" — Petty, Tom 13) "In the Air Tonight" — Collins, Phil 14) "Heartbreaker" — Rolling Stones, The 15) "Reeling in the Years" — Steely Dan 16) "Helter Skelter" — Beatles, The 17) "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World" — Young, Neil 18) "Detroit Rock City" — KISS 19) "Waiting, The" — Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers 20) "School's Out" — Cooper, Alice 21) "Woodstock" — Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young 22) "Changes" — Bowie, David 23) "Jet Airliner" — Steve Miller Band, The 24) "I Am the Walrus" — Beatles, The 25) "Gimme Shelter" — Rolling Stones, The 26) "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" — Clash, The 27) "Heartbreaker" — Benetar, Pat 28) "Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The" — Band, The 29) "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" — U2 30) "You Better, You Bet" — Who, The 31) "R-O-C-K in the USA" — Mellancamp, John Cougar

batmagadanleadoff Mar 30 2011 10:34 PM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

Edgy DC wrote: This is what I had queued up before the hinting started. 4) "Long Live Rock" — Who, The ... 10) "Heartbreaker" — Led Zeppelin 20) "School's Out" — Cooper, Alice 25) "Gimme Shelter" — Rolling Stones, The After the last batch of hints limited the remaining songs to '70's music, Long Live Rock climbed to near the top of my list. British and anthemy. Other 70's stuff that moved to the top of my pick list were It's Only Rock and Roll (there goes British and anthemy, again), School's Out, Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid, Frankenstein, Stuck in the Middle With You, Mississippi Queen and La Grange. I wouldn't have come up with Solsbury Hill even if this game were to continue for another 20 years. Gimme Shelter was Gwreck's correct third round pick.

Gwreck Mar 30 2011 11:56 PM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

It's Only Rock and Roll was my next guess. I figured there were more Stones or Zeppelin left and since I don't really like the latter, it was Stones guesses for me.

Edgy DC Mar 31 2011 05:33 AM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" was featured in a WNEW-FM TV commercial around 1988, featuring a pretty morbidly obese guy dancing to the song on the sidewalk. The only impression it left me with was: "That's what this format has become: music for fat guys. Either that or it's music that will make you fat."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 31 2011 09:00 AM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Mar 31 2011 09:05 AM

Before the reveal, I thought there might be even more Boss on there, owing to the East-Coastiness. Maybe "Darkness On..." or the cover of "Jersey Girl" that gets a lot of area radio play. My finger was itching on the trigger for "Proud Mary," too... but I guess I'm glad I didn't pull. "Start Me Up," "Mississippi Queen," "La Grange," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," and two of the popular Allman Brothers guesses for Lightning Round also featured prominently in my running list, along with: Derek & the Dominos' "Bell Bottom Blues;" Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls;" "Only The Good Die Young" and "New York State Of Mind" (see: Springsteen); Bowie's "Changes;" Tull's "Thick As A Brick;" "Beast Of Burden;" Marshall Tucker's "Can't You See;" "My Sweet Lord;" "Instant Karma;" and "War Pigs."

Willets Point Mar 31 2011 09:04 AM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

I was just going to pick Zeppelin and Stones songs until I ran out of options. I actually had them sorted in my iTunes from longest to shortest. Then I was going to go with "My Sharona."

Edgy DC Mar 31 2011 09:04 AM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

"War Pigs." Whoah. "Verres Militares." Totally off my radar screen.

Willets Point Mar 31 2011 02:16 PM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

Going in the other direction these are the songs I'm absolutely flabbergasted did not make it into a Klassik Rawk Radio Top 100: “All Right Now” – Free “Behind Blue Eyes” – The Who “Born To Be Wild” – Steppenwolf “Brown Eyed Girl” – Van Morrison “Dust in the Wind” – Kansas “For What It’s Worth” – Buffalo Springfield "The Joker" - Steve Miller Band (or for that matter "Jet Airliner" which apparently no one guessed) “Moondance” - Van Morrison “My Generation” – The Who “Ramblin’ Man” – The Allman Brothers “Walk On the Wild Side” – Lou Reed “Walk This Way” – Aerosmith "Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum “You Really Got Me” – The Kinks

metirish Mar 31 2011 02:18 PM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

In a way I am kinda pissed I got one correct , I mean how hard would it be to get all my 14/15 picks wrong while actually trying.....

batmagadanleadoff Mar 31 2011 02:29 PM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

metirish wrote: In a way I am kinda pissed I got one correct , I mean how hard would it be to get all my 14/15 picks wrong while actually trying..... Very hard. But this is a hard game to play because there are hundreds and hundreds of reasonable songs to choose from. I played it twice, years ago, when men were men and the internet didn't exist. We played this game sitting next to each other and face to face at a round table. Cell phones didn't exist then either and nobody had a secret lifeline hidden in the bathroom., We started at about 11Pm and continued until past sun-up. We couldn't finish the game because the last few songs were too quirky. By 100 or 120 picks, the wrongs picks were about even with the right ones and by 140 or 160 picks, even the leaders were barely, if at all, over .500. The standings were a tight scrum where the last place guy was never more than two or three picks from the top. Your score is extremely rough, yet closer to typical than you've been led to believe if you're relying on this specific contest as your barometer. This is an easy game through the first 60 or so picks, and extremely tough afterwards, even if you know your classic rock.

Frayed Knot Mar 31 2011 02:51 PM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

metirish wrote: In a way I am kinda pissed I got one correct , I mean how hard would it be to get all my 14/15 picks wrong while actually trying..... Besides, the fact that you got one correct helped to disguise the fact that you were secretly in cahoots with the cheaters and that your intentional guesses of incorrect songs was an intentional ruse to leave more correct ones for them. We just can't let this fact slip to those who weren't in on the original meeting. (oops, did I just type that out loud?)

Ashie62 Mar 31 2011 05:55 PM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

The Sex Pistols and New York Dolls don't get one nod? Anarchy in the U.K Personality Crisis.

Edgy DC Mar 31 2011 08:20 PM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

Yeah, well, nobody ever accused them of being classic rock staples. These were mostly artists the Sex Pistols were born to undermine. Or as Johnny would say, "We're not rock. Rock what old wankers like Rod Stewart do."

Centerfield Apr 01 2011 08:31 AM Re: Klassick Rawk Championship — Unguessed Songs

Going in the other direction these are the songs I'm absolutely flabbergasted did not make it into a Klassik Rawk Radio Top 100: “Dust in the Wind” – Kansas “For What It’s Worth” – Buffalo Springfield "Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum It gives me some comfort that the champ is in my camp on these guesses. The one that floored me was Wish You Were Here. I can't believe I picked the one Floyd song that didn't make the list. That's talent baby.