Joanna Newsom - EmilyJoanna Newsom - Only Skin
2/20
― j. winters (josh), Sunday, 1 March 2015 07:05 (nine years ago) link
last question: can I nominate the entirety of Fuck Buttons' Street Horrrsing under the Boris Flood provision? because all of the track divisions are seamless, & I think of the whole album as of a single piece...
― can't remember the last time we all got to hang out with (bernard snowy), Sunday, 1 March 2015 07:06 (nine years ago) link
OH SHIT HOW COULD I FORGET
Acid Mothers Temple - "La le lo"
!?!?!
― can't remember the last time we all got to hang out with (bernard snowy), Sunday, 1 March 2015 07:13 (nine years ago) link
Does "The Rainbow/Eden/Desire" by Talk Talk count?
I'm not sure about these... with Flood, the track names are all eponymous with sequential part numbers. Street Horrrsing, seamless as it is, has different track names (and I don't think of it as a single composition, I always single out "Sweet Love for Planet Earth"). If it's any consolation, I'm probably going to nominate "Surf Solar."
I'm not familiar enough with the Talk Talk to determine whether or not it's a single composition.
I'm inclined to say that, if a continuous composition is split into multiple tracks, then it should share a title in some way to qualify -- otherwise, we'd have too many songs that merely segue into each other getting nominated (e.g. "Airbag" into "Paranoid Android").
― Godsleee You Black Emperor (Leee), Sunday, 1 March 2015 07:25 (nine years ago) link
Deathprod - Dead People's ThingsDirty Three - Deep WatersEarth - Seven AngelsElectric Wizard - Return TripEric Dolphy - Out to LunchThe Fall - And This DayStudio - Life's a Beach!Flying Saucer Attack - Popol Vuh 1Glenn Branca - The Spectacular CommodityGong - Flying TeapotSuicide - Frankie TeardropHarvey Milk - My Broken Heart Will Never MendConverge - Jane DoeTelevision - Marquee MoonSun Kil Moon - Duk Koo KimTerry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved AirAsh Ra Tempel - AmbossKing Crimson - StarlessScott Walker - ClaraSlowdive - Rutti
20/20
― charlie h, Sunday, 1 March 2015 08:25 (nine years ago) link
Cecil Taylor European Orchestra - "Involution/Evolution"Cecil Taylor European Orchestra - "Weight - Breath - Sounding Trees"John Coltrane - "Om"Bill Dixon Orchestra - "Metamorphosis 1962 - 1966"The Who - "My Generation" (from Live at Leeds)John Coltrane - "Spiritual" (from "Live" at the Village Vanguard
(6/20)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 1 March 2015 08:27 (nine years ago) link
dead c - outsidesandy bull - blendjohn fahey - requiem for mollyvelvet underground - ocean (1969 vu live)patty waters - black is the color of my true love's hairpharoah sanders - hum-allah-hum-allah-hum-allahbaden baden free jazz orchestra - gittin' to know y'allpärson sound - tio minuterfolke rabe - what??faust - krautrock!soft machine - moon in june (third)hawkwind - orgone accumulatordr john the night tripper - angola anthemthe fugs - virgin forestjerry garcia - lateforsupperspidergawdeephourfripp & eno - heavenly music corporationflying saucer attack - in search of spacescharalambides - into the earthpentangle - jack orionthrobbing gristle - very friendly
― no lime tangier, Sunday, 1 March 2015 08:46 (nine years ago) link
the garcia probs doesn't count, but there you go
ne obliviscaris - forget notagalloch - our fortress is burning (3 parts)
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 1 March 2015 08:56 (nine years ago) link
awesome poll. will think on this.
― Tove Lo Tove You Baby (jaymc), Sunday, 1 March 2015 08:57 (nine years ago) link
Here's a dozen...
Sex - The NecksMumps - Hatfield and the NorthAmerica - YesThe Adventures of Greggary Peccary - Frank ZappaI Trawl the Megahertz - Paddy McAloonThe End - DoorsSingring and the Glass Guitar - UtopiaMontana Song - David AcklesSorrow, Tears and Blood - Fela KutiOmmadawn (Pt.1) - Mike OldfieldAll Blues - Miles DavisE2-E4 - Manuel Gottsching
(Damn! Springsteen's 'New York City Serenade' five seconds too short!)
― Bloody Snail, Sunday, 1 March 2015 09:02 (nine years ago) link
I thought of it more as ambient, but I'm never sure where the lines between classical/20th-century/ambient exist.
