MrKnickerbocker
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Firsts!
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 32 to 16, Round 2 of 4
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Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 128 to 64, Round 10 of 16
These songs battle for the #7 position...
"Imagine" (John Lennon) [7] vs. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (AC/DC) [135]
"Rock And Roll" (Led Zeppelin) [58] vs. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (The Rolling Stones) [71]
"Crazy On You" (Heart) [282] vs. "Free Fallin'" (Tom Petty) [103]
"Let It Be" (The Beatles) [39] vs. "Bad To The Bone" (George Thorogood) [167]
One day left for Round 7
Also open: Round 8 , Round 9
These songs battle for the #7 position...
"Imagine" (John Lennon) [7] vs. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (AC/DC) [135]
"Rock And Roll" (Led Zeppelin) [58] vs. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (The Rolling Stones) [71]
"Crazy On You" (Heart) [282] vs. "Free Fallin'" (Tom Petty) [103]
"Let It Be" (The Beatles) [39] vs. "Bad To The Bone" (George Thorogood) [167]
One day left for Round 7
Also open: Round 8 , Round 9
My votes:
The lyrical messages in the first pair make an amusing contrast. "Imagine" is timeless, but the AC/DC tune is the one I've been covering in bands for the last 28 years. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Second pair looks like a heavyweight, but I find the Stones to be a surprisingly easy choice. Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Heart song never stops being exciting. By comparison, "Free Fallin" has five great intro chords, and then goes splat. Crazy On You
This is the song where McCartney figured out how to do a sappy ballad right. Let It Be
The lyrical messages in the first pair make an amusing contrast. "Imagine" is timeless, but the AC/DC tune is the one I've been covering in bands for the last 28 years. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Second pair looks like a heavyweight, but I find the Stones to be a surprisingly easy choice. Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Heart song never stops being exciting. By comparison, "Free Fallin" has five great intro chords, and then goes splat. Crazy On You
This is the song where McCartney figured out how to do a sappy ballad right. Let It Be
MrKnickerbocker
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Imagine
Stones
Heart
Let it Beatles
Stones
Heart
Let it Beatles
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 128 to 64, Round 14 of 16
These songs battle for the #3 position...
"Hotel California" (The Eagles) [3] vs. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) [382]
"Space Oddity" (David Bowie) [62] vs. "Burnin' For You" (Blue Oyster Cult) [190]
"Roxanne" (The Police) [30] vs. "Smoke On The Water" (Deep Purple) [99]
"In The Air Tonight" (Phil Collins) [35] vs. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) [419]
One day left for Round 11
Also open: Round 12 , Round 13
These songs battle for the #3 position...
"Hotel California" (The Eagles) [3] vs. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) [382]
"Space Oddity" (David Bowie) [62] vs. "Burnin' For You" (Blue Oyster Cult) [190]
"Roxanne" (The Police) [30] vs. "Smoke On The Water" (Deep Purple) [99]
"In The Air Tonight" (Phil Collins) [35] vs. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) [419]
One day left for Round 11
Also open: Round 12 , Round 13
MrKnickerbocker
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Johnny B. Goode, even though I quite like Hotel California.
Burnin'!
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Both great songs, but the drum fill gets it.
Burnin'!
dun dun dun, dun dun DE dun, dun dun den, den dun
Both great songs, but the drum fill gets it.
My votes:
Epic Eagles guitar solo wins over the Berry solo. Hotel California
BOC, easily. Burnin' For You
I vote for the song that name-drops Frank Zappa. Smoke On The Water
Drum fill. In The Air Tonight
Epic Eagles guitar solo wins over the Berry solo. Hotel California
BOC, easily. Burnin' For You
I vote for the song that name-drops Frank Zappa. Smoke On The Water
Drum fill. In The Air Tonight
Cornfed Hick
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Major Tom, easily.
Otherwise, we are in agreement. Though it is a guitar duet in Hotel California: Walsh and Felder one-upping each another, then playing in together in harmony. Like a slowed-down, stoned Iron Maiden song.
Isn't this the Imperial March from Star Wars?
No, that's dun dun dun, dun DE dun, dun DE dun.
Close 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 64 to 32, Round 2 of 8
Songs in gold have survived beyond their seeding:
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (AC/DC) [135] vs. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (The Rolling Stones) [71]
"Crazy On You" (Heart) [282] vs. "Let It Be" (The Beatles) [39]
"Layla" (Derek & the Dominoes) [10] vs. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (The Beatles) [55]
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (The Beatles) [362] vs. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Lenny Kravitz) [471]
Top song in each pair wins a tie.
One day left for Round 15
Also open: Round 16 , Round 1
Songs in gold have survived beyond their seeding:
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (AC/DC) [135] vs. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (The Rolling Stones) [71]
"Crazy On You" (Heart) [282] vs. "Let It Be" (The Beatles) [39]
"Layla" (Derek & the Dominoes) [10] vs. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (The Beatles) [55]
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (The Beatles) [362] vs. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Lenny Kravitz) [471]
Top song in each pair wins a tie.
One day left for Round 15
Also open: Round 16 , Round 1
My votes:
It's a gas gas gas. Jumpin' Jack Flash
Heart is rippin', gotta give it to Crazy On You.
The coda clinches it. Layla
Lenny is the song I'd usually rather hear. Are You Gonna Go My Way
It's a gas gas gas. Jumpin' Jack Flash
Heart is rippin', gotta give it to Crazy On You.
The coda clinches it. Layla
Lenny is the song I'd usually rather hear. Are You Gonna Go My Way
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Done dirt cheap!
Let It Be-atles.
Hardest pairing yet, but Layla gets it.
Lenny.
Let It Be-atles.
Hardest pairing yet, but Layla gets it.
Lenny.
