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darkshade 
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 Topic: real epics
Posted: July 20 2008 at 19:17 |
Frank Zappa - The Adventures of Greggory Peccary 
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E-Dub
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Posted: July 13 2008 at 13:57 |
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Man, I's loves me a good epic from time to time. Some of my favorites are:
Marillion's "This Strange Engine" and "Ocean Cloud" (not over 20 minutes, but close)
Genesis' "Supper's Ready"
The Flower Kings' "The Truth Will Set You Free", "Stardust We Are", and "Garden Of Dreams"
Frost's* "Milliontown"
Spock's Beard's "The Great Nothing"
Transatlantic's "Duel With The Devil", "All Of The Above", and "Stranger In Your Soul"
Neal's Morse's "The Conflict"
Dream Theater's "In The Presence Of Enemies", "A Change Of Seasons", "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence", and "Octavarium"
IQ's "Harvest Of Souls", "The Narrow Margin", and "The Last Human Gateway"
IZZ's "Deafening Silence"
Yes's "Close To The Edge", "Awaken", and "Endless Dream"
The Gift's "Awake & Dreaming"
The Tangent's "In Earnest"
Arena's "Moviedrome"
Magic Pie's "Change"
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Edited by E-Dub - July 13 2008 at 14:03
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Takeshi Kovacs
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Posted: July 13 2008 at 10:02 |
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Just sorted my iTunes by time order, and there are so many over 20 mins, it would take too long to list them. Here are the ones that are between 20 and 21 minutes long for example:
Ride - Grayceon 20:00
Halloween Part I - Pulsar 20:01
Lifelines - Eyestrings 20:01
The Narrow Margin - IQ 20:01
In Earnest - The Tangent 20:04
Apprentis Sorciers - Nemo 20:05
Change - Magic Pie 20:05
Sequences - Twelfth Night 20:06
Ommadawn Part 1 - Mike Oldfield 20:08
Le Guardien - Nil 20:12
Black Rose Immortal - Opeth 20:15
Artificial Paradise - Sylvan 20:17
Mr Doctor - Devil Doll 20:17
Olim Sol Rogavit Terram II - Deus Ex Machina 20:23
Second Movement - Clearlight 20:26
First Movement - Clearlight 20:27
Behind The Great Beyond - Glass Hammer 20:27
Atem - Tangerine Dream 20:28
Nella Sala Vuota, Improvvisazioni dei New Trolls Registrate In Diretta - New Trolls 20:29
Madre Di Cose Perdute - Garybaldi 20:30
Mumps - Hatfield And The North 20:31
The Revealing Science Of God - Yes 20:32
The Ballad Of Samuel Layne - Magenta 20:36
2112 - Rush 20:39
Le Premier Ciel - Harmonium 20:39
Trakus - ELP 20:42
Chupacabras - Phideaux 20:42
Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls - Godspeed You Black Emperor! 20:43
The Divine Wings Of Tragedy - Symphony X 20:43
Spirit Of Peace Pt 1,2,3 - Popol Vuh 20:45
Tone Float - Kraftwerk 20:45
Zarathustra - Museo Rosenbach 20:47
Meurglys III, The Songwriter's Guild - Van Der Graaf Generator 20:51
Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape - Porcupine Tree 20:52
Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem - SBB 20:53
Atlantis Agony at June 5th - 8498, 13 P.M. Gregorian Earthtime - Eloy 20:56
Falcon Suite - Like Wendy 20:56
That's it! The longest I have is Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness by Green Carnation weighing in at 1 hour.
Edited by Takeshi Kovacs - July 13 2008 at 10:03
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: July 11 2008 at 04:48 |
Ok, I'm going to recommend ALBUMS that tell a story.
Rick Wakeman -- Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jon Anderson -- Olias of Sunhillow
Jeff Wayne -- War of the Worlds
The Moody Blues -- Days of Future Passed
Rick Wakeman -- No Earthly Connection
Frank Zappa -- Joe's Garage
Rain -- Cerulean Blue
Pallas -- The Sentinel (Ignore the first three tracks.)
Triumvirat -- Pompeii
EDIT: Symphony X -- V: The New Mythology Suite might or might not qualify as well, as might Queensryche -- Operation: Mindcryme.
Edited by ghost_of_morphy - July 11 2008 at 04:56
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psychomonkey62
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Posted: July 07 2008 at 11:24 |
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The Odyssey by Symphony X is a great one. It gets truly epic near the end. Maybe The Divine Wings of Tragedy too.
Light of Day, Day of Darkness is an awesome song clocking in at a full 60 minutes, but it's a tad depressing/melancholy.
