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The most underrated member of each rock
band (Results
from different polls taken, with more to be listed here in time) |
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| The Rolling Stones - Bill Wyman (with 34.6%) |
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The Beatles - George Harrison (with 72.3%) |
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The Who - John Entwistle (with 50.2%) |
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Led Zeppelin - John Paul Jones (with 96.6%) |
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AC/DC - Malcolm Young (with 33.9%) |
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Pink Floyd - Rick Wright (with 59.4%) |
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The Kinks - Dave Davies (with 25.9%) |
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The Doors - Robby Krieger (with 33.9%) |
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Fleetwood Mac - Christine McVie (with 26.2%) |
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Queen - John Deacon (with 35%) |
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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Doug Clifford (with 33.5%) |
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Graham Nash (with 32.5%) |
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Aerosmith - Brad Whitford (with 37.5%) |
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Grateful Dead - Phil Lesh (with 15.8%) |
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Cream - Jack Bruce (with 78.9%) |
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Benmont Tench (with 20.3%) |
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Van Halen - Michael Anthony (with 45.8%) |
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Billy Powell (with 20%) |
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The Byrds - Gene Clark (with
31.9%) |
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Black Sabbath - Tony Iommi
(with 31.1%) |
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The Moody Blues - Ray Thomas
(with 15.7%) |
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Deep Purple - Jon Lord (with 29%) |
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The Allman Brothers Band - Lamar Williams (with
17.1%) |
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Jethro
Tull - Martin Barre (with 31.8%) |
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Alice
Cooper - Michael Bruce (with 25.1%) |
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The
Yardbirds - Keith Relf (with 55.4%) |
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Chicago - Terry Kath (with 20%) |
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The Monkees - Peter Tork (with 33.1%) |
| The Small Faces/Faces - Ian McLagan
(with 23.4%) |
| Derek and the Domions - Bobby Whitlock (with
32.7%) |
| The Eagles - Bernie Leadon (with 25.4%) |
| The Traveling Wilburys - Jeff Lynne (with
43.6%) |
The Band - Garth Hudson (with 24.3%)
The Beach Boys - Carl Wilson
(with 19.6%) |
| The Mamas & The Papas - Denny Doherty
(with 36.2%) |
| The Clash - Mick Jones (with 34.8%) |
| The Pretenders - James Honeyman-Scott
(with 54.5%) |
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Top
Ratings for Rock Videos
(Zero thru 10, with 10 being the highest
score)
(From different
weekly polls that started up in 2017) |
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Video |
Top Rating |
% of vote |
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(click on link
for video) |
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John Lennon's "Imagine"
| 10 |
69.2% |
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Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" |
10 |
44.9% |
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Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
10 |
33.1% |
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Grateful Dead's
"Touch of Grey" |
10 |
31.8% |
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Badfinger's
"Baby
Blue" |
10 |
31.3% |
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Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" |
10 |
30.9% |
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The Who's "Who Are You" |
10 |
30.4% |
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Rod Stewart's "Forever Young" |
10 |
26.2% |
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Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" |
10 |
25.1% |
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Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" |
10 |
25.0% |
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The Raspberries' "Go All the Way" |
10 |
23.0% |
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Van
Halen's "Hot for Teacher" |
10 |
19.4% |
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Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" |
10 |
16.5% |
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AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" |
9 |
40.7% |
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Badfinger's "Come And Get It" |
9 |
29.9% |
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The Kinks' "Apeman" |
9 |
29.5% |
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Warren Zevon's "Werewolves Of London" |
9 |
25.0% |
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Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" |
9 |
24.7% |
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Aerosmith's "Dude
(Looks Like A Lady)" |
8 |
24.8% |
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Blues Image's "Ride Captain Ride" |
7 |
20.0% |
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These video polls are back!... See down below! |
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- Beatles video ratings are found here |
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Stones video ratings
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are found here
