Battle of the Big Classic Rock Bands

[chaseter]

I voted for Aerosmith because they are about the only band up there that has succesfully transcended through so many generations and decades. The Beatles would still be the best if they all were still alive and Ringo wasn't a weirdo.

 

[Green Lantern]

6.75% of Zeppelin is cover songs! Shock, Surprise, Awe, Rage...

Boredom

Dude. I'm NOT trying to insult or discredit them in any way. I'm just pointing out their obvious influences, and yes I was being a smart ass with the "original songs" poke earlier. Calm down. Some of the best songs are covers, that doesn't take away from the band putting on their own stylings with it and making it their own. How many people know that "Cocaine" and "After Midnight" by Clapton are both J.J. Cale covers? Not many, because he made them his own. Zeppelin did that with their covers, Van Halen did it with theirs, and so did Skynyrd.

 

[Green Lantern]

I voted for Aerosmith because they are about the only band up there that has succesfully transcended through so many generations and decades. The Beatles would still be the best if they all were still alive and Ringo wasn't a weirdo.

The Stones

 

[ThePenguin]

heh, easily done:

And I Love Her
Twist And Shout
Help !
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
In My Life
I'm Only Sleeping
Yesterday
We Can Work It Out
Taxman
Love You To
Here There And Everywhere
She Said She Said
I Want To Tell You
Tomorrow Never Knows
Magical Mystery Tour
I Am The Walrus
Hello Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Paperback Writer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
She's Leaving Home
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
A Day In The Life
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Rocky Raccoon
Don't Pass Me By
Birthday
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Helter Skelter
Savoy Truffle
Come Together
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr. Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty
The Long And Winding Road


there,....but, chiefly? Helter Skelter, Tomorrow Never Knows and I am the Walrus, 'cause I prefer Rocking-Out with a mystical, creepy tinge to it...which is why I like Black Sabbath and LZ.

Strong list I can't believe I left some of them off of mine.

 

[Calendar Man]

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "It's All Too Much". Two of the longest, heaviest, most far out Beatles songs and they never get mentioned.

My top three though...

3.Revolution

2.A Day In the Life

and the winner...easily....

1.I AM THE WALRUS (the song that gave me chills the first time I heard it)

 

[ThePenguin]

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "It's All Too Much". Two of the longest, heaviest, most far out Beatles songs and they never get mentioned.

My top three though...

3.Revolution

2.A Day In the Life

and the winner...easily....

1.I AM THE WALRUS (the song that gave me chills the first time I heard it)

Its Only a Northern Song is another song that gets sadly overlooked.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Strong list I can't believe I left some of them off of mine.

It was 'cause you're so Emo.

 

[ThePenguin]

It was 'cause you're so Emo.

Yup I guess that was the reason why. ...

 

[Calendar Man]

Its Only a Northern Song is another song that gets sadly overlooked.

True. Songs on "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Yellow Submarine" always are because they weren't proper albums I suppose.

 

[ThePenguin]

True. Songs on "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Yellow Submarine" always are because they weren't proper albums I suppose.

Couldn't have said it any better. Hey Bulldog, It's Only a Northern Song, It's All Too Much, Baby You're a Rich Man, The Fool on the Hill, Your Mother Should Know, Flying are all underated songs and all of them are off either Yellow Submarine or Magical Mystery Tour.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I rate Fool On The Hill.


but nothing on Beatle-Earth compares to TNK,IATW, and HS.

facts here.^

 

[Calendar Man]

I rate Fool On The Hill.


but nothing on Beatle-Earth compares to TNK,IATW, and HS.

facts here.^

Nothing on earth compares to IATW.

