Epic songs

SteveOBHave · 6 Jan 2010 at 16:36

Ziggy said:
Music cannot be pretentious, only people can be pretentious.

Don't be obtuse - Coldplay are a band and what they do as people is pretentious. I hate semantic argument - it's utterly pointless.

Ziggy · 6 Jan 2010 at 16:54

SteveOBHave said:
Don't be obtuse - Coldplay are a band and what they do as people is pretentious. I hate semantic argument - it's utterly pointless.

And that affects their music how?

They might be pretentious, but they still write good music.

ElvisFan · 6 Jan 2010 at 18:22

Music can't be epic when it's sung by someone with the voice of a strangled cat (Chris Martin).

afoster · 6 Jan 2010 at 18:37

smit101 said:
All old I know but the older classic rock bands just seem to do epic so much more epically! I think the age of ADD has put paid to the writing of long,meandering songs with many tempo/melody changes.I know the likes of Dream Theatre are still writing this sort of stuff but they're definitely in the minority nowadays.

There's still lots of excellent Prog rock/metal being released nowadays.. you just have to look a bit harder for it. (ie, fat chance hearing any of it on FM radio!)

The bands you listed are definitely more along the lines of what I would class as 'epic'.

(It's a 24 minute long song, so it's been split into 3 parts on Youtube)

Trifid · 6 Jan 2010 at 19:00

ScarySquirrel said:
I think this is pretty Epic in the true sense of the word. Listen to the whole thing.

HangTime · 6 Jan 2010 at 19:58

Possibly....

-Fade to Black by Metallica
-The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
-Promises by Broken Daylight (lead singer is on OcUK, do a search for user "jonorigin" and there are probably some download links)

TheCenturion · 6 Jan 2010 at 20:01

Jeff Buckley Hallelujah

UB40 Oracabessa Moonshine

Darey · 6 Jan 2010 at 20:09

Biffy Clyro - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies

The video's on the Tube are tosh, you need to listen to the album version which is longer than the video ones.

Shamikebab · 6 Jan 2010 at 20:27

ElvisFan said:
Music can't be epic when it's sung by someone with the voice of a strangled cat (Chris Martin).

Chris Martin has a great voice :confused:

Hellsmk2 · 6 Jan 2010 at 20:33

Anything of The Doves "Lost Souls" album should hit the spot very nicely.

SteveOBHave · 6 Jan 2010 at 21:54

Yeah Coldplay are awesome - this proves it:

melchy · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:17

Absolutely not what you are looking for, but an epic song none the less.

A love song for a great many people from the 80's.

melchy · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:25

Oh and there is always this

Oxide™ · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:28

dire straits - money for nothing
live - lightning crashes
live - the dam at otter creek
metallica - for whom the bell tolls
newton faulkner - dream catch me
pearl jam - better man
red hot chili peppers - otherside

Oxide™ · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:32

HangTime said:
Possibly....

-Fade to Black by Metallica
-The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
-Promises by Broken Daylight (lead singer is on OcUK, do a search for user "jonorigin" and there are probably some download links)

oh hell ye

SteveOBHave · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:36

Amusingly Chris Martin got voted amongst the 10 worst Rock Stars of 2009 by NME - along with Charlotte Church... awesome.

d3moliti0n · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:38

melchy said:
Oh and there is always this

Awesome song, as is most of FNM's stuff.

Dirkscooby · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:52

Steve vai
Fire garden suite

lotus feet

Gog · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:59

ElvisFan said:
Music can't be epic when it's sung by someone with the voice of a strangled cat (Chris Martin).

I'll beg to differ. The vocals here are pretty bad, but the raw emotion makes the performance.

Shamikebab · 6 Jan 2010 at 23:25

SteveOBHave said:
Amusingly Chris Martin got voted amongst the 10 worst Rock Stars of 2009 by NME - along with Charlotte Church... awesome.

But then NME is the worst magazine in the world so that doesn't really say much.