“It’s a wicked world in all meridians–I’ll die a pagan.”
Moby-Dick
The Who’s “Rael”, a 1967 precursor to “Tommy.” Townshend even employs a few of the same chord changes that he would use later on in “Tommy.”
Also, any of the many Brian Eno “ambient” pieces (“Music for Airports”, “Music for Films”, “Apollo”).
“My hovercraft is full of eels.”
Oh yeah, and ``Sister Ray’’ by The Velvet Underground. It’s something like 17 minutes.
``You’re just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird.’’ – Tori Amos.
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Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven, Dazed and Confused, Whole Lotta Love, How Many More Times (live versions)
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Terrapin Station – The Dead
“Counting stars by candlelight, all are dim but one is bright.
The spiral light of Venus rising first and shining best.
Oh, from the northwest corner of a brand crescent moon,
Crickets and cicadas sing a very differet tune:
Terrapin Station …”
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It’s aparrently the soundtrack to somebody’s short artfilm (I’ve never seen the movie, myself). The song is about 25 minutes long, without vocals at all, and is pretty trancelike (I like it a lot, but it’s toward the depressing side of the Cure, which I prefer). I don’t think it’s ever been released on CD; the only place I’ve ever seen is was as a bonus on a cassette issue of Faith (which my sister-in-law had, and whence I taped it for myself).
I’m your only friend
I’m not your only friend
But I’m a little glowing friend
But really I’m not actually your friend
But I am
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It’s my understanding that it was a movie made around 1981 with an accompanying soundtrack, but I figured it would be shite. Is it any good, and is it easy to find?
I guess it’s so obvious that everyone missed it, but Hey Jude by the Beatles is probably my favorite long song, followed shortly thereafter by the long version of Thick As A Brick and by Scenes From An Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel.
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Give to Radiskull!
I haven’t got my Robert Hunter concordance with me at the moment, but I could SWEAR that that line is “A RARE AND different tune.”
As for my choice, give me a nice looooong live “Eyes of the World,” maybe the one from the Englishtown concert of September 1977.
Uke
Rich Wakeman, Journey to the Centre of the Earth & Return to the Centre of the Earth
Roger Waters, Radio K.A.O.S.
And hearty amens to Dark Side of the Moon, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, and Thick as a Brick.
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Ouch. Some of those songs are so obscure that you actually have to OWN Rush albums to have heard them. OK, here’s my list of long ones:
Dylan: “Desolation Row”, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”, “Caribbean Wind”.
The Who: Side Two of the “Live at Leeds” album, which is really just a bunch of their songs all stuck together.
The Rolling Stones: Normally had too much taste to do long songs, but “Sympathy for the Devil” and the live “Midnight Rambler” are both cool.
Van Morrison: “Madame George”. Hell, the whole “Astral Weeks” album sort of sounds like one long song. And a great one.
The Doors: While I always disliked Quiet Riot, now happily long-forgotten, I remember reading a funny quote by their frontman: “We hate the Doors because all their songs are too long.” They had a point about “The End” and “When the Music’s Over”, both of which I think are pretentious crap. Still, “Light My Fire” and “Riders on the Storm” rock.
Neil Young: “Powderfinger”, “Like a Hurricane”, and the live “Cinnamon Girl”. And “Tonight’s the Night”.
Phil Ochs: “Pleasures of the Harbor”, “Flower Lady”, “Tape from California”, and “The Floods of Florence”, along with several others. OK, Phil is obscure, and he was a Communist nut, but he had a lot of very cool songs. If this post does no other good, I hope it convinces someone to go out and buy a Phil Ochs record. It’s good stuff. Start with a greatest hits called “Chords of Fame” and if you don’t like it, you’ve blown twenty bucks. Big deal. If you like it, welcome to some good music. And this is a Republican telling you this. A lot of Phil’s music was political, and he was on the right side of several good causes (i.e. civil rights) and on the wrong side of several others, but that’s just my right-wing opinion. If you’re a lefty, Phil’s your man. And his music is cool. Beats the shit out of Billy Bragg and R. fuckin’ E. M.