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What is, in your opinion, the most epic song you've ever heard?

By epic I mean in scope or ambition. It doesn't have to be a long song, or it can be. For example: Reflection by Tool or Reise, Reise by Rammstein.

Go.

-AC

Black Rose Immortal by Opeth, ok so it's very long, but it's more deserving of the ''epic'' tag than anything I can think of. And Just Like You Imagined has always struck me as epic for some reason, it really does sound like the end of the world.

Crossing genres, I'd also say Post Mortem by Mr. Lif & co, Stepfather Factory by El-P and Iron Galaxy by Cann Ox.

Off the top of my noodle, I'd have to say "Dechristianize" by Vital Remains. It's truly one of the most evil and malevolent songs I've ever listened to, ranging from the most brutal anti-christian epithets to just plain, outright hatred in general. A true anthem for the ungodly. It tops out at 8 min 45 seconds.

haha... Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria

I am not sure the way you mean that but I'd say Stairway to Heaven is pretty epic.....

American Idiot by Green Day.

Bohemian Rhapsody probably defines the concept.

Paranoid Android by Radiohead; Third Eye by Tool; Aenema by Tool; Eulogy by Tool (pretty much anything by Tool actually); many Opeth songs; many Devin Townshend songs.

Special mention for He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot by Grandaddy- unbelievable.

Probably most epic song, I think, is The Moor by Opeth.

Can I have the Immigrant Song by Zeppelin then?

If not, then tough.

I agree with Paranoid Android and Bohemian Rhapsody...they are just awesome songs (although I still don't understand what makes a Song "epic"

The Moor is probably mine also. Closely followed, as of now, by Earth Day by Devin Townsend.

Special mention to Mutter by Rammstein.

-AC

Originally posted by Bardock42
I agree with Paranoid Android and Bohemian Rhapsody...they are just awesome songs (although I still don't understand what makes a Song "epic"

Factors such as size, scope and drama. Much like in literature.

FNM's "EPIC" (Live 92 versions) aren't mistitled either....

Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
FNM's "EPIC" (Live 92 versions) aren't mistitled either....

My brother was obsessed with that song when he was 3 years old

I'd say anything by Tool (with a special nod to The Grudge from me) or Opeth, really...Paranoid Android by Radiohead....few others that aren't coming to mind at the moment. Damn.

Kashmir

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Imagine by John Lennon

Jethro Tull - As Thick As a Brick

c'mon, it's a whole album long!

Progenies of The Great Apocalypse - Dimmu Borgir

Originally posted by Df02
haha... Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria

In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 i thought was more epic than Welcome Home.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Special mention for He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot by Grandaddy- unbelievable.

Oh yes most definitely, a wonderful, beautiful song.

November RAin -Guns N' Roses

savatage - morphine child

Danny Elfman-"Farewell" (otherwise known as the Spiderman theme for the new movies)

Easy - FMN
Master of Puppts - Metallica
One - Metallica
Love? - Strapping Young Lad

Originally posted by ElectricBugaloo
Jethro Tull - As Thick As a Brick

c'mon, it's a whole album long!

On that note, Delirivm Cordia by Fantomas.

-AC

Mutter (sp?) - Rammstien

Actually Anyhting By Dimmu Borgir, All their Songs Sound Like Something Big Just happened And Its a Big Triumph or Something.

that is actually very true. i just had to listen to my DB cd and thats pretty accurate.

I get an epic feeligns whenever I hear Clubbed to Death for some reason.

Estranged by Guns N' Roses
Kashmire by Led Zeppelin
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Eye of the Tiger

Originally posted by Snoopbert
I get an epic feeligns whenever I hear Clubbed to Death for some reason.

oh that's a good choice..right on..rob dougan style.

A lot by Avenged Sevenfold, a couple notables being "I Wont See You Tonight part 1" and "Strength of the World"

And also "The Decline" by NOFX. 18 minutes of NOFX goodness.

