Stairway to Heaven vs Child in Time

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

Theres no debate, Stairway To Heaven is the CLASSIC rock song.

and Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman from Killing Joke have triscribed Stairway to heaven to a classical piece http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0aGQSOWH4I 

on the last 3 minutes of the clip

It's weird seeing these bumped polls. I look at my post on page one which was made over eight years ago and it feels like I wrote that yesterday (and my opinion hasn't changed in that time). I voted for Zepp despite it not being a particular favourite and Bombay Calling over Child in Time still.



Edit: I will add something that goes beyond my initial post in this thread. I think that I would have liked Child in Time more had I not already been familiar with It's a Beautiful Day's Bombay Calling (it's a bit like my sometime bias against movie and TV show remakes). It is a good song in its own right, and both bands based their tracks on Vince Wallace's theme according to Wallace. Wallace claims he came up with it in 1962 and taught it to LaFlamme , but the first Bombay Calling recording is credited to LaFlamme later of It's a a Beautuful Day, plus Vince Wallace, by The Orkustra (1967). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABkV4_Dv6ac

Edited by Logan - December 26 2017 at 12:19

This result is surprising me. Thought Zeppelin would run away with this.

Stairway: masterpiece
Child: excellent

It's a dead heat! One more vote for Stairway and it would be a tie. Funny, I would vote for Stairway if I had the ability to vote... - - I like both songs though, as many have already said on here, but maybe because I've heard both songs about 6 times (I'm a young-un) that I chose the song that's (probably) most people's favorite (of the two) after the first time they heard it (radio overplay over the years has changed that previously stated opinion of those who initially liked it).

Edited by ClosetothSupperBrick - December 29 2017 at 20:21

maryes wrote: My vote is Stairway to Heaven but Child in Time is outstanding too !!!

My thought's exactly - although the Made in Japan version beats The Song Remains the Same version - but let's stick to the studio versions for this comparison.

BaldJean wrote: we are currently having a tie at 64 both, and I don't have the heart to break it either way

Child in Time - thrilling travel but no to Heaven