Longest song by a popular singer/ band

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: goatfell
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 07:03 AM

there is a french guy whol ives over here and he sings song that go on for a fornight, you know trad songs that go on for 20 mins.

we had him at our folk club in Irvine and he was boring as shit, good guitarist and singer but instead just singing and playing the songs he would do wee twiddley bits that made a song that was 3 mins to 15 mins long.

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: Jason Xion Wang
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 04:42 AM

2 Legit 2 Quit - Hammer (7:55)
2112 - Rush (20:37)
Abacab - Genesis (7:02)
Adventures of Greggery Peccary - Frank Zappa (20:33)
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie (18:36)
American City Suite - Cashman and West (7:42)
American Pie - Don McLean (8:34)
Angola Anthem - Dr. John (17:35)
Autobahn - Kraftwerk (22:43)
Babe, I'm on Fire - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (14:45)
Blue Monday - New Order (7:25)
Butt Naked - Charm (7:53)
Captain Jack - Billy Joel (7:14)
Celebration of the Lizard King - The Doors (14:25)
Champagne Supernova - Oasis (7:28)
Chew And Hiccup - Book Oven (approximately 263 minutes long)
Dance Of The Dawn - Yes (20:22)
Desolation Row - Bob Dylan (11:21)
Disco Inferno - The Trammps (10:51)
Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton (14:00)
Echoes - Pink Floyd (23:28)
Everybody Move - Cathy Dennis (8:09)
Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) - Baz Luhrman (7:09)
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (9:07)
Freebird Live - Lynyrd Skynyrd (14:09)
Fun House (Take 3) - The Stooges (11:29)
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John (11:08)
Funkytown - Lipps Inc (7:51)
Giants Under The Sun - Yes (18:32)
Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel (7:21)
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf (7:00)
Green Grass and High Tides - Outlaws (9:49)
Hey Jude - The Beatles (7:11)
High The Memory - Yes (20:34)
Hotel California - Eagles (7:12)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival (11:06)
I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles (7:47)
I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf (11:59)
I'm A Man - Chicago (7:43)
In The Midnight Hour - Samantha Sang (7:17)
In-A-Godda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (17:02)
Iowa - Slipknot (15:25)
Isn't It a Pity? - George Harrison (7:08)
It's All Coming Back to Me Now - C¨¦line Dion (7:37)
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin (8:28)
Killers Are Quiet - Slipknot (20:42)
L.A. Woman - the Doors (7:49)
Layla - Derek and the Dominos (7:00)
Life's Been Good To Me So Far - Joe Walsh (8:56)
Light My Fire - the Doors (7:08)
Light of Day, Day of Darkness - Green Carnation (60:06)
Lovestoned (I Think She Knows) - Justin Timberlake (7:24)
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (7:20)
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (10:19)
Maria - Blondie (9:27)
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (8:27)
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues (7:40)
Nous Sommes Du Soleil - Yes (21:33)
November Rain - Guns N' Roses (8:57)
Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf (8:28)
Purple Rain - Prince (8:45)
Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang (14:33)
Revolution 9 - The Beatles (8:13)
Riders on the Storm - the Doors (7:11)
Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen (7:04)
Roundabout - Yes (8:30)
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan (11:23)
Season Suite - John Denver (12:50)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd (26:01)
Scissors - Slipknot (8:25)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater (42:02)
Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon and the Animals (7:29)
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills, Nash (7:30)
Supper's Ready - Genesis (22:54)
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell (8:58)
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits (14:22)
The End - The Doors (11:44)
The Foxfire Suite - John Denver (9:09)
The Minotaur - Dick Hyman Trio (7:24)
The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails (7:23)
The Same Deep Water As You - The Cure (9:09)
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull (43:36)
This Is The Way We Roll - Hammer (7:46)
Toad - Cream (16:16)
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Genesis (8:50)
Voodoo Chile - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (15:05)
We Are The World - USA For Africa (7:07)
What You Give - Tesla (7:08)
Who Is It - Michael Jackson (8:00)
Whoot, There It Is - 95 South (7:00)
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (8:33)
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot (7:02)
Xanadu - Rush (12:11)
You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones (7:30)

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: Mr Fox
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 06:48 AM

Montrose(Steeleye Span) - 15 Minutes
The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Fairport) - 12 minutes
Jack Orion (Fairport) - 12 minutes
Jack Orion (Pentangle) - 17 minutes
The Gypsy (Mr Fox) - 12 minutes
Night Comes In (Richard & Linda Thompson) - 11 minutes
Fiddler's Cross (Bob Pegg) - 10 minutes

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: Bill D
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 01:58 PM

We seem to have gotten beyond 'famous', but everyone should know that the longest Child Ballad "A Little Gest of Robin Hood has been recorded by Bob Frank. It runs about 78 minutes..456 verses.

more here....
http://www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/bobgest.html

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: GUEST,Chris Rawlings
Date: 22 May 15 - 01:26 PM

Noting the remark from "Peace" above, yes, I did record "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" live and complete in 1976. (approx 55 minutes) I was unable to release it for financial reasons. The recording was digitized a few years ago. I have been able address the recording and I anticipate release in late 2015/early 2016. Among the 17 musicians who took part in this performance is Gilles Losier, on piano, playing brilliantly.

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: Jack Campin
Date: 22 May 15 - 01:54 PM

There is a recording by Andy Hunter of part of the late mediaeval Scottish epic "Graysteil". It's only about 15 minutes but it's tedious enough that it sounds like he's doing the whole thing.

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: GUEST,Joseph Scott
Date: 22 May 15 - 01:56 PM

The best studio popular music recordings I can think of from before 1967 that are over eleven minutes long are "East/West" by Butterfield's band, "Two Trains Running" by the Blues Project, and "Up In Her Room" by the Seeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78EJupll7vU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGCcnRPONp8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntgyy65cGCI

Benny Goodman was a pop star when this classic was recorded:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NigiwMtWE0

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 May 15 - 02:13 PM

I think the undisputed prize goes to Pharrell Williams and his "Happy" - see it at http://24hoursofhappy.com/

I wonder if anyone will ever try to match or beat his performance...

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: GUEST,Joseph Scott
Date: 22 May 15 - 02:23 PM

Oh, "The End" by the Doors was recorded before '67 too.

Subject: RE: Longest song by a popular singer/ band
From: mike gouthro
Date: 22 May 15 - 07:17 PM

Damn
How good to see Chris Rawlings posting. I enjoyed many an evening at the Montreal Folk Workshop enjoying Chris' performances, and may have even introduced him once or twice. Though of more conventional length, the crowd also particularly enjoyed his Pearl River Turnaround.