Lots of stuff by Tool

Duel of the Fates.

A lot of A7X's new stuff (City of Evil) is pretty epic

waking the fallen also had some epics on it

true

Easy.

Meshuggah's "I". 18 minutes, encompassing virtually evrything that makes Meshuggah the greatest math metal band of all time.

never was to big on Meshuggah. i only heard a couple songs by them. i'll prolly check that one out.

Originally posted by Snoopbert
I get an epic feeligns whenever I hear Clubbed to Death for some reason.

That's one of the ringtones on my cell phone.

Originally posted by Lana
My brother was obsessed with that song when he was 3 years old


Then a toddler with fine taste in Music he was.....!!!!

starfire'' by dragonforce

check it out

rooster by alice in chains...

I always felt that Down in a Hole was AIC's most epic song.

Does anyone else get an epic feel from "F*ck the world" by Turbonegro?

Originally posted by Red Superfly
Does anyone else get an epic feel from "F*ck the world" by Turbonegro?

the only thing i got from turbo negro was insulted after me and about 10,000 other people walked away from the stage they were playing on at T in the park a couple of years ago

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Easy.

Meshuggah's "I". 18 minutes, encompassing virtually evrything that makes Meshuggah the greatest math metal band of all time. Slayer?....But yea I agree They're pretty good.

Originally posted by SlipknoT
Slayer?....But yea I agree They're pretty good.

Slayer don't make that kind of music. Always hated that terms though, 'math metal'.

Like Stated Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen...Also though The Show Must Go On by Queen is epic as well, and actually in my opinion , even more so.
No One Like You by The Scorpions
Tonight, Tonight by Smashing Pumpkins
Come Sail Away by Styx
Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne

Off the top of my head... I'd say Purple Rain

Originally posted by KMC
Off the top of my head... I'd say Purple Rain

Yeah good choice.

Originally posted by jaden101
the only thing i got from turbo negro was insulted after me and about 10,000 other people walked away from the stage they were playing on at T in the park a couple of years ago

What happened?

can some listen to 'starfire' by dragonforce and tell me what you think

OH MY GOD,have you guys heard of the most epic song of all time

Herion-the velvet underground .......BY A MILE

Originally posted by Red Superfly
What happened?

they started playing...they were absolutely crap...everyone got up and walked away until there were about 100 people left...the vocalist started screaming abuse at everyone as they were leaving...

The Point of no Return (The Phantom of the Opera) - I think is the most beautiful song ever! so awesome

The Anthem by Good Charlotte j/k

ewwww

Untitled by Simpe Plan

Not quite sure how Good Charlotte could be considered 'epic'.......

Originally posted by 113
oh that's a good choice..right on..rob dougan style.

Originally posted by Deano
can some listen to 'starfire' by dragonforce and tell me what you think

Hey bro, you sent me that song remember? I listen to it about 5 times a week, its on my World Of Warcraft cd that I listen to when i play a EPIC game and i like it alot, its very good, I thank you for showing me to that song

what is an epic song?

Well, shit songs can't be epic, regardless of what epic is. So let's not bring Good Charlotte or Simple Plan in here again.

-AC

I woke up it was seven
I waited till eleven
Just to Figure Out That No One Would Call
.......
I'm Just a Kid! etc...

Plainsong
Pictures Of You
Closedown
Lovesong
Last Dance
Lullaby
Fascination Street
Prayers For Rain
The Same Deep Water As You
Disintegration
Homesick
Untitled

-The Cure

That would be Disintegration then...

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Well, shit songs can't be epic, regardless of what epic is. So let's not bring Good Charlotte or Simple Plan in here again.

-AC

ROFL

Preach it, Brother AC, preach it...!!

Also let us consider the epicness of "One","Fade to black" and "Call of Ktulu" by Metallica,
"War pigs" by Sabbath....
"The End" by The Doors
and "Machine gun" and "Voodoo Chile(Slight return)" from Hendrix....

