favorite epic songs...
 

I love epic songs. Songs that seem like they go on forever and it's good, because you never want them to stop. Ones that build up that anticipation, bring you to that point and back down again. I would have to say some of my favorites are:

The Rain Song (Zeppelin)
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd)
LA Woman (Doors)

How funny - I've been thinking about Meatloaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" for the past few days... That thing goes on *forever*. :laugh:

Don't shoot me but........



It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Celine Dion (love the unedited version)





...and of course Stevie's epic songs: Bella Donna, Wild Heart, Sara

Layla by Derek and the Dominoes

First you get that rockin' guitar driven sound, then it progresses into the piano solo at the end. Sigh. Gotta love it.

I forgot about that one! I shouldn't have....I just put it on my epic songs CD :nod: That is why the epic songs topic was in my head this afternoon. Great song. Love it from beginning to end!

Hmmm...well, meatloaf songs, like somebody already said. I always think of Wheel in the Sky, and More Than a Feeling (don't shoot me) as epic songs, but i'm not really sure if they are. They definitely have that cheesy good epic sound, to me. I think Magic Man has some epic qualities, as well.

I was just listening to Magic Man (a live version) and was thinking the same thing. I should have put that one on my CD, too.

Definitely. :nod:

I'd add "November Rain;" "The Devil Went Down to Georgia;" and, of course, "American Pie."

November Rain! I totally forgot about that one! I have to remember this stuff when I go to download songs. It seems like I get to a computer with DSL and forget everything!

Devil went down, really? I guess so, it tells a story and all. Definitely on American Pie. that's like a super epic.

"Total Eclipse Of The Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
"It's All Coming Back To Me Now" - Celine Dion
"I'd Do Anything For Love But I Won't Do That" - Meat Loaf
"Rebel Without A Clue" - Bonnie Tyler
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf
"Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back" - Meat Loaf
"Loving You's A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It" - Bonnie Tyler & Todd Rundgren
"A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" - Meat Loaf (with a guest appearance by Bonnie Tyler)


All penned by Jim Steinman. :D

I also love Stevie's epic songs... especially "Wild Heart." :xoxo:

Ah, yes, Bonnie/Jim is usually epic. I, personally, think Faster Than the Speed of Night is much more epic than Total Eclipse, but...uh...you have so much bonnie that i don't have. I think i'll PM you right now. :D

Oops! I forgot "Faster Than The Speed Of Night"! :o

And I definitely think "Total Eclipse" is epic... seven minutes long, a delicate piano & vocal intro, verses that build up steam as they go, an instrumental interlude that takes the song into its crescendo, and then finally a quiet, reflective ending that brings everything full circle. :nod: :)

yes, you are right about Total, but i did not realize it was so long. I guess time flies when you're having fun and belting your ass off. :laugh: And you are right about it's musical qualities. :nod:
How could you forget Faster? God, I love that song sooo much. The fast piano, the big drums, the screaming vocal, the quiet parts, which in the end lead up to that high, high yowling with a fountain of aggressive drums behind it, and that piano, always fast, always underscoring...uh...oops, sorry, I dorked out about one of my favorite songs...hehehe...*insert sheepishness* :o
But Total Eclipse is one of me and my friend's songs - we never know the same songs, she is AFA and knows way other songs than i know. But on this one, we duet beautifully. And she usually makes up an awesome 80's dramatic dance to go with it :lol: *sigh* Good Times... :D

"Hey Jude"...if it doesnt get on your nerves after a while, LOL! :thumbsup:

Lets not forget "Sultans of Swing" too, and of course "Hotel California"!

:thumbsup: Love those!

I don't know if these fit "epic" standards, but whatever...
"Nobody Girl" by Ryan Adams
"Jesus of Suburbia" by Green Day (both are 9 minutes +)
"Go or Go Ahead" by Rufus Wainwright
"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead.

Hmmm...
 

lets see...

"Estranged"-Guns N Roses (Obviously)
"Coma"-Guns N Roses
"November Rain"-Guns N Roses
"I'm Gonna Crawl"-Led Zeppelin
"Kashmir"-Led Zeppelin
"The Rain Song"-Led Zeppelin
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"-Bonnie Tyler
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light"-Meat Loaf
"Disposable Heroes"-Metallica (Back when they were a real metal band)
"Halloween"-Helloween (13 minutes+)
"The Keeper Of the Seven Keys"-Helloween (Another 13 minutes+)
"The Great Debate"-Dream Theater
"In the Name of God"-Dream Theater
& finally the 43 minute opus
"Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence"-Dream Theater

I don't think anyone's mentioned In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida! ("By I. Ron Butterfly" :laugh: ) :D

Tori Amos - Happiness is a warm gun

HOW could you guys forget?
 

American Pie, by Don McLean ?

