Author Topic: Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!) (Read 158707 times)

jjrock88 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 22, 2013, 05:14:40 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on January 22, 2013, 01:17:16 PM

I can't stand Neil Young... and I'm Canadian! Not a single redeeming song in his catalogue as far as I'm concerned.

lol

Unlegit · « **Reply #36 on:** January 22, 2013, 05:43:07 PM »

Running on Empty is my favorite Jackson Browne song.

Never could get into Neil Young.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #37 on:** January 22, 2013, 05:59:43 PM »

Running on Empty is a cool song. I enjoy the steel guitar.

I never liked Neil Young, though.

nicmos · « **Reply #38 on:** January 22, 2013, 06:03:25 PM »

Running on Empty is a great song. And for me it has nothing to do with Forrest Gump.

Orbert · « **Reply #39 on:** January 22, 2013, 06:28:06 PM »

I've never even seen Forrest Gump. I've caught parts of it here and there, and I know what it's all about, but whatever.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #40 on:** January 22, 2013, 11:50:59 PM »

You're not missing anything, Orbert - Forrest Gump is HORRIBLY overrated.

As to the songs ITT so far...

Pretty Maids All in a Row > anything else on the album/Hotel California

Never a big Jackson Browne fan, but Running on Empty was decent enough I guess.

Never was a fan of anything Neil Young did solo - he was more tolerable with CSN IMO, but that's not saying much.

So far? MEH.

KevShmev · « **Reply #41 on:** January 23, 2013, 07:47:51 AM »

Bah. Forrest Gump is awesome. As is the following song...

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

I have to admit, my jaw dropped the first time I heard this song. That entire middle section was utterly mind-blowing, especially the way the music moved around the left and right channels. And to this day, it remains one of Zeppelin's most popular and beloved songs, and deservedly so.

Jaq · « **Reply #42 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:05:24 AM »

My affection for this song isn't for the studio version-that's rightly a classic, though-but rather, the live versions from 1971-1972 or so, where Zeppelin turned it into a vehicle for a medley of pop, rock, and blues numbers, sometimes stretching it out to around 30 minutes in length. Early Zep had numbers in their set-As Long As I Have You, How Many More Times, Whole Lotta Love-where the band would just relentlessly smash through medleys, making the songs their own while still keeping something of their familiar structures. That started going away as No Quarter, Dazed And Confused, and Moby Dick started taking up upwards to 90 minutes of the set, but there's a lot of fun to be had in the live versions of Whole Lotta Love when it had medleys embedded in it.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #43 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:22:29 AM »

Awesome song, love the middle section

King Postwhore · « **Reply #44 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:26:50 AM »

Great groove in part to JPJ and JB and Plants voice is in great form.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #45 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:37:23 AM »

Zeppelin was the band that set my musical preferences for life. I didn't get around to Zep II until I was 17 or so though. I remember when I got the CD (thank you very much Columbia House club!), I came home, fired off a bunch of BT's, plopped the disc in my CD player, laid on my bed and just let the music take over. Ironic how there is a big sigh to start, and then that first riff...I let out a nice sigh myself enjoying the high, and I will never forget the feeling I got listening to that riff. I'm not really sure what words in the English language I can use to describe it. One of the best riff's in classic rock, if not all of music. I'm not a huge fan of the instrumental section, but overall it's an essential classic rock song.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #46 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:40:29 AM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on January 23, 2013, 08:37:23 AM

I'm not a huge fan of the instrumental section, but overall it's an essential classic rock song.

That. Great song, but I could take or leave the middle section. I don't dislike it, but I find it just drags on a bit. But it's worth it for the way it kicks back into the song with the drum fill and the guitar solo. What more needs to be said about this song?

Oh yeah, waaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooooooo

nicmos · « **Reply #47 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:58:48 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on January 23, 2013, 08:40:29 AM

But it's worth it for the way it kicks back into the song with the drum fill and the guitar solo. What more needs to be said about this song?

exactly what I was going to say. that drum fill...

Big Hath · « **Reply #48 on:** January 23, 2013, 09:02:38 AM »

here's the blurb I wrote about it in my top 50 list:

The opening riff to "Whole Lotta Love" just sets the tone for the album. Heavy, full of attitude, awesome. And we get a swirling psychedelic percussion/drum solo/sound effect/moaning section about a minute into the album. How's that for balls!

masterthes · « **Reply #49 on:** January 23, 2013, 09:47:32 AM »

One of the first songs that really got me hooked into Zeppelin, since II was their first album I got. Ramble On has since replaced it as my favorite song off of the album, but I still have a whole lot of love (pardon the pun) for this song

Unlegit · « **Reply #50 on:** January 23, 2013, 10:19:23 AM »

Awesome song. One of the best off of II.

