# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/61 "2019-11-08T22:42:14Z")
Billy Joel, “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” — is seven and a half minutes long enough? ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/62 "2019-11-08T23:12:54Z")
The “medley” on side two of Abbey Road – 16 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/63 "2019-11-10T00:41:19Z")
> [@sweepkick](#): > > Pink Floyd: Dogs. > > For me at least, their 1977 album Animals, and this song in particular, was the apex of their career. This and Shine On… were the two PF songs I first thought of, reading the OP. Allman Brothers already got mentioned. But I don’t think Television has. Marquee Moon: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jlbunmCbTBA](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jlbunmCbTBA) Or Sonic Youth, _The Diamond Sea_: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v\_4e8Tq-CKQ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_4e8Tq-CKQ) ---
**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 10, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/64 "2019-11-10T01:30:39Z")
King Crimson’s _Larks’ Tongues In Aspic_ Parts I & II combined are about 20:30. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/65 "2019-11-10T01:32:20Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Or Sonic Youth, _The Diamond Sea_: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v\_4e8Tq-CKQ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_4e8Tq-CKQ) Great choice. I can’t believe i didn’t think of this one myself. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/66 "2019-11-10T02:00:40Z")
[The Messiah Will Come Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgOLDAWu6OY), Roy Buchanan [Loan Me A Dime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTFvAvsHC_Y), Boz Scaggs ---
**Author:** ![Caldris\_bal\_Comar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Caldris\_bal\_Comar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caldris_bal_Comar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/67 "2019-11-10T02:31:16Z")
Iron Maiden has some great ones from their newer albums. “The Red and The Black,” “When The Wild Wind Blows,” and “For the Greater Good of God” are probably my favorites. “Sunset on the Golden Age” by Alestorm and “Forevermore” by Whitesnake come to mind too. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/68 "2019-11-10T02:39:24Z")
ELO - [“Kuiama”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBz4VDow3Io) from **ELO 2**. There are other longish songs on that album, including, “Roll Over Beethoven.” ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/69 "2019-11-10T03:26:31Z")
Marquee Moon - Television. I could still listen to that song multiple times per day. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/70 "2019-11-10T03:59:06Z")
> [@diggerwam](#): > > Marquee Moon - Television. I could still listen to that song multiple times per day. Same. Also Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4nSmBWacnqE/maxresdefault.jpg "Jenny Ondioline") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nSmBWacnqE) ---
**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 10, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/71 "2019-11-10T06:15:56Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > 24 Hours at Time Marshall Tucker Band (Live version - Where We All Belong) - great solos- guitar, sax, fiddle, bass. I never get tired of this one. I think its one of the best example of southern rock that there is. Maybe my favorite tune of all time. > > Also Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield I love and hate these threads. I love them for the occasional great new song I learn about, or am reminded of, but I hate them because there are so few replys to acknowledge or talk about anything. Well, I too love this the live version of, '24 Hours at a Time". It’s an imperfect masterpiece. With the honking, cracking sax, the violin volume at the beginning of the solo, etc, it’s the furthest thing from perfection, but yet it’s so full of energy and joy. Just a FUN jam. Bonus points to you for suggesting two such different songs. Variety. . .life. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/72 "2019-11-10T06:27:15Z")
I don’t know if they did any shows together but it was always cool when Jon & Vangelis’ “The Friends of Mr. Cairo” came on the radio around 2 in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/73 "2019-11-10T06:53:25Z")
[quote=“Baron\_Greenback, post:70, topic:843152”] Same. Also Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline. [/QUOTE] Great 18-minute song that never gets boring or tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/74 "2019-11-10T13:53:54Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I don’t know if they did any shows together but it was always cool when Jon & Vangelis’ “The Friends of Mr. Cairo” came on the radio around 2 in the morning. Father, love, do you work, do you work for Mother? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/75 "2019-11-10T19:26:27Z")
\*\* > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Zappa and the Mothers, “Inca Roads” > [@blondebear](#): > > King Crimson’s _Larks’ Tongues In Aspic_ Parts I & II combined are about 20:30. Came here to mention those two (heh - last week my avatar was the latter) Death’s [Death Scavenger of Human Sorrow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2kGJZEVI1Q) (Ok - didn’t even make the seven minute mark - sue me. Listening to it, though, it’s definitely epic enough to qualify. Instrumentally exquisite.) Genesis - [Dancing With the Moonlit Knight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdD6L4cKKU8) (live) Ah, and my favourite ever _ever_ loooooong number - King Crimson’s [Fracture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaD7gk7BTwU) (crank headphones!) ---
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Zappa- “Willie the Pimp” and “The Gumbo Variations”. Captain Beefheart- “25th Century Quaker” “Won’t Get Fooled Again:”, even though I’ve heard it a jilion times Dylan- “Desolation Row” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/77 "2019-11-10T22:22:54Z")
“Achilles Last Stand” ---
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> [@P-man](#): > > Dylan- “Desolation Row” Ninja’d! But what a song, 11 minutes packed with words, not one wasted. And the beautiful second guitar of which I’m still not sure if it was played by Bruce Langhorn, Charlie McCoy or someone other. The sources are contradictory. ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152/79 "2019-11-11T00:20:11Z")
REO Speedwagon – 157 Riverside Avenue The live version with the “conversation” between Kevin Cronin’s vocals and the guitarist’s riffs. ---
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My hair still stands up every time I hear the ending of Nightwish’s live [Ghost Love Score](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3brcfttchzA)performance from 2012 in Buenos Aires, recorded a couple months after Floor Jansen took over the lead vocal job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loooong-rock-songs-that-still-thrill-you/843152.md?page=5)