# Pop songs that drag on and on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123 "2009-10-17T04:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/61 "2009-10-20T18:40:41Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > “Green Fields and High Tides Forever” by The Outlaws. The only “unknown to me” song I was introduced to by a Rock Band (or Guitar Hero) game that I came to hate. Admittedly, this is partly due to my own pseudo-drumming limitations. Eventually I got tired of trying to complete this long-ass song I didn’t even like and gave up the game and all its clones. Wow. It is a pain in the ass, but I was able to complete it in Rock Band by not using my Overdrive, I took a break during the Overdrive sections. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/62 "2009-10-20T18:55:03Z")
Harry Chapin and no mention of “Cat’s in the Cradle.” Cat Stevens has to be in this thread, if only for “Moonshadow.” Lose your voice already. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/63 "2009-10-20T20:12:39Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Wow. It is a pain in the ass, but I was able to complete it in Rock Band by not using my Overdrive, I took a break during the Overdrive sections. Which brings me to my annoyance with how Overdrive was implemented for the drums… I should probably clarify the song was far from the only reason I stopped playing, just the proverbial final straw. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/64 "2009-10-20T21:38:27Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door- by anyone. The [original version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXw_ZqAe4nU) from _Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid_ runs 2:30. Too long? But we all know that Guns 'N Roses ruined it forever. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/65 "2009-10-20T22:33:51Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > “Green Fields and High Tides **Forever** ” by The Outlaws. I see what you did there 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/66 "2009-10-20T23:03:23Z")
Heh, looking at it now, I wish that was the only way I screwed up the title of the song. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/67 "2009-10-21T16:17:28Z")
“Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden just came on. At the end it repeats so many times: “Won’t you come…Black Hole Sun, Black Hole Sun…Won’t you come…” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/68 "2009-10-21T17:30:47Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Can’t think of any songs specifically. I just have an issue where more than a third of the song is the ending. Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing” is like this. The fade-out just goes on for-freakin-ever. There is also a Steely Dan song that seems to take forever to fade out - I think maybe it’s “Hey Nineteen”? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/69 "2009-10-21T18:25:16Z")
“I’ve Got My Mind Set On You” by George Harrison. Drove me up the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/70 "2009-10-21T19:00:36Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > “I’ve Got My Mind Set On You” by George Harrison. Drove me up the wall. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/71 "2009-10-21T23:55:56Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door- by anyone. Except Warren Zevon… his version was golden. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/72 "2009-10-22T01:56:29Z")
This thread is hilarious. I love almost all of the songs mentioned here. Except the stuff by Bad Company. Bad Company fucking sucks. My contribution: Running Against the Wind by Bob Seger. Against the wind… Running against the wind… Oh yeah, I’m running, Against the wind… I’m running, Against the wind. Still running. Running against the wind, running against the wind. Running. Against the wind. Let the cowboys ride! Against the wind. Let your bread get moldy, Against the wind. Let eons pass, Against the wind. Turn the radio off… Phew! ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/73 "2009-10-22T17:53:08Z")
**Rush** - big list Hey, I’ve got the first 8 albums and they seem compelled to write neverending songs. Colbert interviewed them and had this gem, to which they declined to answer: “Have you ever written a song so epic that you have influenced yourselves?” **Sinead O’Connor** - Emperors New Clothes I loooooove Sinead, but I skip this one all the time. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/74 "2009-10-22T23:08:49Z")
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Deep Blue Something… hate everything about it, and it goes on too long… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/75 "2009-10-23T10:01:04Z")
[fake, puffed up voice] But she said “What about Brrrrreakfast at Tiffany’s?” [/fake, puffed up voice] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/76 "2009-10-23T18:21:06Z")
“My Sharona.” I think it’s only about 4 minutes long, but it seems to go on for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/77 "2009-10-23T19:33:44Z")
Michael Damian - Rock On UB40 - Red Wine ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/78 "2009-10-23T19:37:25Z")
_A Horse with No Name._ ---
**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:** [October 23, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/79 "2009-10-23T22:42:47Z")
Every song with a drum solo. Rock’n Roll axiom #1: “There is never any use for a drum solo” ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-drag-on-and-on/514123/80 "2009-10-24T01:43:45Z")
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