Help A Guy: Does Length Really Matter? - Page 2

GypsySorcerer · #16 07-13-2005, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

To each his own. I love it.

- Jake

Ahem. To each HER own, please.

darklinensuit · #17 07-13-2005, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ryan8472

Any version of it is too long for me. I hate that song!

I do too, but not equally. Madonna's took talent to make such a bad song unbearable in a way that was novel and trite at the same time.

- Jake

diamondsnake · #18 07-13-2005, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ryan8472

Any version of it is too long for me. I hate that song!

I love the Madonna version.

darklinensuit · #19 07-13-2005, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Ahem. To each HER own, please.

I almost typed that, and then thought, hey, who'll care? Sorry.

- Jake

diamondsnake · #20 07-13-2005, 02:30 AM

The intro to In the Back of My Mind is unbearably long! It is pretty cool, but I don't have time to sit there and listen to two minutes of an alien invasion.

GypsySorcerer · #21 07-13-2005, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I almost typed that, and then thought, hey, who'll care? Sorry.

- Jake

I was joshin' ya, dear. English geeks care.

estranged4life · #22 07-13-2005, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I don't know it but generally I need lyrics, not being a musician myself.

- Jake

if you are musically inclined you tend to want to listen to longer musical compositions...Whereas if not you tend to listen to shorter more focused songs.

I like short songs as long as they catch my attention, Don't wanna hear a rehash of something that is similar to something that has already been done before

GypsySorcerer · #23 07-13-2005, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ryan8472

Any version of it is too long for me. I hate that song!

*sigh* You young kids these days.

darklinensuit · #24 07-13-2005, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by diamondsnake

The intro to In the Back of My Mind is unbearably long! It is pretty cool, but I don't have time to sit there and listen to two minutes of an alien invasion.

I thought so too but it was great when it opened the Mask show I saw. After the weird & long into went on building suspense, just before the real vocals started the mask walls flipped up & the band was revealed. The crowd went crazy when the spotlights focused on Chris & Stevie for their successive vocals. Great way to introduce each member.

- Jake

darklinensuit · #25 07-13-2005, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I was joshin' ya, dear. English geeks care.

And so did the womyn at my college.
And I care, too.
Hey, at least I didn't write To each their own.

- Jake

Stevie_Buck · #26 07-13-2005, 02:41 AM

"Without a Leg..." is really short... as is "Still of The Night"

Any Skynyrd song is Hell!

GypsySorcerer · #27 07-13-2005, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

And so did the womyn at my college.
And I care, too.
Hey, at least I didn't write To each their own.

- Jake

Very good.

**mylittledemon** · #28 07-13-2005, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Just wondering which songs you think go on too long, and which ones are too short.

For me, I think Lindsey's I'm So Afraid (live), Not That Funny (live), and GYOW are too long, but Without A Leg To Stand On and Doesn't Anything Last would be even better with more.

- Jake

Yeah I was about to start discussing the size of....er...nevermind.

If you change the length of the song, such as So Afraid and GYOW, then you've heavily altered it. I dont think I'm So Afraid would be what it is without that 3 minute solo at the end. Besides, Lindsey is just so good at it, it's intrigues me every time I watch him. I would agree about Not That Funny...but remember when you're at the shows and in that environment, the length of those songs is good for theatrics. It doesnt translate as well to a stereo-mixed CD.

dissention · #29 07-13-2005, 07:59 AM

Say You Will is too long. With what she has to work with, it shouldn't be more than two and a half minutes. After that, it gets ridiculously cloying.

The Practical Magic version of Crystal is putrid. Six minutes of that should be mass-marketed in pill form as a cure for insomnia.

Not That Funny live is fun for awhile, but after so long, you just want him to get off already and stop his orgasmic moaning.

Free Bird is toooooooooooo long. A second of that sucker is too long, but the one they put on record is pure torture. I imagine having my testicles poked at with a soldering tool would be more pleasant than listening to that thing in it's entirety. The vocal on that song drives me mad, too.

The Ledge is short and sweet, and I like that, but I wouldn't mind if it was longer.

Emmylou Harris' Little Bird is too damned short. Another minute would be great.

As much as I love Bowie's song Sunday, it drives me bonkers that it ends as soon as it kicks into gear. The live versions are great because they go on for a bit longer.

skcin · #30 07-13-2005, 09:23 AM

^ I agree with everything Diss just posted

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Except the Free Bird stuff. I love Free Bird.