The Doors-Light my fire Led Zeppelin-Stairway to heaven, Kashmir Guns n Roses-November Rain, Sweet Child O' Mine Don Mclean-American Pie Pink Floyd-Time Dave Matthews Band-Crush, So many live songs Bob Dylan-Hurricane, Like a Rolling Stone, Knocking on Heaven's door(With Tom Petty) Beatles-Hey Jude, I want You(Don't like this one nearly as much as the other songs on the list, but it is a pretty good song Out of Place, but...Run DMC-Rappers' Delight
I believe "Rapper's Delight" is by the Sugar Hill Gang... And it's definitely not out of place...I can't believe I forgot about that one! Good call vj23k. edit: doh..isabel beat me.
Cygnus X-1, my man, Cygnus X-1! Erm, sorry about that..having 7th grade flashbacks! My favorite long songs: "Metronomic Underground," Stereolab "Echoes," Pink Floyd (over 20 minutes long!) "Won't Get Fooled Again," The Who "I Want You," Elvis Costello "Love to Love You Baby" Donna Summer (16 minute foreplay record!) "Tender is the Night," Blur
Is Tender more than 6 minutes??? I love blur...maybe its such a good song that it doesnt seem to go on that long. This Is a Low, also by blur is 6 min. i think. It's a good thing.
I have both versions, but listen to the Run-DMC version more, so I listed that one. By saying that it was out of place, I meant that most of the songs in the thread have been rock songs.
Any long Bone Thugs song and almost any Tool song. Much respect to anyone listing either artist already, and unconditional love to he or she who lists both
Forgot to mention the 12 inch version of "Genius of Love" by the Tom Tom Club. A classic song from the '80s.
A few people mentioned Meatloaf. What about Paradise By The Dashboard Light? Great to see so many Dylan songs on here. Here are some great Dylan songs which I believe are all over five minutes long, off the top of my head: Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol, With God On Our Side, Only a Pawn In Their Game, Boots of Spanish Leather, Ballad in Plain D, Bob Dylan's 115th Dream, Gates of Eden, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Ballad of A Thin Man, Stuck Inside of Mobile (With the Memphis Blues Again), Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, Tangled Up in Blue (and almost every song on BOTT, but great call on Idiot Wind), Isis, Joey, Sara, Jokerman, Sweetheart Like You, Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight, Tight Connection to my Heart, Where Are You Tonight, Up To Me, Blind Willie McTell and Brownsville Girl. Also Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and Billy the Mountain by Zappa.
"Hey Jude" is the worst Beatles song ever. Whenever that comes on the radio, I long for a sawed off shotgun with double 00 buckshot. Na na na-na-na-na. Wretch.
Of course! How could I forget? Great long, epic song... I confess to being a Meat Loaf fan of sorts. Don't know if "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" is quite long enough to count...
Dammit! I can't believe that I left out "Silence" by Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan. That is the most *perfect* song that I have ever listened to!
Well, I still like it. It's all the modern bands that overdo and rippoff the "nah-nah-nah-nahs" that I don't like. I still think it's a great song.
I love these trips down memory lane... In-a-gadda-da-vida Get Ready Alice Resturant Funny, my sis and I went to a local bar (on a Kareoke night) yesterday and she talked me into challenging my little used vocal chords (the set I used for singing years ago). Guess what song I chose? Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. Dang, I forgot how long it was and thought it would never end...whew! RR