Long Long time ago
I could still remember how the music
used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
that I could make those people dance
and maybe they'd be happy for awhile......
But February made me shiver
with every paper I'd deliver
bad news on the doorstep
I couldnt take one more step
I cant remember if I cried
when I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
the day the Music Died....
So bye bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the Levy but the Levy was dry
and good old boys
were drinking whisky and rye
singing "This'll be the day that I die"
"This'll be the day that I die......."

there's more of course, because its EPIC!

(I STILL know the whole thing by heart)

I also want to suggest that Bruce Springsteen's early stuff had epic songs in there, and KISS's Rock and Roll all night and Party Every day could go on forever...also, believe it or not, Gordon Lightfoot did some epic songs, the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald comes to mind...

The first noted Pink Flloyd tune- Crazy Diamond-excellent
How about Europa-Santana, it is instrumental but fits all the qualifications, also Sambre par te, by Santana-
Blinded by the light- Manfred Mann Band (not Springsteen)
Riders on the storm-Doors
Freebird-Lynard Skinnard, as over played as it is---I still can't resist cranking it up when I hear it!
Lala-already mentioned obvious Clapton choice...what about Further on up the Road?
Whipping Post- Allman Brothers
Silent all these years-Tori Amos
AH----I have to go to work, I'll be thinking about this topic all day!
Thanks!!
oh can't forget....Lou Reed's Live _SWEET JANE!

Or Robert Palmers' Sneaking Sally through the alley-Dancing Shoes tune?
or Dixie Chicken, live- Little Feat?
or...I HAVE to go to work!
smile

when i was younger, i always used 2 have 2 the radio playing overnight while i slept, they played this song every night, scared the sh-t outa me :eek: :eek: , i was 2 scared 2 even get up 2 shut it off or change the channel!!!~

Well, I guess that Stairway to Heaven might fit as well as Freebird.

I guess just long songs come to mind:

Hold Your Head Up-Argent
Roundabout-Yes
Piano Man-Billy Joel
Greeneyed Lady- Sugerloaf (I think it's by them)
Baba O'Reilly- The Who
Pinball Wizard- Elton John
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me-Elton John

Ok here is an R&B song from the 70s that I hated but I guess that you could say that it is: Always and Forever- Rose Royce (I am not 100% it's by them)

I know another good Jim Steinman song "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" by Air Supply lol :)

:thumbsup:

Oh Well by...um...Fleetwood Mac
In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed-Allman Bros Band
Whipping Post-Allman Bros Band
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Santana
Europa - Santana
Cold, Cold, Cold/Tripe Face Boogie - Little Feat

Baba O'Reily - The Who
Funeral For A Friend - Elton John
Dragonfly - Blondie
We Don't Need Another Hero (extended version) - Tina Turner
Bring Me the Disco King - David Bowie

I like to call these songs anthems...
 

Edge of Seventeen--Stevie Nicks
Baba O'Reily--The Who
Achilles Last Stand--Led Zep
Kashmir--Led Zep
Barracuda--Heart
Roundabout--Yes
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars--David Bowie
Paranoid Android--Radiohead
Rusty Cage--Soundgarden
Blood and Thunder--Mastodon

YES!! :nod:

Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues

Breath deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless images spent

Empassioned lovers, wrestlers one
Lonely man cries for love and has none
New mother picks up and suckles her son
Senior citizens wish they were young

Cold hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is gray and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion...

And since I can't stand to leave Lindsey Buckingham out of any conversation that he can be in anyway related to, let me add:

D.W. Suite from Law and Order

Frozen Love from Buckingham Nicks

I'm So Afraid from The Dance

I love the 11 minutes and 3 seconds version of "Time Has Come Today" by The Chamber Brothers. It is just so cool and trippy! Great, 60s, psychedelic song. The shorten version just isn't even close to the original in greatness. :thumbsup:

How could I have forgotten Frozen Love???

I can't believe you didn't mention your favorite!! Sympathy for the Devil? HELLO?? We just had this conversation last week! :D

I can't believe I forgot about this song. Good choice! One of my favorite songs of all times. :thumbsup:

We have all forgotten American Pie.

Actually, a few people have mentioned it already. :nod:

Definitely Jim Steinman songs from Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell and it's follow up many years later. Bonnie Tyler's Faster Than the Speed Of Night, the title track and the big hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, Streets of Fire soundtrack with Nowhere Fast and Tonight is what it means to be young, Talyor Dayne's Original Sin from the Shadow soundtrack.
I would also say that Queen has some epic songs as does Floyd and Zep. I love songs that are so broad and massive in sounds and story book lyrics. :nod:

I agree with you there. Especially about Floyd and Zeppelin. :nod:

Christa! You're familiar with "Nowhere Fast," "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" and "Original Sin"?!?

That's awesome!

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