The Longest Song You Ever Heard
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Topic: The Longest Song You Ever Heard
Posted By: Jeams Pfirp
Subject: The Longest Song You Ever Heard
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:14
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What's the lonest song you've ever heard? For me, it's Cassandra Gemini by The Mars Volta. It's 32:27. -------------  
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:14
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Umm... I think it's Light of Day, Day of Darkness by Green Carnation, just a tad over an hour long.
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:18
Local band called Flux performed a jam improv session with a bunch of add on musicians, I played bass for about 4 of the sixteen hours
But for official songs I have to agree with Cyg. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:31
| Yes, also Light of Day, Day of Darkness for me. Then comes DT's Six Degrees at 42 minutes. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:36
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TAAb or 6DOIT whatever is conger, can't be bothered to look it up. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:37
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"A pleasant shade of grey" from FATES WARNING,although it is divided into parts,but it is one song.Over 52 minutes.Having said that "Light of day,day of darkness" is the longest for me too. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Dystopian
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:47
| Currently, it's Amarok by Mike Oldfield, clocking in at an hour. |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 21:51
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Fantomas- delirium cordia
74 minutes and 17 seconds ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:01
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Devil Doll - Sacrilege of Fatal Arms 79:03 minutes ------------- 
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:02
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Isn't Tales from Topographic Oceans supposed to be one song? If not, A Pleasant Shade of Gray-------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:02
Ahh you beat me. I really thought that fantomas song was gonna take it. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
chamberry wrote:Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:03
Ahh yes I forgot, that one wins for me too. But on the other hand, the actual thing is only about 50 minutes... but even that way it wins  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: swriter
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:10
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transatlantic--all of above-=-30 m
Flower Power-FKings--60m
DTheater Inner cd 2---46m ------------- ps |
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:25
this ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:27
Well I may be wining, but the last 10 minutes of the song is pure silence just like Delirium Cordia's last 20 minutes is made of vinyl sounds. -------------
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Posted By: Progdrummer05
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:33
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Let's see Long songs i've heard are:
Dream Theater- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Fates Warning- A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Neal Morse- ?
Galleon- The Ocean
But so far the longest song i've ever heard is probably Garden of Dreams by the Flower Kings which falls barely under an hour ------------- Carry On My Wayward Son |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:33
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Green Carnation - LODDOD ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Nowhere Man
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:38
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Thick As A Brick. 43 minutes
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 22:44
| Aerosmith - Home Tonight from Rocks. It's just 4 minutes & some secs, but it just seems to draaaaaaag on sooooo long. |
Posted By: Guillermizzimo
Date Posted: February 11 2007 at 23:00
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The amazing "Garden of Dreams" by The Flower Kings, 59 minutes long. Then there's Dream Theater's "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence", shorter (42 minutes or something) but probably better... Amazing pieces of work, both of 'em. ------------- You can serve the Flower King. |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 00:32
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Well, Thick as a Brick. I'm not sure I would count anything else...heh, heh... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: The Letter M
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 00:46
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I notice several people have already noted "Garden Of Dreams" by The Flower Kings, which is an amazing epic clocking in at nearly an hour.
Also of notability, Neal Morse's ?, Drem Theater's "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence", the aforementioned Thick As A Brick, Part I of Neal Morse's Testimony (since the album as a whole is really five seperate parts, the first being about 40 minutes), and once it comes out, Porcupine Tree's "Fear Of A Blank Planet" which is supposed to run seamlessly as if it were one song. -Marc. ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know. I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose free will. If I die tomorrow, I`d be alright because I believe that after we`re gone, the spirit carries on. |
Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 01:16
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Amarok By mike Oldfield ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 01:22
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Grobschnitt's "Solar Music" live in concert. Somewhat over an hour long.
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Posted By: razifa
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 01:35
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"Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" is the longest for me ------------- ********** **razifa** ********** |
Posted By: Flokk
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 02:40
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Sleep's Dopesmoker. Just over an hour.
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Posted By: ozzy_tom
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 05:04
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Echolyn - "Mei" (49:33)
The only song in "Mei" album. And it's really great. I'm really suprised that nobody mentioned it before  . -------------  
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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 05:24
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Curiously enough, Mei (echolyn) was my reaction as well.
