Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: Finals!

Vote for your favorite song

  • Total voters
    21
  • Poll closed .
So far I am the only one who voted for Clapton. I think Bohemian is almost as overrated as Paschendale.
 
Well, this is a rather anticlimactic end to what was an awesome game. Thanks SMX!!

A worthy champion, notwithstanding some, um, questionable voting judgments in recent rounds. :D

Looking forward to publication of the final lists/stats. The Maidenfans Top 100 is likely to become an iTunes playlist on the Cornfed hard drive. If someone (else) curates the list on a streaming service, please send a link!
 
Bohemian was always expected to win... even if it hadn't been given the top seed, there's really no song here that could have beaten it. The real contest was always for #2.

I'll work on the final results later today.
 
For what it's worth, I was being serious. "Good Vibrations" was the best song in the game. Well, either that or "Waterloo Sunset".
 
The poll is open for a couple more days, but I'm sticking a fork in this one at 17-3. Preparing the final results with that score now.
 
I started liking ELO after those rounds so I feel bad for voting against Evil Woman. Evil Woman should have gone so much further.
 
Cornfed Hick said:
The Maidenfans Top 100 is likely to become an iTunes playlist on the Cornfed hard drive.
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Here's the final list!

The Maidenfans Classic Rock 100

1. Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) 133-41 (.764)
2. Layla (Derek & the Dominoes) 93-66 (.585)
3. Limelight (Rush) 100-50 (.667)
4. Tom Sawyer (Rush) 82-43 (.656)
5. Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd) 80-42 (.656)
6. Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns 'n Roses) 85-47 (.644)
7. Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin) 83-47 (.638)
8. Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) 67-58 (.536)
9. All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) 70-36 (.660)
10. Let It Be (The Beatles) 65-34 (.657)
11. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) 67-38 (.638)
12. Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple) 63-40 (.612)
13. The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy) 61-39 (.610)
14. Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones) 61-42 (.592)
15. Paradise City (Guns 'n Roses) 59-46 (.562)
16. Dream On (Aerosmith) 56-48 (.538)
17. Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones) 52-17 (.754)
18. Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones) 60-20 (.750)
19. More Than A Feeling (Boston) 57-28 (.671)
20. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 (Pink Floyd) 54-27 (.667)
21. Hotel California (The Eagles) 52-32 (.619)
22. Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2) 52-32 (.619)
23. Iron Man (Black Sabbath) 52-35 (.598)
24. You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC) 49-33 (.598)
25. Come As You Are (Nirvana) 47-35 (.573)
26. Riders On The Storm (The Doors) 48-36 (.571)
27. Freewill (Rush) 53-41 (.564)
28. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC) 47-37 (.560)
29. Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who) 47-39 (.547)
30. Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult) 47-39 (.547)
31. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) 44-39 (.530)
32. Jessica (Allman Brothers Band) 38-45 (.458)
33. Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie) 48-18 (.727)
34. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles) 44-19 (.698)
35. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) 43-19 (.694)
36. Baba O'Riley (The Who) 45-21 (.682)
37. You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones) 40-19 (.678)
38. Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) 44-21 (.677)
39. Sultans Of Swing (Dire Straits) 45-23 (.662)
40. Somebody To Love (Queen) 44-23 (.657)
41. Time (Pink Floyd) 45-24 (.652)
42. Message In A Bottle (The Police) 43-23 (.652)
43. In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins) 43-23 (.652)
44. Another One Bites The Dust (Queen) 42-24 (.636)
45. Crazy On You (Heart) 40-23 (.635)
46. Thunderstruck (AC/DC) 42-26 (.618)
47. Welcome To The Jungle (Guns 'n Roses) 41-26 (.612)
48. Highway To Hell (AC/DC) 44-28 (.611)
49. Burnin' For You (Blue Oyster Cult) 42-28 (.600)
50. Revolution (The Beatles) 36-24 (.600)
51. Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) 38-26 (.594)
52. Everlong (Foo Fighters) 40-28 (.588)
53. Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz) 38-27 (.585)
54. Losing My Religion (R.E.M.) 38-28 (.576)
55. You Really Got Me (The Kinks) 39-29 (.574)
56. Barracuda (Heart) 35-27 (.565)
57. Light My Fire (The Doors) 37-29 (.561)
58. You Give Love A Bad Name (Bon Jovi) 37-29 (.561)
59. Dreams (Fleetwood Mac) 36-29 (.554)
60. Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 37-30 (.552)
61. Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones) 34-28 (.548)
62. Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) 36-30 (.545)
63. I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Joan Jett) 34-30 (.531)
64. No One Like You (Scorpions) 34-30 (.531)
65. The Spirit Of Radio (Rush) 37-14 (.725)
66. Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney) 31-13 (.705)
67. My Generation (The Who) 35-15 (.700)
68. Imagine (John Lennon) 31-14 (.689)
69. Every Breath You Take (The Police) 35-16 (.686)
70. Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac) 31-15 (.674)
71. Space Oddity (David Bowie) 33-16 (.673)
72. Killer Queen (Queen) 33-16 (.673)
73. Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin) 32-16 (.667)
74. Over The Hills And Far Away (Led Zeppelin) 30-15 (.667)
75. Rock You Like A Hurricane (Scorpions) 33-17 (.660)
76. I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones) 31-16 (.660)
77. We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions (Queen) 34-18 (.654)
78. Back In Black (AC/DC) 34-19 (.642)
79. Eruption / You Really Got Me (Van Halen) 32-18 (.640)
80. Roxanne (The Police) 31-18 (.633)
81. A Day In The Life (The Beatles) 29-18 (.617)
82. Jeremy (Pearl Jam) 29-18 (.617)
83. White Room (Cream) 27-17 (.614)
84. Yesterday (The Beatles) 30-19 (.612)
85. Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie) 27-18 (.600)
86. School's Out (Alice Cooper) 28-19 (.596)
87. Sabotage (Beastie Boys) 29-20 (.592)
88. Proud Mary (CCR) 26-18 (.591)
89. One (U2) 30-21 (.588)
90. Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac) 26-19 (.578)
91. Enter Sandman (Metallica) 31-23 (.574)
92. Hey Jude (The Beatles) 27-20 (.574)
93. Paranoid (Black Sabbath) 28-21 (.571)
94. Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream) 26-20 (.565)
95. Twilight Zone (Golden Earring) 26-20 (.565)
96. Roundabout (Yes) 27-21 (.563)
97. T.N.T. (AC/DC) 28-23 (.549)
98. Wanted Dead Or Alive (Bon Jovi) 28-23 (.549)
99. Band On The Run (Paul McCartney) 24-20 (.545)
100. Changes (David Bowie) 25-21 (.543)

Details about all 512 songs have now been posted in the Results Thread, and I'll have more data there shortly.
 
This game was awesome. Thanks for hosting! Layla is way too high but pretty good list otherwise.
 
Thanks SMX. A lot of effort put into this one and it was very much appreciated.
 
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