Men_in_Boxes
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Please share some other great epics (6+ minutes) in the thread below...
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Stairway to Heaven or Bohemian Rhapsody?
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Please share some other great epics (6+ minutes) in the thread below...
NecrosaroIII
Banned
I prefer stairway. Both are great songs, but I love the building structure in stairway. When Bonham comes in with the drums in the 'If there's a bustle in your hedgerow" verse, it's stunning.
DragoonWalker
Member
I think a more exciting comparison might be between Bohemian Rhapsody and Don't Stop Believing. Stairway to Heaven is very subdued and downbeat ballad.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
A few more epics that didn't reach the level of the songs in the OP...
Soma by The Smashing Pumpkins
Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen
Lateralus by Tool:
Innuendo by Queen:
Soma by The Smashing Pumpkins
Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen
Lateralus by Tool:
Innuendo by Queen:
squallheart
Member
Third option
Brigandier
Member
Really? That's lame of Led Zep....
I prefer Stairway to Heaven but I prefer Queen by far overall.
Laptop1991
Member
Both great songs but def Stairway to Heaven, my avatar might give it away!.
NecrosaroIII
Banned
You know what song is sick as fuck?
Space Oddity
Space Oddity
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Stairway- it perfected the formula of the slow build to an epic finish. Bohemian Rhapsody sounds silly in comparison (but nothing wrong with that)
Cyberpunkd
Member
Bohemian Rhapsody all day. Much more tempo-breaking and a mash of different styles that shouldn't work together + vocals are way better (but Mercury was probably the greatest singer of all time, hard to compete with that). On a pure technical side Stairway to Heaven is a much more simpler song.
Makoto-Yuki
Banned
Bohemain Rhapsody and it's not even close. Stairway to heaven is one of the dullest songs I've had the misfortune to listen to.
Innuendo is so fucking amazing.
Innuendo is so fucking amazing.
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Badlucktroll
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Makoto-Yuki
Banned
who would you say comes close to Freddie as a singer?
Cyberpunkd
Member
No one. It's ridiculous how incredible singer he was.
Nico_D
Member
It is a good question. Technically probably many. But the color, the delivery, warmth and just pure emotion... I don't know if there's anyone. At least any I know of.
The theatrical cut of Wayne's World had the first couple of notes played in the "No Stairway" scene. Zep demanded over $100,000 just for those couple of notes, so they had to remove it for the home video version.
indigo-cyclops
Member
This makes so much sense now. I always thought it was more an in-joke about how everyone at music stores just noodle away at Stairway when trying out guitars.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Yea, I just never made the connection because I didn't realize Zeppelin didn't allow it to be in the movie, lol
synchronicity
Member
Overall I much prefer Queen as a band, but Stairway is the better song for me in this contest.
Jinzo Prime
Member
Bohemian Rhapsody and it isn't even close.
Led Zeppelin can't even polish Queen's shoes, lol
Led Zeppelin can't even polish Queen's shoes, lol
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Well Zeppelin did sort of steal the opening rift from Taurus- Spirit
Comparisons
And a bunch of their songs are taken from other artists and old Blues songs. So, yeah Bohemian Rhapsody wins.
Comparisons
And a bunch of their songs are taken from other artists and old Blues songs. So, yeah Bohemian Rhapsody wins.
bender
What time is it?
Disagree on both counts, sir.
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AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
bender
What time is it?
Patrick S.
Banned
As someone who isn't even a big fan of Queen, my answer has to be: nobody.
ssringo
Member
I unironically love Heart's covers of Zeppelin more than Zeppelin.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Page and Plant really look like Merry and Pippin in that pic, lol.
It's an impossible question for me. Both songs are classic and amazing. I get more emotionally involved with Stairway - the buildup is fantastic and the song is so ethereal halfway through, then Bonham comes in and it's something incredible.
Rhapsody, on the other hand, is genius. Hard to not get away stunned from the first listen of it. It's the quintessential Queen manifesto, it has everything from the falsetto choirs to May's amazing guitar solos.
It's an impossible question for me. Both songs are classic and amazing. I get more emotionally involved with Stairway - the buildup is fantastic and the song is so ethereal halfway through, then Bonham comes in and it's something incredible.
Rhapsody, on the other hand, is genius. Hard to not get away stunned from the first listen of it. It's the quintessential Queen manifesto, it has everything from the falsetto choirs to May's amazing guitar solos.
ChorizoPicozo
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The Lunch Legend
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Bohemian Rhapsody is sheer brilliance.
PrimetimeKnight
Member
Obviously not as good as Mercury but I'd have Ronnie James Dio as a respectable runner-up
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