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Best Rock song about or set in the springtime (Results from a poll taken the week of April
29, 2019) |
Rockers who had the most bizarre or unusual deaths (Results
from a poll taken the week of May 6, 2019) |
| 1 |
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles |
1 |
Taylor Mitchell -
Killed while on tour in 2009
by a pack of coyotes in Nova Scotia, the only known fatal coyote attack on
a human in Canada |
| 2 |
Time of the Season - The Zombies |
2 |
Brian Jones (Stones) - More than likely was
murdered by his handyman on July 3, 1969, in his pool. Death ruled a
'misadventure' |
| 3 |
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon & Garfunkel |
3 |
Bobby Fuller - Found July '66 in his car w/
multiple stab wounds and covered in gasoline. Believed murdered by the
Mafia, final ruling was he died from 'accidental asphyxiation' |
| 4 |
Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful |
4 |
Keith Relf - The singer was electrocuted by
his electric guitar at his home on May 14, 1976. |
| 5 |
Love Ain't for Keeping - The Who |
5 |
Mike Edwards (ELO) - Killed by a bale of hay
weighing 1,300 pounds that rolled down a hillside and collided with his van
on Sept 3, 2010 |
| 6 |
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens |
6 |
Marvin Gaye -
Shot dead by his own father in 1984, a preacher,
who was jelious of his son's success |
| 7 |
Grazing in the Grass - The Friends Of Distinction |
7 |
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) - Killed in December of
'04 by a gunman while on stage performing with his new band, Damageplan |
| 8 |
Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra |
8 |
Eldon Hoke (aka El
Duce, lead singer of The Mentors) - Decapitated
by a train in 1997 |
| 9 |
The Boys Are Back in Town — Thin Lizzy |
9 |
Sandy Denny -
Either fell or jumped down a stairway (one of
several such falls), hitting her head on concrete, in 1978 |
| 10 |
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris |
10 |
Rory Storm -
In 1972 he and his mother were both found dead together; suicide was ruled
out and their deaths ruled accidental |
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Best vocals for singing non traditional lyrics in a Rock song (Results from a poll taken the week of May
13, 2019) |
| 1 |
Blue Moon - "Bomp baba bomp, ba bomp ba bomp bomp,
bbaba bomp baba bomp, da dang da dang dang, da ding and dong ding",
sang by the Marcels' Cornelius Harp |
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Barbara Ann - Beach Boys - "Bar bar bar, Bar
bar ba-ran"
sang over and over by the entire band |
| 3 |
Hey Jude
- Beatles - "Na, Na Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hay Jude" sung by
entire band. (Tied for 3rd with... |
| 3 |
Only You - Harry Nilsson's backing humming throughtout the song,
on Ringo Starr's cover
(Tied for 3rd also with... |
| 3 |
You’ve Lost
That Lovin’ Feelin’ - Cher's
high pitched backing vocal - on the
Righteous Brothers cover |
| 6 |
Girl - Beatles - Backround vocals
sung by John, Paul and George: "tit, tit, tit, tit, tit, tit, tit"
(Tied for 6th with... |
| 6 |
Who Put The Bomp - Barry Mann sang "Who put the bop in the bop
shoo bop shoo bop' and a lot more of stuff like that in the song"
(Tied for 6th
with... |
| 6 |
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - "Na Na
Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hay hay, Goodbye" sung
over and over by
Gary DeCarlo |
| 9 |
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles -
"Goo Gooo a-chew" sung by John Lennon |
| 10 |
Ob-la-di ob-la-da - The Beatles: "Ob-la-di
ob-la-da.....brahhh" sung over and over by entire band
(tied for 10th place with...
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens: "A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh,
a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh" sang over and over again
by the entire group |
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Who sang the worst vocals in a Rock or Pop song?
(Results from a poll taken the week of May
20, 2019) |
The most anti-women/chauvinistic/misogyny Rock (non Rap) song?
(Results from a poll taken the week of May
27, 2019) |
| 1 |
My Way - Sex Pistols - Sung by Sid Vicious |
1 |
Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones |
| 2 |
Disco Duck - Sung by Rick Dees |
2 |
Stupid Girl - The Rolling Stones |
| 3 |
Who Let the Dogs Out - Sung by Baha Men |
3 |
Catholic Girls - Frank Zappa |
| 4 |
Drunk and Hot Girls - Sung by Kanye West (tied
with... |
4 |
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix |
| 4 |
Open Your Box - Sung by Yoko Ono |
5 |
He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss) - the Crystals |
| 6 |
Love Shack - B52s - Vocal part sung by Fred Schneider |
6 |
All About You - The Rolling Stones |
| 7 |
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice - Sung by Robert Van Winkle
(tied with... |
7 |
Stay With Me - Faces |
| 7 |
TipToe Through the Tulips with Me - Sung by Tiny Tim |
8 |
American Woman - Guess Who |
| 9 |
Driftin’ Too Far From Shore - Sung by Bob Dylan
(tied with... |
9 |
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan |
| 10 |
Good Loving - Grateful Dead - Vocals sung by B. Weir, J. Garcia, K
Godchaux |
10 |
Run For Your Life - The Beatles |
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The
best tribute song made for a late Rocker
(Results from a poll taken the week of June
3, 2019) |
The funniest or most strange
Rock song title
(Results
from a poll taken the week of June 10, 2019) |
| 1 |
All Those Years Ago - George Harrison (w/Paul & Ringo) - written
about John Lennon |
1 |
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave
and Grooving with a Pict – Pink Floyd |
| 2 |
Shine a Light - Rolling Stones - written about bandmate Brian Jones |
2 |
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? – Frank Zappa |
| 3 |
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young - written about the
death of bandmate Danny Whitten |
3 |
In-A-Gadda-da-Vida - Iron Butterfly |
| 4 |
Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders - written by Chrissie Hynde
for bandmates Pete Farndon & James Honeyman-Scott |
4 |
Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye - Ray
Stevens |
| 5 |
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) - Elton John - written about John
Lennon |
5 |
D'Yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin (tied w/.... |
| 6 |
Back in Black - AC/DC - LP and song written about/for bandmate Bon
Scott |
5 |
Pow R. Toc. H - Pink Floyd (tied for 5th) |
| 7 |
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks - half of the song is written about
John Lennon |
7 |
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don't Love Jesus - Jimmy Buffett |
| 8 |
American Pie - Don McLean - First part of song is about Buddy Holly |
8 |
You’re the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly - Cyndi Lauper |
| 9 |
Rock and Roll Heaven - The Righteous Brothers - written for Jimi
Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, and Bobby Darin |
9 |
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) - Tom Waits |
| 10 |
Free As A Bird - Beatles - written/sung by John Lennon, music recorded
in his honor by his bandmates after his death |
10 |
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp -
Led Zeppelin |
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The
best
Rock Song about being lazy
(Results from a poll taken the week of June
17, 2019) |
The most unusual song made by a Rock band or Artist?*
(Results
from a poll taken the week of June 24, 2019)
(*Note: "unusual" for them or
their band) |
| 1 |
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks |
1 |
Revolution 9 - Beatles-
Experimental Avant-garde music/sounds/recordings |
| 2 |
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding |
2 |
Coconut - Harry Nilsson -
Calypso music from Mr Nilsson |
| 3 |
Day Dream - The Lovin' Spoonful |
3 |
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
- 1950s doo-woop and rockabity music made in 1972 |
| 4 |
Long Haired Country Boy - Charlie Daniels |
4 |
Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle - Electric Light Orchestra
- Heavy metal music from a band you won't expect it from |
| 5 |
100 Years Ago - The Rolling Stone |
5 |
Hocus Pocus - Focus
- Bavarian yodeling in a rock song? But hey, it somehow worked! |
| 6 |
Bang the Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren |
6 |
Stand By Your Man - Lemmy and Wendy O. Williams
cover Tammy Wynette while playing punk-metal music |
| 7 |
Social Disease - Elton John |
7 |
Happy Trails - Janis Joplin
- Last song she ever recorded, made for John Lennon's birthday. |
| 8 |
Ballad of Curtis Loew - Lynyrd Skynyrd |
8 |
A Taste of Honey - Beatles
- A jazz crooner tune, even Paul disliked it! Most fans hated it,
but some dug it (tied w/..... |
| 9 |
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
(tied with... |
8 |
Desperado - Alice Cooper Band
- Outlaw county song from a band known for their hard to metal music |
| 9 |
I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles (tied for
9th) |
10 |
Sun Arise - Alice
Cooper Band - A sing-along, almost a chanting
song, with New Age lyrics
The Trial - Pink Floyd -
Starts off sounding like circus music and stays weird for the rest of the
way (2 way tie for 10th) |
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Of the most unusual songs made
by a Rock band/Artist*, the ones that were best
(Results from a poll taken the week of July
1, 2019)
(*Note: "unusual" for them or their band) |
Of the most unusual songs made
by a Rock band/Artist*, the ones that were the worst
(Results
from a poll taken the week of July 8, 2019)
(*Note: "unusual" for them or their band |
| 1 |
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
- 1950s doo-woop and rockabity music made in 1972 |
1 |
Too Much Blood (long disco version) - The Stones -
Super, super disco music |
| 2 |
Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle - Electric Light Orchestra
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Heavy metal music from a band you won't expect it from |
2 |
Revolution 9 - The Beatles- Experermantal
Avant-garde music/sounds/recordings |
| 3 |
Coconut - Harry Nilsson
- Calypso music from Harry |
3 |
Goodnight Tonight - Paul McCartney- Paul
does a dance-disco song |
| 4 |
Happy Trails - Janis Joplin
- Last song she ever recorded; made for John Lennon's birthday |
4 |
Your Cheatin' Heart - James Brown - The
Soulman takes a Country song and tries to make it a Jazz number |
| 5 |
Hocus Pocus - Focus
- Bavarian
yodeling in a rock song? Yep. |
5 |
A Taste of Honey - The Beatles - A jazz
crooner tune |
| 6 |
Boris the Spider - The Who
- This one is a song about a spider, named Boris |
6 |
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy - Rod Stewart - Rod
the Mod embraces disco |
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The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - Doors
- Lyrics are half spoken, but it's not rap, either |
7 |
Ben - Michael Jackson - A song about a
little boy who loves his pet....err... rat |
| 8 |
Desperado - Alice Cooper Band -
Outlaw county song from a band known for their hard to metal music |
8 |
Rock and a Hard Place (hard disco version) - The Rolling Stones
- Super disco music |
| 9 |
Sun Arise - Alice Cooper Band
- A sing-along, almost a chanting song, with New Age lyrics |
9 |
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds - A protest
song containing near Heavy Metal music |
| 10 |
Revolution 9 - Beatles -
Experermantal Avant-garde music/sounds/recordings |
10 |
The Trial - Pink
Floyd - Starts off sounding like circus music and
stays unusual for the rest of the way |
This week's 2 poll
questions are:
Rate The Who's Woodstock performance video (Director's cut) of 'See Me,
Feel Me'....
and Rate Arlo Guthrie's Woodstock performance video of
'Coming Into Los Angeles'... Take part in
having your say in these lists by voting in our
polls!
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(Top Ten lists of fans Favorite Songs by
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