Music Challenge

[Talys]

Ok, so my friend decided to make a comment while a good portion of my floor was listening to a cheesy 80s play list and playing Soul Caliber 4. After the song "The Final Countdown" by Europe played he challenged us to find a more epic rock song (classical is out) than it. I personally had more trouble than expected but refuse to believe it to be true...any help?

[Saz]

Queen. We will rock you. /end thread.

[Kami]

Stairway to Heaven
Rock 'n' Roll
Who's Next?
Baba O'Riley
Detroit Rock City
Bohemian Rhapsody


...The Final Countdown is far from the most epic song ever.

[Jack]

Eye of the Tiger

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Metal Health

Final Countdown is probably the most epic song ever, if you actually like it, which I don't.

[Jack]

White Rabbit is another one. I think. Kinda don't know what you mean by epic.
Don't Stop Believin'
Styx - Mr. Roboto
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

EDIT: Even still, Kami is right, Final Countdown is not the most epic song ever. No band named after a continent could ever be credited with that.

[Josh]

Srsly, if it's gonna be videogames.

It has to be Rush - Tom Sawyer.

lrn2ply nub.

[Jack]

Seems about right. Rush has the biggest rock sound ever.

[Sullivan]

Bohemian Rhapsody

[Pinky]

Final Countdown is pretty good, but most epic ever? Please.

Queen's Don't Stop Me Now, Metallica's Master of Puppets, Damage Inc., Skynyrd's Free Bird, Dragonforce's Fury of the Storm, Iron Maiden's Wasted Years, TRUSTcompany's Take It All. These are the first ones that jumped out at me as being more epic than final countdown.

[James]

3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Ac/Dc - TNT
Andrew W.K. - Ready to Die
Audio Adrenaline - Underdog
Bad Religion - New Dark Ages
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
The Beatles - Come Together
Billy Talent - Red Flag
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
Boston - Foreplay Long Time
Bowling for Soup - I Ran (Cover)
Brian Setzer - Malaguena
Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe
Creed - What If
Crush 40 - Live and Learn
Da Rude - Sandstorm
Devil May Cry 3 Soundtrack (Don't know the artist) - Devils Never Cry
Distrubed - Stupify
DJ Tiesto - He's a Pirate
Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames
Dragonforce - Fury of the Storm
Dream Theater - Acid Rain
DVDA - America, Fuck Yeah
Foo Fighters - My Hero
Foo Fighters - Low
Foreigner - Jukebox Hero
Fort Minor - Remember the Name
Fort Minor - Spell it Out
Godsmack - Awake
Goo Goo Dolls - Long Way Down
Hans Zimmer - A Dark Knight
INXS - Cry Little Sister
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Johnny Cash - Ghost Rider in the Sky
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
Journey - Eye of the Tiger
Judas Priest - You Got Another Thing Comin'
Klaus Badelt - Skull and Crossbones
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
Metallica - No Leaf Clover
Moby - Lift Me Up
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Necessary Response - Forever
Necessary Response - Tomorrow
Newton - Streamline
Nine Inch Nails - Just Like You Imagined
Nirvana - You Know You're Alright
The Offspring - Half-Truism
Orgy - Blue Monday
Pearl Jam - Black
A Perfect Circle - Passive
Rammstein - Du Hast
Rise Against - Re-Education
Styx - Renegade
Sum 41 - No Reason
System of a Down - Aerials
Turbonegro - The Age of Pamparius

Not sure who you are musically so I just broadened my search. There's a little bit of everything that I consider 'epic' though my definition may vary. Basically, anything you can set a dramatic end sequence or monumental battle is my idea of 'epic'.

[Jesper]

Vocals aside, "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria is pretty epic.

[Vad]

Frontline - Pillar
Fireproof - Pillar
I'm Shipping up to Boston - Dropkick Murphy's
Jump Around - House of Pain
Rollin (Air Raid Vehicle) - Limp Bizkit
The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears - Machine Head
From This Day - Machine Head
Mars the Bringer of War - Gustav Holst
Go - Andy Hunter
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Out of Exile - Audioslave
Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
Lit Up - Buckcherry
Toad - Cream
White Room - Cream
Name of the Game - The Crystal Method
PHD - The Crystal Method
The entire Indestructible Album - Disturbed

Following the same rules as Ares. If I duplicated songs already posted....

Oops?

EDIT: Whoops, Rice Pudding - Jeff Beck Group

[Jack]

I think epic means a really big sound, an ambiguous anthem, etc.

White Room is not epic. Black Dog? negro plz

EDIT: I was gonna say Name of The Game too Vad. Psynergy ftwwwwwww

[Sage]

Dragonforce is epic?

...Really? I think it's more... 'fun' than anything. But they're not that good. I mean, yeah, Herman Li's a great guitarist but who cares, since all of their songs sound the same anyway.

[Jesper]

By the way, that reminds me...

You know who sucks? Led Zeppelin.

[Sage]

By the way, that reminds me...

You know who sucks? Led Zeppelin.

XD

Oh, yes. They totally do. Hey Jack.

[Jack]

One of these days I will destroy you both.

But *CURVEBALL* I don't think Zeppelin songs qualify as epic. A few maybe (Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand, In The Light kinda).

[Jesper]

Kashmir definitely would have epic qualities.

...if it didn't suck balls. Robert Plant ruins everything.

[Jack]

[James]

Dragonforce is epic?

...Really? I think it's more... 'fun' than anything. But they're not that good. I mean, yeah, Herman Li's a great guitarist but who cares, since all of their songs sound the same anyway.

Just imagine a bunch of explosions while the music is playing. Like, to the extreme. Buildings, dogs, cats, babies, anything. Michael Bay movies work too.