# Classic Rock radio playlist **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786 "2000-10-05T15:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/1 "2000-10-05T15:56:53Z")
Here’s the proposition. Every classic rock radio station is required by law to play the same 50 songs. The function of this thread is to name them. Only one entry per person, so be selective. Also, please feel free to argue why previous nominations should not be included. My contribution: Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf Please see the companion “Golden Oldies radio playlist” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/2 "2000-10-05T15:59:14Z")
“Hey, Jude.” The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/3 "2000-10-05T16:00:16Z")
[bitchy]Doesn’t this make classic rock radio just like top 40?[/bitchy] ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/4 "2000-10-05T16:00:51Z")
Wait, wait! Are we supposed to name the songs we’d WANT them to have to include? Or the ones we’re heartily sick of but just KNOW are going to be included? If the latter, I’ll stick with “Hey, Jude.” If the former, I wanna pick again! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/5 "2000-10-05T16:03:46Z")
The function of this thread may be to name them, but the function of this post is to move the topic to IHMO. And I wanna hear _Tuesday Afternoon_ by the Moody Blues. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/6 "2000-10-05T16:06:37Z")
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd. In fact I’d say there’s about a 60% chance of hearing that song right now if you turn on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/7 "2000-10-05T16:10:48Z")
My choice is to name the ones you actually hear. You know, the one song per band the damn programmers refuse to go beyond. Well, maybe the Beatles and the Stones might get 2 a piece. (My buddy and I have goofed around with these lists for the local classical stations and XRT as well.) But what the heck, why not include your wannabes as well. Which could make this a kind of “Greatest classic rock hits of all time.” (Available on K-tel records!) Or maybe, the other cut off the album the programmers never let you hear. I’ll have to think a moment on my suggestions for those categories. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/8 "2000-10-05T16:12:53Z")
Sorry UncleBeer. You might wanna hear it, but here at Classic Rock WSD we’re gonna give you all of the Moody Blues’ greatest hits, as long as they are all “Knights in White Satin” over, and over, … ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/9 "2000-10-05T16:26:48Z")
Take it Easy–Eagles ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/10 "2000-10-05T16:30:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dinsdale \* > \*\*But what the heck, why not include your wannabes as well. \*\* Thank you! I’ll take “King Harvest (Will Surely Come)” from The Band’s brown album. That sucker NEVER gets any radio play. ---
**Author:** ![Sophie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sophie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/11 "2000-10-05T16:40:58Z")
Hmmm… “Satisfaction” “Open Arms” “Sister Christian” “Frankenstein” “Statesboro Blues” anything by Rush and remarkably, the Police get played on our local classic rock station. This can only mean that I’m _gulp_ old. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/12 "2000-10-05T16:42:07Z")
“The Wall”-Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/13 "2000-10-05T16:42:47Z")
Yeah, but when listing your wannabe you hafta name the song we are gonna knock off our play list. Meanwhile, give another listen to “Up on Cripple Creek.” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/14 "2000-10-05T16:46:35Z")
“Up on Cripple Creek” ? Does that get more airplay than “The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down” ? Whichever. I’d be glad to wave bye bye to them both. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/15 "2000-10-05T16:49:05Z")
Baba O’Reilly. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/16 "2000-10-05T16:51:26Z")
John Couger MellenHEAD… Pink Houses Pink Floyd…anything by them Extreme…More Than Words Doobie Bro’s…Black Water ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/17 "2000-10-05T17:27:19Z")
Actually, Ike, I had to flip a coin to pick between those 2. My fave is The Weight, but fortunately that gets some amount of airplay. BTW - what part of “one entry per person” do these folk not understand? Sorry, Nippleman, but The Extreme “More than Words” is RIGHT OUT, cause I’ve never heard of it. (How’s that for an unquestionable standard?!) Maybe if you would hum a few bars… And I can’t comment on anything by Melonhead or the Beagles, cause I can’t tell one of their songs from another. Actually, I thought all of their songs were called the same thing, namel, “Change the damn station RIGHT NOW!” Babo O’Reilly" - good choice. Sure it isn’t “Won’t get Fooled Again” tho? That scream really plays well with our testosterone fueled target demographic. The Wall? You gotta be kidding. We bring you all of Pink Floyd’s greatest hits, as long as they are “Money.” ---
**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/18 "2000-10-05T17:34:10Z")
Ooh-ooh!! My pick’s got to be Grateful Dead’s Casey Jones. “Ridin’ that train…” bleecchh… ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/19 "2000-10-05T17:39:48Z")
Derick and the Dominoes, _Laylia_ ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786/20 "2000-10-05T17:44:47Z")
Hello?! Anyone hear of a song called “Stairway to Heaven?” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-radio-playlist/35786.md?page=2)