# Loooong rock songs that still thrill you. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152 "2019-11-07T21:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/1 "2019-11-07T21:45:11Z")
These were mainstays on the album oriented radio stations and closed out the concerts for the artists. Two of my favorite are: “Green Grass and High Tides Forever” - damn, that is one great guitar solo! I especially like it towards the end where a series of quick chords ramps it up to the final solo, “Womp, womp, womp womp” and when it winds down at the end. “Child in Time” - “Ahhhhh ahhhhh ah, ahhhhhh ahhhh ah…” What a voice! Heard it today at lunch and damn near broke into tears at remembrance of old times. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/2 "2019-11-07T21:50:17Z")
All live versions. _Spoonful_ - Cream _Mountain Jam_ and\* Whipping Post \* - Allman Bros _Freebird_ - Lynard Skynard Edit: This 17:10 rendition of \*Sunshine of Love \* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82rh9J8-GHE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82rh9J8-GHE) ends with the best lines ever! “That was a short one” - Ginger Baker “We like to get warmed up” - Eric Clapton ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/3 "2019-11-07T22:07:20Z")
_Layla_. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/4 "2019-11-07T22:11:34Z")
I can listen to _Starship Trooper_ every day. Real, real loud. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/5 "2019-11-07T22:26:29Z")
Echoes. Tales of Topographic Oceans. Gates of Delirium, too. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/6 "2019-11-07T22:32:13Z")
Rare Earth - “[Get Ready](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Rg9xwZoo8)”. 21 minutes. There’s something about it that just transports me. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/7 "2019-11-07T22:45:58Z")
My complete Rush discography 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/8 "2019-11-07T22:49:51Z")
**Do You Feel Like We Do?** Peter Frampton **Supper’s Ready** (live version) Genesis **Cinema Show** (live Version) Genesis ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/9 "2019-11-07T22:51:41Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > “Child in Time” - “Ahhhhh ahhhhh ah, ahhhhhh ahhhh ah…” What a voice! Heard it today at lunch and damn near broke into tears at remembrance of old times. The studio version is epic, but I heard the live version from _Made In Japa_n the other day for the first time in years and was totally blown away. It’s even more intensive, and to pull that off on stage was magical. Ian Gillan sure is one of the best rock singers ever. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/10 "2019-11-07T22:56:39Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > **Supper’s Ready** (live version) Genesis Supper’s Ready is still my favorite LP side long epic (I prefer the studio version on _Foxtrot_, though the live one on _Seconds Out_ is also very good). So much ideas and motives perfectly arranged into 23 minutes of breathtakingly exciting music. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/11 "2019-11-08T00:23:29Z")
“November Rain” by Guns N Roses. It was so epic when it first came out, still is. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/12 "2019-11-08T00:28:08Z")
It’s about nine-and-a-half minutes, so there’s plenty longer, but I’m still not sick of “Porcelina of the Vast Oceans” by the Smashing Pumpkins. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/13 "2019-11-08T00:37:12Z")
ISIS, “In Fiction”. TOOL, “Culling Voices” (It’s from their newest album, so it’s no something I “still” like but it’s 10 minutes and it’s a great track). ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/14 "2019-11-08T01:07:56Z")
“Child in Time” is incredible, as is Ian Gillan. So many great songs. . .I guess I’ll skip, "I’m Your Captain/Closer to Home and about Half of Grand Funk Railroad’s catalog. Likewise, the infamous In A Gadda Da Vida. [Little River Band - Long Time Coming](https://youtu.be/BDZyG0KJqik) If you don’t like the intro, skip ahead a bit. I appreciate the lengthy guitar solo, about 5 minutes in, in particular. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Either the [Eddie Hazel studio version](https://youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao), or one of Michael Hampton’s live performances. I’m actually getting down the rabbit hole a bit with this post, finding versions I was unaware of, like this [Eddie Hazel/Michael Hampton concert footage](https://youtu.be/kc8H6USGR90). This is a good day. [Santa Esmeralda - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood / Esmeralda Suite](https://youtu.be/-hwiCkU73NA) First heard this in Tarantino’s, “Kill Bill.” A little different from my usual fare. [Kitaro - Kokoro](https://youtu.be/rFA8eqleqTY) Maybe I don’t have a, “usual fare.” [The blonde-ish guitarist with the Gilmour-esque style,](https://youtu.be/rFA8eqleqTY?t=598) is Angus Clark, who is even more talented than this shows. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/15 "2019-11-08T01:20:41Z")
Ten Years After, “Goin’ Home” from Woodstock. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/16 "2019-11-08T01:34:29Z")
So much from the Allman Brothers: “Whipping Post,” “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” “You Don’t Love Me” from _Live at Fillmore East_ Pink Floyd, “Echoes,” “Shine on You Crazy Diamond,” “Atom Heart Mother.” The Who _Live at Leeds_, “My Generation.” “Kings and Queens” by the original, Keith Relf Renaissance “Little House I Used to Live In” from Zappa and the Mothers’s _Burnt Weenie Sandwich_ _Thick as a Brick_, of course. “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning” by Hot Tuna. “The Soft Parade” by the Doors ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/17 "2019-11-08T01:42:08Z")
I forgot the mention the entire Soft Machine _Third_ album. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/18 "2019-11-08T02:03:29Z")
Clocking in at around 9 minutes and 15 seconds, I’ll add _I Don’t Need No Doctor_ from Humble Pie’s live album. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/19 "2019-11-08T02:13:39Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > “November Rain” by Guns N Roses. It was so epic when it first came out, still is. This. “Estranged” and “Locomotive” are also good. “Coma” is a good listen once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/20 "2019-11-08T03:08:25Z")
One of my old prog rock faves, [Metamorphosis](https://youtu.be/LzeWmEFa9e0) by Curved Air is 10:40. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152.md?page=2)