A song as a "Musical Journey"

[Paul Carmody]

This is the sequel to my earlier thread about Perfect Songs. And I suspect a lot of people were sort of heading this way with their responses.

To me, the flip side of a "Perfect Song" is a "Musical Journey." That is:

+The song might "take its time" and doesn't necessarily fit into a standard 3:30 time slot (although it could)
+It will often move through varying themes and ideas, but each one makes sense in the whole
+It keeps your interest throughout
+When the song is over, you feel like you've just been on a journey, and you're eager to go back

I fear that the clips people will post will end up with much longer listening sessions than the last thread, but oh well. I also expect there to be a lot of Prog Rock; it just sort of suits the genre. So, like bonus points if you include non-prog-rock songs :-)

Here are a few of my favorites

Pat Metheny - "Minuano (Six Eight)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__N8fMTZa-s
I still remember the first time I heard this. Even as an angry teenager with raging hormones, this song blew me away.

Porcupine Tree - "Anesthetize" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSEQZ8reJA4

Periphery - "Racecar" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGyPwkfmk4g

Steve Vai - "Fire Garden Suite" https://youtu.be/p0IkDcyJGzE?list=PLD6CA55B14ABFF9D0

Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Tarkus" (obviously) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNOlDtZluU

Apex Theory / Mt. Helium - "Lightpost" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROoLRvifLsA

[Sydney]

...+The song might "take its time" and doesn't necessarily fit into a standard 3:30 time slot (although it could)
+It will often move through varying themes and ideas, but each one makes sense in the whole
+It keeps your interest throughout
+When the song is over, you feel like you've just been on a journey, and you're eager to go back... non-prog-rock songs :-)..

My recent Journey takes 51:50 and prompted me to buy the CD ( classified as Alternative) :
Further - Completo: Chemical Brothers

[Neis]

Well I'll jump in before Pink Floyd is beaten to death....

Echoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53N99Nim6WE

Pigs (Three Different Ones)
https://www.google.fr/search?q=pink+...mWH4e3a4fijvAO

And I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea... but I think Galaxie 500 does some great songs in this category. Long, slow building guitar solos that lull you into forgetting they are guitar solos. This is "Listen, Snow is Falling"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-o3rN99pI

[6thplanet]

Same for Rush, tops being 2112. Just about any Iron Maiden album , which usually include an epic 10 min song 😀 Especially Rime of the Ancient Mariner ( this is what not ta do if a bird sh1ts on ya)

[Paul K.]

Well, if you want a long musical journey that includes multiple themes or at least variations on a theme, you ought to listen to classical symphonies and concertos. They're usually anywhere from 30 minutes to over 70 minutes long. As to Paul's comment about Pat Metheny's - "Minuano (Six Eight)", I have that on a CD by Bob Curnow's L.A. Big Band and love it. There are 12 "songs" on this CD by the Pat Metheny Group arranged for the idiom of jazz big band.
Paul

[Wolf]

Meshuggah- 'I' (21:00+)

Dream Theater- 'Endless Sacrifice' (15:00+)

Dream Theater- 'Metropolis Part II: Scenes From a Memory' (full album)

Queensryche- 'Operation: Mindcrime' (full album)

I'm sure I could name others...
Wolf

[dld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lLfYJM-XHE

[Squidspeak]

This is the sequel to my earlier thread about Perfect Songs. And I suspect a lot of people were sort of heading this way with their responses.

To me, the flip side of a "Perfect Song" is a "Musical Journey." That is:

+The song might "take its time" and doesn't necessarily fit into a standard 3:30 time slot (although it could)
+It will often move through varying themes and ideas, but each one makes sense in the whole
+It keeps your interest throughout
+When the song is over, you feel like you've just been on a journey, and you're eager to go back

I fear that the clips people will post will end up with much longer listening sessions than the last thread, but oh well. I also expect there to be a lot of Prog Rock; it just sort of suits the genre. So, like bonus points if you include non-prog-rock songs :-)

Here are a few of my favorites

Pat Metheny - "Minuano (Six Eight)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__N8fMTZa-s
I still remember the first time I heard this. Even as an angry teenager with raging hormones, this song blew me away.

Porcupine Tree - "Anesthetize" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSEQZ8reJA4

Periphery - "Racecar" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGyPwkfmk4g

Steve Vai - "Fire Garden Suite" https://youtu.be/p0IkDcyJGzE?list=PLD6CA55B14ABFF9D0

Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Tarkus" (obviously) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNOlDtZluU

Apex Theory / Mt. Helium - "Lightpost" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROoLRvifLsA

Paul, was Tarkas the album the first major test of the system "Tarkas" ? It is definitely a good recording and I consider the whole album as one song.

[carlspeak]

"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends!...."

[carlspeak]

Well, if you want a long musical journey that includes multiple themes or at least variations on a theme, you ought to listen to classical symphonies and concertos. They're usually anywhere from 30 minutes to over 70 minutes long. As to Paul's comment about Pat Metheny's - "Minuano (Six Eight)", I have that on a CD by Bob Curnow's L.A. Big Band and love it. There are 12 "songs" on this CD by the Pat Metheny Group arranged for the idiom of jazz big band.
Paul

A shorter classical journey (10 or so minutes), but awesome never-the-less. Gustav Mahler's "Adagietto" (4th) movement from his 5th symphony. It was a love sonnet written for the woman he eventually married. Be patient with it. Close your eyes and let the music flow over you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15WQNKhaCHY

Bernstein does his best to wring every last bit of emotion out of it.

[Paul Carmody]

"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends!...."

No no. You're thinking of "Karn Evil 9," which would almost qualify for this thread, however I tend to drift during the 3rd act--thus disqualifying it from meeting all the criteria.

[Paul Carmody]

Paul, was Tarkas the album the first major test of the system "Tarkas" ? It is definitely a good recording and I consider the whole album as one song.

It was the tune I debuted it with at Iowa. Was it the first song I ever played on them? Beats me. They sound good with anything I really ought to do another 3-way with a 10" woofer again.

[Paul Carmody]

I feel bad for leaving out "Thick as a Brick" by Jethro Tull. My understanding was that Ian Anderson wrote the songs separately like any normal album. But they just flow together so well that I've always just thought of it as one very long song. Also, he claims to have written it as a "parody" to self-indulgent never-ending Prog Rock songs--but again, this slipped by me.

https://youtu.be/SdwQmkuUUIE

[jclin4]

I also expect there to be a lot of Prog Rock; it just sort of suits the genre. So, like bonus points if you include non-prog-rock songs

No bonus points for me, 'cause I have to put forward "Supper's Ready", Genesis, Foxtrot album.

[skatz]

Well, if you want a long musical journey that includes multiple themes or at least variations on a theme, you ought to listen to classical symphonies and concertos. They're usually anywhere from 30 minutes to over 70 minutes long. As to Paul's comment about Pat Metheny's - "Minuano (Six Eight)", I have that on a CD by Bob Curnow's L.A. Big Band and love it. There are 12 "songs" on this CD by the Pat Metheny Group arranged for the idiom of jazz big band.
Paul

I'm with Paul. BTW I'd like to hear that version of Minuano!