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The Greatest Classic Rock Song of All Time



Paint it Black - Rolling Stones

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

Light My Fire - The Doors

Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd

Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

Get Back - The Beatles

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

Layla - Eric Clapton

Hotel California - The Eagles

Baba O'Riley (Teenage Wasteland) - The Who

Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

More than a Feeling - Boston

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Life on Mars - David Bowie

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf

Barracuda - Heart

Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Dont Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

American Pie - Don McClean

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Alright Now - Free

Truckin' - Grateful Dead

Don't Stop Believing - Journey

American Girl - Tom Petty

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynrd

Money - Pink Floyd

Roxanne - The Police

Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

My Generation - The Who

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Revolution - The Beatles

Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones

A Day in the Life - The Beatles

Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers

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Kyle
2009-03-01 07:35:45 ET

It came down to Hotel California, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Stairway to Heaven for me and I went with Stairway. Hotel California is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, Bohemian Rhapsody is an exquisite party song, but Stairway has just the right mix of soft beats, cool feats, and rockin' sweet riffs and vocals.
More Than a Feeling, Life on Mars, Rock and Roll Aint Noise Pollution, and My Generation were all up there as well.
I'm surprised that American Pie, Comfortably Numb (a personal favourite of Pink Floyd), and Paranoid haven't gotten any votes.

2009-03-01 14:57:35 ET

Wow, that was tough. In the end I went with Bohemian Rhapsody. For me it's all about the memories that strike when each of these songs is played and if REO Speedwagon's "Ridin' the Storm Out" or Journey's "Lights" were an option, I may have gone that way. Hendrix, The Who, Led and Skynyrd are all true classics a well. But in the end, Queen and the mid to late seventies are my faves.

Tom T.
2009-03-24 12:30:05 ET

Surprised I had to enter 'Hey Jude' by The Beatles. Maybe not some of the bands greatest work but definitely one of the bestselling and popular.

joe
2009-04-05 17:34:48 ET

its like choosing between a roomful of playboy modles... how do you choose? i went with baba o'riley cause its my mobile ringtone and i got called when trying to make up my mind

James
2009-04-10 11:29:22 ET

Why, oh why, Stairway to heaven? Its not a good song, and nowhere near Zepplin's best.
I went for Truckin' in the end, one of the greatest ever and just has that great, laid back, travelling feeling

Simon
2009-05-10 17:16:17 ET

All Along the Watchtower, Kashmir, and Reaper Closed my eyes and pointed. Turned out Watchtower is the better of them. However, I do believe Stairway ruined the data by being the "easy" choice for most.

Dan
2009-05-24 04:47:45 ET

Stairway is definitely too easy a choice, but I feel it's also an incorrect one. While an unbelieveable piece of music it's not "ROCK!" The winner of this poll should be an honest in your face rocker. Can't believe I had to write in Sweet Emotion. Whatever. To each his own.

Eric
2009-06-22 02:46:21 ET

The fact that Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan is not on this list is a travesty


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