2112( the song, mind you the album is quite epic) by Rush
Bohemian Rhapsody
The End by the Doors
Stairway to Heaven

The Cold Part/Alone Down There/The Stars Are Projectors - Modest Mouse

Disposition/Reflection/Triad - Tool

Originally posted by The Highlord
Hey bro, you sent me that song remember? I listen to it about 5 times a week, its on my World Of Warcraft cd that I listen to when i play a EPIC game and i like it alot, its very good, I thank you for showing me to that song

always glad to help

Originally posted by WAF3001
I woke up it was seven
I waited till eleven
Just to Figure Out That No One Would Call
.......
I'm Just a Kid! etc...
Remember what AC said...shit songs can`t be epic

house of the rising sun by the animals

Another one, Kitten Moon by Fluke, and I can't believe no one's mentioned Unfinished Symphony yet, Massive Attack define the word ''epic''.

Massive Attack also define the word "thieves". Most of their material got ripped off Tricky.

Although that is a great song.

-AC

What did they steal off Tricky? He gave Massive Attack some of the songs from Maxinquaye, because he hadn't finished the stuff he was doing for them before he left. That wasn't thievery or MA's fault..

..unless there's some part of this I don't know?

He was in Massive Attack and nearly every idea they produced until the later stages of their career is quite clearly based upon Tricky's material. Not even including the songs he "gave" them.

I'm sure Tricky's not bothered, having the best Trip Hop album ever to his name, but it's still rather shitty.

-AC

He was part of the group, who's to say it was just Tricky's ideas? Either way, I've never noticed a direct rip-off, and I listen to both quite freqently, and they are pretty like minded artists so it's a little unfair to just say and assume they ripped him off. Especially as Blue Lines and Mezzanine are better than anything Tricky has done anyway IMO.

They're to say it was Tricky's ideas, more or less framework. Rob Del Naja has repeatedly said it in any interview I've seen when they are asked who inspires them or where the template comes from. They obviously have their own sound but I don't give them that much credit.

Blue Lines is great, Mezzanine also. I don't think any of them touch Maxinquaye. Just off the back of it being more revolutionary and taking into account the history between the bands/artists. But different strokes and all that.

-AC

Originally posted by Deathblow
and I can't believe no one's mentioned Unfinished Symphony yet, Massive Attack define the word ''epic''.

Take a bow sir.

I like
A Change of Seasons by Dream Theater....

Still Loving You by The Scorpions
which I am actually listening to right now.

Sinister Rouge by Bad Religion

Celine Dion's 'My heart will go on' is an epic song just because of the amount of times it was played

'With Or Without You' by U2 sounds like it is a gliding down from an incredibly large mountain. That's pretty epic.

''Celine Dion's 'My heart will go on' is an epic song just because of the amount of times it was played'' By 04wayne.

So Britney Spears and 50Cent is epic now???

Originally posted by Deathblow
Black Rose Immortal by Opeth, ok so it's very long, but it's more deserving of the ''epic'' tag than anything I can think of. And Just Like You Imagined has always struck me as epic for some reason, it really does sound like the end of the world.

Crossing genres, I'd also say Post Mortem by Mr. Lif & co, Stepfather Factory by El-P and Iron Galaxy by Cann Ox.

<3 Opeth

I'll have to hand the envelope to Iced Earth though. And I don't just say that cause I'm a huge Iced Earth junkie. Well... maybe I'm enormously biased, but whatever. I mean, John Schaffer wrote a 36 minute song about the Battle of Gettysburg.

Long doesn't always equal epic.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Long doesn't always equal epic.

-AC

Your point being? Have you listened to the songs? Pretty damn epic if you ask me.

Yes, now let us return to my post and see that I never said they weren't epic.

I just said long doesn't equal epic, because you highlighted the track length.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Yes, now let us return to my post and see that I never said they weren't epic.

I just said long doesn't equal epic, because you highlighted the track length.

-AC

And I never said that you said they weren't epic. We could do this all day if you want to.

