Battle of the Classic Rock Bands: Round 3 (SEMIFINALS!) (1100 hits)
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Submitted by Fish3000 (View user info) at 2004-11-07 12:00:01 EST
In the last round:
-Led Zeppelin upsets Pink Floyd. A lot of votes for Floyd in the beginning, but Zeppelin quickly turned the tide. 19-13
-The Beatles defeat the Rolling stones easily. Poor Stones. I still have Sympathy for the Devil.... 23-9
-Jimi Hendrix Experience defeats Bob Dylan without any trouble. I didn't think Dylan would get a single vote; cool that he made it this far, though. 27-5
-The Doors beat The Who in a real close match. At first, Doors was leading by, like, ten votes, than Who came right back to tie them, and Doors put them right back down to the end. 19-13.
Again, I'm using the ratio of votes for winner/votes for opponent to do the matchups. They are as follows...
Jimi Hendrix Experience vs. Led Zeppelin.
The Beatles vs. The Doors.
Shit. Holy fucking shit.
My votes go to...
Led Zeppelin- once again, I love Zep just way too much. I think Jimi'll take it anyways. Not to be biased, but...VOTE ZEPPELIN!
The Beatles- this'll be no contest. I love the Doors, but they're no match for the Beatles.
This poll closes on midnight (eastern) on monday night/tuesday morning....probably late.
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Submitted by Fish3000 (user info) at 2004-11-09 02:00:16 EST (#)
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POLL CLOSED (yes, late again).
Submitted by Slypher (user info) at 2004-11-09 00:58:56 EST (#)
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Jimi and The Doors.
Submitted by deveces (user info) at 2004-11-09 00:50:04 EST (#)
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Yay! Doors/Hendrix win!
Submitted by Jesus_Christ <pieeatingpirate.at.hotmail.com> at 2004-11-08 20:56:02 EST (#)
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LED ZEPPELIN
and the Beatles
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2004-11-08 20:49:57 EST (#)
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tool
nin
Submitted by deveces (user info) at 2004-11-08 20:32:05 EST (#)
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I have to say that An American Prayer is what puts The Doors over the top. I mean, it is so incredible, plus The Beatles have Ringo Starr in their band, that has to subtract several points.
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2004-11-08 13:19:32 EST (#)
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only because I have to choose
Led Zep
Doors
Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2004-11-08 13:14:15 EST (#)
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Beatles definitely.
sad that my boys pink floyd didn't make it.. they rule all over the place though.
Submitted by Geggy (user info) at 2004-11-08 13:07:56 EST (#)
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Zeppelin
Doors
Long live the kings of rock and roll
Submitted by Don_Megga (user info) at 2004-11-08 10:42:25 EST (#)
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these are not the 4 greatest bands.
but if these are my choices...
Hendrix
The Doors
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2004-11-08 03:10:15 EST (#)
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Led Zeppelin and The Doors.
I think the Beatles are overrated.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2004-11-08 02:44:56 EST (#)
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Led Zeppelin
Doors
Submitted by SilverGinger5 (user info) at 2004-11-08 02:24:50 EST (#)
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Led Zeppelin
The Doors.
Fuck the beatles. Fuck them right in the ear.
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:52:47 EST (#)
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Hendrix and the Rolling Stones are the only artists that I believe have taken a previously popular song and truly made it their own.
Hendrix's renditions of "Hey Joe", "All Along The Watchtower", "Come On (Let The Good Times Roll", and many many others are so beautiful, it's almost like the man was born listening to these songs.
The Stones covers of Chuck Berry numbers are the only other example I can think of where I band really made a previously popular song their own. On "Get Yer Ya-Yas Out!" they perform two Berry classics ("Carol" and "Little Queenie") with complete PERFECTION. Lot's of people can play Chuck Berry, but nobody could play Chuck Berry as well as Chuck Berry. Except the Rolling Stones.
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:45:21 EST (#)
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Hendrix, Beatles
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:39:55 EST (#)
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And to Wiggles, yes, they did play a lot of songs that weren't there. But they always....fucking....make it theirs. I don't mind covers when they're played that good. Long live Bonzo.
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FUCK THAT!
They definitely did NOT make something like "The Lemon Song" their own. You obviously have never heard the original "Killing Floor" by Howlin' Wolf.
It's one thing to play a cover, but it's another thing to take credit for someone else's work, make a large profit from it, and become acclaimed as "great songwriters".
The first two Zeppelin albums are their best, and there is almost no originality in any of them. Zeppelin would probably be one of my three favorite bands if it wasn't for:
A.) The whole blues-stealing thing.
B.) Plant's insistence on screaming ridiculously annoying shit during live performances. ("Does anybody remember laughter?", etc.)
C.) Page being pretty sloppy at times.
D.) Thirty minutes of "Dazed And Confused".
Even with all that shit, they are probably my fifth or sixth favorite group.
Submitted by Fish3000 (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:29:02 EST (#)
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Oh come on, we need more Zeppelin votes. 24 hours left!
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:27:04 EST (#)
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Beatles- Jimi.
Submitted by ThePorkchop (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:16:45 EST (#)
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Hendrix, Beatles. No contest
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:08:13 EST (#)
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Hendrix, doors. Go underdogs!
Submitted by deveces (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:07:20 EST (#)
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Jimi Hendrix
Doors
Submitted by Beer_bong (user info) at 2004-11-08 01:02:13 EST (#)
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Hendrix
Beatles
Never been a big Doors fan and I'm holding a grudge against Zep because FLOYD ROOLZ!!!!!!111oneone!!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-07 21:52:52 EST (#)
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Suck on THIS pole.
