DENIED, Page and Plant

[spatch]

Is Bohemian Rhapsody the best rock song of all time? Or does the honor rest with Stairway to Heaven?

I have played many games of Phoenix Wright so I am comfortable in asserting that the answer lies in the evidence. I call to the stand expert witnesses Wayne and Garth.

Exhibit A

Wayne and Garth and their buds (seen here before Phil joins them on a No Honk Guarantee) rock out to Queen. During the film's initial theatrical run, Bohemian Rhapsody was re-released on the Wayne's World soundtrack. It hit #2 on the Billboard charts and became a fine tribute to Freddie Mercury, who had died a few months earlier.

Exhibit B

Wayne plays the first five notes of Stairway to Heaven in a guitar shop, breaking store rules and annoying the employees. But that's only in the original theatrical cut. Zep wouldn't give up the rights to five lousy notes for the home video and TV versions. For all subsequent releases a random rock riff was dubbed over Wayne's playing, effectively rendering the joke null and void although the sign retains its meaning in a meta sort of way.

The answer is all too clear.

Comments

[spatch]

well, okay the Page masterpiece is mentioned as being off limits is because it is the AWESOMEST guitar riff EVER.

Sing, o muse, of how Page the Yardbird overthrew the merciless titan Lespaul son of Gibson in fierce battle on the blood-soaked beach. Five times did Page thus strike, plucking from Lespaul as he did the very essence of rock. And Page then threw this trophy over his shoulder into the wine-dark sea, bringing forth a wave of foam bearing a most awesome A minor 9th on the halfshell.

After years of sheer awesomeness the purveyors of guitars the land over did conspire to ban any mention of the Sacred Chord, for they could no longer bear to hear the nation's youth attempt to perform this same act of creation. And sad Euterpe did mourn the loss of this expression until grey-eyed Athene gave her solace. "There is no need to cry," said Athene, "for I promise you that every one of my schools on this Earth, be they Junior or Middle, shall now and forever end their ritual dances with the Chord."

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

Have I told you lately that you're awesome? :)

classic rock

[maga-dogg.livejournal.com]

(Man, I never thought I'd find a use for that again.)

[dogofthefuture.livejournal.com]

Thus spake ye Maiden: For thee I wilt give my maidenhood.

Lauft did the The Goodwyfe for she knew at of ye maidenhood and it hoven ben gift betimes.

Said the Maiden, but not ye maidenhood of mine mooth.

Thus did ye first jobbe of blew to ayn plier of lyre ben given.