Favourite epic??

The Highwayman-Loreena Mckennitt

The Lady of Shalott-Loreena Mckennitt

so you mean best narrative...epic should really imply something big, expansive, or at least heroic...but that's as picky as I'll get. I think it's a good topic either way

For pure storytelling (and epic size, sometimes) it's hard to beat Arlo Guthrie. I suppose those of you who don't celebrate Thanksgiving might not appreciate it, but "Alice's Restaurant" is a story I can listen to at least once every year.

I have to give an honorary award to the Charlie Daniels Band for "Devil went Down to Georgia" . It's heading for kitsch territory, but I'll bet nobody who was around when it came out has forgotten the story. Great demon fiddles, too.

I think one of the biggest epics has to be the first side of "Hemispheres"- the gods at war over passion versus reason makes for a grand story.

Funny now that I think of it, prog should have a lot of 'story' songs but a surprising number of works are more descriptive than narrative; scenes and events are common subject matter, but following the 'introduction/ conflict/ resolution' model isn't as standard as one might suspect.

When I think of an epic., it usually means a long suite( a very long song of 10+ minutes long )or a series of songs that link together to form a concept., but judging from your list Breakdown from I robot and the Nancy Ninatra one it seems to me you just mean song.

Exactly what is your definition of an "epic"