Over 20 minutes song

[marquer]

Long live long tunes!

One point to clarify in my case, I once complained about long requests, not because they were boring or anything like that, but mostly because I was thinking of the people in the west who wake up later than the people in the east. I was putting myself in their shoes, so to speak, and wondering how frustrating it must be for them to want to request something and looking at an already long queue and seeing 3 or 4 possible long tune in there with "Water on the moon" already in progress... :-)

But really, that is my problem, not anyone else's.

ps- Shorter tunes that should be longer: Brand X tried it with their song "April" which is a wonderful 2 min 40 second closer on "Products". They offer us "A longer April" (7:00) on "Is there anything about?" and while it is not too bad, I prefer the original shorter version.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by marquer

ps- Shorter tunes that should be longer: Brand X tried it with their song "April" which is a wonderful 2 min 40 second closer on "Products". They offer us "A longer April" (7:00) on "Is there anything about?" and while it is not too bad, I prefer the original shorter version.

Well said! That was a college favorite, I think that's a Giblin song...Ipanaemia is a great opening song on Anything About. I still don't have that on CD.

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by marquer

One point to clarify in my case, I once complained about long requests, not because they were boring or anything like that, but mostly because I was thinking of the people in the west who wake up later than the people in the east. I was putting myself in their shoes, so to speak, and wondering how frustrating it must be for them to want to request something and looking at an already long queue and seeing 3 or 4 possible long tune in there with "Water on the moon" already in progress... :-)

I've proffered the idea, many times, of corrolating the time wait with the length. Ex: Less than 10:00 = two hours between RQ. 10:00 to 20:00 = three hours between RQ. OVer 20:00 = four hours between RQ. I think this would "nip in the bud" the problem of one person requesting a lot of long songs in a day. There're are no restrictions on what can be requested, nor how often; just a nice way to keep things more "proportional." My two cents, anyhow!

If only Jim and VAXman would grasp my brilliance! Actually, I know that it would just mean more work for VAX, so I get that it's not vital!

[DamoXt7942]

I think maybe almost all of Moonies have complaint of waiting songs they request.
I'm afraid listeners sometimes try hard to receive rapid and repeated changes of sound...

But...but I suggest this changes of sound must be the essence of progrock, as seasons change on the earth.

Thanks for a lot of opinions on the thread. I appreciate.
And could you let me request my favorite over-20-minute songs from now?

[MrMagoo]

Thanx Marquer.

I was the one who previously brought up the long request issue for us Westerly types. See the request etiquette thread.

I'd like to point peeplz back at the thread, since it is again an issue (for me) in the past weeks. My requests on Thu/Fri are back to 4-6 hr delays, without any shows to bump the queue.

Goo.

Originally Posted by marquer

One point to clarify in my case, I once complained about long requests, not because they were boring or anything like that, but mostly because I was thinking of the people in the west who wake up later than the people in the east. I was putting myself in their shoes, so to speak, and wondering how frustrating it must be for them to want to request something and looking at an already long queue and seeing 3 or 4 possible long tune in there with "Water on the moon" already in progress... :-)

[Rick and Roll]

As I've said before (and I checked to make sure I was consistent) the only two effective ways are to have the listeners police themselves (to quote the Beatles ha ha ha hee hee hee ho ho ho) or to limit the number of requests further.

Of course having a show, I should recuse myself from the discussion. Although, I rarely make requests, maybe a few times a year. But 3 rq's a day per person seems enough for me.

[AndrewP]

I rarely request (I'm in and out of the room, and rarely get to hear the request anyway). Must admit, I have requested long ones, just to "make it worthwhile". I won't do that anymore, given that I just found this thread.
But why not have a little notice on the request page for folks like me who hadn't contemplated how annoying it was to others, and wasn't aware of the etiquette.
It won't help for those who ignore such suggestions, but might help a little.

[DamoXt7942]

Absolutely, we can have etiquette on requesting.
Thanks for your input, Magoo, Rick and Andrew. I appreciate.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by AndrewP

Must admit, I have requested long ones, just to "make it worthwhile". I won't do that anymore, given that I just found this thread.

My feeling is that in no way shape or form should the length of the request ever be limited. Number, sure, but if you want to hear a long tune, why not?