Battle of the Big Classic Rock Bands

[Addendum]

This poll is a battle of the bands you hear all the time when you put on your local classic rock station. Only bands really...tried to stay away from solo artists. Plese read all the options before voting.

I haven't listened to the radio since December 15, 2005

 

[Green Lantern]

That song is the wickedest!

Fun as hell to do live too.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Good Times Bad Times - wrote
Communication Breakdown - wrote
I Can't Quit You Baby - wrote music
How Many More Times - wrote
Whole Lotta Love - wrote music
What Is And What Should Never Be - wrote
The Lemon Song - practically wrote music
Heartbreaker - wrote
Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman) - wrote
Ramble On - wrote
Moby Dick - wrote
Bring It On Home - wrote music
Immigrant Song - wrote
Friends - wrote
Celebration Day - wrote
Since I've Been Loving You - wrote
Out On The Tiles - wrote
Tangerine - wrote
That's The Way - wrote
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - wrote
Hats Off To (Roy) Harper - wrote
Black Dog - wrote
Rock and Roll - wrote
The Battle Of Evermore - wrote
Stairway To Heaven - wrote
Misty Mountain Hop - wrote
Four Sticks - wrote
Going To California - wrote
When The Levee Breaks - wrote music
The Song Remains The Same - wrote
The Rain Song - wrote
Over The Hills And Far Away - wrote
The Crunge - wrote
Dancing Days - wrote
D'yer Mak'er - wrote
No Quarter - wrote
The Ocean - wrote
Custard Pie - wrote
The Rover - wrote
In My Time Of Dying - wrote music
Houses Of The Holy - wrote
Trampled Underfoot - wrote
Kashmir - wrote
Bron-Yr-Aur - wrote
Down By The Seaside - wrote
Ten Years Gone - wrote
Night Flight - wrote
Wanton Song - wrote
Boogie With Stu - wrote music
Black Country Woman - wrote
Sick Again - wrote
For Your Life - wrote
Royal Orleans - wrote
Nobody's Fault But Mine - wrote music
Candy Store Rock - wrote
Hots On For Nowhere - wrote
In The Evening - wrote
South Bound Saurez - wrote
Fool In The Rain - wrote
Hot Dog - wrote
Carouselambra - wrote
All My Love - wrote
I'm Gonna Crawl - wrote
We're Gonna Groove - wrote music
Poor Tom - wrote
Walter's Walk - wrote
Ozone Baby - wrote
Darlene - wrote
Bonzo's Montreaux - wrote
Wearing And Tearing - wrote
Travelling Riverside Blues - wrote music


see, I don't really care about the lyrics most of the time. Many of Robert Plant's lyrics are likeable but laughable.
I primarily am obsessed with the genius of Jimmy Page and John Bonham, and admire the genius of John Paul Jones.
Robert Plant (insanely) plundered many blues classics LYRICALLY, but the music is a million light years from being a "cover".

I actually have a collection of all of the original songs that they "ripped off" (it's fascinating to hear), and it's weird to hear the exact same lyrics that I always associated with Led Zeppelin from my ignorant youth.
But uh, heh, none of those old greats are playing anything remotely near the guitar that Jimmy wrote.

Go listen to Memphis Minnie doing "When The Levee Breaks" and it will become apparent that, despite the words Robert's singing, it isn't a "cover".
Entirely different music.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Fun as hell to do live too.

COOL!
Never had the pleasure, except for just playing in my room along with a drum machine.

 

[The Chairman]

