- 16 Aug 11, 20:18#270324
I've nothing against long songs. I've got a live version of Dazed and Confused that goes on for about 20 minutes and it's fantastic! There are a few New Order songs which are basically 10 minute instrumentals. Maybe it's just that I don't like ELP.
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Blue Monday and True Faith are 2 of the few songs that everytime I listen to them I want them to be twice as long! I tend to get bored if a tune goes on too long or if there is nothing to get me interested or if it is just the same thing over and over again. For me Blue Monday would be just another song (albeit a good one) if it wasn't for the 6 string bass riffs.
As for the self indulgant thing, I saw a programme on prog rock a while back and the whole genre really seemed to get far too big and way over the top. Rick Wakeman's fancy capes were the tip of the iceberg!
I'll take your word on the drug element. Far too expensive! Seriously, I would never touch that kind of stuff and I honestly don't know and don't want to know where to go to buy that kind of stuff.
Ill have a look into them.....
They were ok up to a point but like all prog rock they were far too self indulgant and the tunes were far far far too long.
You must be trying to get me banned as soon as possible andrew lol
No such thing as too long, you know what Shine on you crazy diamond is, its a 26 minute long song from Pink Floyd, and every second is magical goodness, granted its split into two songs, SOYCD pt 1 and 2, Pink Floyds songs freuently made the 7 minute mark, Led Zeppelins songs are on average about 6 minutes long, rolling stones music style means songs a realatively short, 3/4 minutes, good music isnt chained to short songs.
Dont get the self indulgent thing, explain using Pink Floyd as an example, plus, when your taking tokes on a tasty rizla doobie, the longer the song the better, you dont want gaps ruining your "trip" which is why Dark side of the moon is such a classic albulm, 45 minutes of seamless transition between songs, its magic.
Granted you definitely dont need drugs to enjoy music, but if you can you should try it once. Just having a hard days work getting home, plonking on the sofa with whiskey and a smoke is good enough....
I've nothing against long songs. I've got a live version of Dazed and Confused that goes on for about 20 minutes and it's fantastic! There are a few New Order songs which are basically 10 minute instrumentals. Maybe it's just that I don't like ELP.
[youtube]HYerg_yNQFY[/youtube] [youtube]OmsJvJunOWA[/youtube]
Blue Monday and True Faith are 2 of the few songs that everytime I listen to them I want them to be twice as long! I tend to get bored if a tune goes on too long or if there is nothing to get me interested or if it is just the same thing over and over again. For me Blue Monday would be just another song (albeit a good one) if it wasn't for the 6 string bass riffs.
As for the self indulgant thing, I saw a programme on prog rock a while back and the whole genre really seemed to get far too big and way over the top. Rick Wakeman's fancy capes were the tip of the iceberg!
I'll take your word on the drug element. Far too expensive! Seriously, I would never touch that kind of stuff and I honestly don't know and don't want to know where to go to buy that kind of stuff.
