![]() ![]() But these long tracks haven’t been solely reserved for those with guitars, drums, and vocals. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” clocking it at 8:02, is the classic example of an artist’s seemingly never-ending magnum opus, with The Doors’ “The End” (11:40), Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” (9:10), The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (8:33), CSNY’s “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” (7:28), The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” (6:18), Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (5:56), and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” (5:54) also serving as timeless examples.Īll of the above are rock standards - not surprising, since “jamming out” on minute-long instrumental breaks is easier to pull off for a band than for a solo singer or rapper. Yes, purely looking at a song’s number of minutes and seconds can, at times, be daunting (like when Khaled Khaled decides to round up everyone in his Google+ circle for a remix), but sometimes it isn’t, and we get that rare, epic, beautiful song that organically pushes beyond the five-minute mark, frequently with distinct sections that function more like acts in a play than verses in a song. While I don’t see this happening anytime soon (there are just so many bad songs), occasionally a lengthy, multilayered, roller coaster ride of a song comes along that allows us to forget about all the trash. ![]() In a perfect world, after we find a way to make sure there are no more bad songs, the void that is left behind is filled with a bunch of great, 7-to-13-minute songs. Regardless of the genre, it’s one of the better sung songs I’ve heard in quite some time.Īll of these aspects of “Pyramids” are important as far as its staying power, but none of them are what stood out the most. I’m saying this song definitely causes pregnancy. Am I saying this song might cause pregnancy? No.
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