# Rolling Stone Best Songs Over 7 Minutes. They miss any? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418 "2014-11-12T04:38:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418/41 "2014-11-17T11:42:23Z")
Black Sabbath - Warning - 10:35 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geLR\_0\_mLYM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geLR_0_mLYM) Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out - 9:41 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZM25ZG6ZZU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZM25ZG6ZZU) ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418/42 "2014-11-17T13:26:36Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > I don’t think there’s any songs on my playlist that are _under_ seven minutes. Just a sampling of what they missed: > > The Devin Townsend Project “The Mighty Masturbator” (16:38) …I am an avid fan of Townsend. I have not heard this song. …I’m gonna have to go look this one up. 😃 > [@](#): > > Dream Theater “A Change of Seasons” (23:08) “A Change Of Seasons” over Octavarium or Panic Attack? Eh, I’m not gonna judge. > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Light My Fire comes in several versions. The album version is just over at 7:05, but the long radio version appears to be 4:40. While I like that song, I don’t think the length adds much, while the End it is necessary. I saw that song in Rock Band and was looking forward to playing it.Then it hit the point where I thought it’d stop… and it just kept going. For what felt like 10 minutes. There’s just nothing interesting going on there. The radio version at 4:40 already feels a little on the long side; the 7:05 version is just bad. Guy, call it quits. This ain’t The End. Or LA Woman. It’s a relatively short, snappy song with not all that many ideas. What’s there is great; don’t drag it to death. Also, top 50 list of 7±minute songs with no Stairway? Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418/43 "2014-11-17T14:47:16Z")
Did they mention Frank Zappa’s **Willie The Pimp** and/or **Son of Mr Green Genes**? ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418/44 "2014-11-17T15:38:34Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I saw that song in Rock Band and was looking forward to playing it.Then it hit the point where I thought it’d stop… and it just kept going. For what felt like 10 minutes. There’s just nothing interesting going on there. I’m not a fan of the Doors, but the extended two-chord modal jam in the middle of the song kind of seems appropriate to me. Turns it from a normal pop song into something a bit more spacey and psychedlic. Whenever I hear the short version, it just sounds wrong to me. Which is weird, as I never owned the album, so they must have played the long version on classic rock stations here. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418/45 "2014-11-17T19:38:01Z")
The short version was released on a 45, and got top 40 (am radio) airplay. the long version was off the album and would have gotten fm “Underground” radio airplay. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418/46 "2014-11-17T19:54:51Z")
I would have sworn that Steely Dan’s Bodhisattva was more than 7 minutes long, but nope, 5:19 so not even close. Aja, on the other hand, is just under 8 minutes long. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418/47 "2014-11-17T20:19:52Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > “A Change Of Seasons” over Octavarium or Panic Attack? Eh, I’m not gonna judge. The entire top 50 could be filled with Dream Theater songs over seven minutes – or Yes, for that matter. 🆒 > [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Also, top 50 list of 7±minute songs with no Stairway? Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope. Apparently the article is limited to one song per artist, in which case I agree with their assertion that “When The Levee Breaks” is superior to “Stairway”. More nominees: Ayreon “The Sixth Extinction” (12:18) Black Sabbath “Megalomania” (9:43) Burzum “Rundgang um die Transzendentale Säule der Singuläritat” (25:11) Genesis “The Knife” (8:58) Great White “Rock Me” (7:19) Judas Priest “Victim of Changes” (7:54) Meat Loaf “Bat Out of Hell” (9:51) Ted Nugent “Strangehold” (8:24) The Alan Parsons Project “The Fall of the House of Usher” (16:10) Rainbow “Stargazer” (8:27) Rush “The Camera Eye” (10:57) Scorpions “Lonesome Crow” (13:29) Uriah Heep “July Morning” (10:36) Venom “At War with Satan” (20:01) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-best-songs-over-7-minutes-they-miss-any/704418.md?page=2)