Good Times Bad Times - wrote
Communication Breakdown - wrote
I Can't Quit You Baby - wrote music
How Many More Times - wrote
Whole Lotta Love - wrote music
What Is And What Should Never Be - wrote
The Lemon Song - practically wrote music
Heartbreaker - wrote
Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman) - wrote
Ramble On - wrote
Moby Dick - wrote
Bring It On Home - wrote music
Immigrant Song - wrote
Friends - wrote
Celebration Day - wrote
Since I've Been Loving You - wrote
Out On The Tiles - wrote
Tangerine - wrote
That's The Way - wrote
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - wrote
Hats Off To (Roy) Harper - wrote
Black Dog - wrote
Rock and Roll - wrote
The Battle Of Evermore - wrote
Stairway To Heaven - wrote
Misty Mountain Hop - wrote
Four Sticks - wrote
Going To California - wrote
When The Levee Breaks - wrote music
The Song Remains The Same - wrote
The Rain Song - wrote
Over The Hills And Far Away - wrote
The Crunge - wrote
Dancing Days - wrote
D'yer Mak'er - wrote
No Quarter - wrote
The Ocean - wrote
Custard Pie - wrote
The Rover - wrote
In My Time Of Dying - wrote music
Houses Of The Holy - wrote
Trampled Underfoot - wrote
Kashmir - wrote
Bron-Yr-Aur - wrote
Down By The Seaside - wrote
Ten Years Gone - wrote
Night Flight - wrote
Wanton Song - wrote
Boogie With Stu - wrote music
Black Country Woman - wrote
Sick Again - wrote
For Your Life - wrote
Royal Orleans - wrote
Nobody's Fault But Mine - wrote music
Candy Store Rock - wrote
Hots On For Nowhere - wrote
In The Evening - wrote
South Bound Saurez - wrote
Fool In The Rain - wrote
Hot Dog - wrote
Carouselambra - wrote
All My Love - wrote
I'm Gonna Crawl - wrote
We're Gonna Groove - wrote music
Poor Tom - wrote
Walter's Walk - wrote
Ozone Baby - wrote
Darlene - wrote
Bonzo's Montreaux - wrote
Wearing And Tearing - wrote
Travelling Riverside Blues - wrote music


see, I don't really care about the lyrics most of the time. Many of Robert Plant's lyrics are likeable but laughable.
I primarily am obsessed with the genius of Jimmy Page and John Bonham, and admire the genius of John Paul Jones.
Robert Plant (insanely) plundered many blues classics LYRICALLY, but the music is a million light years from being a "cover".

I actually have a collection of all of the original songs that they "ripped off" (it's fascinating to hear), and it's weird to hear the exact same lyrics that I always associated with Led Zeppelin from my ignorant youth.
But uh, heh, none of those old greats are playing anything remotely near the guitar that Jimmy wrote.

Go listen to Memphis Minnie doing "When The Levee Breaks" and it will become apparent that, despite the words Robert's singing, it isn't a "cover".
Entirely different music.

Yeah, over at imdb I tore apart some dumbass who said 70 % of Zeppelin's songs were blues rip off's with riffs applied.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

That's a thing people like to say, kind of like when they say, "America is a Democracy" or "Intelligent people don't stoop to name-calling."
Rolls off the tongue nicely, but is still utter bulls***.

 

[Dwarf lord]

Out of those: The Doors

Of all time: CSNY or Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

[Green Lantern]

Nah, I wasn't saying that they were ripping off the tunes, just that they didn't write the lyrics to several of their songs. The same is true for many of the late 60s and early 70s bands. Cream, The Stones, Aerosmith... all did blues songs. Which version of Crossroads do I prefer; Cream's or Robert Johnson's? Cream's definitely. Which version of Call Me The Breeze; Skynyrd's or J.J. Cale's? Skynyrd's.

 

[Addendum]

Nah, I wasn't saying that they were ripping off the tunes, just that they didn't write the lyrics to several of their songs.

Album by album...

First Zeppelin album...

Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You- written by Anne Bredon
You Shook Me- written by Willie Dixon and J.B. Lenoir
Dazed and Confused- came from the song "I'm Confused" by Jake Holmes of The Yardbirds
I Can't Quit You Baby- written by Willie Dixon

Second Zeppelin album...

Whole Lotta Love- rewrite of the song "You Need Love" by Willie Dixon
Bring It On Home- similar to the song "Bring It On Back", and which Zeppelin lost a royalty lawsuit

Third Zeppelin album...
Gallows Pole- traditional folk song

Fourth Zeppelin album...
When the Levee Breaks- originally by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie

Physical Graffiti...
Boogie with Stu- heavily influenced by the song "Ooh, My Head" by Ritchie Valens

Coda...
We're Gonna Groove- written by Ben E. King and James Bethea
I Can't Quit You Baby- written by Willie Dixon

On the copy of Coda in the box-set of studio albums...
Travelling Riverside Blues- written by Robert Johnson

...so all together an astounding 12, out of how many songs?

