Posted on 05/13/2011 9:14:29 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Last week we asked our readers to vote for their favorite ballad or slow jam of all time. Votes were all over the place – from tracks by Pearl Jam to Elvis Presley to Lionel Richie. In the end it was very close, and there was a tie so we had to expand our standard top 10 to a top 12. If this survey has reinforced anything, it's that our readers really, really love Led Zeppelin.
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"See You In September"......The origional was The Tempos.
We all went to Duquesne University.
I’m with you, Psycho_Bunny:
Always found ‘Stairway To Heaven’ depressing and dismal. Much prefer ‘Hot Dog’.
By the way, where’s Janis Joplin’s ‘Me And Bobby McGee’?
Just thought I’d ask.
Jack.
It’s been a while since I heard “For No One.” Came across it earlier in the week. A terrific song.
Good Post. We are likely to remember many songs by the input of fellow FReepers young and a tad older.
Dock of the Bay
Alone Again Naturally
Midnite Train to Georgia
Wichita Lineman
The list is large.
Keep learning your chops on the guitar any way you can - it sounds like this is your passion! you will do well and be better for it!
Hendrix - Little Wing
The Guess Who - These Eyes
Rolling Stones -Winter
Bob Dylan - Knocking on Heaven's Door
Rainbow - Catch the Rainbow
The Twilight Singers - The Lure Would Prove Too Much
The Eagles - Best of My Love
Pink Floyd - Stay
ZZ Top - Hot, Blue, and Righteous
Mazzy Star - Fade into You
Where have you been where its played 600 times in the past two days - Japan? I know they love it there.
me too. I post that on my fb every two months or so
Heh, I never dug that one, either.
Good luck, sounds like you are dedicated.
That rocks, Beavis!
Is it as bad as Babe by Styx? :^)
Billy Joel - She’s Always a Woman
Actually, I think “Only Women Bleed” is his best.
Good point!
Even if TV stations were still running a test pattern, I’m usually long asleep and wouldn’t know it either!
The very same. The one song that tainted "Cornerstone" just as "Beth" marred "Destroyer."
But there is room for only one song at the top:
Stardust.
My first shirt played guitar will I belted the blues on that in 1986. It was a dress event with grog and all.
I ain’t no Janis Joplin. :^)
The Four Tops version is the best I’ve heard
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