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Points: 1282 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2006 at 14:43
A song should be as long as it NEEDS to be...sometimes 3:30 works, other times it takes 10 minutes, sometimes 30 or more....the composition should work itself out, in the hands of effective composers....
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Points: 287 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2006 at 14:44
sometimes 1mn works
 
most of the times 30+ minutes is w**kery Wink
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Points: 34 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2006 at 17:59
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:


50-60 minutes are Censored

But, album-long songs like "Thick As A Brick", "Amarok" etc. are fine.

Bit of a contradiction there I feel. Amarok is just under 60 minutes.

Its actually 60:02, which I believe counts as 60 minutes.
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Points: 974 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2006 at 20:31

I personally love TFK's epics. The Garden Of Dreams is wonderful, as are most of their others. It is each to his or her own, as usual, when it comes down to it.

For me, I don't care how long or short a song is, as long as it's good. As many people know, I don't think Close To The Edge is all that wonderful, although I do enjoy listening to it sometimes. 'The Gates Of Delirium', or 'Awaken' are better, for me that is.

'Supper's Ready' is probably my favourite epic of all, and is not all that long compared to some.

Also, 'Echoes' is another favourite of mine, better than 'Shine On' to me. Again, as long as I like  a song, I don't care about its length too much.

I have heard some Sigur Ros though, and their tracks are far too long! But then, their music sends me to sleep anyway so a two minute song would be too long for my ears!LOL Not my type of thing at all, I'm afraid.
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Points: 191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2006 at 14:33
Wow the longest song I've ever heard was by Black Sabbath Shocked
But my favorite epic song is Ashes are Burning Smile
It's got to be slow
Taking love the only way
It's got to just flow
Making love and taking time to let it grow
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Points: 865 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2006 at 15:35
I think epics are great, and my favourite one at the moment is propably the title track of Symphony X's The Odyssey album.

sometimes, 3-10 minutes just isn't enough to express everything you want to express
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