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Your favorite "long" songs.

Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:38 pm
Posted by tuck
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:38 pm
It's funny how many songs by most artists are 5 minutes or less (usually less). I guess it has something to do with radio stations being able to play them or maybe it has to do with short attention spans. I don't know what it is, but my favorite songs have tended to be longer than the typical "radio" songs you hear everyday (not always, of course). They are usually 8 minutes or more (usually more).

I think with a song that lasts longer you can really develop the mood and feel you are trying to convey. You can establish a theme and then play on that theme with subtle differences throughout the song with timing changes and adding or subtracting instruments or vocals. I think the thing I like most about long songs is that they can usually build and build until they reach a climax. Some of my favorites are:

1. Lateralus - Tool (9:24)
2. The Patient - Tool (7:14) - has probably my favorite non-classical music climax of any song ever.
3. Three days - Jane's Addiction (10:48)
4. Then she did - Jane's Addiction (8:18)
5. Hafsól - Sigur Ros (9:50)
6. Mílanó - Sigur Ros (10:25)

These are just a few that I love. I was wondering if any of you were like this and, if so, what are the songs and artist? I'm always up for listening to something I have never heard before.
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 9:39 pm
Posted by lsutiger_08
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2005
6683 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:42 pm to
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - 6:29
Posted by Muppet
Member since Aug 2007
50512 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:43 pm to
Dream Theater - Octavarium (24:00)
Most Opeth songs... they average around 10 minutes.
Progressive Metal/Rock in general.
The majority of classical/romantic music is lengthy. I'd say that I don't often find shorter songs that memorable. There are of course examples of songs that are concise but pack a heavy punch.
Posted by BayouBengal521
BR
Member since Jul 2008
8575 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:44 pm to
Lateralus- Tool
Porabola- Tool
Schism- Tool
Knocked Up- Kings of Leon
Rooster- Alice in Chains
Freebird- Lynyrd Skynyrd
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 9:47 pm
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:45 pm to
No woman no cry
Posted by F machine
Member since Jun 2009
11886 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:46 pm to
can't forget "Stairway" here
Posted by Rohan2Reed
Member since Nov 2003
75674 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:46 pm to
let me take you to school son.

1) Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (15:05)
2) CCR - Heard it Through the Grapevine (10:53)
3) George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (8:28)
4) Dr. John - Angloa Anthem (17:35)
5) Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (11:21)
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 9:47 pm
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11346 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:52 pm to
over 10 minutes:

television- marquee moon
panda bear- bros
bob dylan- desolation row
wilco- spiders (kidsmoke)
Posted by TommyCheeseballs
Milwaukee WI
Member since Jan 2007
8359 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:52 pm to
"Am I Evil"- Diamond Head 7:43
Posted by Turkey Burger
BRLA
Member since Feb 2009
3060 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:52 pm to
Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Bob Dylan - Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (Bootleg Version)
Built to Spill - Goin Against Your Mind
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Baby, I'm On Fire
Posted by Rohan2Reed
Member since Nov 2003
75674 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:53 pm to
quote:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Baby, I'm On Fire



Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22079 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:53 pm to
1.) "Is it a Crime?"--Sade (6:21)
2.) "American Pie"--Don McClean (8:35)
3.) "Alice's Restaurant"*--Arlo Guthrie (18:37)


*anytime you hear the long version of "Alice's Restaurant" on the radio, it is universally known that the DJ is taking a shite.
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 9:56 pm
Posted by Turkey Burger
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Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:55 pm to
quote:

Rohan2Reed


Glad to see another Nick Cave fan
Posted by Rohan2Reed
Member since Nov 2003
75674 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:55 pm to
+

John Lee Hooker - Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (10:16)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - American X (9:13)
SRV - Tin Pan Alley (9:12)
Allman Brothers - Jessica (7:31)
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78049 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:56 pm to
quote:

tuck
quote:

3. Three days - Jane's Addiction (10:48)
4. Then she did - Jane's Addiction (8:18)


i like the way you think
Posted by nortwestcajun
salem,oregon
Member since Nov 2009
18 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:56 pm to
allman bros have a few
Posted by AstroTiger
New Orleans Saints Fan
Member since Oct 2007
22966 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:57 pm to
November Rain
Stairway to Heaven
Free Bird
Posted by foreverLSU
Member since Mar 2006
17060 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:57 pm to
Posted by LSUDUKE
Lafayette
Member since Oct 2007
1045 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:58 pm to
Not one of my favorites but In Da Godda Da Vida is 17 minutes, one I like but isn't that popular is Only in Dreams by Weezer, about 8 minutes.
This post was edited on 3/8/10 at 10:01 pm
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86468 posts
Posted on 3/8/10 at 9:59 pm to
Led Zeppelin - In the Light (8:49)
Floyd - SOYCD parts 6-9 (12:31)
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