# 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:** 2
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/21 "2019-11-08T03:17:05Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > This. “Estranged” and “Locomotive” are also good. “Coma” is a good listen once in a while. These too. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/22 "2019-11-08T03:24:15Z")
Several years ago, I stumbled onto this while noodling around on You Tube one night, and realized that it was a “Deep Track” that our local album rock station sometimes played late at night and I never found out until then who it was by or what it was called. I’ve spent the time since making up for the 40 years I didn’t get to hear it regularly. That song is “Fountains” by Starcastle. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/D2tORbYuWtM/maxresdefault.jpg "Fountains") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2tORbYuWtM) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/23 "2019-11-08T03:27:56Z")
Another “Deep Track” is this one from the first Styx album. It’s 13 minutes long and every second is great. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5NBZTkPxWek/hqdefault.jpg "Styx - Movement For The Common Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NBZTkPxWek) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/24 "2019-11-08T03:30:40Z")
Maybe it counts as two songs, but _Sirius/Eye in the Sky_ by the Alan Parsons Project. _Paradise By the Dashboard Light_ by Meat Loaf with Ellen Foley. _I Need a Lover_ by John Mellencamp, aka John Cougar. ---
**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 8, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/25 "2019-11-08T03:54:02Z")
Alan Parsons, Fall of the House of Usher ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/26 "2019-11-08T04:00:52Z")
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/27 "2019-11-08T04:09:41Z")
“A Quick One (While He’s Away) by The Who. Bohemian Rhapsody a full decade before Bohemian Rhapsody. [A Quick One (While He's Away) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/O-1ll7XKev4) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/28 "2019-11-08T04:13:43Z")
CCR, I Heard it Through the Grapevine. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/29 "2019-11-08T04:28:28Z")
[In The Cage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBwRkMEUpY&list=OLAK5uy_mlU-kiTGCiHlfsZ5tdCQXVXmZO8DFgW_w) - Genesis (live) [It’s a Fast Driving Rave-Up with The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx-Hc5G2VTw) - Dandy Warhols. (This version adds the intro and finale to make it longer than 16 minutes) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/30 "2019-11-08T04:32:18Z")
[Close to the Edge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51oPKLSuyQY) [Heart of the Sunrise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMRG6xI7uE) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/31 "2019-11-08T04:34:21Z")
Iron maiden: Phantom of the Opera and Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Anything by tool that you might consider “loooong” Metallica: Master of Puppets and And Justice For All Does industrial count? If so, Ministry: So What and Victims of a Clown Does Hip Hop count? If so, Beastie Boys: B Boy Bouillabaisse. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/32 "2019-11-08T04:58:58Z")
“Won’t Get Fooled Again” by the who is yet another great classic as long as it’s the WHOLE song and not a scissored-for-time version, as is Boston’s “Foreplay/Long Time.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/33 "2019-11-08T05:08:36Z")
_[Rime of the Ancient Mariner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA)_ by Iron Maiden ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/34 "2019-11-08T05:22:57Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > _[Rime of the Ancient Mariner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA)_ by Iron Maiden God dammit. I knew i spelled it right, but i let autocorrect fuck me over. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/35 "2019-11-08T05:32:16Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Echoes. The recent [cover by Rodrigo y Gabriela](https://youtu.be/e8iO1kmY8A8) is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/36 "2019-11-08T05:33:21Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > God dammit. I knew i spelled it right, but i let autocorrect fuck me over. Again. I was actually surprised no one had suggested it already–I searched the thread for “rime” and found nothing. Only saw your post after the edit timer expired… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/37 "2019-11-08T05:36:17Z")
Im constantly surprised at how few people appreciate Iron Maiden. Especially for being a world wide powerhouse for decades. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/38 "2019-11-08T05:37:04Z")
The album version of _Who Are You?_, not the radio edit. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/39 "2019-11-08T06:08:05Z")
Pink Floyd: Dogs. For me at least, their 1977 album Animals, and this song in particular, was the apex of their career. ---
**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 8, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/40 "2019-11-08T07:55:12Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > 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. Indeed. he drags such emotions out of you by basically just screaming… I wonder if he could talk after stressing those vocal chords so much! I searched for some info about his range and found this page. Seldom have I read such praise from so many people about a singer! > **[The Highway Star — Gillan’s vocal range](https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2007/08/28/gillans-vocal-range/)** > > The Highway Star -- the oldest and largest Deep Purple website, run by the fans for the fans. Deep Purple and related news, reviews, tour info, music, lyrics, history etc. Dennis [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152.md?page=3)