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Poll Question: Which of these classic rock smash hits is your favorite?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
7 [22.58%]
4 [12.90%]
11 [35.48%]
3 [9.68%]
6 [19.35%]
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    Posted: May 12 2021 at 14:58
I intentionally excluded any prog bands in this poll. 
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Stairway, but if you added Aqualung I bet that would have given it a run for the money.
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1- Stairway to Heaven
2- Hotel California
3- Free Bird

4- Smoke on the Water
5- Purple Haze
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Five insanely overplayed songs...
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Zeppelin......though as someone said all of those tracks have been played to death and I don't spin any of them much these days.

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Led Zep.
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Purple Haze for me.
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Jean and I just listened to "Free Bird". Jean says she heard that song before many times when she still lived in the USA. I heard it for the first time and am not really impressed.
Just a thought, but you might enjoy their live versions better.  They would generally turn it into a 15-minute jam with some improvisation when played live.  Then again, you might still be not really impressed. 
Had it been performed by some obscure prog/rock group not from the US, it would be lauded as a masterpiece...both the studio and live versions.

What's funny is that the Germans were all over Lynyrd Skynyard in that 1974 time period.  That song was played where ever you went.
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Jean and I just listened to "Free Bird". Jean says she heard that song before many times when she still lived in the USA. I heard it for the first time and am not really impressed.
Just a thought, but you might enjoy their live versions better.  They would generally turn it into a 15-minute jam with some improvisation when played live.  Then again, you might still be not really impressed. 
Had it been performed by some obscure prog/rock group not from the US, it would be lauded as a masterpiece...both the studio and live versions.
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Given the longer and crescendoing nature of the last three choices, the first two seem a bit out of place.

Might've been better to include something like Styx's Come Sail Away and another in that style - starting slowing and have an epic ending - like Child In Time.

I went for Freebird, cos it needed it.

 I presume it is more down to fame than structure. I’ve heard of every song in this poll (even if I’ve never heard all of them). I’ve never heard of Come Sail Away, and would suggest it comes nowhere to close as being as famous as the five here. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yes.  The poll was about fame...not structure.
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Jean and I just listened to "Free Bird". Jean says she heard that song before many times when she still lived in the USA. I heard it for the first time and am not really impressed.
Just a thought, but you might enjoy their live versions better.  They would generally turn it into a 15-minute jam with some improvisation when played live.  Then again, you might still be not really impressed. 
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Had to go for Free Bird.  My Southern friends would never forgive me otherwise.
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No vote. I don't want to hear any of these again ever, thank you so very much. I'll leave the last word to Herbert B. Khaury.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Purple Haze all through my brain...
Wrong lyrics. Is this one of your most embarrassing prog secrets? Embarrassed LOL
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What song is it you wanna hear?
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Voted for the only one I would still have any inclination to hear after all the over-playing: Purple Haze.
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A vote for "Smoke on the Water" here. I like all the poll options a lot with the exception of "Free Bird", which I have to say I don't really care for. Personally, I would have replaced it with "Bohemian Rhapsody", which is a song I always listen to with pleasure.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Given the longer and crescendoing nature of the last three choices, the first two seem a bit out of place.

Might've been better to include something like Styx's Come Sail Away and another in that style - starting slowing and have an epic ending - like Child In Time.

I went for Freebird, cos it needed it.

 I presume it is more down to fame than structure. I’ve heard of every song in this poll (even if I’ve never heard all of them). I’ve never heard of Come Sail Away, and would suggest it comes nowhere to close as being as famous as the five here. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Given the longer and crescendoing nature of the last three choices, the first two seem a bit out of place.

Might've been better to include something like Styx's Come Sail Away and another in that style - starting slowing and have an epic ending - like Child In Time.

I went for Freebird, cos it needed it.
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