Yeah this might get tricky, p sure Karl's bryars nominations would be disallowed too
― one negged single mother (wins), Sunday, 1 March 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
Richard Dawson "The Vile Stuff"Sicle Cell & Rhapazooty "Rhapazooty in Blue"Ice Cube "Bop Gun"Stereolab & Nurse With Wound "Simple Headphone Mind"Butthole Surfers "Jimi"Beastie Boys "B-Boy Bouillabaisse"The Seeds "Up In Her Room"Jimi Hendrix "1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"Underworld "Cups"Underworld "Mmm Skyscraper I Love You"Simply Saucer "Illegal Bodies"The Mars Volta "L'Via L'Viaquez"Yo La Tengo "Pass the Hatchet I Think I'm Goodkind"Studio "Out There"Electric Wizard "Weird Tales"Sleep "Dopesmoker"
16/20
― billstevejim, Sunday, 1 March 2015 10:29 (nine years ago) link
man, this thread could spawn a monolithic playlist
― charlie h, Sunday, 1 March 2015 10:32 (nine years ago) link
Television-Marquee MoonTelevision - Little Johnny Jewel - live version on the 12" b-sideAlain Renaud - back and inVelvet underground - sister rayStereolab - Jenny ondioline - l.p. VersionOasis - Falling Down monstrous etc remixFlaming Lips - I found a star on the groundRoy Harper - one of those days in England (side 2 off the album)
That's eight, will maybe think on some more.
― Mark G, Sunday, 1 March 2015 10:57 (nine years ago) link
i already mentioned Marquee Moon, but thanks for including some Roy Harper!
― charlie h, Sunday, 1 March 2015 10:59 (nine years ago) link
Roy Harper - The GameYes - AwakenGong - You'll Never Blow Your Trip ForeverEinstürzende Neubauten - HeadcleanerEinstürzende Neubauten - Perpetuum Mobile
Wanted to vote for Pendulum Man by Bark Psychosis but it is 5 seconds short of the mark alas.
― MaresNest, Sunday, 1 March 2015 11:17 (nine years ago) link
Wizzard - Meet me at the jailhouse
― Mark G, Sunday, 1 March 2015 11:22 (nine years ago) link
Does the 'no classical' rule rule out Robert Ashley and Alvin Lucier? Where does classical end?
― emil.y, Sunday, 1 March 2015 12:58 (nine years ago) link
Lucier is idm
― one negged single mother (wins), Sunday, 1 March 2015 13:07 (nine years ago) link
learning that a lot of rock songs that i thin of as 'epics' aren't as long as i'd thought
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Megamix)Fela Kuti - Water Get No EnemyNegativland - Helter StupidPublic Image Ltd - AlbatrossLes Rallizes Dénudés - Night of the Assasins
(5/20)
― olly, Sunday, 1 March 2015 13:12 (nine years ago) link
50 Foot Wave - Power+Light
― how's life, Sunday, 1 March 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
x-post: ^had to drop the dead's what's become of the baby, isb's duck on a pond and aec's theme de yoyo for that very reason :-(
also turns out orgone accumulator is 9.59 according to wikipedia, so feel free to sub in la monte young's the well-tuned piano for that if you want (unless shut out due to the classical clause)
― no lime tangier, Sunday, 1 March 2015 13:29 (nine years ago) link
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) Isaac Hayes - Walk On ByIron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
(10/20)
― MarkoP, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
The original album version of "Marquee Moon" runs 9:11...don't hate me.
I would have included it otherwise. I used my Mp3tag directory to make up my list--you can arrange everything you have by song length. (Assume you can do that with an iPod, too.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:32 (nine years ago) link
Red House Painters - MotherRed House Painters - Down Colorful HillRush - Fountain Of LamnethDiamanda Galas - Free Among The DeadJon Anderson - Moon Ra Chris Squire - Silently FallingVangelis - Heaven And Hell Part 1Frost - MilliontownDevil Doll - SacrilegiumTrance To The Sun - Horse Head LakeJacula - Praesentia DominiJacula - Magister Dixit
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:33 (nine years ago) link
Devil Doll - Mr DoctorDevil Doll - Eliogabalus
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:36 (nine years ago) link
QUESTIONS1) Do live versions count as separate noms if they are formally released and also notably different from the original?
2) If something is technically a medley but contained/released within one track, is that acceptable?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:37 (nine years ago) link
Check that--my mp3 of "Marquee Moon" runs 9:11, but Wikipedia has it at 9:58, and so does my vinyl LP. Either my mp3 is abridged (by a lot), or the LP time has been incorrect all along. Technically, it falls short either way.
― clemenza, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:37 (nine years ago) link
Wish I had more metal suggestions, but most of my favourite epics are under 10mins.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
six organs of admittance - school of the flower
(3/20)
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:41 (nine years ago) link
Shirley and Dolly Collins - A Song StoryCan - Mother SkyUFOMAMMUT - SulphurdewPharaoh Sanders - Black Unity(4/20)
― groundless round (La Lechera), Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
if Marquee Moon doesn't count, i'd like my 20th nom to be Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway) by Tim Buckley
― charlie h, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
Would Godspeed You Black Emperor's Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada EP count as one long epic or would the two tracks be counted separately?
