What about Guns and roses "november rain" which is like 12 minutes I think....my cousin and his old girlfriend had this as "they're song" which always amused me greatly. I was at a wedding social like 2 years ago and this song played and they danced the whole time in a slow drunkin shuffle. I kept thinking about what a poor choice for a relationship song that was. Lucky for him they broke up.

Anyways, some of my long classics include

tubular bells - mike oldfield
shine on you crazy diamond - pink floyd
dazed and confused - zepplin
poppy no good - terry riley
last track on "ovalprocess" - oval
sister ray - velvet underground

Here are some of my all-time favourites:
VU - Sister Ray, What Goes On, Heroin, The Gift
Yo La Tengo - Sunsquashed, Flying Lesson
Husker Du - Reoccurring Dreams
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive, Echoes
Hawkwind - Born to Go
Television - Marquee Moon
Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline
Trilogy - Sonic Youth
CCR - Ramble Tamble
Stooges - Dirt
and of course...
Neil - Like a Hurricane, On the Beach, Cortez the Killer, Down by the River, Cowgirl in the Sand

Sigur Rós-Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása

if there is ANYONE who hasn't heard this song, you're missing out. This is the third post in 5 minutes I've made concerning it...

10 min, 17 seconds of life affirming godliness.

My favorite long "songs" are William Basinski's. I think the shortest piece he's ever done has been just over 10 minutes (on Disintegration Loops III, if I'm not mistaken), and they stretch upwards to about 65 minutes (Silent Night).

I'm listening to A Long Day by The Polyphonic Spree, and it clocks in at 36:30

It's just distorted "uhhhhhs" and "ahhhhhs", it seems. But I don't know much about music anyway.

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Originally posted by mark f:
I would respond to more of your posts Imprezu, but I'm on dial-up and it doesn't work very well at all for downloads or even listening to music. My computer plays music for 5-10 seconds, followed by 5-10 seconds of silence, and that repeats over and over.

As far as long songs, I've heard The Polyphonic Spree's "A Long Day", which, at 36 minutes, is probably about 35 too many for most people.

I'm not on dial-up anymore, so now I can listen to music better.

Break Dancing Paddy: I'd say you have a solid grasp of that "song". Welcome to the site.

One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning - Flaming Lips (9:21)

Pink Floyd - Echoes, Dogs, Obscured by Clouds (if you can find live bootlegged versions)
Mogwai - Christmassteps, Mogwai Fear Satan
Led Zeppelin - Carouselumbra
Centaur - In Streams
The Mars Volta - Cygnus Vismund Cygnus, Cassandra Gemini (although it is split into movements)

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
Pink Floyd (who I've just started listening for the first time the last few days) has some great long ones like "Echoes" (at 23 minutes probably a bit too long)

No way, that's my favourite PF song ever!
Anyways, I didn't notice until now that pretty much every song I listed was mentioned on page 2... which I skipped.
How about 'Cups' by Underworld? Amazing song.

My favorite long songs are:

The Doors - The End "It hurts to set you free but you'll never follow me."

The Doors - When the Music's Over "When the music is your special friend dance on fire as it intends."

The Doors - The Soft Parade "When all else fails we can whip the horses eyes and make them sleep and cry."

Bob Dylan - Brownsville Girl "I know that she ain't you, but she's here and she's got that dark rythm in her soul." (I think that how it went)

Guns N' Roses - November Rain (I just like it and everybody does need somebody sometime.)

Keith Green - The Prodigal Son Suite "Father I've sinned, heaven to shame. I'm no longer worthy to call your name." (It's really the polar opposite of The End by the Doors. I've really disliked it at times, but repentance is a good thing. I just don't like the patriarchal aspect of it. It's still a beautiful song though.)

I'm definitely a lyrics person, but I still like songs for the music; I just can't explain why. That's why I only refer to lyrics in my reason for liking for each song.

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Originally posted by asc85:
Well, I think Elton John's "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" counts as one song. If so, that's pretty long.

When I was growing up, I was a big Emerson, Lake & Palmer fan, so they have tons of long songs, including "Fanfare for the Common Man" and "Pirates" from the "Works, Volume I" LP.

I never liked "Yes", but I believe their double album, "Tales from Topographic Oceans" has only one song per side.

On Led Zep's "In Through the Out Door" album, "Carouselambra" is a pretty long song that I think is very good.

Oh, I just remembered a great, long song, and one that is traditionally played around Thanksgiving. I'm of course talking about Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant."

BTW - Hate to disappoint Mike, but Led Zep's "Dazed and Confused" is closer to 8 minutes than 18 minutes. Although, because I don't think the song is that good, maybe it just SEEMED like 18 minutes!

I am glad to see someone mention "Alice's Restaurant". Also, could the final section of Abbey Road be considered one song?

The best long Sonic Youth song is "Diamond Sea" from WASHING MACHINE.
Heck, it's the best Sonic Youth song.

"The Decline" - NOFX

NOFX is just OK as a band, but this song is quite good for punk. And, at 18+ minutes, it's pretty long for punk rock.