Classic Rock Mega-Knockout, Sweet Sixteen round 1 of 2

Vote for your favorite song from each pair

  • "Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin)

    Votes: 12 63.2%

  • "Paradise City" (Guns 'n Roses)

    Votes: 7 36.8%

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    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Let It Be" (The Beatles)

    Votes: 7 36.8%

  • "Layla" (Derek & the Dominoes)

    Votes: 10 52.6%

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Smoke On The Water" (Deep Purple)

    Votes: 9 47.4%

  • "Crazy Train" (Ozzy Osbourne)

    Votes: 10 52.6%

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Tom Sawyer" (Rush)

    Votes: 13 68.4%

  • "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones)

    Votes: 6 31.6%
  • Total voters
    19
  • Poll closed .
My votes:

Tom Sawyer knows where he is, and it ain't the jungle. (It's THE RIVER! of course.)
Reaper ain't gonna move through Kashmir.
Men of wealth and taste over those who fight foo. Sympathy For The Devil
Lightning destroys paintings. (It's in the extended rules to rock-paper-scissors.) Thunderstruck
 
Sawyer, Reaper and Thunder.
Another day the Stones might have got some Sympathy, but today, my favourite Foos song.
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 64 to 32, Round 7 of 8

Songs in gold have survived beyond their seeding:
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"Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin) [2] vs. "Highway To Hell" (AC/DC) [63]

"Come As You Are" (Nirvana) [98] vs. "Revolution" (The Beatles) [34]

"Seven Nation Army" (The White Stripes) [143] vs. "Paradise City" (Guns 'n Roses) [79]

"Under Pressure" (Queen & David Bowie) [18] vs. "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath) [431]

Top song in each pair wins a tie.

One day left for Round 4
Also open: Round 5 , Round 6
 
My votes:

That first matchup is so good, I wish it could have been the final battle. Stairway To Heaven
Nirvana song got here by kicking out Pearl Jam. Screw them. Revolution
Time for White Stripes to go back the kiddies table. Paradise City
Sab song is great for Sabbath, but Queen is in a different league. Under Pressure
 
This round is particularly brutal. I had to stop and think about each one of these.

Highway to Hell is the new Stanford theme song, which vaults it way up in my book (and it was high already). But again, we're talking about Stairway, folks. Amongst all the hate, someone has to fly the Zep flag on this forum.
Revolution is revolutionary. 25 years before Nirvana, the Beatles invented grunge. Just like they invented everything else. And this is STILL the better song.
Third matchup is the toughest one. Both were instantly iconic anthems. But G'n'R has two better songs still in this game from the same album, and I think we should have at least one song advance from this millennium. Plus, Jack White's riff is more memorable.
Queen is perhaps my favorite band, but this song has gone too far in this game due to favorable matchups. Not here. I hummed Iron Man to my kids when they were babies. It wins.
 
I'll take the "Stairway to Heaven" over the highway to hell.
You can come as you are to the "Revolution".
The "Seven Nation Army" conquers Paradise City.
"Iron Man" does not crumble under pressure.
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: 32 to 16, Round 3 of 4

Songs in gold have survived beyond their seeding.
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"Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin) [2] vs. "Come As You Are" (Nirvana) [98]

"Paradise City" (Guns 'n Roses) [79] vs. "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath) [431]

"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (AC/DC) [135] vs. "Let It Be" (The Beatles) [39]

"Layla" (Derek & the Dominoes) [10] vs. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (The Beatles) [362]

Top song in each pair wins a tie.

One day left for Round 8
Also open: Round 1 , Round 2
 
My votes:

Zep easily outclasses Nirvana. Stairway To Heaven
Slash over Iommi. Paradise City
Third pair is tough, but Beatles is more timeless. Let It Be
Epic coda wins. Layla
 
Two bands that I consider massively overrated, my favorite songs from each one. Tough but gotta go with Zeppelin. Stairway to Heaven
Another tough one, I'll go with Sabbath but could be GnR on a different day. Iron Man
Again, not a massive fan of either band. However, Beatles song is easily superior. Let It Be
Lucy is no match for Layla's awesome main riff. Layla
 
You can come as you are, but you have to take the "Stairway".
Sabbath and Beatles, easily.
"Layla", though on a strictly personal level I love Lucy a lot more.
 
Classic Rock Mega-Knockout: Sweet Sixteen, round 1 of 2

Songs in gold have survived beyond their seeding:
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"Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin) [2] vs. "Paradise City" (Guns 'n Roses) [79]

"Let It Be" (The Beatles) [39] vs. "Layla" (Derek & the Dominoes) [10]

"Smoke On The Water" (Deep Purple) [99] vs. "Crazy Train" (Ozzy Osbourne) [78]

"Tom Sawyer" (Rush) [59] vs. "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones) [43]

One day left for Round 4 (the Bohemian bracket)
 
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