Re: Top 500 rock song of all time

[Ronen Reinheimer <ronen111@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

they don't play sibly because the live versions are so much better.


Jeremy Mixer wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Vilma wrote:
>
> > http://classicrock.about.com/library/misc/bltop500a.htm
> >
> > 1 Stairway to Heaven
> > 11 Rock and Roll
> > 22 Kashmir
> > 31 Whole Lotta Love
> > 41 Black Dog
> > 56 Communication Breakdown
> > 72 Thank You
> > 116 Going to California
> > 157 Immigrant Song
> > 191 Heartbreaker/Living Lovin Maid
> > 200 Ramble On
> > 251 Trampled Under Foot
> > 283 Over The Hills and Far Away
> > 310 Misty Mountain Hop
> > 337 Fool In the Rain
> > 399 Good Times Bad Times
> > 430 Dyer Maker
> > 445 All My Love
> >
> > Why wasn't Sibly included.....or anything from Presence
>
> I would say that the most likely reason is because the general rock n roll
> listening public is least likely to pop in Presense into their CD player,
> the most popular song on that album generally is "NFBM" (or Achilkes from
> those who actually have heard it- a lot of radio stations don't play it
> though but do play NFBM) and SIBLY- while a great song, once again it just
> isn't as popular as the ones listed above. The above list is also the most
> likely songs that you will hear on the radio by Zeppelin. If a DJ says you
> are going to hear Led Zeppelin, there is an 80-90% chance, no matter what
> station it is, that it will be one of the above songs.