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View Poll Results: Best Classic Rock Song
Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin) 10 15.87%
A Day In The Life (The Beatles) 11 17.46%
Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones) 7 11.11%
Baba O'Reily (The Who) 4 6.35%
We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions (Queen) 4 6.35%
All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) 6 9.52%
Other 21 33.33%
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Old 02-12-2015, 06:21 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I wanted to see what you think the best Classic Rock song is! It's all opinion, and if you choose a song not on the list, put it on the thread!

Also, I can't put every great song on the poll, but I would have loved to put Rush, ZZ Top, Aerosmith, and AC/DC in the poll

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Old 02-13-2015, 11:10 AM   #2 (permalink)
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The Eagles - Hotel California

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Boston - Foreplay / Long Time

For a long time I've considered these two the peak of songwriting in classic rock, but I'd have a hard time arguing that Stairway to Heaven isn't equally as well written, if not better. I think your list is fine in terms of historical significance as hits, but none of the listed tracks overwhelm me like the two above.
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There's 3 reason why the Rolling Stones are better. I'm going to list them here. 1. Jimi Hendrix from Rolling Stones was a better guitarist then Jimmy Page 2. The bassist from Rolling Stones isn't dead 3. Rolling Stobes wrote Stairway to Heaven and The Ocean so we all know they are superior here.
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Old 02-21-2015, 08:17 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again.

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If Happy Together by the Turtles is considered Classic Rock then it would be my choice
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from your picks i chose a day in the life.

my personal picks would be 'Dream on' by Aerosmith and this one

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Gotta be Hendrix's 'Bold As Love'.
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A lot of the tunes like Stairway, Dream On, anything by the Who or Boston, etc. that get regular play on the classic rock stations around here usually get treated like background noise or the station gets changed, but when this one comes on, I crank it:

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Whole lotta love by Led Zeppelin. It represents what classical rock is all about in 5-6 minutes. Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones is also good
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Oh ****, there's a poll. Didn't see that. Gotta go with A Day In The Life for that list. Classic brilliance.
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