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 07:27
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Light of Day Day of darkness by Green carnation is more than sixty minutes long. ------------- 
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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 07:39
actually it's 59:58  ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 07:40
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Brian's Eno Thursday Afternoon for me 60:30 minutes long  ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 07:41
I stand corrected.  I mean almost 60 minutes long. -------------
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 07:45
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I'm quite sure there's a song by sludge gods Moss that's three hours long and comes on a pair of 45 minute tapes. of course that's nothing to do with prog... the lone track from Fantomas' Delirium Cordia is 73 minutes long and it's a lovely horrific soundscape and I'm sure all the reviews will stress. ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: seamus
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 08:31
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22 Meanings (46,23 minutes) by DAEVID ALLEN Waiting For Cousteau (47 minutes) by J.M. JARRE |
Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 09:28
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Amarok - Mike Oldfield - 60:04 ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Posted By: Father Tiresias
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 09:40
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The Flower Kings: Garden Of Dreams [ 59:57 ] Dream Theater: Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence [ 42:02 ] Mike Oldfield: Amarok [ 60:02 ] |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 10:05
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A rather interesting story that might be of interest: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2728595.stm - John Cage "As Slow as Possible" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible "It was originally a 20-minute piece for piano, but a group of musicians and philosophers decided to take the title literally and work out how long the longest possible piece of music could last. They settled on 639 years because the Halberstadt organ was 639 years old in the year 2000." Mind you, there have been some VERY long pauses in the music. Now if only it could be done on a mellotron. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: samhob
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 10:12
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Not considering songs that have been cuted because of Lp-sides (thick as a brick for example), but featured entirely as one song on a CD:
The ones I remember:
57 Min: My favourite things - John Coltrane (live in Japan)
+50 min: Xhol Caravan - Freedom Opera (altena 69)
44 Min: Allman Brothers - Mountain Jam (live at ludlow garage)
35 Min: Deep Purple - Wring That Neck (Scandinavian Nights)
30 Min: Grobschnitt - Symphony Live
33 Min: Pyramid - Dawn Defender
35 Min: Miles Davis - Call it anything (isle of wight)
Nothing to do with prog or rock, (arabic):
Oum kolthom - almost all is +50 minutes ;-)
57 Min: Abdel halim hafez - Kariat el fingan live
33 Min: Ziad Rahbani - Bil Afrah
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 10:13
Yup thats the one!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 10:19
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Well....Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater....42 min. ------------- ] 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 10:23
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Hmm...
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (49 Mins)
Meshuggah - Catch 33 (47 Mins)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (42 Mins)
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Posted By: Camel_APPeal
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 10:25
Not even A Passion Play which is longer than TAAB?? ------------- 
"After all, it's music what we're talking about here, so there's no best or worst; just what you like and what you don't" |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 10:54
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Thick As A Brick (43 min), but a friend told me that there's a Green Carnation song, I think, that lasts like 60 minutes.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Barla/?chartstyle=LastfmMyspace">  
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 11:17
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Fantômas - Delerium Cordia (74 min) ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 11:50
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Slightly off-topic, but metal fans could find this interesting (although is far for complete). http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Garand/the_longest_songs_in_metal - http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Garand/the_longest_songs_in_metal ------------- |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 12:09
I think Cage was probably influenced here by Erik Satie's piece Vexations, which consists of a short chord sequence that is to be repeated 840 times. Apparently it takes upwards of 18 hours to play:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexations - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexations
I suppopse it was a joke! Unfortunately (or maybe not) I can't enter it in this thread as I haven't heard it. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 12:14
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Amarok by Oldfield ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: soundspectrum
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 14:00
| eh it was already mentioned but thursday afternoon by eno |
Posted By: trauma0
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 14:25
ME TOO ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trauma0/?chartstyle=itunesrecent"> 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 14:31
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It's probably Garden of Dreams by The Flower Kings (an hour long),
although it was divided into several separate parts when I heard it.
Some parts were alright but for the most part it was just a waste of CD
space, if you ask me. |
Posted By: giantenemycrab
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 15:02
I didn't think there was anything longer than GC's Light of Day, Day of Darkness.. Very informative thread! 
