Epic song thread.....

[Spartan Squad]

Tribute - Tenacious D

If we're going to throw "Tenacious D" and "epic" in the same sentence, "Wonder Boy" must be apart of that sentence!

 

[Versatile]

Tribute - Tenacious D

If we're going to throw "Tenacious D" and "epic" in the same sentence, "Wonder Boy" must be apart of that sentence!

I don't have any problem with "Wonder Boy" in the same sentence as "epic" and "Tenacious D."

 

[Spartan Squad]

"With a little help from my friends" Joe Crocker version
"Alright now" the Free
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen
"Kashmir" LZ
"Whiskey in the Jar" Metallica version

 

[PCLoadLetter]

So weird that you started this thread ... I was listening to November Rain on the radio on the way to work a few hours ago and thought about starting the exact same thread because that song is just that -- epic.

Am I the only one who thinks Estranged is the better 10-minute GNR song?

You are not alone.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Thought of several today.

"Turn the Page" by Bob Seeger. Signature song by one of US rock's icons for the 1970s and 1980s. If not that, then "Beautiful Loser."

"House of the Rising Sun," by the Animals. They lent the grit to the original British Invasion, much of which was pop schlock.

"Stayin' Alive," by the BeeGees. You cannot think of the disco era, lamentable as it may have been, without humming that song.

When I think of Vietname-war era music, I think of "Fortunate Son" by CCR, a working-class protest song.

"Fire and Rain" is an epic song, as is "Chesnut Mare" by the Byrds and, for Canadians, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy."

As big as they were, I don't think the Police or Pretenders have an "epic" song, one that immediately reminds you of a specific musical era.

 

[Boom_70]

Long Cool Women in The Black Dress. The Hollies.

 

[Versatile]

So weird that you started this thread ... I was listening to November Rain on the radio on the way to work a few hours ago and thought about starting the exact same thread because that song is just that -- epic.

Am I the only one who thinks Estranged is the better 10-minute GNR song?

I disagree, but Guns 'N' Roses is right there with Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin and Stevie Wonder in producing the best epic songs.

Is it possible you don't like "November Rain" as much because of the overexposure?

 

[micropolitan guy]

Long Cool Women in The Black Dress. The Hollies.

Wasn't that after Graham Nash had left? I prefer "Look Through Any Window," but no question the Hollies are one of the more underrated bands of the late 1960s. They made outstanding music.

I would also add Boz Scaggs' "Lido Shuffle" from the premier pop album of the mid-1970s.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Thought of several today.

"Turn the Page" by Bob Seeger. Signature song by one of US rock's icons for the 1970s and 1980s. If not that, then "Beautiful Loser."

"House of the Rising Sun," by the Animals. They lent the grit to the original British Invasion, much of which was pop schlock.

"Stayin' Alive," by the BeeGees. You cannot think of the disco era, lamentable as it may have been, without humming that song.

When I think of Vietname-war era music, I think of "Fortunate Son" by CCR, a working-class protest song.

"Fire and Rain" is an epic song, as is "Chesnut Mare" by the Byrds and, for Canadians, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy."

As big as they were, I don't think the Police or Pretenders have an "epic" song, one that immediately reminds you of a specific musical era.

'The Wait' is an epic song for moi.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Hmm ...

"Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin
"Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
"Time" - Pink Floyd
"Re-Jigue" - The Alan Parsons Project
"Script For A Jester's Tear" - Marillion
"Beginnings" - Chicago
"Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)" - Elton John
"New York State of Mind" - Billy Joel
"That's The Way of the World" - Earth, Wind & Fire
"Synchronicity II" - The Police
"Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Jeremy" - Pearl Jam
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - The Temptations
"Reflections" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
"What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
"Give It All You Got" - Chuck Mangione (1980 Winter Olympics, anyone?)
"Olympic Fanfare and Theme" - John Williams (1984 Summer Olympics)
Theme from "Star Wars" - John Williams
"Mars" - Gustav Holst
Fourth Movement of Ludvig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

"Dancing With the Moonlit Knight" -- Genesis (these guys have dozens of "epic songs")
"Natural Science" -- RUSH (ditto)

Pick any one of two dozen from these guys. Each. And add Stevie Wonder to the multiple entries list. "Ribbon In The Sky," "Lately," "Visions," "Another Star" ... list could (should?) be kinda long. James Taylor doesn't come across as epic, but while many would select "Fire and Rain," I'd go with "Long Ago and Far Away" or "Carolina In My Mind" ... a little biased, of course ...

