Reception
Martin Popoff included the song at number nineteen in his book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time; it was ranked the second "greatest metal song " by VH1; it appeared at #467 on Rolling Stone' "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, it appeared as number seven hundred and sixty-four on Q's "1001 Best Songs Ever" chart; and the song was named the "greatest song about Los Angeles" in a poll in Blender. In 2009, it was named the greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. The song is a frequently used during sporting events and in 2009 the readers of Rolling Stone magazine rated it the greatest sports anthem.
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“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
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“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)