Lateralus

I'm a huge Rush fan and I consider it one song. When iTunes burned my 2112 album it considered it as one song as well. Now it does have 7 unique parts but the entire song is called 2112. I can say the same for Cygnus X-1
Book II from the Hemispheres album, that has several parts as well.

Lateralus

Rush has a ton of "Epic" songs"

2112
Xanadu
Cygnus X-1
Cygnus X-1 Book II
The Necromancer
The Fountain of Lamneth
Natural Science
La Villa Strangiato
By-Tor and the Snow dog


Looking these up is making me want to pop in some Rush!

FatTony

NOFX - "The Decline"

18 minutes of sheer fucking awesome.

Rypro 525

with the argument about being as several "suites" would something like "A Change of Seasons" by Dream Theater be one long song, since there are quite a few parts tot that song too

flagstone

Uh...ok.

Guess I'll wait for the "epic" suites thread. Or the Rush album-by-album thread.

superdeluxe

Smashing Pumpkins: Silverfuck, Porcelina, Starla

superdeluxe

Oh and if you can stand it, the Pumpkin's Gossamer is about 20 minutes long lol.

Dan

The album consists of six songs:
1. 2112 (20:32)
2. A Passage to Bangkok (3:34)
3. The Twilight Zone (3:17)
4. Lessons (3:50)
5. Tears (3:30)
6. Something for Nothing (3:57)


Sure, 2112 has 'movements' within the first song... but it's still one song. Personally, I can't listen to the 'short' 2112 (just the first two parts, I believe). It's all or nothin' for me.

WMAangel

This is the one I was going to mention...as well as "Metropolis".....plus a bunch of their others, hell, pretty much everything by DT is EPIC!

Liver&Onions

The Tain - The Decemberists
Eulogy - Tool

clckworang

Pink Floyd's Echoes immediately occurred to me as well.

I would toss this one in as well. My favorite song from one of my favorite groups.

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And I'll toss this performance up as well, just because this is the one that I was at.

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Hiro11

I was going to say 3 days...

I love long songs, I'm sure there's a bunch I'm forgetting, but I'll take:

Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Chain Reaction / Quantum Physics - Can
Stuck inside of Mobile (with the Memphis Blues Again) - Bob Dylan
Supper's Ready - Genesis
So Did We - Isis
Olsen Olsen - Sigur Ros
Sister Ray - Velvet Underground
The Great Curve - Talking Heads
Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
Powderfinger - Neil Young
Cygnus - Mars Volta
The Private Psychedelic Reel - Chemical Brothers
The Disillusionist - The Church
So What - Ministry
TV Eye - The Stooges
Einstein's Day - Mission of Burma (not that long a song, but defnitely epic)
Disintegration - The Cure
The Bomber/ The Woods - Meat Beat Manifesto
Europe Endless - Kraftwerk

Hiro11

and my favorite: "The Camera Eye".

Lateralus

I had to really think about including The Camera Eye, it is one of my favorite Rush songs but I'm not sure I would call it "Epic"

nodeerforamonth

Venom: "At War With Satan"
The Wildhearts: "Sky Babies"
Mercyful Fate: "Satan's Fall"

Supermallet

The Beatles: A Day In The Life
Bob Dylan: Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Yes: Close to the Edge
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer: Tarkus
Jethro Tull: Thick As a Brick
The Beach Boys: Heroes and Villains
Iron Maiden: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Decker

Steinman, Steinman, Steinman. Nobody writes epic songs like Jim Steinman. I'm a total sucker -- I love them ALL. They're all instantly recognizable as his works and are all grand, absurdly overblown and instantly memorable. Sure, everyone knows the Meatloaf and Bonnie Tyler stuff, but he can actually make Barry Manilow and Air Supply listenable and gave the world the only Celine Dion song worth listening to. I wish I could have put the Streisand version of "Left In The Dark" as it's my favorite of her vocals ever. She really nails the grandeur of the track, even more than Meatloaf.



edit: Found the Streisand version's music video on You Tube, complete with pretentious opening. Spoilerized so as to not offend the many Streisand haters in the forum.

RagingBull80

^I came to post this.

Bauhaus - "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
Roxy Music - "For your Pleasure"
Alice Cooper - "Halo of Flies"
The Beatles - "Hey Jude"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Ramble Tamble"
Fairport Convention - "A Sailor's Life" & "Matty Groves"
Gary Numan - "M.E."
Harry Nilsson - "Jump into the Fire"
John Cale - "Gun"
The Velvet Underground - "Venus in Furs"
Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"
Magazine - "The Light Pours Out of Me"
The Method Actors - "The Method"
Neil Young with Crazy Horse - "Down by the River"
New Order - "Temptation" (12" mix)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Tupelo"
The Who - "A Quick one, while he's away"

Supermallet

Some great ones in there. I will see your "For Your Pleasure" and raise you both "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" and "Mother of Pearl." Also I will see your "Venus In Furs" and raise you "Heroin," "Sister Ray," and "The Murder Mystery."

But those are all awesome tracks.

JP5683

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and can't believe no one posted these yet...

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Just part 1...

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astrochimp

Supper's Ready-Genesis

arminius

Soft Parade-Doors
50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain-Ten Years After
I'm Going Home-Ten Years After(Woodstock)

comanche_doyle

Stardust We Are- Flower Kings
Duel With the Devil- Transatlantic

Supermallet

Gah, how could I have forgotten that one? Also "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" and "The Musical Box."

Dr Mabuse