Best Song: Jimi Hendrix

[Quinarvy]

This week none of the then the inventor of rock and the electric guitar!

Well, maybe thats over shooting Hendrix's awesomeness a little bit, but he is this weeks Best Song.

Previous Winners
Led Zeppelin: Achilles Last Stand
Black Sabbath: War Pigs
Rush: La Villa Strangiato
Iron Maiden: Hallowed Be Thy Name
Guns N' Roses: Civil War

Future Installments Coming (Subject to change):
The Beatles
Metallica
Nirvana
Radiohead
Queen
Bob Dylan
Van Halen
Frank Zappa
Michael Jackson
Megadeth

Rules: Post your top songs in order, with points next to them. The highest song in your top 5 should have 5 points, put it down as such or I won't count it (look below for example). Notice: If you do not post as this, I'm not counting your votes. Seriously, how hard is it to read? After three days of votes, I'll make a poll of the top 5, which will also last three days. Let the debate begin!

Don't bother putting live versions, as I'm just gonna count it as something else.

Top Five
All Along the Watchtower (55)
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (52)
Purple Haze (36)
The Wind Cries Mary (31)
Machine Gun (30)
Little Wing (30)


Standings:
25 Points - Machine Gun
24 Points - Fire
23 Points - Hey Joe
20 Points - Crosstown Traffic
19 Points - Castles Made of Sand
18 Points - Manic Depression
12 Points - Spanish Castle Magic
7 Points - If 6 was 9, 1983...A Merman I Should Turn to Be
6 Points - Foxy Lady, Star Spangled Banner, Freedom, Third Stone From the Sun
5 Points - Voodoo Chile, Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland), Look Over Yonder, Burning of the Midnight Lamp
4 Points - Red House, Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
3 Points - Are You Experienced?, Stone Free, Midnight Lightning
2 Points - Wait Until Tomorrow, Highway Chile
1 Point - Killing Floor, Dolly Dagger


My Votes

5 - Machine Gun
4 - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
3 - Midnight Lightning
2 - Star Spangled Banner (cover)
1 - Voodoo Chile

[OGGhostguy]

I'm gonna be unoriginal with my post. I like his more commercial stuff...

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (5)
Purple Haze (4)
All Along the Watchtower (3)
Foxy Lady (2)
The Wind Cries Mary (1)

[KallenS]

Hey Joe (5)
Crosstown Traffic (4)
Fire (3)
Voodoo Chile (2)
Purple Haze (1)

Well, that's it for me.

[Zidane]

Castles Made of Sand(5)
Hey Joe(4)
Manic Depression(3)
Little Wing(2)
All Along the Watchtower(1)

[franticfish]

Machine Gun (5)
Manic Depression (4)
The Wind Cries Mary (3)
Spanish Castle Magic (2)
Red House (1)

[Evilbottom]

5 - Little Wing
4 - Crosstown Traffic
3 - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
2 - Purple Haze
1 - Highway Chile

[Fizzeler]

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - 5
Purple Haze - 4
Fire - 3
Foxy Lady - 2
All Along The Watchtower - 1

[willdabeast21]

Fire - 5
Purple Haze - 4
The Wind Cries Mary - 3
Hey Joe - 2
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - 1

[Lolicat]

5- All Along the Watchtower
4- Purple Haze
3- Manic Depression
2- Foxy Lady
1- Hey Joe

Yea, not that into him.

[Hungryfreak]

Manic Depression (5)
If 6 Was 9 (4)
Third Stone From The Sun (3)
Are You Experienced (2)
1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) (1)

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

5) Little Wing
4) 1983
3) The Wind Cries Mary
2) Stone Free
1) Killing Floor

[Tank9088]

5-Red House
4- Voodoo Child
3- All Along The Watchtower
2-Fire
1- Purple Haze

[moose39]

5 - Spanish Castle Magic
4 - Purple Haze
3 - All Along The Watchtower
2 - Voodoo Chile
1 - Fire

[MdrnDayWarrior]

5 - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
4 - Castles Made of Sand
3 - All Along the Watchtower
2 - Hey Joe
1 - If 6 Was 9

[Swivle]

5 - Little Wing
4 - Wind Cries Mary
3 - All Along the Watchtower
2 - Castles Made of Sand
1 - Hey Joe

I tend to like his softer stuff.

[classicrockdude]

5. Crosstown Traffic
4. The Wind Cries Mary
3. Voodoo Child (Sligh Return)
2. Machine Gun
1. Manic Depression

This was impossible to make

[MrFruitLord]

5 - All Along the Watchtower
4 - Fire
3 - The Wind Cries Mary
2 - If 6 was 9
1 - Machine Gun

There should be a "Best Song: brokeNCYDE" thread.

[yaniv297]

Did Achilles actually won best Zeppelin song? That's a terrible choice IMO.

[classicrockdude]

Did Achilles actually won best Zeppelin song? That's a terrible choice IMO.

it is a great song, but not my favorite Zeppelin song.

