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Post by jk on Apr 1, 2020 13:09:55 GMT
On Behold and See (1968), the second and, in my opinion, finest album by Boston's Ultimate Spinach, all but the opening tracks on each side are between five and ten minutes long. Of those six, the majestic "Mind Flowers" (9:38) is my favourite: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behold_%26_See
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Post by B.E. on Sept 8, 2020 2:53:09 GMT
What about Bruce Springsteen's 7-minute "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"? I'm listening to The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle for what must be the first time in over a decade. It's got a lot of long (and, perhaps, over-produced) songs, but I think "Rosalita" comes off the best and earns its length (or comes closest). It sure doesn't feel like a 7-minute song. It's fast-paced, varied, dynamic, ambitious...epic. I realize it's a fairly highly regarded song, but I'm not a huge fan of early Bruce so I think I may have been underestimating it a little.
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Post by kds on Sept 8, 2020 12:36:53 GMT
I'm a big fan of Rosalita. Honestly, the first time I ever heard it, I had no idea the song was that long.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 8, 2020 12:49:33 GMT
What about Bruce Springsteen's 7-minute "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"? I'm listening to The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle for what must be the first time in over a decade. It's got a lot of long (and, perhaps, over-produced) songs, but I think "Rosalita" comes off the best and earns its length (or comes closest). It sure doesn't feel like a 7-minute song. It's fast-paced, varied, dynamic, ambitious...epic. I realize it's a fairly highly regarded song, but I'm not a huge fan of early Bruce so I think I may have been underestimating it a little. You know what? I'll give you that one. (Whew, that was hard to say.) And I'll be honest, I wasn't familiar with it: for some reason I never even got that album. It's the only one up through the '92 albums I never bought. But you hit the nail on the head with "dynamic." It really moves.
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Post by kds on Sept 8, 2020 12:59:21 GMT
I'd mentioned it a while back on this thread, but at 9:34, I think Jungleland is Bruce's absolute masterpiece.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 23, 2021 13:57:48 GMT
Remember when I was complaining about long songs? (I mean, I do that all the time... But this thread, anyway.) We were even just discussing brevity in the single of the week thread, regarding "Good Timin." Point being, it's a relative topic in the news:
Taylor Swift's new version of "All Too Well," released as part of her project of re-recording and re-releasing old albums to wrest ownership (and money) from her previous label, has become the longest song not just to appear in, but to top, the Billboard Hot 100. It's 10 minutes long. The previous record was Don Maclean's "American Pie," at nearly nine minutes long.
You might be thinking, didn't Bob Dylan's "Murder Most Foul," that 16-minute single most foul, top the charts just about two years ago? Kind of ... it topped the Billboard US Rock Digital Song Sales chart. (Oooh, sounds ... lame.) It did not appear in the Hot 100.
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Post by kds on Nov 23, 2021 14:18:03 GMT
Taylor Swift is hard enough to take in three minute increments.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 23, 2021 14:34:51 GMT
Taylor Swift is hard enough to take in three minute increments. I'm trying to remain classy and have thus repressed several off-color jokes.
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Post by kds on Nov 23, 2021 14:37:16 GMT
Taylor Swift is hard enough to take in three minute increments. I'm trying to remain classy and have thus repressed several off-color jokes.
Ha!! I realize my comment could very easily be misinterpreted. That's funny.
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Post by jk on Nov 23, 2021 18:47:46 GMT
This long song (16-plus minutes) closes the self-titled album from 1969 by Dutch band Brainbox. If you know the band Focus, you may recognize the guitarist (and drummer) on "Sea Of Delight": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainbox
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