Orbert · « **Reply #51 on:** January 23, 2013, 10:59:47 AM »

I don't play Led Zeppelin II very often, so the only time I hear this song is when I happen to catch it on the radio. If my wife's around, she usually makes me change it. She hates the middle section, she says it sounds like Robert is having an orgasm or something. I kinda thought that that was the whole idea.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #52 on:** January 23, 2013, 11:51:18 AM »

The middle section is boring as heck.

Man-Erg · « **Reply #53 on:** January 23, 2013, 12:10:54 PM »

It's a good song.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #54 on:** January 23, 2013, 12:47:02 PM »

NOW we're talking! Always dug Whole Lotta Love, but I agree that the middle section is a bit draggy.

Quote from: BlobVanDam on January 23, 2013, 08:40:29 AM

But it's worth it for the way it kicks back into the song with the drum fill and the guitar solo.

Exactly.

Mladen · « **Reply #55 on:** January 23, 2013, 01:22:01 PM »

Quote from: Lolzeez on January 23, 2013, 11:51:18 AM

The middle section is boring as heck.

Yeah. And the rest isn't that great either. It's one of the more overrated Led Zeppelin songs, and this comes from a huge fan.

KevShmev · « **Reply #56 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:13:22 PM »

The Who - Baba O'Riley

I still remember the first time I heard this song. I was 17, and my friend Matt and I were cruising around in his car after work one night and this song came on. I thought it was the greatest thing I had ever heard. I asked him what name of it was and who it was by. He pretended to be a shithead by not telling me, but I honestly think he didn't know what the name of it was.

However, asking around it work the next day, I found out the name of it right away by identifying it as the "teenage wasteland" song. I ran out and bought one of their 184 greatest hits albums immediately (that was back when I though best ofs were good places to start with bands

). I did eventually get Who's Next, once I gradually heard most of the other songs from it, but while there are many Who songs I now love, nothing will ever top the awesomeness of Baba O'Riley for me.

rogerdil · « **Reply #57 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:17:04 PM »

Best song yet!

Pols Voice · « **Reply #58 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:35:17 PM »

Whole Lotta Love - alright, but not one of my favorite Led Zep songs.
Baba O'Riley - I don't like the Who, but this is one of their best songs.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #59 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:38:35 PM »

I went through a huge classic rock phase in high school and college, but before that, I somehow came across song, and fell in love with it by the second verse. It was so powerful in its simplicity. And it could have been a new song for all I knew. For as much as it helped define that era for The Who and became a “classic rock” era staple, it really transcends the genre and the time. It is as ass-kicking today as it was in 1971, and still sounds fresh and crisp as a cracker. By contrast, Hotel California and Hey Hey My My sound like classic rock songs, despite how good they are.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #60 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:58:24 PM »

The Who... #4 of 'the big 5' classic rock bands in my books (Beatles, Zep, Stones, Who, Floyd). Flawless song on an almost flawless album. Yet another essential one. I'd put it in the top 50 of all time. Unfortunately, I was only a fan of the radio hits by The Who back then... I feel it was a bit of a waste of my teenage years.

Daltry's harmonica outro is gold.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #61 on:** January 23, 2013, 03:13:25 PM »

Pure gold on Baba O'Riley. That song can make any playlist I make.

Jaq · « **Reply #62 on:** January 23, 2013, 03:16:56 PM »

It's Baba O'Riley by the Who. Do I really need to say anything else?

Unlegit · « **Reply #63 on:** January 23, 2013, 06:26:34 PM »

One of my favorite songs by The Who!

lonestar · « **Reply #64 on:** January 23, 2013, 11:23:10 PM »

The Who, tied for #1 of my all time favorite bands, along with DT and Yes. Instrumental in preventing me from killing myself or someone else as an adolescent.

First time I saw Rush on the Power Windows tour, they played Baba O Riley before the show over the PA. Every fucker in the crowd was drumming along to the song.

masterthes · « **Reply #65 on:** January 24, 2013, 04:50:10 AM »

Favorite Who song ever, and it's a violin at the outro. Roger just played harmonica in concert

Zydar · « **Reply #66 on:** January 24, 2013, 04:51:59 AM »

Love that song. Can't say enough superlatives about it.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #67 on:** January 24, 2013, 05:24:09 AM »

Quote from: masterthes on January 24, 2013, 04:50:10 AM

Favorite Who song ever, and it's a violin at the outro. Roger just played harmonica in concert

I watched the video so many times as a kid, it's the only way I remember it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hKUBTX9kKEo#t=243s

God, they are all fuckin spectacular in that outro.

KevShmev · « **Reply #68 on:** January 24, 2013, 09:52:38 AM »

Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Me being a huge B.O.C. fan, it goes without saying that I love this song to death. It was both a blessing and a curse that the SNL cowbell skit brought it more attention, as now many solely associate it with that, but I guess there are worse things. But this was a classic tune long before SNL immortalized forever, and it has one of the most awesome guitar solos of the entire 70s.

Big Hath · « **Reply #69 on:** January 24, 2013, 09:59:59 AM »

words can't express how much I love this song

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Author Topic: Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!) (Read 158707 times)