[Meyernltn]

5-All along the watchtower
4-The wind cries Mary
3-Machine Gun
2-Little Wing
1-Purple Haze

[Meyernltn]

5-All along the watchtower
4-The wind cries Mary
3-Machine Gun
2-Little Wing
1-Purple Haze

[a21schizoidman]

5. Castles Made of Sand
4. Machine Gun
3. Burning of the Midnight Lamp
2. Wait Until Tomorrow
1. Are You Experienced?

[clashcityrocker10]

5- All Along the Watchtower
4- Freedom
3- Crosstown Traffic
2- Little Wing
1- Stone Free

[Gowienczyk]

5: Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)?
4: All Along the Watchtower
3: Spanish Castle Magic
2: Crosstown Traffic
1: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

[tridentgum0]

Hendrix? Eh, haven't heard much from him.

[HeIsEdrid]

5 - All Along the Watchtower (Cover)
4 - Star Spangled Banner (Cover, technically)
3 - Castles Made of Sand
2 - 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
1 - Foxy Lady

[Quinarvy]

Epic update.

It'll be updated in a few minutes.

[timmay9]

5. Crosstown Traffic
4. Fire
3. All Along the Watchtower
2. Manic Depression
1. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

[Dante1847]

5) Voodoo Chile (5)
4) Are You Experienced? (4)
3) All Along the Watchtower (3)
2) Hey Joe (2)
1) Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (1)

[LegendofRock3021]

5. Fire
4. All Along The Watchtower
3. Spanish Castle Magic
2. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
1. Manic Depression

[Teh_Jakester]

5: Fire
4: Crosstown Traffic
3: All Along the Watchtower
2: Freedom
1: Dolly Dagger

[gmarsh]

5. Purple Haze
4. All Along the Watchtower
3. Voodoo Child(Slight Return)
2. Hey Joe
1. Crosstown Traffic

[mjlambert1]

5 - Look Over Yonder
4 - Purple Haze
3 - Voodoo Child
2 - Spanish Castle Magic
1 - Highway Chile

[Quinarvy]

Updated

[timmay9]

Crap, I did mine backwards.

[Eaglediveofsex]

Machine Gun (5)
Little Wing (4)
Fire (3)
All Along the Watchtower (2)
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (1)

[WhiffleBallTony]

5. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
4. "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"
3. "Third Stone From the Sun"
2. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
1. "Crosstown Traffic"

[Hungryfreak]

Wow, during this time, Jimi somehow popped to the top of my last.fm charts, haha. It diversifies my top 6 a little, but it also kicks Atheist out. I need to listen to them more... For now, though, Jimi Hendrix!

[WhiffleBallTony]

Wow, during this time, Jimi somehow popped to the top of my last.fm charts, haha. It diversifies my top 6 a little, but it also kicks Atheist out. I need to listen to them more... For now, though, Jimi Hendrix!

My top listening is so horrible. I listen to so much other stuff, but since I listen to multiple artists and don't focus on one thing, none if it gets anywhere on my charts. On the other hand, I spend barely any time listening to Napalm Death, but they're in my top 10. Stupid short grindcore albums haha.

[Hungryfreak]

Yeah, Repulsion has been in my top 6 for almost a year due to the grindcore rule, haha.

[WhiffleBallTony]

Yeah, Repulsion has been in my top 6 for almost a year due to the grindcore rule, haha.

I had to rip a Brutal Truth album to my computer today and enter in all the song names. It was so annoying.

[Fizzeler]

Wow, during this time, Jimi somehow popped to the top of my last.fm charts, haha. It diversifies my top 6 a little, but it also kicks Atheist out. I need to listen to them more... For now, though, Jimi Hendrix!
You still have your top 2 that I have almost never seen changed

My top 6-8 have been fluctuating while echolyn and Porcupine Tree climbs Spock's Beard and Anthrax drop

[Hungryfreak]

You still have your top 2 that I have almost never seen changed

Zappa's always first :). High On Fire were in second for a while, and then I listened to the Melvins, haha.

[Hungryfreak]

I had to rip a Brutal Truth album to my computer today and enter in all the song names. It was so annoying.

I hear you. Always remember, though, at least that didn't happen with Agoraphobic Nosebleed's Altered States Of America. That would be sheer torture.

[WhiffleBallTony]

I hear you. Always remember, though, at least that didn't happen with Agoraphobic Nosebleed's Altered States Of America. That would be sheer torture.

I just looked that album up and I have but one thing to say:

...

[a21schizoidman]

Zappa's always first :). High On Fire were in second for a while, and then I listened to the Melvins, haha.

man, i just yesterday took my High on Fire CD out of my CD player in my car

[Hungryfreak]

man, i just yesterday took my High on Fire CD out of my CD player in my car

I didn't know you started listening to them. I need to start listening to the Sleep based trinity again, too, haha.

And yes, AN is a pretty ... band. Haven't picked up Altered States, though. I just like using it as an example of an album with too many songs over too little time, haha.

