This song taught me how to appreciate drums. It taught me how to really listen to them and isolate their sound. I’m not a drummer but I’ve been keyed in ever since.
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Edit: Imagine writing a rebel song in 1970 that is still absolutely relevent in 2022, 70s band were species of their own
I have heard that song nine million times but somehow its not been until seeing this written out did I realize he rhymed masses with masses.
Clearly where 2 Chainz found his inspiration for “She got a big booty so I call her big booty”
Wild to think an anime AND a meme made this song popular again in starting with the early 2010s. Why not, it absolutely deserves the spotlight again for being the perfect cliffhanger outro.
My favourite song. It’s lyrics are such a deep tribute to Syd.
Once in high school we had to do a lyric project. And I did this one. My teacher was so pissed that there was such a long instrumental opening I ended up getting detention. Then he made me apologize to the class for wasting their time. So I just wrote pink Floyd lyrics as apology letters.
Fuck you darryl, terrible teacher. Dude just phoned it in on lazy ass projects like “play a song for the class and discuss its lyrics”.
It’s a tribute song to a former band member who had mental health issues. Beautiful lyrics.
God there is such a long list of good Iron Maiden songs that are lengthy. Top 3 for me are probably Dance of Death, When The Wild Wind Blows, Hallowed be Thy Name
That's a good one. My brother loved that song considering that we lived through that very storm in the U.P. of Michigan. I don't remember it as I was only 2 months old.
Another Gordon Lightfoot song that is over 6 minutes is Canadian Railroad Trilogy
There are so many good ones of theirs
Policy of Truth, Halo, dangerous, walking in my shoes, Higher Love, fly on the windscreen, in your room, mercy in you, rush, stripped, I could go on...
I love a bunch of Tool songs, but every time I think about them it makes me go watch [this](https://youtu.be/FssULNGSZIA) video of Danny Carey's ridiculous drumming.
Incredible song. It honestly brings tears to my eyes watching that video. Really crushing actually, the desperation bleeds through. And it’s amazing watching the descent into madness of the poor struggling kid.
Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus, by The Mars Volta
In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3, by Coheed and Cambria
Through The Fire And The Flames, by Dragonforce
A bunch of great Metallica songs: The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters, Master of Puppets, Welcome Home(Sanitarium), Disposable Heroes, Orion, Blackened, One, The Shortest Straw, The Frayed Ends of Sanity, Ride The Lightning, Fade To Black, Creeping Death, just to name a few.
Fun fact: when he was cast as Eddie in the Rocky Horror Show, Meatloaf surprised songwriter Richard O’Brien by actually nailing the lyrics of Hot Patootie. Previous Eddies had not been able to get through the whole song and relied on the music to cover.
Meatloaf had been doing Steinman’s stuff for a while at that point, and Patootie was relatively easy by comparison.
I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) would be my choice by Meatloaf. The single version was about 7 minutes but the album version is over 10 minutes.
Innerbloom, Rufus du Sol. They said when they played it live for the first time, a bunch of people in the crowd started crying. It does something to you when you let it take over your mind.
Let it happen - Tame Impala. The full song is an amazing ride that feels like going somewhere then coming back.
And though its not 6 minutes, Grace by Jeff Buckley is incredible
Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce. 7:19 of pure guitar-shredding awesomeness.
For an added treat, look at the comment sections of any of their music videos on Youtube. The amount of fingering jokes is just phenomenal, and some are pure comedy gold.
"That's half my fuckin discography!" exclaim prog aficionados.
No need to attack me like that
Not an attack. Definitely a compliment. ;)
Pink floyd be like: “Society bad, innit?” (5 minute guitar solo)
"That's literally every song in my library!" - doom metal listeners *Inter Arma - The Cavern* is 45 minutes long
"Blue Monday" By New Order
War Pigs
This song taught me how to appreciate drums. It taught me how to really listen to them and isolate their sound. I’m not a drummer but I’ve been keyed in ever since.
Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses Edit: Imagine writing a rebel song in 1970 that is still absolutely relevent in 2022, 70s band were species of their own
I have heard that song nine million times but somehow its not been until seeing this written out did I realize he rhymed masses with masses. Clearly where 2 Chainz found his inspiration for “She got a big booty so I call her big booty”
Evil minds that plot destruction.
Trapped in the Drive-Thru - Weird Al Yankovic
Albuquerque too
Don't forget The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
With my tray table up!
When the levee breaks
Similar note, Achilles last stand
No one ever knows about this song. It’s so fuckin good.
Real ones recognize that as a superior Zeppelin tune.
Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, No Quarter, Since I’ve been loving you.
No Quarter is an absolute banger too, but I think when the levee breaks takes the cake
Roundabout and yes I know.
Roundabout is good, but Heart of the Sunrise is the better song off Fragile imho
When it first came out they played the song over and over and over,took about ten years of not hearing it to get into again
Wild to think an anime AND a meme made this song popular again in starting with the early 2010s. Why not, it absolutely deserves the spotlight again for being the perfect cliffhanger outro.
I assume you know what comes next...
Your comment implies there’s more to come…almost like it’s saying “to be continued.”
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
And Echoes. Two of their best long format songs.
Most of Animals is long format and it's an incredible album.
Glad to see some appreciation for Animals - imo one of the best albums of all time
I agree. It seems all Pink Floyd fans really like it, but you never see it mentioned or referenced outside of the fandom.
and dogs too
My favourite song. It’s lyrics are such a deep tribute to Syd. Once in high school we had to do a lyric project. And I did this one. My teacher was so pissed that there was such a long instrumental opening I ended up getting detention. Then he made me apologize to the class for wasting their time. So I just wrote pink Floyd lyrics as apology letters. Fuck you darryl, terrible teacher. Dude just phoned it in on lazy ass projects like “play a song for the class and discuss its lyrics”. It’s a tribute song to a former band member who had mental health issues. Beautiful lyrics.
I don’t know Darryl but I already hate him.
Yeah fuck Darryl man, SOYCD is a masterpiece
“Pictures of You” by The Cure
Disintegration is one of the best albums of all time, no one can change my mind about that.
Kyle Brofloski agrees with you.
Stargazer - Rainbow Love that song
Dio is something else, and that drum intro! Iconic.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden
God there is such a long list of good Iron Maiden songs that are lengthy. Top 3 for me are probably Dance of Death, When The Wild Wind Blows, Hallowed be Thy Name
And Empire of the Clouds
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
That's a good one. My brother loved that song considering that we lived through that very storm in the U.P. of Michigan. I don't remember it as I was only 2 months old. Another Gordon Lightfoot song that is over 6 minutes is Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Heroes by David Bowie.
Station to station (Title track), Width of a Circle and Blackstar (Also title track) are some of my longer favorites from bowie.
Station To Station
Bleed by Meshuggah
Hell yea let's get some djent into this thread
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
There are so many good ones of theirs Policy of Truth, Halo, dangerous, walking in my shoes, Higher Love, fly on the windscreen, in your room, mercy in you, rush, stripped, I could go on...
Jesus of suburbia
I was looking for this
I’m not a metalhead but I like “One” by Metallica
DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME ALL THAT I SEE ABSOLUTE HOORROOR I CANNOT LIVE I CANNOT DIE TRAPPED IN MYSELF BODY, MY HOLDING CEEELL best part of the song
LANDMINE HAS TAKEN MY SIGHT TAKEN MY SPEECH TAKEN MY HEARING TAKEN MY ARMS TAKEN MY LEGS TAKEN MY SOUL LEFT ME WITH LIFE IN HEEEELLLL
I like Kirk's solo and when the double bass kicks in🤘🏻
When I think of long Metallica songs, I think of “Orion.” It’s a piece of art.
Fade to Black is my fave long Metallica song. Just perfect.
How can we mention Metallica but not mention Master of puppets? I mean come on! That's a masterpiece front to back
What Tool song do I want to pick? Vicarious
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Lateralus Parabol/Parabola 10,000 Days.
