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Topic ClosedStairway to Heaven vs Child in Time
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Poll Question: Wich one do you prefer?
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Theres no debate, Stairway To Heaven is the CLASSIC rock song.
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I've heard it too many times, but Stairway is still the classic
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I would never actively choose to listen to Stairway (I heard it way too much in the 70s, and have not yet recovered from the overkill, so it still sounds trite to me, other than the guitar solo near the end), but might choose "Child in Time", so it gets my vote
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Both great song, of course, but Stairway takes the lead for me
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it really is apples and oranges here....
i went for zeppelin, but partly because i´m trying to seduce this beautiful woman, who apparently doesn´t know any of the songs....????
if you need some (almost) celtic romance sing-a-long-song, then you should go for the zep, but if you want the screams of a castrated rock n´roll frontman mixed with a great improv - Sheep Hurdle should be your choice.
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Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

For what it's worth (given the origin of Child In Time), the opening riff of Stairway is virtually a direct lift of the melody of Spirit's Taurus, from their first album. 
 
Oughtta make a new poll:  Bombay Calling vs. Taurus LOL
LOL yea, i agreed!
Stairway to Heaven is, basicly, a stolen idea ...
 
 
 
PS actually, both epics by those extreme ambitiosly British bands are ripped off from two instrumental pieces made by two bands from California in 1968 LOL


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The result of this poll is just sad to me Disapprove
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Stairway to Heaven is better composition-wise, but something about the raw energy/passion of Child In Time wins me over.
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Stairway To Heaven has been done to death, unfortunately. Voted for Child In Time. Ian Gillan's vocal performance never ceases to amaze me, after all these years. Both are great tracks.Smile

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two great songs, and both ripped off their intros, i'll stay purple
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Originally posted by scaife scaife wrote:

screaming down the streets of Pembroke 
 
Can't be Pembroke in Wales can it  - at least not in 2009? Only a couple of streets to scream along - but parked cars restrict the flow - and then you're either into  the countryside or fallen into Milford Haven????
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Originally posted by scaife scaife wrote:

screaming down the streets of Pembroke 
 
Can't be Pembroke in Wales can it  - at least not in 2009? Only a couple of streets to scream along - but then parked cars restrict the flow - and then you're either into  the countryside or fallen into Milford Haven????
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Stairway to Heaven.
The construction of "Child in Time" is not very interesting, even it's a strong and striking song.
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I still remember (over 30 years ago) riding in the back seat of my uncle's Roadrunner screaming down the streets of Pembroke when he put the 8 track tape of Deepest Purple on the stereo....Child In Time totally blew away my 6 year old brain. Voted accordingly.
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Stairway to Heaven!
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

[ 
Johann Sebastian was targeted by a number of prog and heavy rock musicians at the end of the 60's and early 70's and indeed Wendy Carlos did a whole synth album Switched On Bach and later the complete Brandenburg Concertos.  BBC 2 did a complete programme on why Bach's music appealed so much - particularly the Brandenburgs  - in the early 70's .
 
A digression from the main topic:  Do/Would you catalogue Switched on Bach under Wendy Carlos or Walter Carlos?  A similar question would apply to Cat Stevens I suppose or Simon Dupree/Gentle Giant.
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I prefer Deep Purple over Zeppelin, and  worship Child In Time, but I had to vote for Stairway To Heaven. Its amazing.
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Originally posted by Philip Philip wrote:

Child in Time. Better vocals, and because it is more intense
 
Same reasons I voted for Child In Time.  Clap
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Child in Time for me - a band finding their way and stretching every sinew to get where they were going.
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Easy ..Child in Time..... :)
 
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