[WhiffleBallTony]

And yes, AN is a pretty ... band. Haven't picked up Altered States, though. I just like using it as an example of an album with too many songs over too little time, haha.

Haha. Only 3 of the songs on that album would go into last.fm's database. Christ that's insane.

[a21schizoidman]

I didn't know you started listening to them. I need to start listening to the Sleep based trinity again, too, haha.

And yes, AN is a pretty ... band. Haven't picked up Altered States, though. I just like using it as an example of an album with too many songs over too little time, haha.

yeah, i got the new live album at Best Buy like 2 weeks ago, and downloaded their discography

[Quinarvy]

Updating.

Machine Gun is in the Top 5.

Hell yea.

[Keld0r]

voodoo child - 5
hey joe - 4
the wind cries mary - 3
purple haze - 2
little wing - 1

of note : can a cover song really count towards a covering artist's best songs?

[a21schizoidman]

voodoo child - 5
hey joe - 4
the wind cries mary - 3
purple haze - 2
little wing - 1

of note : can a cover song really count towards a covering artist's best songs?

you picked Hey Joe

[ImHotterThanYou]

watch tower

[MrFruitLord]

watch tower

Did you not even read the 1st post?

[ImHotterThanYou]

Did you not even read the 1st post?
Yeah watchtower's kicking ass.

[timmay9]

5. Crosstown Traffic
4. Fire
3. All Along the Watchtower
2. Manic Depression
1. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

I did this completely wrong.

It was supposed to be:

5. VC (SR)
4. Manic Depression
3. AATW
2. Fire
1. Crosstown Traffic

[Quinarvy]

voodoo child - 5
hey joe - 4
the wind cries mary - 3
purple haze - 2
little wing - 1

of note : can a cover song really count towards a covering artist's best songs?

Yes, because the two versions are not nearly identical musically.


you picked Hey Joe

Also, Schiz owns.


watch tower

Fail.


Did you not even read the 1st post?

As I've said in many Best Songs, reading is a skill.


Yeah watchtower's kicking ass.

...and? The song with the most points doesn't necessarily win. Civil War, La Villa Strangiato, and I think War Pigs all finished the initial round with less points.


I did this completely wrong.

It was supposed to be:

5. VC (SR)
4. Manic Depression
3. AATW
2. Fire
1. Crosstown Traffic

Since you are a good poster, I'll fix it.

[timmay9]

Thanks man. I was bushed when I posted that last night. I even picked Crosstown Traffic over Machine Gun, which I wouldn't normally do. My baaad.

[Quinarvy]

Thanks man. I was bushed when I posted that last night. I even picked Crosstown Traffic over Machine Gun, which I wouldn't normally do. My baaad.

Since you're a reg...I wouldn't mind changing that *wink wink*

[Keld0r]

wow. it was just a question. you guys have nothing better to do than attack people? lol

[a21schizoidman]

wow. it was just a question. you guys have nothing better to do than attack people? lol

well, you complained that people were picking a cover, and you picked one yourself

[Quinarvy]

wow. it was just a question. you guys have nothing better to do than attack people? lol

Well, it would be like me saying this.

"I hate baseball, but love games that involve leather gloves, bats, balls, bases, eight position players, umpires, and pitchers."

[SG_Hitman]

Machine Gun (5)
Little Wing (4)
The Wind Cries Mary (3)
Hey Joe (2)
Red House (1)

[Quinarvy]

Updated.

[Quinarvy]

Poll is up

[timmay9]

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) all the way for me. Nailing that song on guitar made me appreciate Hendrix more than you can imagine.

[Buffdog18]

All Along the Watchtower is by far my favorite.

[a21schizoidman]

Machine Gun

[Quinarvy]

Machine Gun for me.

It just owns face.

[SG_Hitman]

Machine Gun for me.

It just owns face.

This.

[RetroMonster]

Personally, purple haze and All Along the Watch tower.

[classicrockdude]

The Wind Cries Mary

[franticfish]

Machine Gun.

[Tank9088]

All Along the Watchtower

[Keld0r]

where did i say i hated covers?

[gmarsh]

Purple haze!

[Hungryfreak]

Aw... I thought Manic Depression would make it. Oh well, my vote goes for Machine Gun.

[Fizzeler]

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) for me sad Fire did not make it :(

[Quinarvy]

where did i say i hated covers?

*facepalm*

You questioned how All Along the Watchtower could win, because it was a cover.

And then voted Hey Joe.

[Quinarvy]

Bump because this doesn't close for 2 more days.

[afterstasis]

Aw... I thought Manic Depression would make it. Oh well, my vote goes for Machine Gun.

manic depression would've made it if i was here to vote, but machine gun is indeed a suitable runner-up.

[Quinarvy]

manic depression would've made it if i was here to vote, but machine gun is indeed a suitable runner-up.

Cause Machine Gun can tear up peoples insides?

[Quinarvy]

Speaking of tearing up insides, Machine Gun won.