Man, I see this is an old track, and I'm repeating myself. 

Worth repeating though Jerome, great choices

Jerry

Stairway to Heaven only keeps getting voted up there because that's the only song most people these days remember them for... It's NOT their best song... they have far far better tracks to select from... Kashmir, Communication Breakdown, Whole Lotta Love, When the Levee Breaks... just to give a few. It's just that people have such a hard time picking just one song from their catalogue that they play safe and pick StH just to ensure LZ gets top spot...

This and that, right up there.

As a certified Zep nut, let me pontificate for a moment.   Stairway isn't even the best song on that album, let alone of all time.   Misty Mountain Hop and Going to California can battle it out for the best on the album title.   

Best Zep track of all time, though?....  Hmmmm   I'll go with Bron Yr Aur Stomp, Dazed and Confused, or Immigrant Song.

Jerry

selso wrote:

Stairway aint even their best song! Why it gets some much attention is beyond me. Stairway denied.

Wayne's World.

one of my all time favorite movies

selso wrote:

Stairway aint even their best song! Why it gets some much attention is beyond me. Stairway denied.

Wayne's World.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WStE470Nu4s

No Stairway. Denied.

Stairway aint even their best song! Why it gets some much attention is beyond me. Stairway denied.

Wayne's World.

Play them Magic Carpet Ride.  Really, really loud.  I'll bet they like it better.  If not, then try Oh Darlin'.  Not Hello Darlin'.  My bad. 

- Zurf

Oh Darling is the best rock vocal IMHO...and easier to play than to sing !

- Zurf

i was playing it to my kids in the car the other day. never heard it before. and yet to be persuaded.

Still, it's what rock is all about.  Which is nothing.  Rock is about absolutely nothing.  And it's sung by people who probably shouldn't be singing.  So, Hey Hey My My is rock.  There was a really good, but much too clean to be the best ever, but still really good rock song by - oh heck - Train maybe?  "Hanging Around".  And Barenaked Ladies did a song about having a hangover.  So it breaks the rules by being about something, but it's about a hangover so I think that's excusable because they were hungover at the time.  Plus, if rock is about something, it's about breaking rules.  Anyway, that song is "Hello City."  But it's too well performed and much too tight to be real rock. So it's kind of ska.  Or something. 

What was the question? 

Oh yeah!  I wouldn't put "Stairway to Heaven" as the best rock song. 

You know, "Hello Darlin'" by the Beatles might be a pretty good best rock song.  It's got a killer bass line that frankly if you studied it could make a right decent bass player out of you.  It's about nothing.  And the band got really, really rich.  Which probably doesn't mean anything music wise, but it does seem to be a requirement for these lists. 

My two cents.  And yeah, if you're a Zep fan, I'll take change. 

I'm sorry.  I've been completely wrong on each of the items above.  Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride" is the best rock song ever.  Yes.  There we go.  I'm willing to stand behind that.  Until I change my mind again. 

- Zurf