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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: jasc15 on October 17, 2022, 10:55:49 AM
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Songs that cover a lot of ground in a short time without feeling rushed. Here are a few that have given me this impression:
Umphrey's McGee- Glory
Marillion- Slainte Mhath
Dream Theater- Eve (ok, so 5:10 for the pedants)
I could prob think more about this over the next day or so, but this is off the top of my head right now. Those of you with deeper catalogs can do better, I'm sure!
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10 Years - Wasteland
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Rush - The Trees and Circumstances come to mind
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There's no question as to the answer to this:
The Beatles, A Day In The Life. Yes, the CD track is 5:33 or something, but the final chord strikes at 4:21 and the fade goes for about 45 seconds or so, then there's the "runout band".
The Beach Boys, Good Vibrations. 3:40 of big, epic, prog goodness.
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One that comes to mind is "Goliath" by Karnivool. So tasty.
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Dream Theater- Eve (ok, so 5:10 for the pedants)
I'm always struck by stuff like this. Are you looking for songs "under 5 minutes" or not and, if not, how far over is ok?
If you're just going for close:
- Fates Warning - Fata Morgana
- Fates Warning - Static Acts
- Fates Warning - Outside Looking In
- Fates Warning - Into the Black
- Rush - No One at the Bridge
- Rush - Cinderella Man
- Rush - Tom Sawyer
- Rush - Limelight
That's enough for now.
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Queensryche: Neue Regel
Mission
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The Wall - Kansas
Vital Signs - Rush
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Bend Sinister - Quest for Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zVMAZ9WrC0)
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Portishead - Roads
Yeah, 5:10
Sue me.
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The Wall - Kansas
ding ding ding! We have the winner! :hefdaddy
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Truth by Devin Townsend (the original off the Infinity album)
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Coming up empty off the top of my head. Circumstances is a great pick.
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I second the Neue Regal nomination.
Considering it’s only an intro, I feel like Premonition by Haken feels very epic at only 4:10
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If you allow me 7 seconds too much, at 5:07 Kill Devil Hill by Bruce Dickinson feels very grandiose and epic even without the endless repetitions his main band accustomed us to.
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I'll add Rush - Witch Hunt to the other Rush songs already mentioned.
And if op grants me 4 extra seconds, i'll say Symphony X - Eve of Seduction!
There is a lot of choices outside prog music too!
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Mr. Malum by The Dear Hunter (doesn't even reach 4 minutes.)
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I second the Neue Regal nomination.
Considering it’s only an intro, I feel like Premonition by Haken feels very epic at only 4:10
Good one!
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Breathe, The Great Gig In The Sky and Hey You, all by Pink Floyd. Could also throw in Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage and Eclipse (Eclipse would be my vote for the most epic song ever written with the shortest run time, clocking in at 2:12).
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One that comes to mind is "Goliath" by Karnivool. So tasty.
For real. That was the first one that came to mind for me. I'll also add:
Queensryche: Screaming in Digital
Faith No More: Epic
Karnivool: Synops
Muse: Apocalypse Please, Stockholm syndrome
A Perfect Circle: The Outsider
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Another honorable mention: Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen.
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Leprous - Lower
Leprous - Out Of Here
Leprous - The Cloak
Muse - Supremacy
Queen - The Show Must Go On
I just realize, many of the songs I want to mention are just over 5 minutes :lol
Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever (depending on which version, it's 5:10, 4:55 or 4:00)
CSNY - Country Girl (5:12)
Genesis - Cul-de Sac (5:05)
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Dream Theater- Eve (ok, so 5:10 for the pedants)
I'm always struck by stuff like this. Are you looking for songs "under 5 minutes" or not and, if not, how far over is ok?
The title was cut off. It should read "Big, epic songs under 5 minutes and 11 seconds".
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Dream Theater- Eve (ok, so 5:10 for the pedants)
I'm always struck by stuff like this. Are you looking for songs "under 5 minutes" or not and, if not, how far over is ok?
The title was cut off. It should read "Big, epic songs under 5 minutes and 11 seconds".
So my example Country Girl by CSNY still doesn't count? :'(
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Gregory Alan Isakov's "Liars" from his live album is the first thing that comes to mind.
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One that comes to mind is "Goliath" by Karnivool. So tasty.
For real. That was the first one that came to mind for me. I'll also add:
Queensryche: Screaming in Digital
Faith No More: Epic
Karnivool: Synops
Muse: Apocalypse Please, Stockholm syndrome
A Perfect Circle: The Outsider
I see what you did there... :)
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Björk - Play Dead
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Black Sabbath - Falling Off the Edge of the World
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Black Sabbath - Falling Off the Edge of the World
:metal :metal
Hell yes!! Great call.
Dream Theater-The Gift Of Music
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I was worried it would be over, but serendipity prevails and it's just 7 seconds under. When you finish it feels like it was several minutes longer, in a great way. From the opening keyboard chords, the slow buildup, to the cascading walls of noise by the end, it's a pocket-sized epic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRa3-3UM0o
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Simon & Garfunkel - The sound of silence
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Black Sabbath - Falling Off the Edge of the World
:metal :metal
Hell yes!! Great call.
Dream Theater-The Gift Of Music
If you talk Sabbath, and you skip the intro, Spiral Architect.
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So many Pain of Salvation songs.
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you
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"Open Car" by Porcupine Tree is only 3:46, but it's sooo good!
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It was a very good year - Frank Sinatra
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The new Mars Volta album has a song called "Que Dios Te Maldiga, Corazón" ('God Curse You, Sweetheart').
