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"Epic" songs?

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    #32
    Xavi6
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    estebancambias wrote: »
    Pipe down Hungus; don't you have some Asian B Movie you could be watching?
    ;)

    ROFL he's back!

    Anyway, most of Metallica's S&M album could be considered epic what with the orchestra and everything.


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    #33
    tech77
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    Dunno if they're epic but:

    Mazzy Star- Fade into You
    GNR- Don't Cry, Sweet Child O' Mine, November Rain
    Manic Street Preachers- Motorcycle Emptiness
    U2- songs like Bad, New years Day, Ultraviolet (Light my way) etc etc
    Pearl Jam- Black
    RHCP- Under the Bridge
    Radiohead- Street Spirit, Fake Plastic Trees etc etc

    Ah i dunno maybe they're not epic but they're good atleast...
    What the fcuk is epic anyway? :)


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    #34
    robz150
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    tech77 wrote: »
    What the fcuk is epic anyway? :)

    My definition would be something that is over 6 minutes and has
    different sections building to a big Finale. Oh yeah and good too:D

    the best examples are probably Stairway to Heaven and
    Bohemian Rhapsody mentioned at the start

    Yes/No:confused:


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    #35
    Bubs101
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    All Around the World - Oasis
    Spiders (kidsmoke) - Wilco
    Always - Bon Jovi
    Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
    White Line ( DOn't Push it) - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five


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    #36
    damonjewel
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    All the following are pretty epic, but perhaps too epic to be a single release

    Autobahn - Kraftwerk
    Hallelujah - Can
    Do Right - Can
    Court of the crimson king - King Crimson
    Suppers Ready - Genesis
    Return of the giant hogweed - Genesis
    Careful with that axe Eugene - Pink Floyd

    and

    Won't get fooled again by the Who


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    #37
    JæKæ
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    Bubs101 wrote: »
    Always - Bon Jovi

    Bon Jovi has no place here, or anywhere. I would only rank that song with
    No Matter What - Boyzone
    It's about as epic


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    #38
    Dave!
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    robz150 wrote: »
    My definition would be something that is over 6 minutes and has
    different sections building to a big Finale. Oh yeah and good too:D

    the best examples are probably Stairway to Heaven and
    Bohemian Rhapsody mentioned at the start

    Yes/No:confused:

    Yeah that would be my broad definition too... In and around 6 mins anyway :)


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    #39
    FledNanders
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    Led Zep all the way...

    Achilles last stand
    The song remains the same
    Stairway
    Since Ive been loving you
    Dazed and Confused
    Kashmir

    Etcetcetcetc.....


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    #40
    Tabnabs
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    Come on people, why has no one mention Pete Frampton?

    'Do You Feel Like We Do', an epic if ever there was one!

    But for the greatest epic of them all...............................

    Orbital 'Lush 3-1, Lush 3-2, Impact (The Earth Is Burning)' and 'Remind' all blend seamlessly into the mother of all tunes :cool:


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    #41
    IanCurtis
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    Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
    Suede - "The Asphalt World"

    Joy Division - "Candidate" or "Dead Souls"

    not that I'm biased


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    #42
    noby
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    Wow, 'Epic' is really a 70s rock thing isn't it?

    Except for, of course Dexys Midnight Runners' "This is what she's like"


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    #43
    Creature
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    Layla - Not that pansy 2 minute version though ;)
    Smoke on The Water
    Sunshine of Your Love
    For Those About To Rock...

    There's many more. Pretty much most of the big songs by the popular 'classic' rock bands.


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    #44
    Kali
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    Xavi6 wrote: »
    ROFL he's back!

    Anyway, most of Metallica's S&M album could be considered epic what with the orchestra and everything.

    Strings don't make an epic... and in S&Ms case they just make it laughable.


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    #45
    RastaRed
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    I am the resurrection
    freebird
    nothing else matters


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    #46
    Nailz
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    SDooM wrote: »
    Epic.

    By Faith No More
    True... :D


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    #47
    kaimera
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    TTFAF.

    Number of the Beast.


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    #48
    FledNanders
    Registered Users Posts: 382 ✭✭FledNanders


    RastaRed wrote: »
    I am the resurrection

    epic?

    More of a good song with a killer jam at the end rather than what would be considered 'epic' for me....


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    #49
    Xavi6
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    Kali wrote: »
    Strings don't make an epic... and in S&Ms case they just make it laughable.

    They do for the likes of November Rain. Strings + soaring guitar.

    What do you feel makes an epic song then seeing as you didn't offer an alternative?


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    #50
    GhostInTheRuins
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    Judging by the posts here, my idea of an 'epic' song is completely different that most peoples. That or people are just naming their favourite songs for the sake of it.


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    #51
    MrJoeSoap
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    D.T. Jesus wrote: »
    Judging by the posts here, my idea of an 'epic' song is completely different that most peoples. That or people are just naming their favourite songs for the sake of it.

    Whats your definition so?


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    #52
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,868 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    Mandylion by the gathering is full of epic songs if you like them, so is anything by pelican. Even their songs NAMES are epic.


    An example- the album name:
    "The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw"


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    #53
    Jim
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    Al Stewart - Roads To Moscow

    8 minute historical song about the German invasion of Russia. Epic stuff indeed.


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    #54
    MoominPapa
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    Don't think these have been mentioned yet:
    Neil Young: Down by the river, Cowgirl in the sand, A man needs a maid, Powder Finger
    Rush: By Tor and the Snowdog, Jacobs Ladder, Witch hunt, Red Sector A
    Kraftwerk: Trans Europe Express, Radioactivity
    Joy Division: Dead Souls
    New Order: Perfect Kiss, Thieves Like us, True Faith


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    #55
    GhostInTheRuins
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    MrJoeSoap wrote: »
    Whats your definition so?

    It's hard to explain, have a listen to the song I posted on the first page, that's the first song that comes to mind when I thing of 'epic'.

    I completely disagree with whoever it was that said any song over six minutes is 'epic'. I know plenty of 10-15 minute songs that would definitely not be 'epic'. There's a certain vibe you get off a proper 'epic' song that has nothing to do with song length.

    I don't think I've ever typed 'epic' so many times in such a short post, it's lost all meaning to me now :D


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    #56
    humberklog
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    DT speaks the truth. Too many non epics.
    Vienne - ultravox, Bonny tyler- total eclipse of the heart, Celine Dion -my heart will go on,Welcome to the pleasure dome(the single)-Frankie goes to hollywood They're epics. You don't gotta like them. They just are.


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    #57
    humberklog
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    Joy Division? Radiohead? Perhaps 'epoch making' on a personal level but not Epic.


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    #58
    Sofaspud
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    I feel I have to mention "The epic in G minor" by these guys:

    http://bebo.com/michaelsatmaximum


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    #59
    MoominPapa
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    Overblown != epic.


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    #60
    Dregon
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    Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
    Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter.


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    #61
    rowlandbrowner
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    i guess, messing with the kid by The Saints, Amphetamine by Rocket from the Tombs & Shine by The Scientists stick out in my mind as Epic... maybe a couple of 13th floor elevators songs too.


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