The longest progressive rock tracks
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Topic: The longest progressive rock tracks
Posted By: apps79
Subject: The longest progressive rock tracks
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 15:57
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Well,I was listening yesterday to CODA's ''Sounds of passion'',which contains a beautiful 30+ min. long suite.It flows nice and easily with these great orchestral arrangements and the strong melodies....and I'm aware of many many amazing 20 min. or 25 min. long epics...
...but I was wondering...Which is the longest single track in progressive rock history?...
...or,if not the longest,I would like to search for tracks over-to say-35-40 minutes...
waiting for your information/recommendations...
take care...
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 15:59
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Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence by Dream Theater is 42 minutes long. Garden of Dreams by The Flower Kings is 59 minutes long. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:00
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Just to mention three that I instantly thought of Mike Oldfield's Amarok - a few seconds over 60 minutes I think Hostsonaten's title track from the self titled debut - 41 minutes Beardfish's Sleeping In Traffic - 35 minutes ------------- 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:01
| What about Thick as a Brick? |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:02
I don't think two- or multiple-parts epics count in this case. -------------
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Raff wrote:Posted By: apps79
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:03
As far as I know,this track is split in two different parts...I would like your information about tracks without cuts...
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:04
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yeah... any twit can piece song fragments into a long piece... what about a long 'song' Sure some electronic composer holds this record. In fact I remember hearing there was an 80 minute (or longer) piece out there somewhere.
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:09
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this mayhap? 74 min song by Fantomas. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=7109 ------------- 
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Posted By: apps79
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:10
yeah...I forgot about that one...''Six degreeS...'' is an absolute killer!Amazing track!...I'll check The Flower Kings...
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Posted By: apps79
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:13
I'm not much into RIO to be honest...my favourite genres are Symphonic,Neo,Crossover,Eclectic,Italian prog and secondly I would say Jazz Rock and Heavy Prog...
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Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:17
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Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness by Green Carnation is 60 minutes long, and wonderful stuff too!
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Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:19
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Mike Oldfield's Amarok is just over 60 mins as well
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Posted By: DJPuffyLemon
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:44
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john cage's one song is about 400 years long, currently still being recorded. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 16:45
------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 17:53
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Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness - Green Carnation is an hour long.
------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 21:18
True..  -------------
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Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 21:18
| Crimson by Edge of Sanity |
Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: March 15 2009 at 21:24
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KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 07:35
Title says: The longest progressive rock tracks  -------------
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Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 07:39
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Not everything here is progressive rock .- but a good list of songs with epic length can be seen http://www.dprp.net/longsongs/longsongs.php - here .
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Posted By: fcoulter
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 08:27
History lesson:
A long time ago, recorded music was recorded on something called an LP. An LP was a two sided hunk of plastic, with a maximum recording length per side of 20 to 25 minutes. (You could push past those limits, but it hurt the fidelity of the recording.)
Thick as a Brick was originally recorded during those Dark Ages. As such, it was split because it had to be split.
This is the same reason that Karn Evil Nine First Impression has that long sample and hold segment in the middle. You flipped the "LP" over.
