Rolling Stone Best Songs Over 7 Minutes. They miss any?

[Robert163]

Black Sabbath - Warning - 10:35 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geLR_0_mLYM

Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out - 9:41 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZM25ZG6ZZU

[Budget_Player_Cadet]

@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.

[Ranger_Jeff]

Did they mention Frank Zappa’s Willie The Pimp and/or Son of Mr Green Genes?

[pulykamell]

@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.

[Ranger_Jeff]

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.

[Onomatopoeia]

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.

[buddha_david]

@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)