Time to test your patience. Every band out there has that epically pretentious song they know puts them in league with Beethoven or Tchaikovsky. DJs love when this happens because it means they can go to the bathroom during a song. Welcome to Long Song Silver ep 18, our testament to pomposity in rock ‘n’ roll. In this episode we have a handful of songs clocking in over 9-10 minutes each. Clean your bongs, it’s time for a two minute bass solo.
PLAYLIST:
ACHILLES’ LAST STAND: LED ZEPPELIN (PRESENCE)
WHEN THE MUSIC’S OVER: THE DOORS (LIVE AT ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 1970)
PIGS (THREE DIFFERENT KINDS): PINK FLOYD (ANIMALS)
CLOSER TO HOME (I’M YOUR CAPTAIN): GRAND FUNK RAILROAD (CLOSER TO HOME)
STATION TO STATION: DAVID BOWIE (LIVE NASSAU COLISEUM ’76)
MARQUEE MOON: TELEVISON (MARQUEE MOON)
ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT): BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (THE LEGENDARY NO NUKES CONCERTS 1979)
We at Balcony Radio are professional appreciator-ers. When someone reaches for an artistic statement, we’ve got to give it some attention. In episode 15 of Long Song Silver, we spin a handful of songs over 10 minutes that earned all those inches on the reel to reel. Check out tunes the late nite d.j. would play when it’s time to percolate another pot of coffee or blaze another one in the men’s room.
Sometimes, you know, man, sometimes you record an epic, man. You got so many emotions, a three minute pop song doesn’t have the time or brainpower to compute these feelings. I need an orchestra, three Tibetan spiritual advisors, a hectare of your finest Maui Waui and ten minutes plus of tape to make the greatest.