It's fantastic, and under 2 (two!) minutes.
https://youtu.be/DyPbz_T3Gzk
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Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
and perhaps Yesterday, Helter Skelter, Across The Universe
Somebody To Love - Queen
the Montreal, Milton Keynes, and Wembley versions of 'We Are The Champions
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Hello! Hooray! - Alice Cooper
and....since each song is less than five minutes, these qualify, correct? (even though together they total 5:12)
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles
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I'm cheating once again, but since this song is only 24 seconds too long, I'm including it!
King Crimson - Sleepless
That Tony Levin bassline is the definition of epic!
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It's 5:14 but..
Kiss-Black Diamond
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It's 5:14 but..
Kiss-Black Diamond
but one can fade it out much sooner.......so it qualifies.
Heck....I was going to include 'Detroit Rock City'.....it rocks, it is epic (especially for a Michigander), and if one removes the radio intro...
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It's 5:14 but..
Kiss-Black Diamond
but one can fade it out much sooner.......so it qualifies.
Heck....I was going to include 'Detroit Rock City'.....it rocks, it is epic (especially for a Michigander), and if one removes the radio intro...
Yes, I thought of that too.
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I couldn't think of a song for this thread, but then Youtube recommended a band to me. It wasn't this song, but I checked out more and this song is epic, and big.
Solence - Heavy Rain (https://youtu.be/sKH4FbW8r1s)
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I can't think of a single song for this thread.
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So many Pain of Salvation songs.
I was going to say Undertow but this answer seems fine
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Flying Colors - Better Than Walking Away
Green Day - Brutal Love
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Linkin Park - Iridescent
Nightwish - Dark Chest of Wonders
311 - Sometimes Jacks Rule the Realm (song ends right at 5:00, before a secret song on the album)
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Not sure if anyone other than Ariich would like this, but the ending of Frank Turners latest album is just fucking great. It gives me such goosebumps.
https://open.spotify.com/track/4YCIRIyLnJ96Ygn6FdouFE?si=PeVWwwToSvqVzjx8RdzaVQ&utm_source=copy-link (https://open.spotify.com/track/4YCIRIyLnJ96Ygn6FdouFE?si=PeVWwwToSvqVzjx8RdzaVQ&utm_source=copy-link)
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Bruce Springsteen - Candy's Room.
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Ulver - Nowhere/Catastrophe
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Gorillaz - Every Planet We Reach is Dead
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Spider Monkey
Marketa Irglova - Time Immemorial
Death Grips - Hacker
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
Glen Hansard - I'll Be You, Be Me
Spiritualized - No God Only Religion
Nine Inch Nails - The Way Out is Through
Nine Inch Nails - The Day the World Went Away
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Foals - Inhaler
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I can't think of a single song for this thread.
I can, and one is hot off the press so to speak.
Amorphis - Nightbird's Song
Insomnium - Lilian
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Dir En Grey - Inconvenient Ideal
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Port Noir - Black From the Ink
https://open.spotify.com/track/5R2Qtx0Cwxee525D0Ql6WV?si=b217b60a6c2f4fdd
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The first movement of Frost's Wonderland fits this description for me. The piano doesn't kick in until 1 minute in, and the music stops at 5:45 or so. Yes, the entire track is longer than that, but if you're looking for something that takes less than 5 minutes to hear something that qualifies as having an epic feel, this is what I think of.
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Port Noir - Black From the Ink
https://open.spotify.com/track/5R2Qtx0Cwxee525D0Ql6WV?si=b217b60a6c2f4fdd
A really great song :tup
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A lot of really great suggestions in this thread, Wasteland by 10 Years is something I haven't heard in ages.
"Open Car" by Porcupine Tree is only 3:46, but it's sooo good!
I always loved the live version if the additional little breakdown section.
My submission is going to be Gordian Naught by Animals As Leaders, it's big, epic, and sounds like chaos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw4BkF60o2U
bonus drum video if you're into that kind of thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpFnbgqHmjQ
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It was a very good year - Frank Sinatra
Homer Simpson did it better.
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I couldn't think of a song for this thread, but then Youtube recommended a band to me. It wasn't this song, but I checked out more and this song is epic, and big.
Solence - Heavy Rain (https://youtu.be/sKH4FbW8r1s)
I've been meaning to check them out. Matt Guillory has mentioned them a few times.
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I'm not sure if it totally fits the topic (and it's a little over 5 minutes), but Tesla's "Modern Day Cowboy" has a great ebb and flow and sound pretty epic to my ears.
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One that comes to mind is "Goliath" by Karnivool. So tasty.
For real. That was the first one that came to mind for me. I'll also add:
Queensryche: Screaming in Digital
Faith No More: Epic
Karnivool: Synops
Muse: Apocalypse Please, Stockholm syndrome
A Perfect Circle: The Outsider
I see what you did there... :)
Kinda surprised more people didn't, honestly. :-\
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One that comes to mind is "Goliath" by Karnivool. So tasty.
For real. That was the first one that came to mind for me. I'll also add:
Queensryche: Screaming in Digital
Faith No More: Epic
Karnivool: Synops
Muse: Apocalypse Please, Stockholm syndrome
A Perfect Circle: The Outsider
I see what you did there... :)
Kinda surprised more people didn't, honestly. :-\
What is this?
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Kevin Gilbert - Kashmir
yes it is a cover, and yes it is well under 5 minutes, and definitely is *Epic*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGGqZ5iHI28