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The entirety of Mike Oldfield's 1990 work "Amarok". It lasted for an hour, and was his best album since his 70s heyday.

Geir Hongro, Friday, 11 May 2007 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link

xpost - Well, it is a pop song! In the sense that it's not a symphony or an extended jam session or anything.

Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link

However, "Amarok" by Mike Oldfield is great too, and I believe that one lasted for 55 minutes or something


-- Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, April 16, 2003 7:21 AM (4 years ago)



The entirety of Mike Oldfield's 1990 work "Amarok". It lasted for an hour, and was his best album since his 70s heyday.

-- Geir Hongro, Friday, May 11, 2007 6:55 AM (8 hours ago)


Yeah, I think you covered that one.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Does ANYONE have a list - or know where to find one - of the 10 (or more) longest UK No.1s? i.e. the list that Oasis' dronefest 'All Around The World' will top?

It's for a low-rent feature.

Cheers!

Matthew H, Thursday, 23 August 2007 10:43 (sixteen years ago) link

"O Superman" is longest surely?

Tom D., Thursday, 23 August 2007 10:55 (sixteen years ago) link

Only No.2, wasn't it?

Matthew H, Thursday, 23 August 2007 11:52 (sixteen years ago) link

You're right!

Tom D., Thursday, 23 August 2007 11:54 (sixteen years ago) link

im gonna ignore the 'no classical' restriction...morton feldman wrote a six hour string quartet and i love every second i've heard (just listened to an hour and half of it so far)........anyone else dig morty?

bstep, Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh, most people round here

Tom D., Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link

the longest song ever (in minutes) is Michael Jatas - Love is Hurting me (15:12 minutes)

r1o natsume, Thursday, 23 August 2007 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link

The 7" single version of Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip's "Thou Shalt Always Kill" repeats the line, "Thou shalt not make generic repetitive music." for infinity.

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link

But they're shitmunks, to be fair.

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 23 August 2007 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link

eleven years pass...

12 hours of songs over six minutes on KEXP tomorrow, celebrating the solstice. Streaming at kexp.org from 6am Seattle time, 2pm imago time.

https://www.kexp.org/events/kexp-events/long-songs-longest-day-year/

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/06/20/40528948/20-requests-for-kexps-the-longest-songs-on-the-longest-day-program

quelle sprocket damage (sic), Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link


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