Long Songs on Albums?

Erik Tracy
Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
edited June 2010 in Music & Movies
So, what are some of your favorite 'long songs'?

Forget the 3 to 4 minute finely tuned and crafted songs meant to hit the airwaves for maximum airplay and pop payoff.

What about songs that are 8 minutes or longer that are purely for musical exploration and enjoyment?

I've been mining thru my vinyl archives and dredged up my Allman Brother's album "Win Lose or Draw" and revisited the 14:25 long song "High Falls".

No vocals - pure instrumental - sublimely soft and smooth.

The kind where you sink into your favorite couch or chair, the sunset softening into dusk, a tall drink in hand, and you let the music carry you away.

Not counting "live" or extended disco "remixes" - what are some of the long songs you enjoy?

H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,262
    edited June 2010
    Tin Pan Alley - Stevie Ray Vaughn
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited June 2010
    Rush- Xanadu 11 min and change.

    Led Zep -Achilles Last Stand 10.22

    Outlaws- Green Grass and High tides time?
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  • CTTE
    CTTE Posts: 183
    edited June 2010
    "Thick as a Brick"

    I burned a copy without a gap between the two songs so now it plays as one 43:50 long song.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,203
    edited June 2010
    dire straits. brothers in arms..."across the river".
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited June 2010
    A bit under the 8 minute mark but Steely Dan's "Your Gold Teeth" (Countdown to Ecstasy) is another fine long song.

    Also, Pink Floyd's "Dogs" (Animals) another great long song.

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2010
    In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • DForeman
    DForeman Posts: 468
    edited June 2010
    Willie the Pimp - Frank Zappa
    Magician's Birthday - Uriah Heep
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2010
    In My Time of Dyin' - Zeppelin

    Voodoo Chile - Hendrix (NOT the "Slight Return")

    Basically teh entire Animals album by Floyd
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited June 2010
    Dream Theater -Erotomania 6:44
    Dream Theater -A Change Of Seasons 23:08 :eek:
    The Allman Brothers Band -Whippin' Post 22:38 (The Fillmore Concerts version)
    Rush -La Villa Strangiato 9:34
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  • j allen
    j allen Posts: 363
    edited June 2010
    Some cool metal stuff...

    Iron Maiden - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (It's an adaptation of a poem by Coleridge, gotta love it!)

    Circus Maximus - Glory of the Empire

    Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter

    Both get a bit experimental, but they're progressive metal, whatever that means. People in the know tell me it's to be expected with 'prog' bands. Lots of neat tempo and thematic changes throughout.
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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited June 2010
    Classical violin/piano concertos.
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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited June 2010
    "Anesthetize" (feat. Alex Lifeson of Rush) 17:42 min long - Porcupine Tree off of Fear of a Blank Planet
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited June 2010
    Echoes - Pink Floyd
    Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) - Pink Floyd
    Sheep - Pink Floyd
    Three Days - Jane's Addiction
    I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin (a bit short of the 8-minute mark)
    Haunted When The Minutes Drag - Love & Rockets
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited June 2010
    j allen wrote: »
    Circus Maximus - Glory of the Empire

    Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter.

    Thanks for those!

    And yep, it's pretty common in prog.
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited June 2010
    Atom Heart Mother Suite and Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast both off of Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2010
    Alexander The Great - Iron Maiden
    Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd
    Dazed and Confused - Led Zepplin
    The End - The Doors Sort of a long song.
    2112 Overture - Rush
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  • ozzy21236
    ozzy21236 Posts: 100
    edited June 2010
    Mountain Jam off of Eat A Peach
    Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Blonde On Blonde
    Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album
    Perpetual Change - The Yes Album
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited June 2010
    Humble Pie – I Walk On Gilded Splinters (23:31) from the Performance Rockin'The Fillmore album.If listing a "live" version got your knickers in a twist,then the original version by Dr. John at 8+ minutes will do nicely.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited June 2010
    Absolutely the best song (long or not) is "Close to the edge" by YES- 18:37
    I agree with Norm on "Echoes" by Floyd
    The Revealing Science of God (with the full intro)- YES 22:27
    The Ancient - YES 18:23
    And You and I - YES 10:41

    I'll have to think of some others. I know there's more.

