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[Men_in_Boxes]

Please share some other great epics (6+ minutes) in the thread below...

 

[NecrosaroIII]

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]

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]

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:

 

[squallheart]

Third option

 

[ManaByte]

Zeppelin wouldn’t allow Stairway in Wayne’s World, Queen allowed their song. So Rhapsody.

 

[Brigandier]

Zeppelin wouldn’t allow Stairway in Wayne’s World, Queen allowed their song. So Rhapsody.

Really? That's lame of Led Zep....

I prefer Stairway to Heaven but I prefer Queen by far overall.

 

[Laptop1991]

Both great songs but def Stairway to Heaven, my avatar might give it away!.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

You know what song is sick as fuck?

Space Oddity

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Stairway- it perfected the formula of the slow build to an epic finish. Bohemian Rhapsody sounds silly in comparison (but nothing wrong with that)

 

[TTOOLL]

Stairway to heaven, specifically the Heart version with Led Zeppelin watching in awe.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

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.

 

[belmarduk]

Definitely Stairway.
Bohemian Rhapsody isn't even the best Queen song.

 

[V1LÆM]

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.

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:

Innuendo is so fucking amazing.

 

[Nico_D]

Bohemian Rhapsody. But two very different kind of songs.

And Freddie > almost everybody else. Stumbling to this thread, I just happened to be listening Love of My Life and the feeling Freddie poured into his singing was just incredible.

 

[Badlucktroll]

 

[V1LÆM]

Bohemian Rhapsody. But two very different kind of songs.

And Freddie > almost everybody else. Stumbling to this thread, I just happened to be listening Love of My Life and the feeling Freddie poured into his singing was just incredible.

who would you say comes close to Freddie as a singer?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

who would you say comes close to Freddie as a singer?

No one. It's ridiculous how incredible singer he was.

 

[Nico_D]

who would you say comes close to Freddie as a singer?

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.

 

[ManaByte]

Really? That's lame of Led Zep....

I prefer Stairway to Heaven but I prefer Queen by far overall.

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.

 

[INC]

BR is a musical master piece in terms of structure, stairway is a pretty standard rock/pop tune, just done amazingly well.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Zeppelin wouldn’t allow Stairway in Wayne’s World, Queen allowed their song. So Rhapsody.

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.

 

[ManaByte]

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.

This is how it was in the theatrical cut:

 

[indigo-cyclops]

This is how it was in the theatrical cut:

Yea, I just never made the connection because I didn't realize Zeppelin didn't allow it to be in the movie, lol

 

[Scotty W]

I refuse to choose.

As for other epics, I have been grooving to this lately:



The song is all about slightly changing dynamics. Interesting lyrics too.

 

[synchronicity]

Overall I much prefer Queen as a band, but Stairway is the better song for me in this contest.

 

[Sybrix]

Queen are too novelty for me, i can't really take them seriously.

For me its Led Zeppelin all the way.

 

[Smiggs]

I'll take Hotel California, thank you.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Bohemian Rhapsody and it isn't even close.


Led Zeppelin can't even polish Queen's shoes, lol

 

[Evil Calvin]

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.

 

[AJUMP23]

Stairway is the better song, but Queen gets more airplay.

 

[Pejo]

(out of the poll options, I like Bohemian better)

 

[bender]

Stairway is the better song, but Queen gets more airplay.

Disagree on both counts, sir.

 

[AJUMP23]

Disagree on both counts, sir.

This is a gentlemen's forum and I appreciate your respect.



MORON!

 

[bender]

This is a gentlemen's forum and I appreciate your respect.



MORON!

 

[Kacho]

I don't get any enjoyment out of Bohemian Rhapsody personally. Probably my least favorite Queen hit.

Stairway is overplayed and meme'd but it's still great. If Stairway or Freebird come on the radio I'm not touching the dial.

 

[Patrick S.]

who would you say comes close to Freddie as a singer?

As someone who isn't even a big fan of Queen, my answer has to be: nobody.

 

[ssringo]

Stairway to heaven, specifically the Heart version with Led Zeppelin watching in awe.

I unironically love Heart's covers of Zeppelin more than Zeppelin.

 

[Trunx81]

Hotel California comes into the thread, sees “un chinito pecando” and leaves.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

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.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[West Texas CEO]

Bohemian Rhapsody is sheer brilliance.

 

[PrimetimeKnight]

who would you say comes close to Freddie as a singer?

Obviously not as good as Mercury but I'd have Ronnie James Dio as a respectable runner-up