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Posted By: Freak
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 15:31
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Techincally it's not one song, but it's one song file... "Misplaced Childhood (Side 1)" played live in Toronto clocks in at 42:51. Then, "Motherf*cker = Redeemer (Parts I & II)", also performed live in Toronto by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The longest actual, recorded song I own is "Section 10 (A Long Day)" by The Polyphonic Spree; this is 36:30 minutes. ------------- 
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 15:35
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It's not prog but: the song Untitled For Vasteras on Merzbow's album Sphere. |
Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 16:30
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Klaus Schulze: Into the Blue 78:25 He actually has longer songs than that, but that is the longest of his I have personally heard. (for example Picasso geht spazieren, which has three movements that total over 154 minutes!!!) Flower Kings: Garden Of Dreams 58:17 (this is the correct time, as I joined it into one track on my computer.........the CD booklet is wrong, which happens a lot with times on Flower Kings CD booklets for some reason) |
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 16:45
WOWOW ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: anael
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 16:46
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Merzbow. Akasha Gulva (73:41), Rainbow Electronics (73:22) Acid Mothers Temple. What's Your Name? (70:46), The Holly Mountain In The Counter-Clock World (65:36) Koji Asano. Crevasses (73:32) ------------- 
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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 16:50
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So, setting aside ASLSP, what has been the longest trac mentioned??
Devil Doll - Sacrilege of Fatal Arms
79:03 minutes this?
------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 17:55
You beat me to it with Acid Mothers Temple - although What's Your Name does drag on a bit. It was part of a 4 CD set where each CD contained 1 song, each clocking in at 60 + minutes. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 20:23
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with the discontinuation of CD's eventually coming, one should expect unlimited track duration... ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 20:32
Sounds interesting, but exhausting. I don't know if I could take 4 hours of Acid Mothers Temple mania. I won't end up sane, that's for sure. -------------
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 21:16
I saw that earlier! They put weights on the keys, and they move them every couple of decades. That definately takes the cake. I defy you to find a prog epic longer than 639 years! -------------   |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 21:20
Cage was one of the pianists who played at the debut performance. They switched out musicians every couple of hours. ------------- |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 21:21
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Steve Roach - Darkest Before Dawn 1:14
Philip Glass - Music With Changing Parts 1:02
Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon 1:01
Mike Oldfield - Amarok 1:00
Miles Davis - Gondwana 47
Miles Davis - Zimbabwe 42 ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 21:22
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Sadly, that Amarok thing. And an album by Devil Doll, "Fatality in something's arms and weird exagerated obscure wanna be stuff" (don't remember the exact name of the album, but I do remember the feeling). Too much fake soul pain for me, with a couple of good minutes. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Thyme Traveler
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 22:49
Yes, would have to be Amarok.
Happy ? Happy !!! ------------- Fire up the flux capacitor ! We're taking this Delorean through all four dimensions. What is the future of prog ? Genesis reunion ? I'm not telling!That could upset the thyme/space continuum. |
Posted By: Masque
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 02:00
The longest song I ever heard was the Jon Anderson version of Owner of a lonely Heart , it made 4 minutes seem like an eternity  ------------- |
Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 06:45
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THE WAY UP by the Pat Metheny Group:
68 minutes without a break, consistently exciting, warmly recommended to all progheads! (For more details please read my review) |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 08:17
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The longest I've heard is either Fates Warning- A Pleasent Shade Of Grey or Echolyn- Mei, not sure which one is longer though. I wouldnt count DT's Six Degrees... as it doesnt even come close to working as a single song, just eight loosely conected songs. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 10:59
Can't agree with you there. The Way Up is divided into tracks rather than a continuous piece of music.
The one's I cited are continuous pieces, there's no spots where you could put a track break in any of them
 :Steve Roach - Darkest Before Dawn 1:14
Philip Glass - Music With Changing Parts 1:02
Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon 1:01
Mike Oldfield - Amarok 1:00
Miles Davis - Gondwana 47
Miles Davis - Zimbabwe 42 ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 12:55
Hahaha! The last paragraph of that article reads: "The performance follows a legal case in which composer Mike Batt was forced to pay a six-figure sum to Cage's publishers, who accused him of plagiarising a silent piece of music." That's hilarious! |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 12:56
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Probably Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick... ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 13:01
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Longest song for me is George Thorogood's "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One
Beer" which, when played live, is 29:54! It's the same 2 minutes
repeating over and over. It's PAINFUL! Although I have heard songs whose length in time is longer, I personally find that song to be the longest song ever. You can't really judge how long a song is by the length. I find repadative and simple songs that are even 5 minutes in length to be much longer than, say, Mike Oldfield's Amarok (over an hour in length). But that's a personal thing. |
Posted By: NotSoKoolAid
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 13:04
| I heard a free, downloadable, 79 minute song from a group I had previously never heard of. Then I forgot about them, because they're just ridiculous. |
Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 15:00
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Prog - Jethro Tull "A Passion Play" (it's slightly longer than "Thick as a Brick")
Non-Prog - Allman Brothers "Mountain Jam" (33 minutes)
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 17:17
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Depends if you count Tales From Topographic Oceans as one long piece in four sections or not. If you do, then that is the longest I have heard.