Not even close to being half

 

[Green Lantern]

But under any definition twelve still falls under several I love Zeppelin, they are definitely in my top ten, and I'm not trying to trash them. I'm just saying that Ronnie and the boys deserve just as much praise as gets blindly thrown at Zep, much of it by people who don't know any of the history of the band or their songs.

 

[ThePenguin]

Since everyone's listing their top 30 songs from their favorite bands, what the hell, I'll throw in my two cents:

A Day in the Life
Strawberry Fields Forver
Rain
I am the Walrus
I'm Only Sleeping
She Said She Said
Revolution (the David Frost show version)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Abbey Road Medley (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)
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Julia
Dear Prudence
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/ With a Little Help From My Friends
Something
Here Comes the Sun
I've Got a Feeling
Two of Us
Don't Let Me Down
Get Back
Dig a Pony
Let it Be
Help!
I Me Mine
Here, There, and Everywhere
Blackbird
In My Life
You've Got to Hide You're Love Away
Cry Baby Cry
I'm Looking Through You
Tommorow Never Knows

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

they are definitely in my top ten, and I'm not trying to trash them. I'm just saying

LOL, th^t I can relate to, 'cause, for me, what seems to happen a lot,...I love Aerosmith, they are the real deal.
But To me, they're just really cool guys who know how to Rock ('cause they learned from the Best).
So I'm talking about how much better Zeppelin is, how they're actually Rock GODS instead of Rock STARS,...but suddenly it sounds like I'm bad-mouthing Aerosmith, lol, which would never be my intention.Hahahaha

 

[Addendum]

But under any definition twelve still falls under several I love Zeppelin, they are definitely in my top ten, and I'm not trying to trash them. I'm just saying that Ronnie and the boys deserve just as much praise as gets blindly thrown at Zep, much of it by people who don't know any of the history of the band or their songs.

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

Boredom

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Since everyone's listing their top 30 songs from their favorite bands, what the hell, I'll throw in my two cents:

A Day in the Life
Strawberry Fields Forver
I am the Walrus
I'm Only Sleeping
She Said She Said
Revolution (the David Frost show version)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Abbey Road Medley (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)
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Julia
Dear Prudence
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/ With a Little Help From My Friends
Something
Here Comes the Sun
Get Back
Help!
Here, There, and Everywhere
Blackbird
In My Life
You've Got to Hide You're Love Away
Cry Baby Cry
I'm Looking Through You
Tommorow Never Knows

I ommitted the ones I don't like.
You have good taste in music.
And jonty will be thrilled to hear that you're a Beatles fan.

 

[U.S War Machine]

Foreigner-One of my all time favs

 

[ThePenguin]

I ommitted the ones I don't like.
You have good taste in music.
And jonty will be thrilled to hear that you're a Beatles fan.

And you called me emo earlier.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Foreigner-One of my all time favs

I like their songs that Rock.
"Urgent" is an under-rated classic, if you think of it as a DEVO song, it's genius.
And I'll never flip the channel on the might of Juke Box Hero.

But the "I wanna know what Love Is" s*** has got to go.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

And you called me emo earlier.

Nope.
Did not.
I said the H.A.I.R. was Emo.
And you yourself agreed that it weren't working out.

 

[ThePenguin]

Nope.
Did not.
I said the H.A.I.R. was Emo.
And you yourself agreed that it weren't working out.

Oh alrighty then. And I can't believe you took off I've got a feeling that song is a materpiece.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

what's a "materpiece"?

 

[ThePenguin]

Damnit, typo. I meant masterpiece.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Oh.
Well, the Beatles could POO and it'd be a masterpiece, I'm just not always interested in their poo-masterpieces.*shrug*

 

[ThePenguin]

Oh.
Well, the Beatles could POO and it'd be a masterpiece, I'm just not always interested in their poo-masterpieces.*shrug*

LOL. Alright name some of your favorute songs from them.

 

[Go Web Go!]

Aerosmith. I've been listening to them alot over the past year along, plus they have their own rollercoaster.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

LOL. Alright name some of your favorute songs from them.

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.