Greatest Long Epic Song

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  1. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Shine on you crazy Diamond Part 1 Pink Floyd would be my choice, anyone else?

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQYaVb4px7U]YouTube - Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - full version first part[/ame]
     
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    CarolinaTiger61 Recently Repatriated

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    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VD6BS5ehu0]YouTube - Blackfoot - Highway Song[/ame]
     
  3. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Funny you should post this, I watched David Gilmour live on Palladia last night and that song is pretty epic. Floyd was so much better with DG at the helm.
     
  4. Contained Chaos

    Contained Chaos Don't we all?

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    Although I tend to agree withe Shine On, I would be remiss if I didn't nominate "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".

    Fun fact about that song: It was supposed to be "In the Garden of Eden". But they were trying to record it when the lead singer of Iron Butterfly was hammered, and it came out sounding like that. The group ran with it.
     
  5. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Roger was the deep and disturbed one, they weren't nearly as good without David, and they weren't nearly as good without Roger although, they were better without Roger than they were without David if that makes sense.

    Was the Gilmour concert the one with Nash and Crosby and David Bowie?
     
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    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    I read that somewhere. Funny.
     
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    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc4qi03QgOg]YouTube - Pink Floyd - Echoes Live at Pompeii Part 1[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sein6WnbY0]YouTube - Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii - Echoes (Part 2)[/ame]
     
  8. LSUsupaFan

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    The correct answer is Total Eclipse of the Heart. Just when you think the song is winding down... BOOM five more minutes of awesome.


    I Would also consider pretty much any The Mars Volta album. The only reason they break the song into tracks is because of label pressure. The albums are all essentially 1 song with multiple movements.
     
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    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Yeah never really caught on with this one. Its ok but in my opinion not even close to some others, hell I'd put stranglehold many many places in front of that one.
     
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    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Dude, Bonnie whats her name? once upon a time I was falling apart?

    Seriously? You're talking about a different song right?:D
     

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