    Greg
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,395
    edited June 2010
    Yes has some incredibly long tracks.
    From Relayer: "The Gates of Delirium" is 21:50

    From TFTO:
    1. "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" 22:22
    2. "The Remembering (High the Memory)" 20:38
    3. "The Ancient (Giants under the Sun)" 18:35
    4. "Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil)" 21:37
    5. "Dance of the Dawn" (studio run-through) 23:35
    6. "Giants under the Sun" (studio run-through) 17:17

    Listening to the studio run-throughs really gives an appreciation of the energy these guys expend on each of these songs.

    Stan
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,395
    edited June 2010
    Hey must be something in the air, I was just listening to Permanent Waves on the way to work this morning. It has been buried in my box of CD for years until today.

    I always enjoyed the epic stores in albums like Caress of Steel and "Cygnus X1 Book 1" from A Farewell To Kings and the continuation "Cygnus X1 Book 2" on Hemispheres and of course 2112. I really need to set up my turntable in a safe place away from cats and kids.

    One thing that got me is, where were they going with the Part 1,2 and 3 of fear? They just seemed to drop the theme.
    Stan
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  • CTTE
    CTTE Posts: 183
    edited June 2010
    skrol wrote: »

    One thing that got me is, where were they going with the Part 1,2 and 3 of fear? They just seemed to drop the theme.
    Stan


    Part 4 is "Freeze" from Vapor Trails.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited June 2010
    Anything classical!!!

    Let's get crazy now;

    In-a-gadda-da-vida . . . Iron Butterfly

    The End . . . The Doors

    Time . . . The Chambers Brothers
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited June 2010
    headrott wrote: »
    Absolutely the best song (long or not) is "Close to the edge" by YES- 18:37
    I agree with Norm on "Echoes" by Floyd
    The Revealing Science of God (with the full intro)- YES 22:27
    The Ancient - YES 18:23
    And You and I - YES 10:41

    I'll have to think of some others. I know there's more.

    Greg

    And You and I by Yes is one of my all all all time favorites.

    There are soooo many great long songs that it's hard to think of them all in one forum session.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,203
    edited June 2010
    Rare Earths'.."Get Ready" is one of my all time favorites...I love that drum solo
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • cnoat
    cnoat Posts: 315
    edited June 2010
    Candy Dulfer
    Lily was here

    Sexy as hell
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited June 2010
    Not much newer stuff quite like that, but I'm a bit fond of Death Cab for Cutie's I Will Possess Your Heart.
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,648
    edited June 2010
    Stargazer- Rainbow
    The Gates of Delirium- Yes
    Metropolis Pt I- Dream Theater
    Sacrificed Sons- Dream Theater
    Dogs- Pink Floyd
    Hemispheres- Rush
    7th Son of a 7th Son- Iron Maiden
    To Tame a Land- Iron Maiden
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,039
    edited June 2010
    Well.

    I am not a huge fan of Yes, but I do like liked the Tony Kaye/Bill Bruford incarnation of Yes, and I very much like the long tracks Perpetual Change, Starship Trooper, Yours is No Disgrace and And You and I. Not a big fan at all of Tales or Relayer -- way too self-indulgent for my taste.

    The live version of Morning Dew on the Grateful Dead's Europe '72 is, if memory serves, about 14 minutes long, and it is incendiary. The version from the 5/8/77 (Barton Hall, Cornell Univ) is a tad longer, and even better. The end is just stunning... in case any of you didn't think that the Dead could actually rock and roll.

    One may hear the latter at archive dot org http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Grateful+Dead%22+AND+date%3A1977-05-08%2A
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,395
    edited June 2010
    Free Bird! :rolleyes:

    Ok, maybe not.
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