Followed by “A Long December” by Counting Crows which continues for the rest of the month and part of January.
It’s not heresy. It’s not a very good song. AND IT REPEATS ITSELF ONE HUNDRED BILLION TIMES.
Prince’s I would die for you
It basically is a different song. Clapton wrote and recorded the first part but felt like it sounded unfinished. He overheard another member of the band playing a piano piece they were working on, and Clapton decided to put that at the end.
Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer”
never one of my S&G faves anyway, but the extended coda seems even longer than it is.
Damn those Beatles for doing something out of the ordinary that hadn’t been done before. I really wish they would have just stuck to the ordinary and never pushed the limits on rock-and-roll. What a terrible concept to push the envelope and take chances.
Dave Barry said something similar about excessively long songs, that their major purpose is to give radio DJs time to go to the bathroom.
The original MTV theme song uses a clever chord sequence to give it an “endless loop” feel. I to flat VII, repeat, then modulate up a whole tone, so the flat VII of the new key is the same as the I of the old key. The transition that closes the loop at the “end” is smoothed out by the riff of the last measure (played twice) ending on the first note of the first measure. And the “endless forward movement” feel is helped by the measure just before the modulation being a half-measure.
Way to go, Jonathan Elias and John Petersen!
Dishonorable mentions for:
– We Are The Champions
– Delta Dawn
“Going Home” by the Stones, in which you hear Jagger frantically trying to think of something to kind of sing while the band goes on and on and on and on.
And in the recording studio, “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” went on slightly longer than the backing musicians, in Nashville, thought it would - though not too long for me.
Many Grateful Dead songs. :smack:
At 5:25 of Michael Jackson’s Black or White, cue a 53 second outro consisting of a looping:
It’s black, it’s white.
It’s… (something)
Yeah yeah yeah.
At least the music video provides some pretty cool visual effects during that sequence, but it doesn’t help those who are only listening to it.
In a similar vein, there’s El Camino Doloroso by Mott the Hoople. I love both songs though.
Well, if Beatles classics are allowed, surely “I Want you (She’s so Heavy)” qualifies.
You guys aren’t helping by constantly quoting the Hey Jude post!
There was a song in the 80s that always sounded to me like it began partway through, and didn’t end. Ashford and Simpson, Solid As A Rock.
Wow, that’s quite a hairstyle he’s got there.
Da Da Da by Trio
Longplayer has been going for nearly thirteen years with nine hundred and eighty seven’ish to go.
Back in the real world…
The Velvet’s ‘What Goes On’ from the live ‘1969’ album.
Until it suddenly stops.
Most of Beethoven is a two note motif followed by several hours of cadence. Allow Dudley Moore to demonstrate, barely escaping with his life:
Woodstock movie - Alvin Lee, “I’m Going Home”. Went on and on and on, but it was all buildup and worth every note! My favorite performance in the Woodstock movie!
There’s a reason “Roxanne” has its own drinking game, where half the room drinks when they say “Roxanne” and the other half when they say “Red light.”