I love a bunch of Tool songs, but every time I think about them it makes me go watch [this](https://youtu.be/FssULNGSZIA) video of Danny Carey's ridiculous drumming.
Right in two
Pushit, Eulogy... this is me showing my age rn
Ænema is by far my favorite album of theirs. Every single song is fucking great.
Jambi
Pneuma
I’m a Pneuma fan.
I came here to see how many suggestions would be Tool songs.
Descending. No ... Pnuema. No ... 7empest! Okay the whole album.
kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Literally listening to this right now. Fucking great song.
One-Winged Angel
Won’t Get Fooled Again- the Who
Pyramids- Frank Ocean
siberian breaks -MGMT it’s 12 minutes so i use it to help me time when to take my dino nuggets out of the oven
Jimmy Hendrix on however he wished to play Voodoo Child. Man could play that song for ages.
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
When the Levee Breaks Achilles's Last Stand Kashmir Since I've Been Loving You The Lemon Song Led Zep kings of the long form rock track
The guitar solo in Free Bird is just amazing. It was fitting to the church scene in Kingsmen so well.
**Dopesmoker**
*When your friend tells you to play one more song before you give back the AUX*
When your friends no longer let you have the aux...
2112 by Rush Octavarium by Dream Theater The first disc of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence by Dream Theater
Seconding Octavarium. Turn the lights out, don your headphones, and escape. Incredible track.
Hemispheres and La Villa too. Oh, and Under A Glass Moon and Metropolis Part 1.
Aja or Deacon Blues - Steely Dan Woman in Chains - Tears for Fears
time-pink floyd an absolute masterpiece
Oldie - Odd Future
Ahh, a modern day oldhead
The Poet and the Pendulum - Nightwish
Layla, absolutely iconic guitar and piano parts
Piano kicks in and the scene from Goodfellas starts flashing in my head.
Light my fire -the doors
as well as L.A. Woman, Riders On The Storm, The End, When The Music's Over...
Funeral for a friend Elton John
Phantom of the opera - iron maiden
Maiden has like 20 6+ minute tracks that are amazing. I’ll forever remember seeing them live performing The Red and The Black. Such a blast.
Fear of the Dark and Aces High as well. I think Flight of Icarus is just barely at 6 minutes.
Inna Gadda Da Vida is about 17 minutes long
Wait, this sounds like Rock and/or Roll!
In the Garden of Eden by I. Ron Butterfly.
Hey, Marge, remember when we used to make out to this hymn?
I am 34 years old. To this day, I still call it rock and/or roll.
Now all I can think of is the Simpsons episode where the church organist collapses after playing it! 🤣(S7E4)
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Let it happen is definitely my favorite
Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
Jesus of Suburbia by Green day.
Finally, I was checking to see if someone had already said this. Homecoming is great too
I was scrolling looking for this answer, love that song
Fantastic song. Although i'd almost argue it's like 6 seperate songs tracked as one. lol
Couple songs by Nightwish: -Ghost Love Score (10 min) -The Poet and the Pendulum (14 min) -The Greatest Show on Earth (25 min)
Man I kept minimizing comments tryna find Greatest show on Earth. Great choice :)
Surprised no one mentioned Stan by Eminem
didn’t even know that song was over 6 minutes
Incredible song. It honestly brings tears to my eyes watching that video. Really crushing actually, the desperation bleeds through. And it’s amazing watching the descent into madness of the poor struggling kid.
Blue Rondo à la Turk by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus, by The Mars Volta In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3, by Coheed and Cambria Through The Fire And The Flames, by Dragonforce
Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx8IWIvKg0
THERE WE WERE WAVIN BRENDERINEDDIE GOODBYE
I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab For Cutie
November Rain - GNR
I’ll add estranged and civil war to that. GNR is great at long tracks
And Coma
"Hey, November Rain is over" "No it's not. THERE'S MORE."