― MarkoP, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
acid mothers temple - la le lomercyful fate - satan's fallmastodon - hearts alive
brings me to 7/20
― can't remember the last time we all got to hang out with (bernard snowy), Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
HUSKER DU - REOCCURRING DREAMS
― can't remember the last time we all got to hang out with (bernard snowy), Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:51 (nine years ago) link
Would Godspeed You Black Emperor's Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada EP count as one long epic or would the two tracks be counted separately?― MarkoP, Sunday, March 1, 2015 2:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― MarkoP, Sunday, March 1, 2015 2:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Two completely different tracks iirc?
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link
Arthur Russell - In the Light of the MiracleSanta Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodJimi Hendrix - Machine GunLindstrom - Where You Go I Go TooMarcos Cabral & Shux - A Lifetime GrooveSonic Youth - Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg)Godspeed You Black Emperor - MoyaInner Life - Ain't No Mountain High EnoughWar - The World is a GhettoThe Knife - Colouring of Pigeons
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Yeah after listening and thinking about it, they do seem more separate.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Blaise Bailey Finnegan III
― MarkoP, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:56 (nine years ago) link
Beatles - "Revolution 1, take 20"Duke Ellington - "Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue" (from Ellington at Newport)Duke Ellington - "Ad Lib on Nippon"Jimmy Smith - "The Duel"Milford Graves - "Bäbi"Neil Young & Crazy Horse - "Love and Only Love"Sun Ra - "The Magic City"James Brown - "Make it Funky" (from Revolution of the Mind)John Cale - "Summer Heat"
15/20
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
Osymyso - Intro-Inspection(12/20)
― MarkoP, Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
Art Zoyd - Musique Pour L'OdysséeArt Zoyd - Brigades Spéciales
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
Personally I'd say that "classical" is a piece of music with a score that could, theoretically, be played on "standard" instrumentation. So Arvo Part = classical, Alvin Lucier's I Am Sitting In A Room doesn't. In C, I'm not sure about.
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:17 (nine years ago) link
Jim O'Rourke - 94 The Long WayTortoise - DjedJohn Fahey - Fare Forward VoyagersTh' Faith Healers - Everything, All At Once, ForeverBoris - Flood
10/20
― H.P, Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:19 (nine years ago) link
Fela Kuti - Coffin for Head Of StateGenesis - Supper's ReadyNeil Young - Ordinary PeopleBob Dylan - HighlandsPink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)Rolling Stones - Going HomeVan Morrison - Listen To The LionVan Morrison - Almost Independence Day
8/20
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
Scott Walker - SDSS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter)
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
obv the rules are yr choice but an epics poll where the Who's "A Quick One" isn't eligible is lacking imo
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
Tangerine Dream - Birth Of Liquid PlejadesHenry Cow - Living In The Heart Of The BeastMagma - De FuturaRush - XanaduSun Ra - Space Is The PlaceKraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (if this counts, I always thought of it as a unified piece)Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting In A RoomGroundhogs - Split (parts 1-4)AMM - Combine + LaminatesEddie Palmieri - Un Dia Bonita
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
Robert Ashley - The ParkHorace Tapscott - The Dark TreeJohn Fahey - Dalhart, Texas 1967Harold Budd - Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'RrahimPantha du Prince - Spectral SplitJerry Garcia & David Grisman - ArabiaLindstrom - The Long Way HomeAlice Coltrane - Atma RamaGilberto Gil & Jorge Ben - Taj MahalSam Mangwana - Maria TebboDon Cherry - MalkaunsKate Bush - MistyJoe McPhee - Shakey JakeThelonious Monk - Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues AreBaden Powell - Canto de XangoLuomo - TessioCharles Mingus - Haitian Fight SongCrusaders - Street LifeHerbie Hancock - I Have a DreamHenry Threadgill - 100 Year Old Game
― Ari (whenuweremine), Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
The Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Loving You)Yes - Ritual: Nous Sommes Du SoleilScott Walker - ClaraThelonius Monk - Ba Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-AreMiles Davis - Shhh/PeacefulStereolab - Blue MilkStereolab - Silver Sands (Emperor Machine Remix)Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - Nummer fire enLindstrøm - Grand IdeasLindstrøm - HinaPrins Thomas - BobleteknoOrbital - Out There Somewhere
12/20
― Jeff W, Sunday, 1 March 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
That was my nomination. It is funny reading about the history of that disco version. The way I remember it, they released a shorter version first, most fans hated it, then they put an extended version on the album. It was regarded as an example of them trying to be hip a couple years after a trend was at its hottest.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 15 March 2015 15:07 (nine years ago) link
The original was a couple of albums old when the disco remix happened
― Mark G, Sunday, 15 March 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
There's as many as 4 disco versions, Light Album version is the longest. I didn't mean to say the fans hated the Wild Honey version, but the earlier disco versions and the later ones were longer.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 15 March 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
STILL NOT AN EPICS POLL - VOTING THREAD, ENDS MARCH 28
― Common Street Screwers (Leee), Sunday, 15 March 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
Valet, "Blood Is Clean" ("North," another track on the album Blood Is Clean, is 13:07, but the title track is 4:59)
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link