Greatest rock songs over 10 minutes?

My humble contributions. smile

  1. In a gadda da vida - Iron Butterfly

  2. Echoes - Pink Floyd

  3. Shine on you Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

  4. The Temples of Syrinx - Rush

  5. Supper’s Ready - Genesis

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Pretty much any song by Steven Wilson.

Edit: This one’s pretty good

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Free Bird, of course. Length depends on version.

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Evie - Stevie Wright / The Easybeats

The live version of Comfrtably Numb by Pink Floyd comes in at 9:29 and is way better thank Shine on… YMMV.

Dave Gilmour solo at the end is unreal.

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Probably my favourite Pink Floyd song. David Gilmour is sublime here. Also does use some of our gear so that’s cool I guess :nerd_face: (edit: of course not for this performance, the company I work for didn’t even exist at the time :sweat_smile:)

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I can’t decide. It is either that, Time or Money (even if only for the 7/8 time signature).

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I listened to an interview with Alan Parsons a few years back where he described how they produced Money. Pretty incredible how he pulled that off.

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Not quite 10 minutes (nine something) and I know that many many people disagree, but I really like “All Around the World” by Oasis a lot.

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also not quiiiiiiiite 10 minutes, but amazing, is Stargazer by Rainbow. The opening sequence is particularly spectacular.

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Actually, The Temples of Syrinx is 2:12 long. 2112 is 20:33 long. And you call yourself a Rush fan. :stuck_out_tongue:

Rush has so many epic longer length songs. Xanadu, The Necromancer, etc. Honorable mention to La Villa Strangiato, coming in at 9:35.

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The End (The Doors).
Close to The Edge (Yes).

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Rhyme of the ancient mariner anyone?

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Oh man, @smokinhole stole my thunder with Close to the Edge. The Yes Album has 3 almost candidates, Yours is No Disgrace 9:43, Starship Trooper 9:32, and Perpetual Change 8:52. But if it has to be 10 mins, I submit Genesis, The Cinema Show 10:49 from Selling England by the Pound, which was Peter Gabriel’s last album with the group.

Long live prog rock!

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