Celebrating the one of the staples of Prog, the long song.
1) Djam Karet - Strange Wine From A Twisted Fruit
From "Still No Commercial Potential", here's 28:53 of pretty much a continuous guitar lead. Might as well test your patience right off the bat
2) Asturius - Brilliant Streams
Shit, more like brilliant tune! The first six minutes and the last six minutes of this 22:43 piece is right up there with any composition I've heard.
3) Yes - The Remembering High The Memory
The baby of the group, at a mere 20:38
This is my favorite tune from Tales, IMO the highlight of Wakeman's (and other Yesmen of course) songwriting.
4) Galleon - The Ocean
IIRC, water is 71.4% of the Earth's surface. At 52:07, this song covers most of it
Take a walk, go to the bathroom, take a long lunch. When you get back this will still be on. Disc 1 of this CD (From Land To Ocean) is even better!
5) Discipline - Into The Dream
This version is the Live at Orion. After 22:04 of this both band and crowd of 75-100 of us goofballs were spent. I think the song ends six times before it really does. And to think we called them out for encores after this.
6) Echolyn - Suite For the Everyman
28:13 of a collection of themes sometimes scotch taped together, but no less fun. The acoustic "Suffocating the Bloom" that closes out the piece is beautiful. A perfect example of the vocal back and forth of Ray Weston and Brett Kull. An excellent, biting look at our consumer-driven world.
I have a few more for next time, maybe in a couple of months.
To quote Ian....."Life's A Long Song"
