Greatest "Epic" Classic Rock Song of All Time

FreeBird... no dizzle

[videoholic]

Beatles hands down.  Although I like most of the songs.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Originally posted by GmanJoe
Yep. Simplicity was thier style. Beatles are one of my favorites.

With the exception of the middle portion of the song, A Day In The Life was hardly standard Beatles \'simplicity\'.. For the song itself, seems a little too short to be considered Epic. Especially considering a lot of time is consumed at the end by "Never to see any of the world, never to see any of the world" repeated.

nO-One: Paint it Black is hardly an \'epic\' song.. as good as it is.

[nO-One]

maybe not epic, but what is stairway\'s biggest strength....the melody the guitar and the vocal line are very memorable and that is where paint it black excels the tune sticks in your head and is one of the darker songs of all time IMO.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Haha, that\'s true.  It reminds me of when my friends back in high school used to hate The Cure because they started gothic music, but they had no problems listening to The Rolling Stones.

How could I not vote for Zepplin.  And now it\'s back to another long haitus.  Nice reading y\'all again.

Oh yeah.. PS:

You shoulda put up light my fire and innagaddadavida too.

No" My woman from tokyo" or "Smoke on the water" ?

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
With the exception of the middle portion of the song, A Day In The Life was hardly standard Beatles \'simplicity\'.. For the song itself, seems a little too short to be considered Epic. Especially considering a lot of time is consumed at the end by "Never to see any of the world, never to see any of the world" repeated.

nO-One: Paint it Black is hardly an \'epic\' song.. as good as it is.

I\'m saying in general, most Beatles songs seemed very simple in its style. I hate it when people tell me that Dave Matthews Band is the greatest band ever coz "they are the most talented musicians evAr!" Damn I hate that band. I just ruined my own day.

[Jumpman]

Replace Sympathy For The Devil with Satisfaction please.

No Like a Rolling Stone?

No Vibrations?

Bad list imo.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Satisfaction isn\'t \'epic\', you twit. He even states it in his poll title.. the song has to be LONG.

Originally posted by guar
No" My woman from tokyo" or "Smoke on the water" ?

I considered "Child in Time" but most people have never heard it before....    Those two you named are not really long or "epic" enough for me.

In my opinion, to be an "epic" classic rock song, the subject of the song should be something more transcendent and meaningful than just "let me tell you about a hot chick I banged in Japan" or "You broke my heart baby."  It should be about death or the afterlife, or the futility of the human condition, or something like that.

According to those rules, "Layla" shouldn\'t really be on the list.  If I could I would probably remove it.  I never really liked that song, but it is long and overblown, so I thought it might be appropriate.

So would American Pie be folk or rock?

[Evi]

Originally posted by THX
uhhh no Lenny Kravitz???  Where do you think Hendrix got his inspiration from?

I think that needs to be switched. Lenny Kravitz got his inspiration from Hendrix. And Hendrix pwns Lenny Kravitz.

ohh it was an obvious joke.  kravitz isn\'t in the same league with these guys.

[Evi]

Phew. You worried me for a sec there. Kravitz blows monkeys compared to the classic rock gods.