Libertine Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 What is the longest song that you 'own', in minutes? Mine is probably November Rain. Clocking in at 8 minutes and 56 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 Jimmy Eat World - Goodbye Sky Harbour - 16:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 Probably something by Mars Volta. To be honest I don't like long songs, they are often pretentious and repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 Kasabian - U Boat - 10:52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant, I expect. Other long songs, worthy of note though. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet Bob Dylan - Desolation Row Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationwider Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 14:48 - downloaded. Don McLean - American Pie 8:32 - album. Morrissey "The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils" is about 10:00-ish, but I can't find my CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarby Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 The End by the Doors i think (i havent checked) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathside Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 At a guess I'd plump for Down In The Sewer by The Stranglers from their debut album Rattus Norvegicus IV - 7 minutes 58 seconds I don't find it to be either pretentious or repetitive - mainly because it is in four parts Falling Down In The Sewer Trying To Get Out Again Rats Rally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 17 December 2005 Share Posted 17 December 2005 green day - jesus of suurbia 9:18 like this song has good vartiation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 18 December 2005 Share Posted 18 December 2005 Mogwai - "Like Herod" (the version from "Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003") - 18:30 The Decemberists' EP "The Tain" could count as the longest one I have--it's one track that's 18:36 long although the back cover and liner notes indicate that there are five distinct movements (Parts I-V). It's all one big song, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 18 December 2005 Share Posted 18 December 2005 Dispatch - 5/4 Here We Go 8 Minutes 21 Seconds The most amazing intro I've ever heard. E-Guitar heaven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajax Treesdown Posted 18 December 2005 Share Posted 18 December 2005 Yes - Close to the Edge - 18:41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 Empty Cans by The Streets. 8:19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirralsimon Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 Got lots of long songs by the likes of Genesis, Tangerine Dream, Yes, Grateful dead, Marillion etc. in the 17-25 minute range. If I started listening to music in the 70's when there were loads of long songs about. It was an era when the 20 minute version of a song was automatically better than the 5 or 10 minute version, no questions asked. Now i realise that a lot of the long versions of songs from that era are virtiually unlistenable. I have a live version of Freebird at home that seems to go on forever, might be the 15 minute one referred to above but it seems longer! I once sat through a drum solo by Ginger Baker that went on for 25 minutes and got boring after the first minute! There should be a special category for pointlessly long songs. Buried in the archives I have a 20 minute live version of 'Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin (original was 6 minues) and a 22 minute live version of 'Space Trucking' by Deep Purple (The original went on a bit at 4 minutes, it was only one riff when it came down to it). Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 The Orb - Blue Room 39 minutes and 58 seconds, two seconds shorter than the maximum permitted for a single under chart rules!!! however I don't actually own it but nothing will ever beat that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janx Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 The Orb - Blue Room 39 minutes and 58 seconds, two seconds shorter than the maximum permitted for a single under chart rules!!! however I don't actually own it but nothing will ever beat that!!! Thanks GOOGLE!! Pah what a faker! Surely something by "the Floyd!" in my collection anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Burglar Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 Have no idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmLeee Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 Biffy Clyro - Pause It And Turn It Up 15:09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 Got lots of long songs by the likes of Genesis, Tangerine Dream, Yes, Grateful dead, Marillion etc. in the 17-25 minute range. If I started listening to music in the 70's when there were loads of long songs about. It was an era when the 20 minute version of a song was automatically better than the 5 or 10 minute version, no questions asked. Now i realise that a lot of the long versions of songs from that era are virtiually unlistenable. I have a live version of Freebird at home that seems to go on forever, might be the 15 minute one referred to above but it seems longer! I once sat through a drum solo by Ginger Baker that went on for 25 minutes and got boring after the first minute!There should be a special category for pointlessly long songs. Buried in the archives I have a 20 minute live version of 'Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin (original was 6 minues) and a 22 minute live version of 'Space Trucking' by Deep Purple (The original went on a bit at 4 minutes, it was only one riff when it came down to it). Simon You're referring to 'Toad'.. Probably the longest recorded rock drum solo. Mine would be Dream Theater's "A Change of Seasons" which is 23:30 minutes long or so... Underworld's "Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream Of Love" clocks in at second at around 18 minutes I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Honcho Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 Off the top of my head I'd say Baja by Sasha at over 12 minutes, although I'm sure some of my Tangerine Dream or Kraftwerk tracks beat this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 Off the top of my head I'd say Baja by Sasha at over 12 minutes, although I'm sure some of my Tangerine Dream or Kraftwerk tracks beat this Come on. The Verve 15minutes 15 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirralsimon Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 You're referring to 'Toad'.. Probably the longest recorded rock drum solo. Bizarrely enough I don't thnk it was. It was during his brief stint with Hawkwind (Ginger Baker and Hawkwind - Possibly the unlikeliest pairing in Rock History) at the de Montford about 15 years ago, it was 23 mins long on my watch, but it felt far, far longer. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC-IAN Posted 20 December 2005 Share Posted 20 December 2005 Underworld - Born Slippy, is about 10 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamesmaster Posted 21 December 2005 Share Posted 21 December 2005 The Orb - Blue Room 39 minutes and 58 seconds, two seconds shorter than the maximum permitted for a single under chart rules!!! however I don't actually own it but nothing will ever beat that!!! wow and i thought donna summers i feel love 27 mins was long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted 22 December 2005 Share Posted 22 December 2005 Thanks GOOGLE!! Pah what a faker! Surely something by "the Floyd!" in my collection anyway. I did actually know that, from when I went through my ambient/chillout phase from about 15.00 on the 15/06/93 to about 15.15 on the same day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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