Hi all,

(Especially Ian M.)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4123271.stm

Joe

Come on :D:D:D:D:D:D

You all knew that Stairway to Heaven was going to win it ;)

Thanks Joe for bringing this up, and thanks to Robert, Jimmy, John and John for making such a great song :thumbsup:

I still prefer the Rolf Harris version... ;)

Boo!! Hiss!!
Freebird is so much better
Does anyone know did 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus get a mention?
That's another classic that shouldn't be forgotten!!!

Originally posted by Sidla
I still prefer the Rolf Harris version... ;)

You ever heard the Rolf Harris version of Bohemian Rhapsody? IMO it's a tie between that and the chavs one for which is the best alternate version of a popular song.

Originally posted by WALLBUILDER
Freebird is so much better
Does anyone know did 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus get a mention?
That's another classic that shouldn't be forgotten!!!

Isn't hocus pocus the one of the old theme tunes from the friday rock show? The other being theme 2 by Van-Der Graf generator.

Marvellous!

Hocus pocus was released in uk as a single in 1971, didn't sell many though..

I remember a lot of the tunes from that poll featring in my teenage years....

Being at a party where someone played 'Stairway to Heaven' on an acoustic guitar.

Buying a 'Best of Deep Purple' LP and encountering 'Smoke on the Water' for the first time.

I remember Freebird from numerous school discotheques, for some reason.

In later years I've come to associate Stairway to Heaven with the guitar shop scene in 'Wayne's World' where Wayne picks up the guitar of his dream, prepares to strum, and is brought to a halt by the shop assistant pointing to a sign saying 'No Stairway to Heaven'...:)

And Lynyrd Skynnerd (sp??) will now be forever associated with the film 'Con Air' where 'Sweet Home Alabama' is being sung by the escaping convicts in the aircraft they've hijacked, while Steve Buscemi's character says 'Define irony: a bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.'

Love it! :)

Joe