# Best long songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401 "2004-11-01T20:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/21 "2004-11-02T00:06:31Z")
> [@SlickRoenick](#): > > Guns N’ Roses > November Rain > Estranged > Locomotive Don’t forget _Coma_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/22 "2004-11-02T00:42:59Z")
Well, don’t wanna blank off anyone from the [pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283464), but blank em… > [@spoofe](#): > > …Ten minutes, buddy-boy. Compared to the usual fare that most musicians put out, that’s practically an eternity I don’t know who started the tradition (about 10 years ago) of including 5, 10, 15, sometimes more minutes of dead air in the middle of the last track on CD’s. It’s even more annoying than including those 2 second long untitled tracks 13-98. I just want to go on ‘record’ as stating it’s more annoying that cute. My **6** fave 10 minute + nominees (as yet unmentioned by other posters): [ul] [li] **Mark-Almond Band** : _The City (Grass & Concrete/Taxi to Brooklyn/Speak Easy It’s a Whiskey Scene)_[_] **Traffic** : The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys[_] **Mike Agranoff** : _Ballad Of The Sandman_[_] **Emerson Lake & Palmer** : Pirates[_] **Twelfth Night** : _The Collector_[\*] **Black Sabbath** : _Warning_ (Cover of the Aynsley Dunbar’s Retaliation song)[/ul][/li]Only factored studio tracks - When you get to live versions, it even makes the task more difficult to keep the list small. What, no 2112 noinations yet? ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/23 "2004-11-02T00:50:55Z")
_Green grass and high tides forever_ **The Outlaws** ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/24 "2004-11-02T01:03:52Z")
How many posts an nobody has yet mentioned _Bohemian Rhapsody_? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/25 "2004-11-02T01:26:47Z")
Not half an hour ago, [KFOG](http://www.kfog.com) just played all 12 or so minutes of \*\*Boz Scaggs’ \*\* _Loan Me A Dime_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/26 "2004-11-02T01:36:55Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > How many posts an nobody has yet mentioned _Bohemian Rhapsody_? It only runs 5:55. Not that long, really. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/27 "2004-11-02T01:44:23Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Got you beat with Green Carnation’s “Light of Day, Day of Darkness”, which clocks in at 60:06. Mike Oldfield’s album **Amarok** is 60 minutes exactly - the whole CD is one track. I think it was partially to piss off Richard Branson, but it is also a fantastic album. In the late '60s early '70s long stuff was common. Most of the stuff on **Live Dead** is long, as is the Doors **The End**. The second disk of the Cream’s **Wheels of Fire** has a long **Spoonful** and **Toad** , and **Live Cream Volume 2** has **Stepping Out** , a Clapton solo over 10 minutes long. The ground breaking songs, which I’m amazed that no one has mentioned yet, are \*\*Like a Rolling Stone \*\*and **Hey Jude** - not epics, but longer than the normal single of the day. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/28 "2004-11-02T01:57:12Z")
Arlo Guthrie: _Alice’s Resturant_ You can get anything you want… excepting Alice ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/29 "2004-11-02T01:58:43Z")
I like the songs “Reflection” and “Third Eye” by **Tool** quite a bit. Also “Airships” by **VNV Nation**. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/30 "2004-11-02T02:12:06Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > It only runs 5:55. Not that long, really. And still thought to be too long. The label wanted to release the single without the operatic section, the intro, and one of the verses of the aria to get it down below four minutes. The band stood fast and a legend was born. Trust me. I know my Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/31 "2004-11-02T02:14:19Z")
Dangit, this is the second time I’ve skipped over this thread, thinking it was asking for _love_ songs. “Warning” by Sabbath might be one of my tops, now that you mention it. Was it the one that goes “but my feelings were a little bit too strong”: the track listings on my Sabbath CD are a bit screwed up. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/32 "2004-11-02T02:23:15Z")
Well, it’s not nearly as long as others mentioned, but being that it is a new song, it’s worth mentioning. _Jesus of Suburbia_ by **Green Day**. ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/33 "2004-11-02T02:34:07Z")
I just stopped in to mention Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but find that it has already been posted by Gadfly. Also, any of the other bands associated with Godspeed or the record label (Constellation), have plenty of long songs - but, that’s really not very unusual within the so-called post-rock genre I suppose. Do try to find Slow Riot For New Zero Canada if you get a chance - it’s amazing. People have already mentioned Phish, and Allman Brothers - but no mentions of the Grateful Dead yet. Obviously these bands are all well known for their jams which could extend songs to great lengths. I have an awesome version of Turn on Your Lovelight by the Dead which is probably 40 minutes or so long - can’t remember exactly and it’s half way around the world from me at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/34 "2004-11-02T02:36:35Z")
**Sonic Youth** - The Diamond Sea 19:35 **Can** - Halleluhwah 18:32 **Nick Cave** has lots of awesome 7-10 minute songs. A Box For Black Paul 9:42 The Carny 8:02 Hallelujah 7:48 The Mercy Seat 7:17 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/35 "2004-11-02T03:13:44Z")
This far in this thread and no one has mentioned Inna Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/36 "2004-11-02T03:34:40Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > This far in this thread and no one has mentioned Inna Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly. **Lord Vega** did. But no one’s mentioned The Velvet Underground’s “Sister Ray,” which clocks in at over 17 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/37 "2004-11-02T03:41:23Z")
In My Time of Dying by Led Zeppelin 11:05 Stranglehold by Ted Nugent 8:22 Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd 9:07 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/38 "2004-11-02T04:14:32Z")
On Isaac Hayes’ [Hot Buttered Soul](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781BDE4BAF7420E8B30869E89A26AB5BFE66C2AD37146F1BFF9A1C54942C5DF85EFB9D88FDFB74AB78B0FD2EA45E43D2CBE457FED666352DED93&sql=10:yeu1z84ajyv5) album, there’s –_Walk on By_ - 12:03 –_By the Time I Get to Phoenix_ - 18:42 In fact there are only four tracks on the album. The shortest runs 5:10. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/39 "2004-11-02T04:29:59Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Not half an hour ago, [KFOG](http://www.kfog.com) just played all 12 or so minutes of \*\*Boz Scaggs’ \*\* _Loan Me A Dime_ Just the song I came in to mention 🆒 One of the lesser known Duane Allman session pieces, and one of my all-time favorite songs. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401/40 "2004-11-02T04:36:59Z")
_The Last Resort_ by the Eagles. Maybe only 7 minutes something, but you can always add a few “oohs” of your own to round it up. “Call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye” - very Popperian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-songs/272401.md?page=3)