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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. =)

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laplace Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 06 2005 Location: popupControl(); Status: Offline Points: 7606	Posted: July 01 2008 at 03:03
	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

The Pessimist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 13 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3834	Posted: July 02 2008 at 09:46
	Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness - Green Carnation Hardcore baby
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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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	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


Mantra Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 20 2008 Location: A Suitcase Status: Offline Points: 140	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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	Renaissance - Song of Scheherazade
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psychomonkey62 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: March 21 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: July 07 2008 at 11:24
	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.

ghost_of_morphy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2755	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

Takeshi Kovacs Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 27 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2454	Posted: July 13 2008 at 10:02
	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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E-Dub Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 24 2006 Location: Elkhorn, WI Status: Offline Points: 7910	Posted: July 13 2008 at 13:57
	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" E Edited by E-Dub - July 13 2008 at 14:03


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	Frank Zappa - The Adventures of Greggory Peccary
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