RTH Polls Archive
What's more disturbing to learn this week?
- Mr. Moderator proclaimed on a Paris sidewalk cafe that the iced tea he was drinking was the "best ever," only to learn the next day that it was Lipton Peach Iced Tea. (50%, 10 Votes)
- Mr. Moderator has been listening to the six Grateful Dead songs on his iPod - multiple times. (40%, 8 Votes)
- E. Pluribus Gergely has pulled his long-denied early REM collection out of mothballs and is willing to go to bat for them. (10%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 20
Start Date: 06/29/2011 @ 10:37 am
End Date: No Expiry
What's the main problem with Elvis Costello's Mighty Like a Turd?
- The songs (39%, 9 Votes)
- Costello's beard and loose ponytail (17%, 4 Votes)
- The fact that he'd already built up too loyal a following prior to the release of this album (17%, 4 Votes)
- The production (9%, 2 Votes)
- The album title (9%, 2 Votes)
- The arrangements (4%, 1 Votes)
- The musicians (5%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 23
Start Date: 06/22/2011 @ 9:23 am
End Date: No Expiry
Excluding his New York Dolls persona, which version of David Johansen do you prefer?
- Funky but Chic David (79%, 11 Votes)
- Buster Poindexter (14%, 2 Votes)
- Harry Smith-lovin' Bluesologist David (7%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 14
Start Date: 06/20/2011 @ 8:57 am
End Date: No Expiry
Who would win a Robert Trujillo (Metallica) vs Fernando Saunders (Lou Reed) Bass-Off?
- Trujillo (54%, 7 Votes)
- Saunders (46%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 13
Start Date: 06/16/2011 @ 10:51 am
End Date: No Expiry
Which of the following Who songs of a certain era/vibe most makes you want to stomp along?
- "The Seeker" (61%, 14 Votes)
- "Join Together" (22%, 5 Votes)
- "Relay" (13%, 3 Votes)
- "Eminence Front" (4%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 23
Start Date: 06/13/2011 @ 10:29 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Which of the following Musical Identity Switches would you find most interesting?
- The Velvet Underground, circa Loaded, covering coherent Dead songs like "Truckin'" and "Casey Jones" (53%, 10 Votes)
- "Truckin'"-era Grateful Dead substituted for The Velvet Underground during the recording of Loaded, playing the same songs with the same overall engineering (47%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 19
Start Date: 06/09/2011 @ 12:35 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Pete Townshend's boiler suit and boots: his last great fashion statement or the beginning of the end of The Who's collective fall into horrible fashion?
- Last great fashion statement (44%, 7 Votes)
- The beginning of the end (31%, 5 Votes)
- Whaddayoumean, you don't dig his sleeveless t-shirts from the early '80s? (25%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 16
Start Date: 06/05/2011 @ 11:51 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Which sprightly veteran rocker would you most likely hire to entertain at a kids' party?
- Cyndy Lauper (45%, 10 Votes)
- Davy Jones (14%, 3 Votes)
- Leo Sayer (14%, 3 Votes)
- Kiki Dee (14%, 3 Votes)
- Mick Jagger (13%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 22
Start Date: 06/03/2011 @ 9:47 am
End Date: No Expiry
Who was the finest rock 'n roll revival band of the 1970s?
- Sha Na Na (50%, 7 Votes)
- Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids (36%, 5 Votes)
- Eddy & the Falcons (14%, 2 Votes)
- Showaddywaddy (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 14
Start Date: 05/31/2011 @ 11:20 am
End Date: No Expiry
Once and for all...rock's greatest stage prop is:
- Spinal Tap's Stonehenge (40%, 12 Votes)
- Pink Floyd's Flying Pig (13%, 4 Votes)
- ZZ Top's Phantom Livestock (10%, 3 Votes)
- Other, which I'll describe in the current thread (10%, 3 Votes)
- Kid Rock's Joe C. (7%, 2 Votes)
- Keith Emerson's Spinning Piano (7%, 2 Votes)
- Pink Floyd's Wall (7%, 2 Votes)
- KISS' Rising Platforms (circa Alive II) (3%, 1 Votes)
- Rob Halford's Motocycle (3%, 1 Votes)
- Alice Cooper's Guillotine (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 30
Start Date: 05/25/2011 @ 7:53 am
End Date: No Expiry
Are you a Classic Rock Block Psychic?
- I am a Classic Rock Block Psychic and will put my money where my mouth is! (78%, 7 Votes)
- I am a Classic Rock Block Psychic and will trust you believe me despite not offering a dollar to a worthy cause! (22%, 2 Votes)
- I don't know, I'm curious to find out... (0%, 0 Votes)
- I do not purport to be a Classic Rock Block Psychic but will contribute to our landmark fundraising event regardless! (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 9
Start Date: 05/23/2011 @ 7:18 am
End Date: No Expiry
SHOWDOWN (choose one): Live or Memorex?