Submitted by DieselCheezel <DieselCheezel.at.hotmail.com> at 2004-11-07 21:18:15 EST (#)
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Hendrix
Doors
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2004-11-07 19:40:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
zep, beatles
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2004-11-07 19:21:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
LED ZEPPELIN
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-11-07 19:14:38 EST (#)
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Hendrix and Beatles
USA USA USA USA USA
Fucking Who should've won.
Fuck the Doors.
Submitted by Fish3000 (user info) at 2004-11-07 19:05:08 EST (#)
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Submitted by Chinaski (user info) at 2004-11-07 13:21:36 (#)
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Well, Hendrix is basically a fucking god... I work at a college radio station (ucsc) and have access to unbelievably unfuckingcomprehensibly amazing live hendrix... several mind-boggingly good takes of his ol' blues songs...
but, I also scored the following album: Led Zeppelin, Live at the Texas Pop Festival, 1969. It makes me spurt cum out of my ears. Why, i was listening to it the other night (admittedly, under the influence) and began hearing Bonham's tingling smashes on the cowbells and high-hat make love to jimmy's (not jimi's) lightning-fast guitar strokes. In fact, as it were, Bonham was matching the sound of Jimmy's pick whirring over the strings with a counter-melody on bells and cymbals. I came... I came so many times.
Thus, I must vote Zeppelin, even though I feel the call is unfair and , perhaps, rightfully, Jimi should win (yes, I concede Zeppelin's loss, I am only voting for them as a diehard, zeppelin-1st fan must do).
Beatles.
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What this guy said.
And to Wiggles, yes, they did play a lot of songs that weren't there. But they always....fucking....make it theirs. I don't mind covers when they're played that good. Long live Bonzo.
Submitted by WhoLetYouIn (user info) at 2004-11-07 17:08:36 EST (#)
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Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Submitted by AP (user info) at 2004-11-07 17:04:44 EST (#)
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Zeppelin
Doors
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2004-11-07 16:51:55 EST (#)
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Hendrix
Beatles.
Submitted by Orla (user info) at 2004-11-07 16:23:02 EST (#)
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Hendrix
Doors
Submitted by Lady_in_the_radiator (user info) at 2004-11-07 16:16:05 EST (#)
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Zeppelin
&
The Doors
Submitted by ShatteredDreams (user info) at 2004-11-07 15:32:31 EST (#)
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Zeppelin
Doors
Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2004-11-07 15:22:41 EST (#)
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Gotta go with:
Zeppelin - well, because it's fucking Zeppelin.
The Doors - Sure, the Beatles were around longer, but the Doors pretty much catapulted the darker side of music.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2004-11-07 15:07:25 EST (#)
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Zeppelin
Beatles
Submitted by Freakmagnet (user info) at 2004-11-07 14:59:52 EST (#)
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Led Zeppelin
The Doors
I can't beleive The Beatles made it farther than Floyd. The Beatles are way too poppish, they aren't any better as far as music goes, and certainly weren't as creative. People say they were creative, but I think they were just stupid.
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-07 14:43:07 EST (#)
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hendrix beatles
Submitted by TrickyRicky (user info) at 2004-11-07 13:55:34 EST (#)
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Hendrix
Beatles
Submitted by Jarvis (user info) at 2004-11-07 13:34:17 EST (#)
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Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Submitted by Arrrrrrrrrr (user info) at 2004-11-07 13:31:28 EST (#)
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Zepplin
Doors
Where did pink floyd go wrong?
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2004-11-07 13:23:45 EST (#)
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Zeppelin: Stealing from classic blues musicians since 1968.
The Stones and Hendrix were beloved by the blues players that had influenced them, but Zeppelin would play blues standards, claim them as their own, and make millions.
One of the greatest bands? Yes.
The best? Definitely not.
Sloppy and self-indulgent? Yeah.
Bunch of assholes? Yeah.
Submitted by Chinaski (user info) at 2004-11-07 13:21:36 EST (#)
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Well, Hendrix is basically a fucking god... I work at a college radio station (ucsc) and have access to unbelievably unfuckingcomprehensibly amazing live hendrix... several mind-boggingly good takes of his ol' blues songs...
but, I also scored the following album: Led Zeppelin, Live at the Texas Pop Festival, 1969. It makes me spurt cum out of my ears. Why, i was listening to it the other night (admittedly, under the influence) and began hearing Bonham's tingling smashes on the cowbells and high-hat make love to jimmy's (not jimi's) lightning-fast guitar strokes. In fact, as it were, Bonham was matching the sound of Jimmy's pick whirring over the strings with a counter-melody on bells and cymbals. I came... I came so many times.
Thus, I must vote Zeppelin, even though I feel the call is unfair and , perhaps, rightfully, Jimi should win (yes, I concede Zeppelin's loss, I am only voting for them as a diehard, zeppelin-1st fan must do).
Beatles.
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2004-11-07 13:18:27 EST (#)
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Jimi Hendrix
The Rolling Stones
Fuck Zeppelin.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-11-07 13:12:36 EST (#)
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Hendrix
Beatles
Submitted by tinactin (user info) at 2004-11-07 12:33:26 EST (#)
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Hendrix
Beatles
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2004-11-07 12:32:18 EST (#)
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Hendrix
Doors
Submitted by DataForge22 (user info) at 2004-11-07 12:29:18 EST (#)
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Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Submitted by purringbubbles (user info) at 2004-11-07 12:17:21 EST (#)
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i'mma put my money on hendrix and the doors
**mourns loss of pink floyd**
Submitted by normal german... <wowiezowiex.at.yahoo.com> at 2004-11-07 12:04:22 EST (#)
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hendrix wins.
beatles win.
:D
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2004-11-07 12:03:46 EST (#)
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Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Doors