Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 32 to 16, Round 2 of 4

Vote for your favorite song from each pair

  • "Hotel California" (The Eagles)

    Votes: 8 47.1%

  • "Smoke On The Water" (Deep Purple)

    Votes: 9 52.9%

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Crazy Train" (Ozzy Osbourne)

    Votes: 9 52.9%

  • "Won't Get Fooled Again" (The Who)

    Votes: 8 47.1%

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Tom Sawyer" (Rush)

    Votes: 10 58.8%

  • "Don't Fear The Reaper" (Blue Oyster Cult)

    Votes: 7 41.2%

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Sympathy For The Devil" (The Rolling Stones)

    Votes: 5 29.4%

  • "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones)

    Votes: 11 64.7%
  • Total voters
    17
  • Poll closed .
SinisterMinisterX said:
The most prominent guitar is the one being played by the long-haired guy in black behind Bob. I don't know who that is, but I think there's musician intros in the first part of that vid if you want to find out.
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Paul introduced him -- Steve Vai. Makes sense. No wonder it sounded pretty good.

EDIT: By the way, one would think it's not a goof. Carole King, Mavis Staples, Chrissy Hynde, Jim Keltner, Emmylou Harris ... that's a lot of people one would think he'd respect enough to give a good performance. The background singers (Staples, Harris, Roseanne Cash, Michelle Shocked) look, well, shocked and confused.
 
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Wow. I had no idea that was Vai. You can hardly see his face.

In fact I had no idea who all those people were. I saw the backup singers looking confused as you said, especially the one on the right (Michelle Shocked I guess?)

I should mention, I did not pick this video for any humor value. It really is the best complete performance on youtube that approaches "vintage". There's clips from the 60s but none complete.
 
"Kashmir" tramples Floyd underfoot.
It's only rock 'n' roll, but I still like it.
Don't like this Queen combo that much, so CCR it is.
I don't dare vote against Mr. Zimmerman when he's throwing thunderbolts around.
 
Kashmir cause 'dat riff.
Old Man
I've never been a fan of the Queen sports anthems. But I'm a fan of all CCR.
Bob Dylan, though the choice is tough.
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 256 to 128, Round 10 of 32

These songs battle for the #23 position...

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"Don't Stop Believin'" (Journey) [23] vs. "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (Van Halen) [279]
"Don't Stop Believin'", live in 1981:

"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love", live in 1978:

"Turn The Page" (Bob Seger) [106] vs. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (The Beatles) [362]
"Turn The Page", live in 1980:

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", Elton John with John Lennon live in 1974:
(The only time John performed it live, and he only sings backup.)
 
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Lenny Kravitz) [471] vs. "What I Like About You" (The Romantics) [215]
"Are You Gonna Go My Way", live in 1993:

"What I Like About You", live in 1980:

"I Wanna Be Sedated" (The Ramones) [87] vs. "Bad" (U2) [170]
"I Wanna Be Sedated", live in 1978:

"Bad", live in 1984:

One day left for Round 7
Also open: Round 8 , Round 9
 
My votes:

Not voting for VH, but that live vid is something else. DLR could scream back in the day. However, the Journey song is better. Don't Stop Believin'
I don't like Seger and do like Beatles. Nonetheless, here's the very rare case where Bob is better. Turn The Page
What I really want to know is, Are You Gonna Go My Way
U2 by miles. Bad

Another video-embedding discovery: if the youtube URL contains a forum smiley code you can embed the video, but if you edit the post the forum will change it to a smiley. When I edited just above, the Romantics URL went from "zLO 0SdYRCMM" (with no space) to "zL:ph34r:SdYRCMM" and the video broke. Fixed now, but be careful. :ph34r:
 
As "Don't Stop Believin'" is the worst song in the game, it doesn't matter what the opponent is.
Oh, and Beatles, Romantics and Ramones.
 
Van Halen - Got to give it to the flashy one.
Lucy.
Lenny Kravitz
Ramones - Got to go with the punky one. Not as keen on U2's prettiest stuff.
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 256 to 128, Round 14 of 32

These songs battle for the #19 position...

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"A Day In The Life" (The Beatles) [19] vs. "Learn To Fly" (Foo Fighters) [275]
"A Day In The Life", Paul live in 2009:
(Not a full version - goes off into "Give Peace A Chance" instead of the final verse)

"Learn To Fly", live in 1999:

"Losing My Religion" (R.E.M.) [110] vs. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division) [366]
"Losing My Religion", live in 1991:

"Love Will Tear Us Apart", live in 1979:
 
"Won't Get Fooled Again" (The Who) [46] vs. "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) [302]
"Won't Get Fooled Again", live in 1973:
(Song starts at 1:10)

"Superstition", live c. 1973:
(Little headbanger at 4:10.)

"Wanted Dead Or Alive" (Bon Jovi) [83] vs. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Simple Minds) [174]
"Wanted Dead Or Alive", live in 1988:

"Don't You (Forget About Me)", live in 1985:

One day left for Round 11
Also open: Round 12 , Round 13
 
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