Long songs that you did not realized were lengthy

[roadman65]

Mama from Genesis is surprisingly long.
Let It Rain from Eric Clapton is over 7 minutes.
Miracles from Jefferson Starship is just under 7 minutes.
Still Loving You by the Scorpions is over 6 and one half minutes as it only has two verses.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Side one of Wish You Were Here) by Pink Floyd is long and it sounds long, but I never realized it exceeded 13 minutes.  I thought it was like 10, but I believe the vocals from Waters starts at about 10 after Gilmore's guitar which kicks in I believe at 5 minutes after the synthesizers have a long intro at the start.

[kevinb1994]

Mama from Genesis is surprisingly long.
Let It Rain from Eric Clapton is over 7 minutes.
Miracles from Jefferson Starship is just under 7 minutes.
Still Loving You by the Scorpions is over 6 and one half minutes as it only has two verses.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Side one of Wish You Were Here) by Pink Floyd is long and it sounds long, but I never realized it exceeded 13 minutes.  I thought it was like 10, but I believe the vocals from Waters starts at about 10 after Gilmore's guitar which kicks in I believe at 5 minutes after the synthesizers have a long intro at the start.

Yeah and Shine On You Crazy Diamond was actually split onto the two sides of the Wish You Were Here album due to it not being able to fit otherwise.

[roadman65]

Side two version is 12 minutes from end to end, and only less than a minute of vocals in it.  Yeah it would have been over 25 minutes not fitting on vinyl.

[KeithE4Phx]

"Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues

...because I hadn't heard the full version with the orchestral arrangement at the end until a few years ago

Another Moody Blues song that, unfortunately, doesn't get airplay anymore is "Legend of a Mind," which many called "Timothy Leary's Dead" (which he wasn't at the time) or "The Timothy Leary Song," from 1968.  It clocked in at 6:34 but always seemed a couple of minutes shorter to me.  One of the best Moodies songs that most people today have never heard of.

[roadman65]

Also to realize that the late Ray Thomas ( Moody Blues Flute Player) sung lead on that song.  And yes it don't get airplay sadly.

[Duke87]

I remember being surprised when I noted that "Light My Fire" (The Doors) was over 7 minutes long on CD. It somehow never seemed nearly that long as played on the radio, though our local oldies station back in the early 90s may have been playing a shortened version of it.

[KeithE4Phx]

I remember being surprised when I noted that "Light My Fire" (The Doors) was over 7 minutes long on CD. It somehow never seemed nearly that long as played on the radio, though our local oldies station back in the early 90s may have been playing a shortened version of it.

The single version was 2:52, while the album version was 7:06.  The album version was usually played on the then-new "Progressive Rock" or "Album Oriented Rock" FM stations beginning in 1968-69, but there were few, if any of those yet when the song was released in early 1967.

[jp the roadgeek]

I remember being surprised when I noted that "Light My Fire" (The Doors) was over 7 minutes long on CD. It somehow never seemed nearly that long as played on the radio, though our local oldies station back in the early 90s may have been playing a shortened version of it.

The single version was 2:52, while the album version was 7:06.  The album version was usually played on the then-new "Progressive Rock" or "Album Oriented Rock" FM stations beginning in 1968-69, but there were few, if any of those yet when the song was released in early 1967.

Still not as long as When the Music's Over (10:58), and The End (11:41)

[amroad17]

"Love Is Like Oxygen" by Sweet

The single version (which seems to be the only one that ever gets played...including on the band's various greatest hits compilations) comes in at 3:46.

The album version (on Level Headed) comes in at 6:57 and IMO is SOOO much better.

I actually had thought about this song reading this topic.  And, yes, the album version is incredible!

[roadman65]

Many AM Stations of the early 70's (that was when FM was an option in automobiles) played shorten versions of songs even if it cut the song by 10 seconds.  Billy Joel's My Life on AM radio cuts out the instrumental part of the last verse, while FM classic stations leave it in.

Then Karnevil Nine by ELP is actually a long song, but the first five minutes of the song on the album is not played at all and the Welcome back my friends to show that never ends is not the actual beginning as many would seem.  For those of you wondering it is the song that many call "See The Show" as most do not know it by its true name!

[kurumi]

For those of you wondering it is the song that many call "See The Show" as most do not know it by its true name!

You could make an entire album out of those songs. "Teenage Wasteland" by the Who. "Sending out an SOS" by the Police. "Rollin' on the River" by CCR. "We Don't Need No Education" by Pink Floyd.

[abefroman329]

For those of you wondering it is the song that many call "See The Show" as most do not know it by its true name!

You could make an entire album out of those songs. "Teenage Wasteland" by the Who. "Sending out an SOS" by the Police. "Rollin' on the River" by CCR. "We Don't Need No Education" by Pink Floyd.

