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Andy Webb
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Posted: December 04 2010 at 23:11 | |
The Whirlwind (Transatlantic) is like 77:50.
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Andy Webb
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Posted: December 04 2010 at 23:13 | |
10,000 YEARS?? My god that's superfluous
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thehallway
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 13 2010 Location: Dorset, England Status: Offline Points: 1433 |
Posted: December 07 2010 at 04:28 | |
Some classical works (usually German Operas) just last hours and hours.... and you aren't allowed to cough the whole way thru it!
Something by Mahler... I can't remember the name.... but the 6th movement was at least forty minutes (with the others all around the 20 minute mark) and there were only about two verses of lyrics in the whole movement.... describing something about a woman's lover ascending to heaven
....which I suppose takes a while, but still!
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Xaxaar
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Posted: August 14 2011 at 19:17 | |
Surgical Sound Specimens From The Museum Of Skin (01:14:16)
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darkshade
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Posted: August 14 2011 at 19:25 | |
When questions like this come up, I always assume we're talking about "written" music. Not noise music or droning music that just repeats; or the long player thing, which is improvised anyway I believe.
Aside from classical music, which I am not an expert on, I think Transatlantic - "The Whirlwind" (78 minutes) is the longest song written. Others are The Flower Kings "Garden of Dreams" which is 60 minutes. I'm sure there are many things longer, but I don't remember/know them. The problem with songs written longer than a CD can hold, is there has to be breaks or intermissions. I don't think there's any real reason for one song to be so long. At that point, it's not a song any more once you start marking the time by hours. |
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thehallway
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Posted: August 15 2011 at 03:15 | |
In progressive rock, song length has become like penis size.......
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: August 15 2011 at 12:07 | |
Probably Amarok by Mike Oldfield.
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darkshade
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Posted: August 15 2011 at 12:34 | |
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voliveira
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Posted: September 22 2011 at 09:02 | |
"The Whirlwind" of the Transatlantic. It is 77 minute-suite divided into 12 songs
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"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be" Matthew 6:21
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mongofa
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Posted: September 27 2011 at 11:43 | |
The longest song I have heard all the way through is A Passion Play by Jethro Tull
Erik Satie's "Vexations" is over 19 hours long when played correctly. It is basically just a theme repeated 800 some-odd times but Satie intended it that way...correct me if I'm wrong
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SaltyJon
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Posted: September 27 2011 at 11:58 | |
The longest one which will probably end up in my collection soon is Klaus Schulze's Into the Blue - 78:25.
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: September 27 2011 at 14:46 | |
The longest 1 movement piece that I know of is Morton Feldman's Piano and String Quartet, which runs at about 80 minutes.
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kingcrimsonfan
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 21:04 | |
by the way on that tena novak song where can you find that cd?
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 21:47 | |
Doesn't John Cage has some pretentious piece of sh*t that will still be playing for hundreds of years or something?
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I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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Atavachron
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 21:56 | |
I remember reviewing something that had a near two hour piece, but can't find it-- off the top, I guess the Grobbies 'Solar Music Berlin' live at 53 mins
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SaltyJon
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 22:35 | |
I know Klaus Schulze has a "track" that takes up at least two full CDs.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 22:38 | |
Good thing Listening Room implemented mod controls. |
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kingcrimsonfan
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Posted: October 01 2011 at 22:33 | |
I heard the flaming lips were writing a 6 hour song
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JJLehto
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Posted: October 01 2011 at 22:47 | |
Oh this is but I'm drawing a blank...but I do know threads like this have popped up before and someone found an 89 minute song, it was literally enough to fill an entire CD.
Of course the internet isn't bound by length limits and I have heard of songs being hours long. Someone here on PA told me about this band "Nanocyborg Uberholocaust" that makes drone songs supposedly like 3 or 4 hours long in some cases. Depending how far you want to push it....technically the longest song ever made is still going on. It was written by John Cage, called "As Slow As Possible" which started being played in 2001 and is slated to take 639 years to finish. Edited by JJLehto - October 01 2011 at 22:51 |
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Littlecarrots
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Posted: October 02 2011 at 23:25 | |
Punch Brothers suite "The Blind Leaves the Blind" is up to 42 minutes long, the lengthiest "song" I have, but I guess is like an average 3-minute pop-song when compared to same things I've already read here
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