 

[The Chairman]

Here's My Top 30 Zeppelin songs, since everyone else is doing it:

1) Kashmir
2) Stairway To Heaven
3) Whole Lotta Love
4) Ten Years Gone
5) When The Levee Breaks
6) The Rain Song
7) Tangerine
8) Black Dog
9) When The Levee Breaks
10) Misty Mountain Hop
11) The Battle Of Evermore
12) Over The Hills And Far Away
13) Ramble On
14) That's The Way
15) D'yer Mak'er
16) Going To California
17) All My Love
18) I'm Gonna Crawl
19) In The Evening
20) No Quarter
21) Candy Store Rock
22) How Many More Times
23) Dazed And Confsued
24) What Is And What Should Never Be
25) The Immigrant Song
26) Since I've Been Loving You
27) Hey Hey What Can I Do
28) Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
29) Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
30) Bron-Yr-Aur

 

[Calendar Man]

Here's My Top 30 Zeppelin songs, since everyone else is doing it:

1) Kashmir
2) Stairway To Heaven
3) Whole Lotta Love
4) Ten Years Gone
5) When The Levee Breaks
6) The Rain Song
7) Tangerine
8) Black Dog
9) When The Levee Breaks
10) Misty Mountain Hop
11) The Battle Of Evermore
12) Over The Hills And Far Away
13) Ramble On
14) That's The Way
15) D'yer Mak'er
16) Going To California
17) All My Love
18) I'm Gonna Crawl
19) In The Evening
20) I'm Gonna Crawl
21) Candy Store Rock
22) How Many More Times
23) Dazed And Confsued
24) What Is And What Should Never Be
25) The Immigrant Song
26) Since I've Been Loving You
27) Hey Hey What Can I Do
28) Caroselamba
29) Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
30) Bron-Yr-Aur

Desperately needs "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Four Sticks" and "No Quater" on it. Also "I'm Gonna Crawl" is on there twice and "D'yer Mak'er" is ahead of "Dazed and Confused" for some reason? Glad you have "Ten Years Gone" in the top five though.

 

[The Chairman]

Desperately needs "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Four Sticks" and "No Quater" on it. Also "I'm Gonna Crawl" is on there twice and "D'yer Mak'er" is ahead of "Dazed and Confused" for some reason? Glad you have "Ten Years Gone" in the top five though.

Thanks for catching "I'm Gonna Crawl". "Four Sticks" I never liked, but the other two are great. I'm going to dump the second "I'm Gonna Crawl" as well as "Carouselamba", which now that I think of it is quite bad. And yes, "Dazed & Confused" is better than "D'yer Mak'er", but I like "Dy'er Mak'er" better. When you think about it, it's a pretty innovative song. Zeppelin along with The Rolling Stones were the first white mainstream rock band to expose reggae to the mainstream. "Ten Years" Gone" is a beeauitful song. It's haunting and Plant's vocals really tug at me.

 

[The Chairman]

Here's my list of Beatles songs:

1) Let It Be
2) Helter Skelter
3) Please Please Me
4) Do You Want To Know A Secret
5) Can't Buy Me Love
6) I Am The Walrus
7) You Know My Name, Look Up The Number
8) Yellow Submarine
9) Back In The U.S.S.R.
10) Abbey Road Medley
11) Revolution 1 (Acoustic Version from The White Album)
12) Birthday
13) Maxwell's Silver Hammer
14) I Wanna Hold Your Hand
15) All Together Now
16) Fool On The Hill
17) Blue Jay Way
18) Your Mother Should Know
20) Glass Onion
21) Something
22) Things We Said Today
23) If I Fell
24) A Day In The Life
25) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
26) With A Little Help From My Friends
27) She Loves You
28) Hey Jude
29) The Long And Winding Road
30) Octopus's Garden

 

[BatMatt]

I could never post my top 30 Doors songs, it was incredibly tough for me just to pick my number one

 

[Calendar Man]

I could never post my top 30 Doors songs, it was incredibly tough for me just to pick my number one

Which is what?

 

[FunBobPants]

steppenwolf

 

[Calendar Man]

steppenwolf

Good choice. Sookie Sookie.