What was your first epic prog song?

It was probably Zeppelin that eased me into prog, and ten minute long songs. At the time, I thought 'Stairway To Heaven' or 'The Rain Song' were the longest songs ever recorded!  I credit them with getting me interested in prog. Imagine my surprise when I heard Close to the Edge or Octavarium! 

my three first epics are
1. Elton John - Funural For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding 11:09 min (i was 3 years old first time my father playd this on the record player but i was scared to death by the synth intro started crying and I was nervous at listning to it in many years to come)
2. King Crimson - Starless (one song i downloaded when I was starting to get curious on what prog was together with   The Sheltering Skye from Dicipline great song with chapman stick)anyone else who likes the Sheltering Skye?
3. Dream Theater -  Take the Time and Metropolis prt .
and different songs by bands I downloaded bach when I was 16-17 years at my beginner stage
 

''Question'' by The Moody Blues. Ok it's not epic and it's not really prog, but this is where it all started for me 40 years ago. Am I really that old!?! 

gottogetintogetout!

I guess it depends on how you define epic, but I'm pretty sure that Yours is No Disgrace, clocking in at just under ten minutes, should count as my first epic.

Fool's Overture was my first exposure to longer-than-usual song form. I remember bragging about it to my friend at school about how I had a ten minute song (I would have been about twelve years old, haha) and he said "That's nothing, my dad's got this song called Tarkus and it's more than twenty minutes." I checked that one out and man, I was blown away (also, being young, I really enjoyed the weird synth tone used after Battlefield, haha). 

gottagetintogetout wrote: BaldJean wrote: I really could not say. I grew up with prog. my parents were hippies and listened to all this stuff all the time. hearing prog epics was absolutely normal to me when I was a kid   Dude!  Your parents were awesome.  I wish my parents played Prog for me as a child.

My dad introduced me to Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and King Crimson.

I wouldn't even call him a progger. He's just from the right time period, that's all.


Edited by Eapo_q42 - January 19 2010 at 21:02

BaldJean wrote: I really could not say. I grew up with prog. my parents were hippies and listened to all this stuff all the time. hearing prog epics was absolutely normal to me when I was a kid

Edited by Epyros - January 19 2010 at 20:53

 Yes' Gates of Delirium really set me on my ear when I heard it in its entirety while in a parking lot waiting for my ma to come out of a church during Advent long ago.