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Long Songs

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sfpcc1
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Long Songs

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Are There any long songs that people are especially fond of? I don't want To Put To many rules around this
but I guess a cutoff point could be roughly seven minutes.

A Couple Of Mine:

Jessica / Allman Brothers
Marque Moon / Televison. (The guitar jam in it is as hard as anything I've ever heard. I always thought it deserved more AOR play but it was not to be.)
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Turkeytop
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Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
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Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
Fear innocolum (non radio version) and 7empest - Tool
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Free Bird would make my short list.
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Us and Them Pink Floyd.
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Isaac Hayes "Do Your Thing" (from "Shaft" movie soundtrack) running 19:28, Iron Butterfly "In A Gadda Da Vida" (17:05), Rare Earth "Get Ready" (21:05) Yes "Close To The Edge" (runs over 18 minutes).
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Pink Floyd "Dogs" (17:04) (from 1977 "Animals")
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"Supper's Ready" by Genesis
"Thick as a Brick," and "Passion Play" by Jethro Tull
Innumerable songs by Yes, including "Close to the Edge," "America," and "Heart of the Sunrise"
All along the icy wastes, there are faces smiling in the gloom.
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"Whaling Stories" - Procol Harum, off the album Home, memorably performed on Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
"Time Has Come Today" - The Chambers Brothers (The long version, obviously)
"Cortez the Killer" - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, off the album Zuma. Marvelously covered by the Aussie band The Church off the album A Box of Birds
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"I'd Do Anything for Love" by Meat Loaf (the 12 minute version). Basically Meat Loaf's entire catalog could qualify.

Meatloaf (the dish) takes a long time to cook just like Meat Loaf (the singer) takes a long time to get through a song.
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Take A Pebble" (from their late 1970 debut) which runs 11 or 12 minutes.
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Pink Floyd "Echoes" (from 1971 "Meddle") runs 23 minutes on side 2!!
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"Do You Feel Like We Do" - Peter Frampton 14:15

"I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)" - Grand Funk Railroad 10:03

"Autobahn" - Kraftwerk 22:30

"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - The Temptations 11:45

"My Ding-A-Ling" - Chuck Berry 11:52

"Got To Give It Up" - Marvin Gaye 11:52
(The above 3 were Billboard Hot 100 number 1 hits in their edited versions)

"Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John 11:08

and a favorite of mine by Seed: "Mariposa" 20:00
https://youtu.be/Cf5BcN-j-JM

"Dogs" and "Low Spark..." are great choices. The Doors had a few worth noting, including "The End" and "When The Music's Over".
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The Rascals "Peaceful World" on side 4 from 1971 on Columbia (runs 21 & 1/2 minutes).
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Dire Straits "Telegraph Road" (from 1982 "Love Over Gold") which is 14 & 1/2 minutes.
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