Long Songs

Quality Cucumber · 02-25-2015, 03:04 PM

Warning: Epicness ahead! Let's compile list of a bunch of long songs (15min+) here. All styles welcome.

1. X-Japan - Art of Life

2. The Source - Castles in the Air

3. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea

Zer0 · 02-25-2015, 04:41 PM

Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness

Sleep - Dopesmoker

There's over two hours of musical listening for you. Enjoy.

Ninetales · 02-26-2015, 12:07 AM

get wrecked homie

Quality Cucumber · 02-26-2015, 03:32 AM

Very cool. I hope that my local bar has the last two on the jukebox. (See: Wyatting)

I see your 8 hours and I raise you 639 years.

John Cage - ASLSP (As Slow As Possible)
As Slow as Possible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The next note change is on September 5th, 2020.

MOWAR!

Orthrelm - OV

John Coltrane - Om

Yes - The Gates of Delirium

~~Soulflower~~ · 02-26-2015, 12:31 PM

Great thread! I am glad you made this thread because long songs are not appreciated much. Wow these are some really long songs!!! I have one but its not as long as the one's posted.

I have been listening to this non stop lately.

Here are some of my other favorites

Zyrada · 02-26-2015, 01:17 PM

If we're going purely by quantity, Bull of Heaven wins, no contest.

As for music that's long that I've actually listened to and care about as more than novelties, here's a start:
Jacob Kirkegaard - Labyrinthitis
Louis Andriessen - De Staat
Machinefabriek - Singel
Earthless - Sonic Prayer
of Montreal - The Hopeless Opus or the Great Battle of the Unfriendly Ridiculous

I could've included more, but a lot of it was ambient, drone, or noise, and I wanted to have a little bit of variety. Kirkegaard and Machinefabriek are pretty clearly drone/ambient, but the others, not so much. It's a tricky thing when you get up into the 15+ minute range on a single track, because unless you're working in genres with a deliberately protracted style, it's hard to write something that holds up that long. Either your ideas get tired out or you insert so many to keep the momentum going that the end product is arguably a vignette of smaller forms that could be divided up into smaller sections and still have the same effect. (And yes, I'm talking about at least one of the tracks I listed.)

**Frownland** · 02-26-2015, 01:48 PM

I <3 5 hr songs.

Mondo Bungle · 02-26-2015, 01:54 PM

http://www.bullofheaven.com/

dwill123 · 02-26-2015, 05:33 PM

JennyOndioline · 02-26-2015, 09:14 PM

02-25-2015, 03:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Quality Cucumber Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 60	Long Songs Warning: Epicness ahead! Let's compile list of a bunch of long songs (15min+) here. All styles welcome. 1. X-Japan - Art of Life 2. The Source - Castles in the Air 3. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea __________________ http://i60.tinypic.com/b6awes.gif

02-25-2015, 04:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness Sleep - Dopesmoker There's over two hours of musical listening for you. Enjoy. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

02-26-2015, 03:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
Quality Cucumber Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 60	Very cool. I hope that my local bar has the last two on the jukebox. (See: Wyatting) I see your 8 hours and I raise you 639 years. John Cage - ASLSP (As Slow As Possible) As Slow as Possible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The next note change is on September 5th, 2020. MOWAR! Orthrelm - OV John Coltrane - Om Yes - The Gates of Delirium __________________ http://i60.tinypic.com/b6awes.gif

02-26-2015, 01:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
Zyrada Avant-Gardener Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Inside your navel gazing back at you Posts: 163	If we're going purely by quantity, Bull of Heaven wins, no contest. As for music that's long that I've actually listened to and care about as more than novelties, here's a start: Jacob Kirkegaard - Labyrinthitis Louis Andriessen - De Staat Machinefabriek - Singel Earthless - Sonic Prayer of Montreal - The Hopeless Opus or the Great Battle of the Unfriendly Ridiculous I could've included more, but a lot of it was ambient, drone, or noise, and I wanted to have a little bit of variety. Kirkegaard and Machinefabriek are pretty clearly drone/ambient, but the others, not so much. It's a tricky thing when you get up into the 15+ minute range on a single track, because unless you're working in genres with a deliberately protracted style, it's hard to write something that holds up that long. Either your ideas get tired out or you insert so many to keep the momentum going that the end product is arguably a vignette of smaller forms that could be divided up into smaller sections and still have the same effect. (And yes, I'm talking about at least one of the tracks I listed.) __________________ dietdeathdrink.flac.fm Last edited by Zyrada; 02-26-2015 at 01:31 PM.

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~~Soulflower~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,304	Great thread! I am glad you made this thread because long songs are not appreciated much. Wow these are some really long songs!!! I have one but its not as long as the one's posted. I have been listening to this non stop lately. Here are some of my other favorites

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