favorite epic songs...

[Moony]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

"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

All penned by Jim Steinman.

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

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.

[estranged4life]

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

[Johnny Stew]

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

[saraforscarlett]

Tori Amos - Happiness is a warm gun

[irishgrl]

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...

[eclipse]

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!

[eclipse]

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

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by eclipse

Riders on the storm-Doors

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 , i was 2 scared 2 even get up 2 shut it off or change the channel!!!~

[WelshWitchPMD]

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)

[Dreammms]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

"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.

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

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

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Layla by Derek and the Dominoes

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

[dissention]

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

[cliffdweller]

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

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

"Total Eclipse of the Heart"-Bonnie Tyler
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light"-Meat Loaf

YES!!

[Miss Vicky]

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...