- Memorex (56%, 5 Votes)
- Live (44%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 9
Start Date: 05/20/2011 @ 8:56 am
End Date: No Expiry
Tonight Mr. Mod takes his family to see Elvis Costello's Spinning Songwheel show. How is this show likely to make him feel?
- Appreciative of the experience, in the way only the kinder, gentler, wiser Mr. Mod can be. (80%, 4 Votes)
- Philosophically bugged by the continued absence of bassist Bruce Thomas. (20%, 1 Votes)
- Joyous and surprisingly satisfied. (0%, 0 Votes)
- Extremely annoyed at the preponderance of selections from Mighty Like a Turd. (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 5
Start Date: 05/19/2011 @ 1:46 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Which of the following characteristics in a working ROCK musician carries the greatest stigma?
- Christianity (66%, 23 Votes)
- Male pattern baldness (26%, 9 Votes)
- Homosexuality (6%, 2 Votes)
- Sobriety (3%, 1 Votes)
- Alcohol and/or drug addiction (0%, 0 Votes)
- ADHD (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 35
Start Date: 05/16/2011 @ 4:01 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Which rocker once sported the most unexpected beard?
- Elvis Presley (30%, 7 Votes)
- David Bowie (26%, 6 Votes)
- Mick Jagger (22%, 5 Votes)
- Bryan Ferry (13%, 3 Votes)
- Elvis Costello (9%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 23
Start Date: 05/12/2011 @ 12:10 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Dave Vanian's Count Rockula Look:
- Minor stumbling block (44%, 8 Votes)
- Deal breaker (33%, 6 Votes)
- Major selling point (23%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 18
Start Date: 05/09/2011 @ 10:27 am
End Date: No Expiry
SHOWDOWN (choose one): Jay Ferguson's "Thunder Island" or Bob Seger's "Hollywood Nights"?
- Seger's "Hollywood Nights" (69%, 22 Votes)
- Ferguson's "Thunder Island" (31%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 32
Start Date: 05/05/2011 @ 10:29 am
End Date: No Expiry
Just how GREAT is "Night Moves"?
- Better than Mellencamp. (40%, 2 Votes)
- Better than "The River" but not as good as "Born to Run." (40%, 2 Votes)
- The closest words I can think of to describe it's greatness is "Better than 'Kokomo'." (20%, 1 Votes)
- As good as Creedence Clearwater Revival. (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 5
Start Date: 05/04/2011 @ 11:39 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Do you believe Roky Erickson met Bob Dylan?
- Yes. (50%, 2 Votes)
- No. (50%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 4
Start Date: 05/04/2011 @ 1:21 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What's your excuse?
- "It was the '70s, after all." (54%, 7 Votes)
- "It was the '80s, after all." (46%, 6 Votes)
- "Come on, I'm still a teenager!" (0%, 0 Votes)
- "It was the '60s, after all." (0%, 0 Votes)
- "It was the '90s, after all." (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 13
Start Date: 05/03/2011 @ 7:06 am
End Date: No Expiry
SHOWDOWN (choose one): In honor the world's most-popular tax-milking, inbred human preserve, Queen or Queen Haters?
- Queen Haters (60%, 9 Votes)
- Queen (40%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 15
Start Date: 04/29/2011 @ 1:30 pm
End Date: No Expiry
SHOWDOWN (choose one): Karla DeVito, Ellen Foley, or Meatloaf?
- Ellen Foley (88%, 7 Votes)
- Veal loaf (13%, 1 Votes)
- Karla DeVito (0%, 0 Votes)
- Meatloaf (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 8
Start Date: 04/28/2011 @ 10:29 am
End Date: No Expiry
Which of the following animals is "most rock 'n roll?"
- Any member of the canine family. (79%, 11 Votes)
- Any member of E. Pluribus Gergely's family. (14%, 2 Votes)
- Any member of the feline family. (7%, 1 Votes)
- Any member of the equine family. (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 14
Start Date: 04/26/2011 @ 10:24 am
End Date: No Expiry
Can even the most-tolerant, open-minded Townsperson find one positive thing to say about John Maus other than "Well, his face has a pleasing bone structure."
- No. (93%, 13 Votes)
- Yes. (7%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 14
Start Date: 04/24/2011 @ 10:53 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Other than the music, if you had to identify the most-unappealing aspect of white-guy R&B/blues revivalists, which of the following would it be?
- Bald guy(s) with "Piglet" ponytail (44%, 11 Votes)
- Gut(s) (16%, 4 Votes)
- Soul patch(es) (12%, 3 Votes)
- Beret(s) (8%, 2 Votes)
- Dark sunglasses (8%, 2 Votes)
- Bowling shirt(s) (8%, 2 Votes)
- Black puffy sneaks (4%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 25
Start Date: 04/21/2011 @ 12:17 pm
End Date: No Expiry
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