It's speed thrash metal you dumbass.

Elton John is definitely rock. In the mid-70s when KY-102 was at it's peak they had a TV advertisement and Elton John was featured right along side Led Zeplin, The Who, Pink Floyd and all the other bands of the day.

His Greatest Hit Volume I was issued by the US government to every kid, right along with Rumors, Frampton Comes Alive, Boston, Hotel California, etc.

My father-in-law got all bent out of shape when he heard the song "The Bitch is Back", just like parents do nowadays.

It is just a distortion to not consider Elton John to be rock.

I basically agree, although I think it's OK for everyone to decide on what criteria they want to use. I think it's OK for DJ's Left Nut to decide to only choose "suckage" if he doesn't choose any of the other songs. I think it's OK for Phobia to choose the songs he likes the most right now. I think it's OK for KC Tattoo to only choose songs either made by Guns N Roses or covered by them. I think it's OK for Mr. Flopnuts to vote on the basis of his Rolling Stones most influential rock of all time cheatsheet. The only thing that's not OK is for anyone to pay attention to Reaper's definition of metal.

My personal criteria is that I only vote for songs that Omaha finds cheesy.

"Tiny Dancer," "Layla," "Should I Stay or Should I Go"

That's what happened to Signs.

Rainman, we've got to make a loser's bracket.

Though I'm not a real fan of GNR, I don't see how GNR's "Sweet Child O'Mine" loses. It's got the legitimacy of a rock class but not the staleness of Stairway or Freebird. I'm interested in knowing what everyone thinks is the favorite at this point.

AC/DC, Rage & Sabbath

In his heyday, Elton John was definitely considered rock & roll... and so it remains today.

I have been voting for my favorites through out this contest.

btw thanks for sharing Rage against the Machines.. I could start being a fan of there music just havn't ever paid that much attention to them. They have an attidude that Rock N Roll is about. Stick it to the man style.

I think that anybody who has heard Killing in the name of will probably think it will win overall. I don't know how that doesn't define Rock and Roll.

I'm amazed that Johnny B. Goode isn't winning every heat, even the ones it's not in.

I am hard pressed to have a "favorite" GnR song, they all rock.

Coma, Estranged, November Rain, Don't Cry, One in a Million, Sweet Child, just a few that are above and beyond any thing else out there. imhgnfnrfo

Try playing Estranged on guitar, that is brilliantly done by Slash not many could pull that off.

I adore November Rain. Might be one of my a/t favorites. GnR and my life were timed perfectly with one another.

Have you heard this Phobia? This I love from the new GNR Chinese Democracy.

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I'd say it is pretty damn good even if it's not with Slash, Buckethead can play too.

So we definitely need to do this loser bracket idea.

Frankly, I'm a little worried about voter fatigue if we continue beyond the bracket. You're welcome to pursue it, but I think it won't get as good a participation.

And also, there's no way any Springsteen songs could be put in anything called "loser bracket". It'd have to be a "misunderstood" bracket.