 

[Versatile]

So weird that you started this thread ... I was listening to November Rain on the radio on the way to work a few hours ago and thought about starting the exact same thread because that song is just that -- epic.

Am I the only one who thinks Estranged is the better 10-minute GNR song?

I disagree, but Guns 'N' Roses is right there with Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin and Stevie Wonder in producing the best epic songs.

Is it possible you don't like "November Rain" as much because of the overexposure?

Overexposure could be it. But November Rain always struck me as a song that was way too sappy for the standard of debauchery GNR set. Estranged fits the band's reputation much, much better, IMO.

My favorite G'N'R song is "Patience." I'm guessing you prefer the harder songs.

 

[Versatile]

Hmm ...

"Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin
"Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
"Time" - Pink Floyd
"Re-Jigue" - The Alan Parsons Project
"Script For A Jester's Tear" - Marillion
"Beginnings" - Chicago
"Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)" - Elton John
"New York State of Mind" - Billy Joel
"That's The Way of the World" - Earth, Wind & Fire
"Synchronicity II" - The Police
"Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen
"Jeremy" - Pearl Jam
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - The Temptations
"Reflections" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
"What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
"Give It All You Got" - Chuck Mangione (1980 Winter Olympics, anyone?)
"Olympic Fanfare and Theme" - John Williams (1984 Summer Olympics)
Theme from "Star Wars" - John Williams
"Mars" - Gustav Holst
Fourth Movement of Ludvig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

"Dancing With the Moonlit Knight" -- Genesis (these guys have dozens of "epic songs")
"Natural Science" -- RUSH (ditto)

Pick any one of two dozen from these guys. Each. And add Stevie Wonder to the multiple entries list. "Ribbon In The Sky," "Lately," "Visions," "Another Star" ... list could (should?) be kinda long.

Great choices, minus the prog-rock.

 

[YGBFKM]

She used to love her heroin, but now she's underground.

 

[Football_Bat]

G-n-R were the perfect bridge between hair metal and grunge. I knew from the minute I heard Welcome to the Jungle for the first time in 1988-ish they'd break out of the mold.

Maybe without them, grunge makes an even bigger impact in late '91, maybe on the order of the 1964 British invasion.

 

[Zeke12]

November Rain, Estranged and Don't Cry were all supposed to be one song called November Rain. It was more than half an hour long.

Shockingly, Axl couldn't ever get the song recorded to his liking. So they broke it up into pieces.

Essentially, November Rain and Estranged are the same song. Or two parts of the same song.

 

[farmerjerome]

We need to tighten up "the epic " definition. We're all over the lot now.

I was thinking that too. That's why I split up mine to add a few personal ones.

Not a lot of love for anything released in the last 20 years or so. I guess that pretty much summarizes the current state of music. I thought maybe Biggie would get some love for "Juicy" or maybe 50 for "In da Club" or "21 Questions". Eminem has a bunch of stuff like "Lose Yourself" and "Till I Collapse" that is pretty good. Those guys made pretty big names for themselves.

Oh, this does not have to be for a wedding. Making the playlist just got me thinking about it.

 

[Steak Snabler]

These types of threads always degenerate into completist masturbation ... as in "I'm going to name every ____ that I can think of, whether it's any good or not."

 

[Boom_70]

These types of threads always degenerate into completist masturbation ... as in "I'm going to name every ____ that I can think of, whether it's any good or not."

That pretty much sums it up.

Would add to list
"Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
"Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas
" Green Grass and High Tides - The Outlaws

 

[RickStain]

Not a lot of love for anything released in the last 20 years or so. I guess that pretty much summarizes the current state of music

Or the age of the people posting?

 

[micropolitan guy]

These types of threads always degenerate into completist masturbation ... as in "I'm going to name every ____ that I can think of, whether it's any good or not."

Very true to a point, but it's just impossible to keep a list to 10 songs or so.

Include the Beatles, but ignore the Stones, Who, Animals, Hollies, DC5, Yardbirds, Cream, BeeGees and other English bands of that era?

Include Dylan but leave out James Taylor?

Include Springsteen but leave out Bob Seeger?

Include CCR, Doors, Skynard and the Allmans but leave out the Band, or Buffalo Springfield/Byrds/Burritos, who popularized country rock, or the Eagles or even the Guess Who, who made some great music?

Never mind heavy metal, disco, rap, etc., genres I know little about.

Not even mentioning the Police, Clash, Sex Pistols, Pretenders, ELO, Emerson Lake and Palmer, etc.

Too many choices.