If not, then Garden Of Dreams, by TFK wins for me, coming in at a few seconds under an hour.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 20:25
A side note:
Mountain Jam non-prog? I just pulled it up and while not pure prog rock, certainly not pop or country acceptable material for people in those circles.
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed is certainly worthy of the label. Of course it only clocks in at 13:06, so a bit off topic, but what the heck. If you have only one Allman Brothers song in your collection that one should be it.
Brian,
from "Hot 'Lanta" ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Minimalist777
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 23:37
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Ive heard a Grateful Dead live recording where they play for two and a half hours straight. Of course, there are more then one song in that, they just dont stop between songs and there is alot of improv. For a composed song, something by Klaus Shulze perhaps? ------------- WWOSD? What Would OliverStoned Do? |
Posted By: 2112
Date Posted: February 14 2007 at 03:47
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This hasn't been said yet but i classify it as all one piece: Rick Wakeman - Journey to the center of the earth, it clocks in at 1hour 34minutes. If no then i have to say tales from topographic oceans or six degrees of inner turbulence by DT------------- 
I can't wait to share this new wonder...The people will all see its light! |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: February 14 2007 at 13:36
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Now here's an ambitious piece of work:
http://www.rermegacorp.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RM&Product_Code=nitschMusik - http://www.rermegacorp.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RM&Product_Code=nitschMusik
As far as I can understand, this is a single 48-hour composition spread over 51 CDs. And a three-volume set of books containing the full score and associated art to go with it. There's something rather proggy about the sheer extravagance of the undertaking, even if the music is actually nothing related to rock. Without having heard anything by Nitsch, the whole idea of it rather appeals to me!
Sadly I'm unlikely to fork out £230 / $450 to own it...
EDIT: I've just been Googling for Nitsch and it appears that his music forms part of ritualistic theatre events involving the slaughter of live animals. It sounds rather repellent frankly. I don't think I'm so impressed with him after all. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: billbuckner
Date Posted: February 14 2007 at 16:23
Heh, reminds me of the "singing mice" in Monty Python's Flying Circuis for some reason. |
Posted By: ZowieZiggy
Date Posted: February 18 2007 at 17:03
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I have a version of "Thick" which last for 68'43. It was recorded in Tokyo, on August 23, 1974. ------------- ZowieZiggy |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: February 24 2007 at 20:16
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Mike Oldfield - Incantations (72:50)
(If both sides of Tubular bells counts as one song, then so does Incantations!) ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Faaip_De_Oiad
Date Posted: February 25 2007 at 19:17
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Act 1 (43 minutes) and Act 2 (58 minutes) (if you count them as one) by Gyorgy Ligeti from the album "Le Grand Macabre"
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Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: February 25 2007 at 19:24
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 19:46
I would also like to hear it (Four orchestras, a 100-person choir, a tuned percussion section, and a big synth!), but would never shell out all that cash. Chris Cutler's a nice guy (and a communist), so maybe I could get him to hook me up for cheap..... ------------- |
Posted By: sheeves
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 22:12
| Topogrophic Tales is actually supposed to be one song, but records obviously couldn't fit that as one song, so it was split up. So for me, it's Topogrophic Tales which is close to 90 minutes I think. |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 09:47
 I think. ------------- 
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Posted By: Marcos
Date Posted: February 27 2007 at 18:11
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"Six degrees..." is 1 song? I think it isn't. Then: Octavarium, about 24 minutes ------------- www.postmortemweb.com.ar |
Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 16:23
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There is a song that is playing in Germany right now that is 78 years long,
Quarter note = 1 week
Hows that for length! -------------  
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 16:30
the 6 degrees 2nd disc is all one song, the band themselves have made this statement. Portnoy originally stated that he wanted it as one track, but split it into pieces because the novelty of having it as one track wouldn't outweigh the annoyance of having no frame of reference throughout the whole piece ------------- 
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Posted By: Jeams Pfirp
