Poll: Is "Bohemian Rhapsody" the most recognizable "Rock" song?

[SimuLord]

Most recognizable? I don't know if I'd go that far. The ones that instantly perk my ears up:

- Welcome to the Jungle
- Cult of Personality
- Back in Black
- Heavy Action (the Monday Night Football theme)

 

[Anticitizen_Two]

Fuck no.

Stairway.

 

[Lostpropht]

You know.. I wish "Bohemian Rhapsody" was the most recognizable rock song.. at least in comparison to the song that most likely is th most recognizable.. "Freebird" I hate freebird so hard it hurts my children.. and i don't have any yet lol!

 

[Jekken6]

I think the most recognizable rock song is 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zepellin.

 

[Lostpropht]

I was born in the 80s and I have no idea what you are talking about, I've never even heard of Thin Lizzy before. Perhaps I actually have heard the song in question, but I certainly couldn't associate it with that name or artist, and given this is a thread about "recognizable rock songs", I'm going to say no, that song does not qualify.

You most likely have heard Thin Lizzy, but you just dont realise it. If you search for The boys are back in town on Youtube then its really likely that you will recognise it.

Beside its not really your place to decide what qualifies or not, I mean if the majority of people on the thread dont know who Thin Lizzy are then I would accept that, but the start of the boys are back in town is a very easy to recognise.

Thin Lizzy sold millions of records over the years and god knows how many best of Rock and Roll type albums contain their songs. Hell, if you listen to Metallica then you may have heard their cover of another Thin Lizzy song Whiskey in the Jar. So you cant really sit there and say that it doesnt qualify JUST because you haven't heard of it.

Sure I can, because I'm a music nerd with a ginormous ego, the category in question is "most recognizable" - that is code for "something people still talk about or that which is used in other media with such frequency that not knowing about it is the exception, rather than the rule". Kids these days with appalling deficits of music history trivia still have a better than even chance of knowing what the hell you're talking about if you mention Stairway to Heaven or Freebird. You will get blank stares of incomprehension if you ask them about The Boys Are Back In Town.

If you believe otherwise you are suffering from delusions that classic rock is still culturally significant, when in fact it's actually "old people nostalgia music" and still 'popular' because it's what the baby boomers listen to to pretend modern music never actually happened.

Anyways, we're talking about an Irish hard rock band formed in 1969 that only had 1 hit album here in the states (from which the song in question derives) - you seriously think they are in the running for 'most recognizable' when competing against say... anything the Rolling Stones did ever? Or the various other bands that literally everyone who does not live under a rock knows about? Ha!

Like I said - they aren't even remotely in the running.

ah but there again, it's rock "song" not rock "artist or group". Therefore since it is "song" you may find that at least 1 person.. delusional as they may be, might list a song by a 1 hit wonder band.. such as A-Ha with they're song "Take on Me" Aldonova - "Fantasy" hell even Survivors "Eye of the Tiger" was a 1 hit wonder. And im almost positive there a alot of people in this forum who know that one. It doesnt matter when you were born. I was born in 86' and I know Thin Lizzy. They're more well known than not. So realistically any "rock song" can be mentioned here.

 

[Schlagwerk]

I'm pretty sure Freebird or More Than A Feeling has got it beat in ease of recognition.

Especially if you're not playing the "I see a little silhouette of a man" part.

 

[Ham Blitz]

Stairway to Heaven is one of the most recognisable rock songs, considering how many times it's been replayed on the radio.

I will have to agree with this, after all, Stairwat to Heaven does hold the record for the most requested song on the radio.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Most recognizable? I don't even know how I could judge that.

Still, the fact that "Living on a Prayer" has not been mentioned so far saddens me.

 

[Mr_spamamam]

If you believe otherwise you are suffering from delusions that classic rock is still culturally significant, when in fact it's actually "old people nostalgia music" and still 'popular' because it's what the baby boomers listen to to pretend modern music never actually happened.

Anyways, we're talking about an Irish hard rock band formed in 1969 that only had 1 hit album here in the states (from which the song in question derives) - you seriously think they are in the running for 'most recognizable' when competing against say... anything the Rolling Stones did ever? Or the various other bands that literally everyone who does not live under a rock knows about? Ha!

Like I said - they aren't even remotely in the running.[/quote]

Oh I'm sorry I thought that recognisable was to do with people hearing the songs and going 'hey I know this song' rather than its position in popular conversation and its use in commercial advertising. Maybe the people you know give out blank stares whan confronted by Thin Lizzy, however your previous statement sparked some interest in my mind and i decided to ask around when i was down the pub, and believe it or not a most of the 30 or so people that i asked knew who Thin Lizzy were, so maybe they are more recoginsed over here than America.

Besides over half the music on this list is what you call "old people nostalgia music" so unless baby boomers have overrun this thread, it could be that "GASP" maybe classic rock is actually more popular than you give it credit for. Anyway at the end of the day your opinion of what qualifies as a recognisable rock song is no more valid than mine and can only really be proven or disproven with a show of popular sentiment