Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 32 to 16, Round 1 of 4

Vote for your favorite song from each pair

  • "Comfortably Numb" (Pink Floyd)

    Votes: 12 66.7%

  • "You Shook Me All Night Long" (AC/DC)

    Votes: 6 33.3%

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Gimme Shelter" (The Rolling Stones)

    Votes: 8 44.4%

  • "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana)

    Votes: 9 50.0%

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "The Boys Are Back In Town" (Thin Lizzy)

    Votes: 13 72.2%

  • "Riders On The Storm" (The Doors)

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Limelight" (Rush)

    Votes: 14 77.8%

  • "Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2" (Pink Floyd)

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
"Ramble On" (Led Zeppelin) [49] vs. "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac) [305]
"Ramble On", live in 2007:
(Starts at 3:10.)

"Dreams", live in 1977:

"Walk This Way" (Aerosmith) [80] vs. "Twilight Zone" (Golden Earring) [336]
"Walk This Way", live in 1978:

"Twilight Zone", live in 1982:

One day left for Round 14
Also open: Round 15 , Round 16
 
My votes:

I love Evenflow, but Aerosmith has to be the one to move on here. Dream On
One of Petty's best. Breakdown
Led Zep mentions Gollum, that wins. Ramble On
Guitar solo not as impressive on the live version, but Golden Earring still gets it. Twilight Zone
 
Accidentally forgot to vote in the last pair, cast a vote for Walk This Way.
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 256 to 128, Round 21 of 32

These songs battle for the #12 position...

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"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones) [12] vs. "Enter Sandman" (Metallica) [245]
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", live in 1965:

"Enter Sandman", live in 1991:

"Photograph" (Def Leppard) [117] vs. "Limelight" (Rush) [140]
"Photograph", live in 1983:
(Your speakers are not broken. Audio in right channel only.)

"Limelight", live in 1981:
 
"Lola" (The Kinks) [53] vs. "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks) [309]
"Lola", live in 1973:

"You Really Got Me", live in 1965:

"Jump" (Van Halen) [76] vs. "Eruption / You Really Got Me" (Van Halen) [181]
"Jump", live in 1984:
(Preceded by "1984". "Jump" starts at 1:15.)

"Eruption / You Really Got Me", live in 1978:
(Second verse/chorus missing, but the rest is good.)

One day left for Round 18
Also open: Round 19 , Round 20
 
My votes:

First pair is brutal. I've always thought Satisfaction deserves to be near the top of a ranking like this. But Sandman is as big for its own time as Satisfaction was. Either choice feels like I'm shorting the other. But, there are plenty of other Stones in the game, and if "One" holds its lead for one more day, then Sandman will be the only Metallica song left. I vote for Metallica to move on. Enter Sandman

Second pair is interesting. Great Def Leppard song, and it's the last Def Lep in the game. I'd love to see it move on, but I also have to face myself in the mirror every day, thus I cannot lie. Limelight

Don't touch Lola.

Seems about right that the better DLR-era VH song here is a cover. Eruption / You Really Got Me
 
Last one was way too tough. I really like the 1984 album and I think Jump is an awesome song. Eruption is a game changer for guitar though and I can't bring myself to vote against it.
 
Mosh said:
Last one was way too tough. I really like the 1984 album and I think Jump is an awesome song. Eruption is a game changer for guitar though and I can't bring myself to vote against it.
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It didn't invent finger tapping if that was what you meant. I believe Jeff Beck did that. Or Steve Hackett.
 
Not what I meant. But the finger tapping is a huge part of it, while EVH didn't invent it, he did popularize it.
 
Feels so wrong to vote against Satisfaction, but you know what? I like Sandman better. So there.

You Really Got Me x2 plus Limelight
 
I went for Sandman too. Satisfaction is also a good song, but for me it will forever be associated with Snickers adverts.
 
Mega Classic Rock Knockout: 256 to 128, Round 25 of 32

These songs battle for the #8 position...

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"Sweet Child O' Mine" (Guns 'n Roses) [8] vs. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (Journey) [249]
"Sweet Child O' Mine", live in 1988:

"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)", live in 1982:

"Beast Of Burden" (The Rolling Stones) [121] vs. "The Spirit Of Radio" (Rush) [136]
"Beast Of Burden", live in 1978:

"The Spirit Of Radio", live in 1984:
 
"Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (The Clash) [57] vs. "No One Like You" (Scorpions) [200]
"Should I Stay Or Should I Go", live in 1981:

"No One Like You", live in 1985:

"New Year's Day" (U2) [72] vs. "Blinded By The Light" (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) [185]
"New Year's Day", live in 1983:

"Blinded By The Light", live in 1975:

One day left for Round 22
Also open: Round 23 , Round 24
 
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