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EnderEd
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Posted: July 06 2008 at 10:37 |
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Renaissance - Song of Scheherazade
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Mantra
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Posted: July 02 2008 at 16:36 |
Dream Theater's In the Presense of Enemies, 6 Degrees, Octavarium. (And I'd like to see the AA Suite finished)
Rush's 2112 of course.
Porcupine Tree's Aesthenized [I know its not over 20 minutes, but its certainly epic].
And I think I could comply with Colors as well.
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"I was told, theres a new love that's born for each one that has died."
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: July 02 2008 at 15:11 |
Rush - Cygnus: Book 2
Rush - Xanadu
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Symphony X - Candlelight Fantasia
Yes - And You and I
Yes - Starship Trooper
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere, Not Here
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Geddy_Lee_Forever
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Posted: July 02 2008 at 14:15 |
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2112
The Fountain of Lamneth (by Rush)
Close to the Edge (Yes)
Thick As A Brick (Jethro Tull)
Karn Evil 9 (Whole song)(ELP)
and many others that I just can't think of right now
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Love him or hate him, you gotta appreciate Neil's handlebar mustache. :D
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The Pessimist
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Posted: July 02 2008 at 09:46 |
Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness - Green Carnation Hardcore baby 
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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laplace
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Posted: July 01 2008 at 03:03 |
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have you heard the song "Stefan, the Shepherd Boy" by Olive Mess, from their "Gramercy" album? it's over twenty minutes and is definitely telling a story, in a sacred music kind of way - much of the piece is just for voice and a guitar playing medieval type progressions and cadences, but it progresses into a sort of psychedelic folk rock as it goes on. It's really something; very hidden from symph prog fans since Olive Mess are in avant, or zeuhl, but it's a great and really memorable piece of music. I know avestin would agree. =)
Edited by laplace - July 01 2008 at 03:04
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: June 30 2008 at 23:23 |
 chopper wrote:
Most early Rush albums? I can only think of side 2 of Caress of Steel, which is really separate songs and Hemispheres, which may be less than 20 minutes. |
2112?!?!?!?!? n00b 
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Dim
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Posted: June 30 2008 at 23:03 |
Meridian-Dirge
Troy landmammal- Confer
psychoparasite-Silence kit
Hyracotherium-Equus
March into the sea-Pelican
East Hastings-GY!BE
Storm-GY!BE
Rockets fall on rockets fall-GY!BE
Ghost soldiers-Johnny twentythree
Suppers ready-Genesis
All songs twenty mintes long by Yes.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: June 30 2008 at 04:40 |
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While i really LOVE "Nine Feet Underground", i don't see it as a real "epic", but as a long song with several parts.
Just as Caravan's other long songs, like "With an Ear to the ground you can make it / Martininan / Only Cox / Reprise" and "Can't be long now / Francoise / For Richard / Warlock".
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Zargus
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Posted: June 30 2008 at 04:16 |
Story or not Nine feet underground is the best epic song ever made. And A plague of lighthouse keepers is not far behind and that one even got a story.
Edited by Zargus - June 30 2008 at 04:17
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SilverEclipse
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Posted: June 25 2008 at 11:29 |
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They are all destroyed by
The Second Stage Turbine Blade - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow - Coheed & Cambria
...coming in at 4 hours, 10 minutes, 1 seconds
as a new-prog-head, I had to do it : P
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"and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
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febus
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Posted: June 24 2008 at 20:27 |
My favorite one: SOLAR MUSIC  from german band GROBSCHNITT with many live recordings going from 50mns to 80 mns. no less......wonderful space/rock with great musicianship .
Don't believe me?? just read the different reviews of this album on PA! ..a fantastic experience!
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The Quiet One
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Posted: June 24 2008 at 18:21 |
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Gates of Delirium - Yes (21 min)
The Revealing Science of God - Yes (20 min)
The Remembering - Yes (20 min)
Nous Sommes Du Solei - Yes (21 min)
TAAB - Jethro Tull (22 min)
APP - Jethro Tull (22 min)
Supper's Ready - Genesis (21 min)
Tarkus - ELP (20 min)
though dunno if these all have the requisites you're asking.
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The Pessimist
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Posted: June 24 2008 at 17:36 |
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Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - VDGG
Cassandra Gemini - The Mars Volta
The Great Nothing - Spock's Beard
All TFKs ones mentioned above
All Of The Above - Transatlantic
TAAB - Jethro Tull
They don't all have a story to tell, but they are all quality listens.
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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Padraic
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Posted: June 18 2008 at 23:07 |
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"Deafening Silence" by IZZ
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