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 22:31
That's astronomical. How can one song last one week, let alone a song?!!?!!?!???!?!!? -------------
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Posted By: Jeams Pfirp
Date Posted: March 02 2007 at 22:31
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Thanks for keeping the thread going, people. -------------
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 11:06
The fact that there are track breaks (or brief pauses) doesn't mean that it is NOT a continuous piece of music. I've read an interview with Metheny in which he clearly stated that he considered it as such. Many symphonies from the romantic repertoire sport long movements, and track breaks are often introduced to make it easier for the listener to find a particular passage, but the music is continuous. |
Posted By: herring
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 14:33
| live version of Dazed and Confused |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 14:49
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Probably something by Acid Mothers Temple -------------  
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Posted By: baldy flapstick
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 17:46
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Well well well, this is a fascinating read, love the comment about
Nitsch and the slaughtering of live animals on stage....... probably
not really my cup of tea either, but maybe only an animal being
slaughtered could produce the exact sound that the composer was after?
Anyway, not that being long is anything to praise a piece of music for,
size isn't important, it's quality that counts. Even so, I feel
compelled to list the longest tracks that are definitely progressive
rock which reside in my collection......... "Like The Surgeon" from Delirium Cordia by Fantomas.......................... 74-19 "The Girl Who Was Death" from album of same name by Devildoll...... 66-08 "Sacriligium" from album of same name by Devilldoll............................. 58-56 "De Mortuis Nil Nist Bomim" from Heretik Volume III by Nathan Mahl....54-00 "Mei" from Mei by Echolyn................................................................................49-33 "Hostonaten" form Hostonaten by Finisterre Project.................................41-21 The first three on this list contain long moments of silence/near silence, so not sure they can really count. I don't own "The Sacrilege Of Fatal Arms", the reworking of Sacriligium, but evindently from posts further up this thread, it is far longer than the original work. The Nathan Mahl track really is all one continuous piece so for my money that is the true winner from my collection. After these come quite a lot of tracks that are 30-40 minutes long including the following................. Chemo by Garden Wall 34-05 Sweey Hope Suite by Salem Hill 33-53 The Truth Will Set You Free by Flower Kings 31-01 All Of The Above by Transatlantic 30.59 The Ikon by Todd Rundgren 30-24 There is also the quite dreadful live version of Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain clocking in at 31mins 50 secs containing one of the very worst guitar solos I've ever heard in my life (Leslie West has to be one of the most over-rated guitarists ever to have lived) After that, anything under 30 mins is positvely short! For my money, Garden of Dreams doesn't really count as it is split up into 20 odd sections, but it is three seconds short of an hour (allowing for/including the short gaps between tracks). I seem to recall there was an experimental piece by Brian Eno using loop tapes which were all of slightly different lengths and the piece would be complete once they all reached their starting points simultaneously (i.e the first point of absolute repeat when the opening few seconds are an absolute repeat of the beginning. As I recall this was supposed to take an inordinate amount of time, hundreds of years as I recall, but I cannot be absolutely sure of this. ------------- Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 22:08
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It has to be divided into CD and LP for me:
CD - Amarok - Mike Oldfield
LP- Shakti - What Need Have I For This , What Need Have I For That, I am dancing at the feet of my Lord, all is bliss, all is bliss. ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 13:01
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I've got a song that is 8 hours long. It's basically a bunch of feedback recorded onto hard drive.
Are you impressed? Does an exceedingly long song length really dazzle and amaze you?
This site has gotten so ridiculous over the past few months. Dumb questions, lame topics, boring stuff
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Posted By: Hyperborea
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 20:12
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Anything by Kylie and Take That. ------------- As i race o'er this beautiful sphere, Like a dog who is chasing his..... |
Posted By: Gianthogweed
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 22:14
| Technically, Tales From Topographic Oceans is all one song in four movements. About 82 minutes there. Don't think I've heard a longer song. |