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micky 
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Five Per Cent for Nothing.. it cut off before Jon, Steve, and Chris could enter and make it a classic...
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Logan
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Posted: September 26 2018 at 17:15 |
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Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick (parts 1 and 2) played at 100x speed is too short at about 26 seconds long.
I can think of several that I do wish would go on and on, but I can't fault them for being too short. I do play them over and over again. Some of my favourite songs are less than two minutes long and the brevity is perfect. Actually, I know that there is more than one that I had wished were longer, but I can't recall them right now. I wished that the themes were explored more and that there was more variation on those themes. Maybe those will come to me when I stop trying to remember them. Edited by Logan - September 26 2018 at 17:16 |
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King Crimson776
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Posted: September 26 2018 at 23:20 |
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First section of Moonchild by King Crimson
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not a bad suggestion... it could've lasted the whole 12 minutes I'll vote for The Soul of Patrick Lee on Cale & Riley's Church Of Anthrax, which only last 2.3 minutes, but I could easily beg it last double that.
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SteveG
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Posted: September 27 2018 at 04:02 |
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As a prog fan I'll have to say all of them!
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Posted: September 27 2018 at 05:56 |
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The studio version of Comfortably Numb. Fading the second guitar riff out is criminal
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Posted: September 27 2018 at 21:26 |
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^ Fortunatley we have the live versions. My favorite is the one on Delicate Sound of Thunder. Too bad it's not by the classic line-up.
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Posted: September 28 2018 at 07:43 |
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I agree! I've always thought that solo should go on forever!
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: September 28 2018 at 10:27 |
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Shrek the Progre
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Posted: September 28 2018 at 16:39 |
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there is a good song by The Tea Club called The Fox in a Hole that lasts not much more than 4 minutes. If only some of these greater new bands went for actual epics...
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Me three, and agreed. Family have a couple that fade out well before their time: "Crinkly Grin" - 1:06 and "Dark Eyes" - 1:46.
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Posted: November 26 2018 at 08:03 |
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Marillion - No Such Thing - they could have jammed a bit longer, it's got a nice atmosphere
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Posted: November 26 2018 at 08:27 |
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"White Car" from Drama by Yes
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Yes - A venture
This one wins the prize in this category for me. There's actually an outtake that is about two minutes longer but it was never officially released.
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Blacksword
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This. Classic Genesis, I just wish it could have been developed a bit more. |
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Rush: The Trees
Shoulda' been an epic like Xanadu, Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, or even By-Tor and the Snow Dog. That song just cries out for a long, progressive instrumental section depicting the battle between the Maples and the Oaks before the final resolution.
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Posted: November 27 2018 at 13:56 |
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I think it would have been great if the Moody Blues had stretched out on some of their songs back in the day.
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Their main focus was the songwriting not compositions so it wouldn't have made sense for them to "stretch them out" in the typical prog way imo. That being said there is a nice long flute solo on "legend of a mind" but I think that's about it for them. That might be the closest they ever came to "real prog" and yet it still precedes "the red faced album" by a full year.
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The intro to Karn Evil 9. Sublime, blink your ears and no reprise...
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Survival by Camel. Seriously, just a minute?
Illusion by Urian Heep. Fades out when the new part kicks in, wtf? Hello by Blackfield. More of that guitar, please! |
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