Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: Finals!

[The Flash]

First ones, easily.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: Sweet Sixteen, Round 2 of 2

Songs in gold have survived beyond their seeding:

"Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen) [1] vs. "Dream On" (Aerosmith) [16]

"Sweet Child O' Mine" (Guns 'n Roses) [8] vs. "All Along The Watchtower" (Jimi Hendrix)

"Comfortably Numb" (Pink Floyd) [4] vs. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana) [20]

"The Boys Are Back In Town" (Thin Lizzy) [197] vs. "Limelight" (Rush) [140]

Top song in each pair wins a tie.

Also open: Sweet Sixteen round 1

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

My votes:

The unstoppable force meets a movable object. Bohemian Rhapsody
Time for GnR to take care of business. Sweet Child O' Mine
Cobain tried, but forgot the part about being comfortable. Comfortably Numb
Party anthem and twin guitars trumps antisocial drummers. The Boys Are Back In Town

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Today's top two matches are as expected. If the top seeds had won through, the bottom two matches would have been:

"Comfortably Numb" vs. "Gimme Shelter"
"Wish You Were Here" vs. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

We traded more Floyd and Stones for some Nirvana, Rush and Thin Lizzy. Sounds about right.

 

[Shadow]

Queen, Hendrix, Floyd, Lizzy.

Surprisingly easy choices for this stage of the game.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Queen, though I love Dream On.
Sweet Child, despite my GNR hatred.
Floyd, because even though I dislike both of these bands and both of these songs, one at least has some pedigree.
Limelight.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

And today, a bump for this round!

Two days left on this round. Vote now!

 

[The Flash]

Pretty easy round. Queen, Hendrix, Floyd, Rush

Sweet Child O'Mine is no way in hell better than All Along the Watchtower.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: The Elite Eight

"Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen) [1] vs. "Sweet Child O' Mine" (Guns 'n Roses) [8]

"Comfortably Numb" (Pink Floyd) [4] vs. "Limelight" (Rush) [140]

"Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin) [2] vs. "Layla" (Derek & the Dominoes) [10]

"Crazy Train" (Ozzy Osbourne) [78] vs. "Tom Sawyer" (Rush) [59]

Top song in each pair wins a tie.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

My votes:

Time for my favorite to face the juggernaut. Sweet Child O' Mine
Rush bias. Limelight
Zep just barely edges Clapton. Stairway To Heaven
More Rush bias. Tom Sawyer

 

[LooseCannon]

Rush bias.
Queen.
And Layla, because I honestly like it more than Stairway.

 

[The Flash]

Queen & Zep & Rush Bias

 

[Cornfed Hick]

Rush bias overcomes one great guitar player in Randy Rhoads. But it doesn't overcome the greatest guitar solo. Ever. Comfortably Numb is my favorite remaining song.
Stairway, obviously.
Sorry, SMX, but even Axl Rose would vote for Queen in this matchup.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Rush bias.
Queen.
And Layla, because I honestly like it more than Stairway.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

I'm surprised Limelight is beating Comfortably Numb by 12-4 currently. Not surprised at Limelight winning, but at the margin.

 

[The Flash]

Same here. I initially clicked on Comfortably Numb but changed my mind at the last second.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

I'm not. Look at the people who voted for Limelight. All major Rush fans

 

[Forostar]

That second match. Aaaaargh. Both I find so much better than everything else.

edit:
Difficult choice as well. Both are top 10 for each band. Might rate Comfortable Numb even higher in a Pink Floyd list than Limelight in a Rush list... but in the end they face each other.

Limelight it will be! *votes like SMX, Whooten and Collin*

 

[The Flash]

I'm not. Look at the people who voted for Limelight. All major Rush fans

I'm a major Floyd fan as well, to give my point of view.

 

[Forostar]

+1 (I even like post-Waters era )