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Poll Question: How short can an epic be?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
5 [5.88%]
3 [3.53%]
3 [3.53%]
11 [12.94%]
11 [12.94%]
18 [21.18%]
1 [1.18%]
5 [5.88%]
2 [2.35%]
2 [2.35%]
24 [28.24%]
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This poll is useless.

Sorry, but what's the point?
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Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is considered as an all-time classic epic by lots of people. It clocks in at just under 6 minutes.
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Genesis's FOUNTAIN OF SALMACIS is less than 8 min, so I've voted for 8 min.

 

 
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If an epic doesn't stretch to 15 minutes plus, well, they're just not trying!

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Originally posted by Dead Jester Dead Jester wrote:

6 inches.

Yes I know isn't it terrific.
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6 inches.
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11 minutes, 8 - 11 minutes would be a mini-epic.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 01:26
I voted 7 minutes, because I know some songs that are pretty epic at that length. But then I thought about it, and 10+ is actually a much better number for it.
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I said 15 minutes, If it isnt that long it just doesnt do it for me as an epic.
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I don't really know what to vote for. Maybe you should've made less possibilities and bigger differences (i.e. 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, 25 min). I don't think we really get a big use out of this thread, maybe a tendency.

Also it's hard to define epic for me, but maybe i would consider the following the best prog songs ever (prog songs!!! there are other bands i like equally, but their songs are not as long, so i wouldnt call them epics):

Anglagard - Jordrok (11 min), Caravan - Nine Feet Underground (23 min??), every GY!BE song (~20min), Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Suite (24min), Camel - both Nimrodel (9min) and lady fantasy (11min), genesis - both musical box (11min) and cinema show (12min??), King Crimson - both Starless (12 min) and 21st century schizoid man (7:30min)

Maybe you can't call 21st cntury schizoid man an epic, so I won't include it in my vote... so the shortest one is: Nimrodel (9min), i voted for 9 min!
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i'm going to say 9 mins. 
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