Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: Finals!

Vote for your favorite song

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My votes:

This Floyd song has a great example of a simple bassline being perfect. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
I was really surprised this Stones song came out seeded so low. Brown Sugar
This Petty song is delightfully creepy, thanks to the video. Don't Come Around Here No More
Great cover by VH, but the CSN is folk going prog, and I have to vote for any prog, because I don't want to turn in my progsnob card. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
 
"Love Her Madly" and "Brown Sugar" are both great rockers.
I'd rather have something like "Moribund the Burgermeister" here, but "Solsbury Hill" will have to do.
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is incredibly well-done; if CS&N had released nothing else they'd still deserve to be remembered just for that.
 
Floyd and the Stones, fairly easily even though the competition is OK.
Solsbury Hill is godlike. One of my all-time favourite non-metal songs.
The last one is an interesting match-up. The CSN is musically superior and more interesting. Van Halen is a cover, but it's an awesome riff and so much fun.
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 512 to 256, Round 48 of 64

This round introduces the #17 seed and its challengers...

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"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (U2) [17] vs. "Run To You" (Bryan Adams) [496]
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (U2) - 1983
Ranked by 12 of 13 radio stations, highest in Pittsburgh: #33

"Run To You" (Bryan Adams) - 1984 - #6 US, #11 UK
Ranked by 4 of 13 radio stations, highest in Atlanta: #235

"Ramblin' Man" (The Allman Brothers Band) [240] vs. "Let's Go" (The Cars) [273]
"Ramblin' Man" (The Allman Brothers Band) - 1973 - #2 US
Ranked by 7 of 13 radio stations, highest in Atlanta: #103

"Let's Go" (The Cars) - 1979 - #14 US, #51 UK
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in Boston: #89
 
"Renegade" (Styx) [112] vs. "Rhiannon" (Fleetwood Mac) [401]
"Renegade" (Styx) - 1978 - #16 US
Ranked by 7 of 13 radio stations, highest in Tampa: #10

"Rhiannon" (Fleetwood Mac) - 1975 - #11 US
Ranked by 6 of 13 radio stations, highest in Washington DC: #233

"Summer Of '69" (Bryan Adams) [145] vs. "Mony Mony" (Billy Idol) [368]
"Summer Of '69" (Bryan Adams) - 1984 - #5 US, #42 UK
Ranked by 6 of 13 radio stations, highest in Atlanta: #66

"Mony Mony" (Billy Idol) - 1981 - #1 US, #7 UK (1987 version)
Ranked by 6 of 13 radio stations, highest in New York City: #229

One day left for Round 45
Also open: Round 46 , Round 47
 
My votes:

Bryan Adams invades this round. Gang from Ireland beats snot out of nice Canadian boy. Sunday Bloody Sunday
Love the closing guitar solo in Ramblin' Man.
Rhiannon is OK, but I prefer the harder-rocking Renegade.
Bryan Adams gets up, takes a breath, and gets knocked back out by some English punk. Mony Mony
 
Great U2 song.
Between this and "Jessica", I'm thinking I should listen to the Allmans more.
"Rhiannon" is marvellous.
I'm with the English punk too.
 
Shadow said:
Between this and "Jessica", I'm thinking I should listen to the Allmans more.
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Those two songs are on the same album, Brothers and Sisters - and there's only one Allman Brother on that record.

It was the first studio record they recorded after the deaths of Duane Allman and Barry Oakley. Feeling Duane was irreplaceable, they opted for a new piano player instead of a replacement 2nd guitarist. All those harmony guitars on Ramblin' Man are overdubbed by Dickey Betts. They didn't replace Duane until the 1994 album Where It All Begins, which I highly recommend. (The replacement was Warren Haynes, also known for forming Govt. Mule.)
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 512 to 256, Round 52 of 64

This round introduces the #13 seed and its challengers...

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"Gimme Shelter" (The Rolling Stones) [13] vs. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (Bruce Springsteen) [500]
"Gimme Shelter" (The Rolling Stones) - 1968 - #29 US
Ranked by 10 of 13 radio stations, highest in Philadelphia: #7

"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (Bruce Springsteen) - 1975 - #83 US
Ranked by 4 of 13 radio stations, highest in Philadelphia: #233

"Karma Police" (Radiohead) [244] vs. "Nights In White Satin" (Moody Blues) [269]
"Karma Police" (Radiohead) - 1997 - #8 UK, #14 US (Alternative Songs chart)
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in Seattle: #24

"Nights In White Satin" (Moody Blues) - 1967 - #2 US, #19 UK
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in Atlanta: #51
 
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"Eleanor Rigby" (The Beatles) [116] vs. "Love In An Elevator" (Aerosmith) [397]
"Eleanor Rigby" (The Beatles) - 1966 - #1 UK, #11 US
Ranked by 7 of 13 radio stations, highest in Philadelphia: #76

"Love In An Elevator" (Aerosmith) - 1989 - #5 US, #13 UK
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in Australia: #139

"Any Way You Want It" (Journey) [141] vs. "One Of These Nights" (The Eagles) [372]
"Any Way You Want It" (Journey) - 1980 - #23 US
Ranked by 7 of 13 radio stations, highest in Washington DC: #27

"One Of These Nights" (The Eagles) - 1975 - #1 US, #23 UK
Ranked by 5 of 13 radio stations, highest in New York City: #118

One day left for Round 49
Also open: Round 50 , Round 51
 
Karma Police vs. Nights in White Satin might be the hardest choice for me in this whole game so far. Will have to think about this!
 
Yes, it's a surprisingly tough round for me too.

My votes:

The first pair is close to even for me. I rate the Stones song lower than most people I think, and the Bruce song higher. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
The second pair is very hard to choose from as well. "Breathe deep" etc. on the Moody Blues song always creeps me out, though. Karma Police
Eleanor probably deserves to win the third. Historic classic song and all. I still like Aerosmith more. Love In An Elevator
Mediocre Journey beats mediocre Eagles. Any Way You Want It

I have now shocked myself by voting for Radiohead twice in this game.
 
Mediocre Eagles? Never heard that song before but the instrumental parts (they are many!) are really nice I thought.
 
Forostar said:
Mediocre Eagles? Never heard that song before but the instrumental parts (they are many!) are really nice I thought.
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Ah yes, I should be more specific. I don't like the Eagles much, so most of their songs are (in my book) far below average. When I call this one "mediocre" (and the Journey song), that's a comparison to most rock music. What I'm saying is that the Journey and Eagles are actually pretty close for me. If I compared the songs to each bands' output, I'd be saying "bad Journey (by Journey standards) just edges out good Eagles (by Eagles standards)".

It's true that the musicianship, arrangement and production are all excellent on "One Of These Nights", but that's actually true for every Eagles record. They were great musicians whose style I just don't like (most of the time). "One Of These Nights" is on the country music side of their musical spectrum, a side I usually try to stay out of.
 
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