Seahawks21 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Autotune can only be processed by the human eardrum in four minute intervals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheikYerbuti Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" gives me musical wood every time. A reviewer put it well when he said the vocal track sounds like Greg Lake is being eaten by a robot. That one clocks in at 7 and a half minutes. "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Day in the Life" are maybe the 2 greatest songs of the last 50 years and they're both pretty sizeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenzal rhomb Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 God bless the Ramones - R and R was so tired til they kicked it in the butt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" gives me musical wood every time. A reviewer put it well when he said the vocal track sounds like Greg Lake is being eaten by a robot. And off the same alum, the title track In The Court Of The Crimson King is nearly 10 minutes long. Couple of Led Zeppelin toons: Kashmir In My Time Of Dying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 The length of a song ha always been driven by the music industry, specifically the radio air play portion of things, not the artists themselves. a song 3:15 would be about the perfect length because you could get three songs into a 10 minute window and then have 5 minutes left for the DJ to talk and get a solid 3 minutes of advertising in. Prior to the late 60's explosion in the music industry, almost all songs fit this criteria. However, this is just another one of the lessons learned during the social revolution of that time that has slowly but surely subsumed by the culture of money and greed. You'll still find plenty of longer cuts out there but they are mostly not designed or designated as singles for airplay. These days there is a touch more flexibility but I guarantee that if a band was being signed to a contract and their biggest hit (i.e. most likely to make the music company cash) clocked in at 5:42 they would be asked to shorten it and quite possibly have a clause in their contract stating that the company has the right to edit (for time and content) for airplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfish Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Virtually all of the bands I follow record long songs. Of course, with few exceptions, they get (nor appear to want) any commercial airtime. Metal/Acid Rock/Guitar/Prog pretty much all generate a lot of lengthy songs with multiple transitions, and don't rely on a catchy chorus. The perceived lack of expansive tracks is probably just a function of the type of music that is popular today. My favorite "expansive" bands: Tool Zep Fates Warning Opeth Rush Yes Queensryche (older stuff) Frank Marino UFO Scorpions (early) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Some of the truly great songs of the past are very long:. . . Freebird 9:10 :spitscoffee: We need a graemlin for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Comfortably Numb Are you sitting naked by the phone again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Are you sitting naked by the phone again? Or in the library next to one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Or in the library next to one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Guns n Roses had a few long ones. November Rain and Locomotive were pretty long. Both have tremendous Guitar solos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Guns n Roses had a few long ones. November Rain and Locomotive were pretty long. Both have tremendous Guitar solos and estranged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 low spark of high heeled boys - traffic I'm your captain - grand funk railroad funeral for a friend - elton john black metallic - catherine wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) Songs I doubt you will hear on the radio: (not mentioned previously) Whipping Post - Allman Brothers 23:04 You Don't Love Me - Allman Brothers 19:19 Sweet Home Alabama - Stevie Ray Vaughn 16.39 Help Me - TYA 16:06 I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes - TYA 15.58 Do What You Like - Blind Faith 14.51 The End - The Doors 11.46 Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Dylan 11.25 Pot On, Gas On High - John Lee Hooker 11:23 When The Music Is Over - The Doors 11:02 Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits 10:39 I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home) - Grand Funk Railroad 10:08 And that is just a smattering of cuts longer than 10 minutes. No jazz included. Of intersting note...... Like A Rolling Stone was a two-sided record when first given to radio because it was too long. So they cut it in half. Only after much pressure was the song not split and the whole thing was played non-stop. Commercial radio has no use for songs longer than about 3:10-3:25. Edited July 6, 2011 by skylive5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawks21 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Synthetics instead of psychedelics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusions of grandeur Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 (edited) Oh, I thought this was just going to be a biatching thread. Some really great examples so far, like Day in the Life and Low Spark (grew up on Traffic)... First, same entry as the Pink Floyd thread: Echoes Allman Bros - Elizabeth Reed Doors - Riders on the Storm SRV - Little Wing/Third Stone From the Sun (know it's blasphemy to name Jimi covers, but he makes it his own) Edited July 7, 2011 by delusions of granduer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Songs I doubt you will hear on the radio: (not mentioned previously)The End - The Doors 11.46 And thank God for that. Pot On, Gas On High - John Lee Hooker 11:23 I'm pretty sure we're just talking rock, maybe pop here. We could go on all day with blues and jazz. Is that some rock-ish song he did? Admit I'm not familiar offhand. Allman Bros - Elizabeth Reed d'oh, can't believe I forgot that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Allman Bros - Elizabeth Reed I didn't list any songs that were just instrumentals. A whole lot of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBalata Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Again I mention...Green Grass and High Tides-The Outlaws-9:50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Maggot Brain - Funkadelic 10:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Three Days by Jane's Addiction (10:49) Loved that song back in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I didn't list any songs that were just instrumentals. A whole lot of those. ? That are long and fall under rock/pop (ie "radio playable"), which is the gist of this thread? I can't think of many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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