Favourite long songs

matdotcodot

I've noticed this sounds really good setting the speed to 1.25 as well, don't want to get all John Peel. But I like finding long songs and speeding them up a notch.

Beautiful song at any speed tbh.

JAYJO

Brownsville Girl Bob Dylan. 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Define 'long'...

Are we talking anything longer than standard pop-song 3-5min range, or are we talking full on prog-rock 15-20min marathons?!

First thing that springs to my mind is probs Bruce and the E Street Band Jungleland . Epic ending to an epic album.

545454

Marquee Moon by Television - 11 minutes and brilliant from start to finish. The whole album is a corker!

For storytelling, I love Dylan's Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts. Tom Russell does a great cover of it too.

Philly_Q

Supper's Ready.

JezWynd

Mainlines by Doctors of Madness
A Louse is not a Home by Peter Hammill
Loan Me a Dime by Boz Scaggs
Spunk Rock by Man
A Sailor's Life by Fairport
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands by Dylan

kennedydream1980

Once around the world by It Bites

lewism

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic 

digitalscream

My current favourite is this one:



I was never much of a fan of Nightwish, mainly because I didn't like Tarja's vocals (although she's a superb singer) and I liked Anette Olzon's even less. Having just discovered Floor Jansen, though, I'm feeling a bit embarrassed about the whole thing...she's pretty incredible. Even if you don't watch the rest of it, from 8:00 to the end is just brilliant.

"Floorgasm" indeed

KKJale

@matdotcodot ;I love "I Dream A Highway". I talked to David about it once and he said they recorded it late at night in a very sombre mood having just returned from John Hartford's funeral. The song went on and on and he was crapping himself that the tape would run out. A few seconds after the last note died away came the sound of "flap flap flap"... they made it. Just...

A few I rather like...

Burn Girl Prom Queen - Mogwai
$29 - Tom Waits
Melody - Serge Gainsbourg
Freedom Flight - Shuggie Otis
Track Goes By - The High Llamas
Some Misunderstanding - Gene Clark

BRISTOL86

Telegraph Road

CHRISB50

Smashing Pumpkins - Porcelina of the Vast Oceans

Ride - Leave Them All Behind

equalsql

Philly_Q said:

Supper's Ready.

That was the first song I thought of too  .

Get Em' Out By Friday being my second choice.

not_the_dj

Philly_Q said:

Supper's Ready.

Grendel 

proggy

Pink Floyd's Shine on you crazy diamond. I know it's done in a few different parts and all that, but it's still the same song.

blobb

Long Lankin

Philly_Q

equalsql said:

Philly_Q said:

Supper's Ready.

That was the first song I thought of too  .

I was sort of joking, although I do like the early Genesis stuff.

When I saw the heading "long songs", Supper's Ready just instantly popped into my head.  I was transported back to the Friday Rock Show with Tommy Vance, circa 1980, when they'd have the annual listeners' all-time top 10 vote (Stairway, Shine On, Free Bird, something or other by Yes, etc etc)

Dopesick

Assuming we're talking about 10 mins+ off the top of my head...

Devin Townsend - Earth Day (well, it's 9:43...)

Opeth - Blackwater Park

Opeth - The Moor

Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood

YOB - Marrow

YOB - Quantum Mystic

Electric Wizard - Dopethrone

Electric Wizard - Supercoven

Bathory - Shores In Flames

Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise

Type O Negative - Black No.1

ICBM

Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
Deep Purple - Child In Time
Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love
The Doors - The End
Neil Young - Ramada Inn

LuttiS

Von Hertzen Brothers - War is over. Saw these as a supporting band, completely blew me away. Left the main act early who i had gone to see as they were such a let down after the Von Hertzen show..




and Avenged Sevenfold  - The Stage & Exist.. 25 minutes off their latest album. They get a lot of stick, but i still like em

Philly_Q

Earthless - Violence of the Red Sea