Hello community! I’m curious about what y’all favorite long tracks are? By long I mean 10+ minutes (that is at least long to me with short attention span normally). For me it’s The Past Is A Grotesque Animal by Of Montreal (linked)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfV6qF03dEg&t=12
Perhaps you didn’t think of classical music per se, but this is one of my favorite pieces of music, from Mahler’s “Tragic” symphony, written during a rather good period of his life if memory serves. He also didn’t call it “tragic himself” I believe. Just a beautiful movement that stands on its own.
Excellent pick with the Of Montreal track.
One song that immediately came to mind for me is 2112 by Rush which runs about 20 minutes.
Also when I think of long songs I often think of post-rock music and Godspeed You! Black Emperor is one of my favorite post-rock groups. Their album Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress is technically 4 tracks running about 40 minutes but before those tracks existed on an album they existed as 1 song that they would play live called Behemoth. So I often consider that album to be 1 song.
“I” by Meshuggah. About 21 minutes long. Also, “Blackwater Park” by Opeth, just over 12 minutes, though I feel like mentioning Opeth is cheating.
Mortal Man by Kendrick Lamar. The way it ties in all the songs and explains why the album is called To Pimp a Butterfly is amazing.
Pink Floyd - Dogs
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station
NOFX - The Decline
TOOL - Eulogy
Phish - You Enjoy Myself
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
Just a few off the top of my head.
