Perkinsun Dzees

Looking for some good rock songs that have that great, "epic" feel to them. They don't necessarily have to be long, though they usually are, and they usually have major tempo changes and build to a grand or devastating finale.

Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" is an obvious choice, but here's three other songs that I like a lot and consider to be "epic":


Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland"
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Big Country - "The Crossing"
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Dire Straits - "Telegraph Road"
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EdTheRipper

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Michael Corvin

My baker's dozen:

McLovin

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snoogins

"Coma" by Guns N Roses

Probably my fav by them

B5Erik

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Now that's epic...

Groucho

Paradise by the Dashboard Light

panchor

Alexander the Great - Iron Maiden

followed by

The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden

Dan

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reubs82

Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin

Sorry, can't find a good youtube vid of it; I'm sure there's one out there, but I don't want to spend all day looking for it.

slop101

Maiden's own Phantom of the Opera kills both of those.

islandclaws

Opeth - Black Rose Immortal

Type O Negative - Haunted & Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)

King Crimson - Starless & Lizard

Mastodon - The Czar

Wolves in the Throne Room - Vastness & Sorrow

Metallica - Orion & The Call of Ktulu

Deep Purple - Son of Alerik

whaaat

Echoes - Pink Floyd
Orion - Metallica
Marquee Moon - Television
Prelude (from Agharta) - Miles Davis
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
pretty much every track from Live At The Fillmore East -Allman Brothers Band
Leaving This Town - Beach Boys (actually, pretty much everything by "The Flame" [BB's related])
You Enjoy Myself & Divided Sky - Phish

Lewis Taylor's great at writing "mini-epics" that take you on a complete journey in just a few minutes. In particular, the mini-song cycle On The Floor -> Lewis II -> Into You -> Blue Eyes from his second album is about the finest 20 consecutive minutes in recorded music, up there with either side of Dark Side Of The Moon or In A Silent Way, or the medley on side 2 of Abbey Road. All IMHO, of course.

Mondo Kane

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Bingo.

DaveWadding

Hotel California.

Hixx

Echoes by PF immediately sprang to mind when I saw this thread, but also:

Buenas Tardes Amigo- Ween
Desolation Road- Bob Dylan
Funeral for a Friend- Elton John
Reba, YEM, Harry Hood- Phish
Blue Room- The Orb
The End- The Doors

Just about anything by Sigur Ros although Saeglopur is a favorite.

Anything by Godspeed You Black Emperor.

Of course Stairway to Heaven by Led Zep is pretty much a cliche at this point, but how about Achilles Last Stand for a lesser known one.

Rypro 525

nice track list.

Merkin Muffley

"November Rain" - Guns and Roses
"Live and Let Die" - Wings
"The Last Resort" - The Eagles
"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" - Air Supply (so bad, so awesome)
"Green Grass and High Tides" - The Outlaws (if only just for Rock Band)

The Infidel

My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade

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statcat

Pink Floyd- Interstellar Overdrive

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Nice- America

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Iron Butterfly- In A Gadda Da Vida

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Stevie Wright- Evie (parts 1-3)

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flagstone

Dream Theater - "Home"
Billy Joel - "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"
Monster Magnet - "Space Lord"
Rush - "2112"

The Infidel

^ 2112 ain't a song, dude.

flagstone

2112 (song)

The Infidel

I guess one page contradicts the other.

2112 (album)

2112 is one large piece of work consisting of several individual works, or songs. It is a suite. I doubt any real Rush fan would consider 2112 one big song.

KaBluie

"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota