Darn you Tracy Wong!
Ever since your MSN nick was “so you think you can stone me and spit in my eye“, I Googled it and found out which song that was. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody has been playing in my head ever since, in my Winamp, on my guitar, and I’m losing sleep trying to convert the piano bits of the song to guitar. Am7dim5 baby! Uh… yeah. I reckon I can do an in-tune but not in-octave version with bass guitar only. Modern day multi-track sound recording software will give me the 84-voice choir needed.
Heck, I haven’t fallen in love with lyrics in such a long time. Such pompous drama.
The Bruce Dickinson cover version of the song is carried off full blast, and does justice because while Freddie Mercury was trying to be camp, Bruce is naturally camp around Beezelbub, being the vocalist for Iron Maiden.
I think I have an obsession with songs over 5 minutes, to such an extent that I’d actually put paper in the printer and bother printing and then analysing the chord progressions and structure. Ask me now though, and I would not be able to play it in order. 😛
Over 5 minutes:
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication, The Beatles – Hey Jude, Blur – Coffee And TV
Over 6 minutes:
Metallica – Fade To Black, Black Sabbath – Fairies Wear Boots, Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb, The Eagles – Hotel California, Stevie Ray Vaughn – Little Wing
Over 7 minutes:
Metallica – One, The White Stripes – Ball And Biscuit, New Order – Blue Monday, Pantera – Cemetary Gates
Over 8 minutes:
Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven, Guns ‘N’ Roses – November Rain, Opeth – The Drapery Falls (their other stuff escapes me.), Jamiroquai – Funktion (one of their few bass tabs I bothered with.)
Come to think of it, what tabs do I really print out that is under 5 minutes? Jimi Hendrix? Even then I didn’t list his 11:37 jam of Red House, live at the Isle of Wight.
It says something about me. I am long winded and draggy. Apparently, so are rockers or people with good taste. 😀
A few other 5+ minutes songs off the top of my head:
Weezer – Only In Dreams (7), Wilco – Spiders (Kidsmoke) (10!), and most Explosions In The Sky songs. I wish my memory was more impressive.
bohemian rhapsody rocks my socks. was addicted to it before when i finally get it out my head.
"mama..uuh oohh..carry on..carry on..nothing really matters"
aww shucks. damn u alb.
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Hey, I have just gone through a week of Boheiman addictiveness.. you should check this reality TV show Rockstar INXS, one of the contestant name Suzie did an awesome rendition of Boheiman Rasphody
BTW, a live performance of Dazed And Confused by Led Zeppelin lasted for almost 30 minutes.
Of course, there are other non rock songs that go on longer.. I have an Indian CLassical Jazz track that goes on for almost 2 hours
but since ur list is quite rock oriented.
OMG how can you not you Bohemian Rhapsody ?!
how can you not *know
yeah alb. check out Rockstar Suzie’s Bohemian Rhapsody. ’twas so so so DAMN good I hear like ten times a day.
http://rockstar.msn.com/video/performance/wk08
Why don’t you analyse the Doors’ “Light My Fire”? The Doors are often cited as one of the more influential bands of the 20th century.
Anyway, I like Queen’s Bicycle Song better.
Futhermore, link my blog. So much for the programmer geek ethic.