Mainstream "Epics" poll

Here we have a lot of radio hits from different eras, styles and genres. The only common thing about them is the long these are for radio standards. Now, here's the trick:

Nah...!!! non of the mainstream people consider the Doors progressive... the same to Metallica and I don't need to say it about The Beatles... only in PA those are considered Progressive... no... is not a failure..!!! or you want to start talking about religion...???!!! 

Edited by jampa17 - December 17 2009 at 10:52

I choose Bohemian Rhapsody as I have not met a single person who dislike it... even the Queen haters like this amazing song... it's structure piano ballad-operatic-rocking song is just... perfect... so... I voted for it...

I'm so tired of Bohemian Rhapsody, I could just vomit, honestly.

jampa17 wrote: I choose Bohemian Rhapsody as I have not met a single person who dislike it... even the Queen haters like this amazing song... it's structure piano ballad-operatic-rocking song is just... perfect... so... I voted for it...

I don't know if the Queen Haters love that song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njiUFtrFky8 {edited cause embedding is disabled for this}

And yes, all of these are mainstream.  There are many others I would've liked to include such as Santana's "Samba Pa Ti", CSN's  "Wooden Ships", Cream's "Tales of Brave Ulysses",  Yes' "Roundabout",  as a classic rock radio staple, Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man", Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" etc.  Is The Byrd's "Eight Miles High" long enough (radio format version, the live at Fillmore East version is over ten minutes). Don't know how well all of those would fit.

Of the poll choices: "Light my Fire".  As for why, it was just magical for me the first time I heard it.  It's one of those tracks, like Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" or Cream's "Those Were the Days" and some that I've listed above that just had this really strong effect on me and others that I knew.


Edited by Logan - December 17 2009 at 11:54

Stairway to Heaven, easily
there's a reason it's become a cliche of everyone liking it
also Hey Jude is just a 3 minute song with a 4 or so minute outro of the same thing

Hey Jude for sure.

Stairway to Heaven by far (though there are many other great ones in the list).

Special mention to Dylan's Rolling Stone. Did you know that was originally a 20 minutes long epic, back in 1965?

Bohemian Rhapsody from this list but I feel like Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John is missing here as far a classic rock epics go.

moreitsythanyou wrote: Bohemian Rhapsody from this list but I feel like Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John is missing here as far a classic rock epics go.

I forgot about "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding." That would get my vote if it were here, but of the list I'll go with "Stairway to Heaven."


I also laugh at the fact that I considered none of these even close to "epic" length.