As such, I would count Thick as a Brick as one long piece, not two. It's still not the longest, but it is long. ------------- Fredrik V Coulter 
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 08:46
I thought of the "history lesson" before posting. But if so, I would have expected for the two-parts issue to be dropped, once remastered on CD. *looks at his Thick as a Brick, Tangerine Dream & others CDs* Still two parts! Jethro Tull's case is plausible, and Passion Play deserves to be called a one long piece even more than TaaB, since it's virtually cut in the middle of the hare story. TaaB p.I has a finale feeling, only to later resume from the same point, and explore more themes in p.II. Other artists have composed significantly different "parts" of the virtually same long epic. -------------
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Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 16:52
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I wish they would have kept 6 degrees as one track as well, even though it is "One song", each section is singled out. If they did that, it would make it easier to listen to the whole song when your iPod is on "shuffle" Back on topic: Well I would personally start with the most known "long song" maker from the 70's; Mike Oldfield. A large amount of his albums contain ultra-supre-uber-crazy long 40 minute epics, and the later the years get in the discography, the longer the songs tend to get. If you want something new and fresh, check out "Sleeping in Traffic" by Beardfish (35 minuteish) -------------  |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 17:03
amen brother... ..proud to have been the first champion of that piece of music... they preformed it long before it went on the album. It was a shop stopper live... the beer tent was empty.. hell.. even the line at Greg Walker's stall emptied ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 17:17
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^ Everyone seems to exclaim that live Beardfish is better than a large pile of gold shipped to your front door. After so much praise, my dream is to see them live at NEARFest, but it seems tickets are hard to get a hold on. Oh well, I'm sure they'll be mega-prog stars in no time, doing world tours (including Canada) and what not. ============================================================================= Another suggestion would be the Psychedelic "The Sky Moves Sideways (Alternate Version)" by Porcupine Tree. Its a bonus track that merges TKMS Phases 1 and 2 together, to create a mind blowing journey. And one more suggestion; the often neglected Ikon by Todd Rundgren's Utopia (its better than his pop, trust me!) ------------- |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 17:40
I did a write up on that show here in '06.. think it was their first show in the states... I don't exaggerate... when they finished.. you could hear a pin drop before massive applause errupted.. it was stunning... definitely catch them when or if you can. Prog gods willing... they will be mega-stars... great group of guys as well. Had to chance to BS with them for an hour or so after the show. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 19:08
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Lands End has a piece called "Aquiesce the martinets precept" (whatever that means) and it drones pleasantly on for 53 minutes 11 secs. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 19:10
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Eno's Thursday Afternoon just a tad over 60 minutes... Also, there's Devil Doll's The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms, which clocks in at 79:03. ------------- 
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Posted By: mobby
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 03:24
| Acquiesce to the Martinets Precept , by Lands end from lastest Lower Depths is around 53 mins |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 15:53
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Mike oldfields Amarok 60min, is the one i whuld put my money on. ------------- 
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Posted By: mr.cub
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 16:26
hahaha...knowing Cage, everybit of it is written on sheet music...And actually if everything is music as he states, the song has been going on a little more than 400 years!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: DJPuffyLemon
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 18:32
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Posted By: mr.cub
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 20:08
Yeah I was thinking of 4'33 as well with the blank sheet music and song that was essentially a long rest...in that case the song only lasted 4 minutes and 33 seconds, he ceratinly had some interesting ideas -------------
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Posted By: 3vilP3nguin
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 15:59
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Here's the 5 longest tracks I have (done as one track, so no 6DOIT, Voyage 34): Sleep - 'Dopesmoker' (63:13) Porcupine Tree - 'The Sky Moves Sideways (Alternate Version)' (34:42) Monster Magnet - 'Tab' (32:12) Dream Theater - 'Octavarium' (24:00) Dream Theater - 'A Change Of Seasons' (23:09) Strangely, the track length by the stoner metal bands outdo the prog rockers/metallers ... |
Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: March 21 2009 at 14:28
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The Truth will set you free-TFK 31:01
All of the Above-Transatlantic 30:59
Ocean-Galleon 52:00
Other half of the Sky-Moon Safari 31:44
First Light-Shadow Gallery 34:18 (Hidden Track!) ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: March 21 2009 at 22:56
I tend to agree with Raff here. Just because CD companies don't like to put out CDs with one long track doesn't mean that it isn't one song. Somebody call up Ian Anderson and see what he says
 .Anyway, the longest song in my prog collection is Amarok by Mike Oldfield at 60 min 2 sec -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: March 21 2009 at 23:00
Yeah, but 6 Degrees is not technically one track though. It's a single concept thing, but it's divided into individual tracks technically. ------------- 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: March 22 2009 at 14:57
Most interesting! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: March 22 2009 at 14:58
The key word is "technically". And now you know, and knowing is half the battle! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: fusionfreak
Date Posted: March 23 2009 at 04:17
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Iao Chant from the Cosmic Inferno by Acid Mothers Temple!Psychedelic Mayhem! ------------- I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world of searchers with the help from crimson king |