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Poll Question: Which is your favorite length for a song?
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mini epics rulez
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Prefered length is between 6 and 9 minutes.

 

the best songs usually are a bit longer running up to 25 minutes, but most songs of that length will get boring at some points.
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how long is a piece of string?LOL
 
15+ minute epics are the essence of Prog - no other genre (except classical or jazz) would get away with that!
 
 
 
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I choose 15+. Lot's of songs on my favorite song list are 15+.

 
my top 10 alone has
 
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Tool - Disposition/Reflection/Triad
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Tool - Wings for Marie
I - Meshuggah
Dogs - Pink Floyd
 
those are already 6 songs over 15 minutes with some over 20 and Crimson being 40 minutes so yea.
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1) Mini epics
2) Long songs
3) True Epics
4) Short songs
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I've always respected and admired true epics that can hold me interested enough to finish, and I tend to get easily lost in them. So I voted that.
But Mini epics are not far behind.
Long songs and short songs sometimes bug me though, for they tend to either be too long or too short....

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i tend to like the 7+ minute songs. KC songs like 21CSM and Epitaph wouldn't be the same if they were shorter. Some just need to be stretched out like that to be great.
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I prefer the 10 - 15 minute range songs.

But really I like anything as long as its not under 4 minutes. Cause usualy stuff under 4, or 5 minutes is pop, or the like.
Not always, but alot of the time.


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i guess since most of my favorite bands (minus Gentle Giant and Rush) play a lot of 10-15 minute songs, i guess ill go with that one, but i dont care as long as the music is good Wink
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I voted for mini-epics, but many of my favorite songs are longer. It's just that there are a lot more mini-epics, so there are a lot of good mini-epics.
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I prefer longs WHEN it's so good!
BUT, it gives less interest when the group lost themselves with no direction, no unity. I don't like free jazz or free rock, it's cacophony, a big mess for me.
 
Talk about Supper's Ready! Gates! Echoes! Shine on! Close! Think what it can give with a 70 minutes of that!
 
Is there a song about that long, now? (70 minutes?) I don't tink so... 
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I definately like my songs on the longish side. 8+ minutes. It's one of the things that attracts me to prog greatly. A longer song can have a lot more depth and style than a short one. Not that I don't like songs that are short. I actually find the mere 30 second long "Stop" from The Wall enjoyable. 
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