yourbiggestfan16 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Mine, although a bit cliche, will always be the full length version of The Doors - " Light My Fire." Jim Morrison is a god. Yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djzoso Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Achilles Last Stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Dazed And Confused TSRTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Not really a fan of overly long studio songs but two that cut it for me are In My Time Of Dying and this cut.. Closer To Home by Grand Funk Railroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSummerSide Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I have many favourite songs that are over 8 minutes long but my favourite is Echoes by Pink Floyd, a 23 minutes long masterpiece! My favourite song over 8 minutes by Led Zeppelin is Kashmir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Masson Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I don't like songs because of their sheer length, no matter whether they're studio or live performances. I like songs if they have conviction, a sense of purpose and a real unity to them - each one a world of meaning by itself, if you like. Of course you get all kinds of different contexts, and for me a 20 minute jam incorporating all manner of old rock & roll standards within a live rendition of Whole Lotta Love is great, because it sort of fits. But as a rule I will like the pointed statement. The really long versions of No Quarter in 1975 I find somewhat unfocused, for example - and I prefer 1969 versions of Dazed and Confused to the later ones: slightly faster, more atmospherical unity, a certain sharpness and so on. Of course there are inspired moments in the later and lengthier versions, but on the whole the earlier kind of take on the song makes more sense to me. On the other hand, this hasn't prevented me from liking songs that do have that coherence, but happen to be lengthy because they just needed that.... If we continue with examples from Led Zeppelin, I think the actual quality of songs like In My Time of Dying, Kashmir and Achilles Last Stand needs that extra bit of duration that the band gave them - due to the trance-like vibe inherent in the basic ideas for the songs themselves. And in a very different mode, if you take The Musical Box by Genesis, that last beautiful part of the song is this effective only within the bigger context of the song as a whole - typical for the more classically oriented thinking of Tony Banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekwillis Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Dazed And Confused TSRTS I would have to agree to the highest possible level of agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd-"T For Texas" from One More From The Road. It's the first appearance of Steve Gaines on record,and it cooks. Oh,and there's a reason why people started shouting "Free Bird" at concerts,and it's on this album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Page Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Mine would be Achilles Last Stand this version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtazy Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 By Zepp it would be Achilles Last Stand. Others: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird, Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond, Guns N' Roses - November rain & Estranged, Alter Bridge - Blackbird, Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin, Yes - Roundabout, Dire Straits - Money for nothing etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z88 Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 In My Time Of Dying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Led Zeppelin: Tea For One Non-Zeppelin: Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Non-Zeppelin: Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd Spoken like a true Pink Floyd fan..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogdanmehedintu Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 MASTER OF PUPPETS AND ORION. EASILY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesehead1204 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Kashmir is mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin In The Light - Led Zeppelin The Prophet's Song - Queen The End - The Doors Sleep Walking Past Hope - HIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lalaith Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Kashmir - Led Zeppelin Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd And Then There Was Silence - Blind Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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