I once participated in a trivia night where they accepted "Sail Away" as the correct title of "Orinoco Flow" because the song is known by that name in Europe or some shit, I'm still pissed about that one.

[Mark68]

For those of you wondering it is the song that many call "See The Show" as most do not know it by its true name!

You could make an entire album out of those songs. "Teenage Wasteland" by the Who. "Sending out an SOS" by the Police. "Rollin' on the River" by CCR. "We Don't Need No Education" by Pink Floyd.

Speaking of "Baba O'Riley", which is the first track of Who's Next, the last track of that album is another song that IMO fits this list: "Won't Get Fooled Again", which is 8 1/2 minutes long (8:32 to be exact).

[texaskdog]

Used to love Bohemian Rhapsody, now I just can't wait for it to end.

[kevinb1994]

Used to love Bohemian Rhapsody, now I just can't wait for it to end.

Same here. It's been overplayed to death.

[roadman65]

For those of you wondering it is the song that many call "See The Show" as most do not know it by its true name!

You could make an entire album out of those songs. "Teenage Wasteland" by the Who. "Sending out an SOS" by the Police. "Rollin' on the River" by CCR. "We Don't Need No Education" by Pink Floyd.

Somebody Tell Me for What She Wants by Wham is a member of that club.  The Who also has a song called 515 which has the line Inside Outside Leave Me Alone that might be as well.

Another Brick in the Wall is iffy as it does mention that line in the song quite regurally.

[jp the roadgeek]

Used to love Bohemian Rhapsody, now I just can't wait for it to end.

Same here. It's been overplayed to death.

Might I suggest the version of Brighton Rock on Live Killers?  13 minutes long, including a great Brian May solo.


Some other songs for the Mistaken Titled list:

Everybody Must Get Stoned by Bob Dylan (Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35)
Drivin That Train by The Grateful Dead (Casey Jones)
In the Beginning by The Beatles (Tomorrow Never Knows)
Major Tom by David Bowie (Space Oddity)
What's my Name? by The Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil)
Blood in the Streets by The Doors (Peace Frog)
Mother Nature on the Run by Neil Young (After the Gold Rush)
I Would Understand by Third Eye Blind (Jumper)
I Just Want You to Know Who I Am by Goo Goo Dolls (Iris)

[Takumi]

Used to love Bohemian Rhapsody, now I just can't wait for it to end.

Same here. It's been overplayed to death.

Might I suggest the version of Brighton Rock on Live Killers?  13 minutes long, including a great Brian May solo.


Some other songs for the Mistaken Titled list:

Everybody Must Get Stoned by Bob Dylan (Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35)
Drivin That Train by The Grateful Dead (Casey Jones)
In the Beginning by The Beatles (Tomorrow Never Knows)
Major Tom by David Bowie (Space Oddity)
What's my Name? by The Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil)
Blood in the Streets by The Doors (Peace Frog)
Mother Nature on the Run by Neil Young (After the Gold Rush)
I Would Understand by Third Eye Blind (Jumper)
I Just Want You to Know Who I Am by Goo Goo Dolls (Iris)

This Is Growing Up by Blink 182 (Dammit)

[kphoger]

the Mistaken Titled list

I Like Big Butts – not the title
Rollin' on the River – not the title
Somewhere over the Rainbow – not the title
My Country, 'Tis of Thee – not the title

The Sound of Silence – This song was actually called The Sounds of Silence both as a single and on the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M..  The song title eventually dropped the s from the second word, so you could say both are correct, but, back when it was being played on the radio as a new song, the title definitely still had an s in it (which does not mean Selina Jones is a philosopher, despite what Mr and Mrs Hendy think).

[nexus73]

"The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria" comes in at 6:47 on Youtube.  A bit long no doubt but can anyone think of a song with a longer name?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAXLlaW_4cM

Rick

[Takumi]

I know of a song called "Right I'm Gonna Get Shedded This Weekend And Eat Some Spinach" , which is one word shorter overall but has fewer articles and such.

There's also Fiona Apple's album "When The Pawn..." , which has the full name "When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might so When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right."

[abefroman329]

"The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria" comes in at 6:47 on Youtube.  A bit long no doubt but can anyone think of a song with a longer name?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAXLlaW_4cM

Rick

By word count, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" is a tie.

Might need to cross-post that one in the Obsolete Songs thread.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Pink Floyd has "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"  during the psychedelic era of the group.

[kevinb1994]

What about that Faces song with that really long song title?

[hbelkins]

Long song titles department: "When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around." Why that song title wasn't shortened to the point where the comma goes, I'll never know.

Songs you thought were entitled something else: "Quinn The Eskimo." I always thought it was called "The Mighty Quinn." And didn't realize that it's a Bob Dylan song. I never knew who did the popular version until this week, when I found out it was Manfred Mann. I'm a fan of Krokus' cover version.