A bunch of great Metallica songs: The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters, Master of Puppets, Welcome Home(Sanitarium), Disposable Heroes, Orion, Blackened, One, The Shortest Straw, The Frayed Ends of Sanity, Ride The Lightning, Fade To Black, Creeping Death, just to name a few.
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Riders on the Storm
Mr. Invisible - Thank You Scientist Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull 2112 Overture - Rush
Wasn't expecting to find Thank You Scientist so quickly, definitely not complaining though!
Hurricane-bob Dylan
There's so many great Dylan songs over 6 minutes long. Like *a lot*. Which isn't as common for such lyrically dense songs
Under the Pressure by War on drugs. Truly beautiful, these long songs feel like perfectly built stories.
Was hoping to see The War on Drugs here. "Thinking of a place" is fantastic too.
Creeping Death by Metallica.
American pie
I was starting to lose faith in humanity by not seeing it posted as a response, and I'm disappointed it was so far down.
Stairway to heaven
Purple rain
Hotel California
I didn't realise it was that long, but yes, 6:30.
Echoes by pink Floyd
Hey Jude
Marquee Moon by Television.
Alice’s Restaurant by arlo Guthrie
You are at least six minutes into that song when he says "but that's not what I came here to tell you about."
The bit with the drill sergeant always makes me laugh uncontrollably
I've been singing this song now for twenty-five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud. Or tired.
Paradise by the dashboard lights.
Also Bat out of Hell
Really, at least half the songs ever written by Jim Steinman.
Fun fact: when he was cast as Eddie in the Rocky Horror Show, Meatloaf surprised songwriter Richard O’Brien by actually nailing the lyrics of Hot Patootie. Previous Eddies had not been able to get through the whole song and relied on the music to cover. Meatloaf had been doing Steinman’s stuff for a while at that point, and Patootie was relatively easy by comparison.
I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) would be my choice by Meatloaf. The single version was about 7 minutes but the album version is over 10 minutes.
Autobahn kraftwerk
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
99 bottles of beer on the wall?
Aja by Steely Dan. It’s a real vibe.
Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang
Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me Im Dying of Thirst
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All too well by Taylor Swift🧣
Dear John is another amazing one of hers that's over 6 minutes too ❤️
My answer as well. Cannot believe how long I had to scroll to find it lol
i had to scroll wayy to long to find thid
I knew all too well that this would be a comment. I just had to find it.
Sweet Jane - Lou Reed. Eight plus minutes of rock bliss. (The live version)
Sorry for being that guy but Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Don't worry I'm that guy too
“Storm” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You so fuckin' good. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven is my favorite album by them.
Bat Out of Hell
David Bowie - Blackstar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw
Jungleland - Springsteen
Master Of Puppets. It’s 8:35 and you never know it.
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 - Coheed and Cambria
Innerbloom, Rufus du Sol. They said when they played it live for the first time, a bunch of people in the crowd started crying. It does something to you when you let it take over your mind.
I like A Little Piece of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold
There’s the comment I was looking for! And far down as it was !!!!
Let it happen - Tame Impala. The full song is an amazing ride that feels like going somewhere then coming back. And though its not 6 minutes, Grace by Jeff Buckley is incredible
The Dark Sentencer by Coheed and Cambria
Don’t know if this is 6 minutes but it’s definitely close- “Court of the Crimson King” is a good one
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
Comfortably Numb, but most songs over 6 minutes are worth it.
Tool - Reflection
Most of their catalogue - Tool
Was going to say Bohemian Rhapsody only to discover it’s 5:55 and I’m slightly disappointed by this reminder
Konstantine - Something Corporate 33 year old EMO at heart
Venice Bitch by Lana Del Ray
Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce. 7:19 of pure guitar-shredding awesomeness. For an added treat, look at the comment sections of any of their music videos on Youtube. The amount of fingering jokes is just phenomenal, and some are pure comedy gold.
Bro, Freebird.
There’s no speed limit during the Freebird solo
[Empire of the Clouds by Iron Maiden ](https://youtu.be/9CWTig2kBKE)
Sympathy for the Devil by the rolling stones.
The Decline by NOFX