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"Epic" songs?

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  • 06-03-2008 11:59pm
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    Dave!
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    Hey folks,

    What do ye think would be considered the most "epic" songs of all time? Not sure how one would define it :D But I'm talking about the likes of:

    Bohemian Rhapsody
    Stairway to Heaven
    Like A Rolling Stone
    Freebird


    Those kind of songs :) Any that come to mind?


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    mike65
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    Carry on Wayward Son.
    The Boxer (well it goes on forever!),
    Bridge Over Troubled Water,
    Born To Run,
    Bat Out of Hell.

    Mike.


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    robz150
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    This sort of thing?

    The End
    Hotel California
    November Rain


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    Dave!
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    yehhhhhhh :)

    Hotel California is a good 'un, slipped my mind!


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    Kali
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    Echoes
    Shine On You Crazy Diamond


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    galwayrush
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    My Fav's,well the ones i can think of now,

    Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd
    2112, Rush
    Cygnus X-1 Book II, Rush
    Echoes, Pink Floyd
    Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pink Floyd
    Natural Science, Rush
    Milliontown, Frost
    Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin
    The Sky Moves Sideways , Porcupine Tree
    Russia On Ice, Porcupine Tree
    Deliverance, Opeth
    Xanadu, Rush
    Sheep. Pink Floyd
    Amused To Death, Roger Waters


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    mike65
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    Who are you
    Won't get Fooled Again

    Mike.


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    Nightwish
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    Nightwish have loads of epics - The Poet and the Pendulum, Beauty of the Beast, Ghost Love Score, Creek Mary's Blood. Epica have The Divine Conspiracy, Consign to Oblivion and the Phantom Agony. Also After Forever's Dreamflight, Led Zeppelin's Kashmir and almost everything by Globus.


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    Xavi6
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    The greatest song of all time -

    'Winds of Change' by The Scorpions


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    Doctor DooM
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    Ghost Love Score is great.

    no one has said this yet so I will...

    Epic.

    By Faith No More


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    mike65
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    The greatest song of all time -

    'Winds of Change' by The Scorpions

    I claimed in a Guardian blog the Scorpions ended the cold war and knocked the Berlin Wall down. :)

    Mike.


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    GhostInTheRuins
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    Rainbow - Stargazer, the very definition of epic

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyoy2w9atg


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    Xavi6
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    mike65 wrote: »
    I claimed in a Guardian blog the Scorpions ended the cold war and knocked the Berlin Wall down. :)

    Mike.

    Ha ha definitely! What a song though. It has everything from a whistle intro to a soaring guitar solo. Just perfect! Now where's my iPod?


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    Dave!
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    Aye, Winds Of Change is a good 'un alright! :D


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    MrJoeSoap
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    Citizen Erased by Muse. Goes through so many phases and moods that its hard to categorise, but always makes the hairs stand up on my neck.


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    estebancambias
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    'Lose yourself'

    That is the definition of epic.

    The start of the second verse is *can't describe the emotion''


    Then when he starts talking about a struggle for food stamps..pretty damn epic. Sort of just shows the line between success and failure.


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    MrJoeSoap
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    estebancambias wrote: »
    'Lose yourself'

    That is the definition of epic.

    Not the Oxford English Dictionary definition!


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    Notorious
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    Inca Roads - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
    Hurricane - Bob Dylan
    Hey Joe - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    For The Love of God - Steve Vai
    Blue Monday - New Order
    Walk On Hot Coals - Rory Gallagher
    Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones
    How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
    Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
    A Remark You Made - Weather Report
    SDooM wrote:
    Epic.

    By Faith No More
    Agreed!


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    #19
    estebancambias
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    BURN


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    homosapien
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    couldnt help myself from posting here..wanted to simply name one "epic" song but couldnt come down on either side of 2 Neil Young epics..so putting them both down..

    'Like A Hurricane'
    &
    'Cortez the Killer'


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    dr.bollocko
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    MacArthur Park by Richard Harris.
    Whats more epic than a wet cake?

    And Riders on the storm / When the music is over by the doors, if not already mentioned.

    In da gadda da vida by I. Ron Butterfly.

    Dont fear the reaper is pretty epic. That whole murder suicide jam. And the really scary screechy solo.


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    Dave!
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    estebancambias wrote: »
    BURN
    I've missed you esteban, where've you been as of late?!


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    dr.bollocko
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    He be referencin Burn by the Cure right?
    From The Crow?
    That is pretty epic.
    How about the Godfather soundtrack? huehue *coff*


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    Karl Hungus
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    I'm wondering on what basis people here call songs epic? I'm looking at some of the replies, and I think to myself, that's epic? Not a criticism, but honestly wondering what aspects make it epic, a little elaboration would help.

    For me, it doesn't get much more Epic that Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness, it's a single song that's just over one hour in lenth, which builds such an incredible soundscape from a progressive rock foundation, with choirs and strings that fill out the sound. The use of a children's choir is something special as well, so it's quite a unique sound, but it all comes together to form such an incredible epic song. Absolutely breath-taking.


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    #25
    Karl Hungus
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    A completely different kind of epic :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsETamxkT9E


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    cornbb
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    Some good epic tunes would be:
    "Shine on you crazy diamond" by Pink Floyd
    "The End" by the Doors
    "Reflection" by Tool
    the whole "The Orb's Adventures beyond the Ultraworld" album by the Orb

    But this number by John Cage really takes the biscuit!


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    estebancambias
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    DaveMcG wrote: »
    I've missed you esteban, where've you been as of late?!

    Likewise.:rolleyes: ;) (Seriously a joke) Bit of a trip with the family, and extended family. I've been back a few days though and been posting random comments and making random threads(see Hip Hop Forum...Dublin City Forum)


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    JæKæ
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    homosapien wrote: »
    'Cortez the Killer'

    Cortez all the way. Ordinary People off the latest Neil Young album is epic enough too
    And a few more:

    Orion - Metallica
    Spiders - Wilco
    In The Light - Led Zepp
    Two Months Off - Underworld


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    #29
    Xavi6
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    estebancambias wrote: »
    Likewise.:rolleyes: ;) (Seriously a joke) Bit of a trip with the family, and extended family. I've been back a few days though and been posting random comments and making random threads(see Hip Hop Forum...Dublin City Forum)

    Jays that's not like you. Where's the real esteban and what have you done with him?! :p

    Sort out that non-pic in your sig will ya?!


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    #30
    Karl Hungus
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    Xavi, esteban, lets not get off topic here, take it to PM.


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    #31
    estebancambias
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    Pipe down Hungus; don't you have some Asian B Movie you could be watching?
    ;)


    Will sort out that pic now Xavi.

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    Back on topic

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    Epic defined by MSN Encarta as ''impressive by virtue of greatness of size, scope, or heroism''

    This leaves me none the wiser as to what truly is a song of epic proportions.

    Elton John's song from the Lion King?


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