Top Ten Rock Tracks

[lagringader&r]

No FM, but thought it was interesting.

Planet Rock Online Poll

1) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2) Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
3) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
4) Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
5) Paranoid - Black Sabbath
6) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
7) Hotel California - The Eagles
8) Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
9) Highway to Hell - AC/DC
10) All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Experience

Full story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/4123271.stm

[WildInTheWind]

Wow a lot of Zep love. Alot of the more common songs I've grown sick of, but not a bad list. Free Bird, though, I can never grow tired of!

[Miss Vicky]

How in the hell did a wussy ass song like "Hotel California" get in that group of tunes? That thing almost borders on Folk music - which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but come on!

[WildInTheWind]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

How in the hell did a wussy ass song like "Hotel California" get in that group of tunes? That thing almost borders on Folk music - which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but come on!

I was thinking the same thing. Good song.....but it doesn't quite fit with the rest of them.

[golden braid]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

How in the hell did a wussy ass song like "Hotel California" get in that group of tunes? That thing almost borders on Folk music - which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but come on!

I agree. I like Hotel California but it's not a rock song. The only song on there that I don't like at all is Freebird. It's not much of a rock song either.

[irishgrl]

Why isnt "Do You Feel Like I Do" (Frampton Comes Alive) on that list? That wuz an AWESOME Song/LP.....


ps: I DESPISE Led Zeppelin, mostly because of Robert Plant who shrieks like a freakin girlie.....

[CreepingDeath]

I like all of those bands, with the exception of The Eagles, so I guess that list is ok. Those songs have all been run into the freakin' ground though. And Freebird sucks, IMO. Overrated & overplayed. Blech.

[xdreamsunwindx]

I like how all of those songs are the typical songs associated with each of those bands. Just shows how open-minded people are to music anymore.

[Serrart]

Some of my favourites, not in order:
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
The Clash - London Calling
Sly And The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
Prince - Purple Rain
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
David Bowie - Life on Mars?
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
David Bowie (gotta love David ) - Young Americans

P.S
These are ten but there would be hundreds... By the way, a honorable mention to a genius cover, Summertime - Janis Joplin.

[NaiveMelody23]

I agree with dreamsunwind, people these days use the most mainstream and common bands for contests or polls like that, not many people can look past the Whole Lotta Love vision and look at more unique and yet more diverse bands and songs that could have easily made any list

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by NaiveMelody23

I agree with dreamsunwind, people these days use the most mainstream and common bands for contests or polls like that, not many people can look past the Whole Lotta Love vision and look at more unique and yet more diverse bands and songs that could have easily made any list

I think people are smarter than that.

Romy

[NaiveMelody23]

Originally Posted by Lux

Maybe so but incidently, just because Stairway To Heaven is overplayed doesn't mean Zeppelin were not great or diverse.

then why cant a bucn of people vote another zepplin song than just stairway to heaven, i mean its a good song, but not their best

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by NaiveMelody23

then why cant a bucn of people vote another zepplin song than just stairway to heaven, i mean its a good song, but not their best

It's one of my favourites, and for me it holds that kind of unique and intense emotional power that best rock tracks are able to reflect... Then it's all a matter of tastes.

Romy

[lagringader&r]

Originally Posted by Lux

That's irrelevant. Why can't people recognise Fleetwood Mac songs other than Dreams and Don't Stop? Doesn't make FM less diverse just because people remember those ones. Anyway, Stairway is diverse in terms of popular rock.

I agree. STH is very diverse, especially for the time it was released. The lyrics are beautiful, the guitar is killer and the arrangement is unmatched, in my opinion. I also thought Hotel California looked a little out of place, but that's only because it's a little more sedate than the other rockers. It's still a rock song, though. The theme I see with all of them is that they were all kind of trendsetters or pioneers in rock. HC's lyrics are also amazing and the arrangment is really unique. It just doesn't sound like any other song. The only one I might disagree with is AC/DC's Highway To Hell. I think I would have gone with Back In Black.

[Hawkeye]

Stariway to Heaven is an amazing song, I just dont like how its so predictable that its always #1. I love the song but its not even my favorite Led Zepplin song. Black Dog is.