# Epic Song Madness (Round 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 31, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-song-madness-round-2/458301 "2008-07-31T00:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-song-madness-round-2/458301/41 "2008-08-02T19:46:46Z")
Division A 1 Hey Jude (7:08) - The Beatles 9 Hallelujah (6:53) - Jeff Buckley _SKIP2 Layla (7:05) - Derek And The Dominos 7 The Thrill Is Gone (5:25) - B.B. King_ 6 Both Sides Now (5:45) - Joni Mitchell 14 Baba O’Riley (5:10) - The Who 4 Whole Lotta Love (5:34) - Led Zeppelin 5 Suspicious Minds (7:41) - Elvis Presley Division B 1 Stairway To Heaven (8:03) - Led Zeppelin 8 Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone (6:53) - The Temptations 3 You Can’t Always Get What You Want (7:35) - The Rolling Stones 6 Purple Rain (8:41) - Prince 4 Mr. Tambourine Man (5:28) - Bob Dylan 5 Won’t Get Fooled Again (8:31) - The Who 7 Lust For Life (5:13) - Iggy Pop 15 White Room (5:03) - Cream Division C 2 What’d I Say Parts I & II (6:28) - Ray Charles 7 Bohemian Rhapsody (5:55) - Queen 3 A Day In The Life (5:34) - The Beatles 6 Kashmir (8:28) - Led Zeppelin 8 Free Bird (9:11) - Lynyrd Skynyrd 16 Smoke On The Water (5:19) - Deep Purple 12 Iron Man (5:58) - Black Sabbath 13 Wish You Were Here (5:19) - Pink Floyd Division D 1 Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:01) - Nirvana 8 Nothing Compares 2 U (5:11) - Sinead O’Connor 2 Sympathy For The Devil (6:24) - The Rolling Stones 10 Sweet Child O’ Mine (5:56) - Guns N’ Roses 3 Bridge Over Troubled Water (5:09) - Simon & Garfunkel 6 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (5:13) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience _SKIP4 Hotel California (6:03) - The Eagles 12 Comfortably Numb (6:24) - Pink Floyd_ ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-song-madness-round-2/458301/42 "2008-08-06T02:40:22Z")
Winners are in red. Division A 1 **Hey Jude** (7:08) - The Beatles = 26 9 **Hallelujah** (6:53) - Jeff Buckley = 11 2 **Layla** (7:05) - Derek And The Dominos = 32 7 **The Thrill Is Gone** (5:25) - B.B. King = 4 6 **Both Sides Now** (5:45) - Joni Mitchell = 2 14 **Baba O’Riley** (5:10) - The Who = 14 4 **Whole Lotta Love** (5:34) - Led Zeppelin = 21 5 **Suspicious Minds** (7:41) - Elvis Presley = 16 Both “Layla” and under-seeded “Baba O’Riley” demolish their competition, while “Whole Lotta Love” prevails in a surprisingly tight race with “Suspicious Minds”. Division B 1 **Stairway To Heaven** (8:03) - Led Zeppelin = 21 8 **Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone** (6:53) - The Temptations = 16 3 **You Can’t Always Get What You Want** (7:35) - The Rolling Stones = 25 6 **Purple Rain** (8:41) - Prince = 11 4 **Mr. Tambourine Man** (5:28) - Bob Dylan = 8 5 **Won’t Get Fooled Again** (8:31) - The Who = 29 7 **Lust For Life** (5:13) - Iggy Pop = 13 15 **White Room** (5:03) - Cream = 23 Like the previous division, “Stairway to Heaven” had some trouble overcoming “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”. Entries from The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Cream move on to the next round. Division C 2 **What’d I Say Parts I & II** (6:28) - Ray Charles = 10 7 **Bohemian Rhapsody** (5:55) - Queen = 27 3 **A Day In The Life** (5:34) - The Beatles = 20 6 **Kashmir** (8:28) - Led Zeppelin = 16 8 **Free Bird** (9:11) - Lynyrd Skynyrd = 10 16 **Smoke On The Water** (5:19) - Deep Purple = 27 12 **Iron Man** (5:58) - Black Sabbath = 13 13 **Wish You Were Here** (5:19) - Pink Floyd = 24 Tough division: undeniably epic songs “Kashmir”, “Iron Man”, and “Free Bird” all fall by the wayside. Division D 1 **Smells Like Teen Spirit** (5:01) - Nirvana = 30 8 **Nothing Compares 2 U** (5:11) - Sinead O’Connor = 7 2 **Sympathy For The Devil** (6:24) - The Rolling Stones = 24 10 **Sweet Child O’ Mine** (5:56) - Guns N’ Roses = 13 3 **Bridge Over Troubled Water** (5:09) - Simon & Garfunkel = 20 6 **Voodoo Child (Slight Return)** (5:13) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience = 17 4 **Hotel California** (6:03) - The Eagles = 12 12 **Comfortably Numb** (6:24) - Pink Floyd = 23 I don’t know whether to be surprised that “Bridge Over Troubled Water” edges out “Voodoo Child”. The Sweet Sixteen will be out shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-song-madness-round-2/458301/43 "2008-08-06T23:14:43Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] 6 **Both Sides Now** (5:45) - Joni Mitchell = 2 14 **Baba O’Riley** (5:10) - The Who = 14 [/QUOTE] Not that it matters, but I made a transcription error in reporting the number of votes for “Baba O’Riley”. The correct total for The Who song is 35. Please vote in the [Sweet Sixteen round](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=478374). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-song-madness-round-2/458301.md?page=2)