Yes but seeing as you knew what I meant and just purposefully misunderstood me, it'd be pointless.

-AC

The ending in Pushit by Tool is pretty intence........The Grudge droolio by Tool is amazing....Ticks and Leeches is pretty epic....if by epic you mean screaming drooling rock

november rain by G N fn' R, only part i like is when it gets all intense at the end

Iron Maiden - Blood Brothers

Bohemian Rhapsody.

Pantera - Floods

Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely

Metallica - Welcome Home/MOP
Megadeth - Holy Wars
Queens of the Stone Age - God is in the Radio
Rammstein - Der Meister
Audioslave - Shadow on the Sun

Off the top of my head

BON JOVI

I'm gonna say...
"Progenies of the Great Apocolypse" by Dimmu Borgir
"Beauty of the Beast" by Nightwish
"The Wicked End" by Avenged Sevenfold
"The Cage" By Sonata Arctica

Oh, and Deano. If you want someone to hear the DragonForce song, can you send a link or something? I like DragonForce and I wanna hear it.

Rush - 2112
The Doors - The End
Immortal Technique - Dance With The Devil (if rap counts)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Drum Thunder Suite
Beethoven - Sonata 14 in c#

NOFX - The Decline
Avenged Sevenfold - I Wont See You Tonight, Pts I and II
Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3
Audioslave - Shadow on the Sun
Pearl Jam - Alive
Dragon Force - Fury of the Storm

These are probably far from the most epic songs, they are just some of my favorite epics

War Pigs - Black Sabbath

Originally posted by Afro Cheese
Rush - 2112


Good choice.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Good choice.

Good Album!

Dream Theater - Metropolis pt. 1 <--------- Amazing song

Temple of Love (1992) - The Sisters of Mercy

Natural beauty - Neil Young

Sir Psycho Sexy -Red Hot Chili Peppers

Blue Valentines - Tom Waits

Democracy - Leonard Cohen

When the music's over - The Doors

Paranoid Android - Radiohead

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

City Hall - Tenacious D

Muzzle - The Smashing Pumpkins

to name a few...

Cunninlynguists-Missing Children
Cunninlynguists-Mic like a Memory
Cunninlynguists-Lynguistics
Serengeti-Goals
Serengeti-Best Friend Deux
Immortal Technique-You Never Know
Little Brother-For You
Little Brother-Speed
The Postal Service-The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
The Perceptionists-Breathe in the Sun
Nas-Nas is Like
Nas-The Message
Matisyahu-Close My Eyes
Thursday-War All The Time
311-Amber

Originally posted by Snoopbert
I get an epic feeligns whenever I hear Clubbed to Death for some reason. Still does it for me.

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Suite

three days grace-overrated or nirvana-you know your right

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Good choice.
With those drum solos, almost every rush song is epic

Stairway to Heaven=most epic song ever.

Originally posted by Jim Reaper
Stairway to Heaven=most epic song ever. Not even an epic at all.

Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely

'Shadow Of The Sun' is as epic as a horizon.

If you disagree, then please tell me what it feels like to be wrong.

I dont know if i said this already, but Pushit by Tool

Originally posted by calvs
Not even an epic at all.
That's a matter of opinion. Some would say Stairway to Heaven is like the godfather of the epic (rock)songs.

I'd have picked Kashmir over Stairway.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I'd have picked Kashmir over Stairway.

-AC

But to deny Stairway epicness is rather ridiculous.

Originally posted by Bardock42
But to deny Stairway epicness is rather ridiculous.

I'd say it's more legendary than epic.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I'd say it's more legendary than epic.

-AC

Hmm, maybe, I am still wondering how one defines something epic...

Stairway is their most epic song.

Oh, just thought of some other epic songs : "All around the world" and "Champagne Supernova", both from Oasis. And I'm not even a, erm, fan but I like these particular songs.

They have an epic feel imo.

And "La Sagrada Familia" from The Alan Parsons Project. Now that's truly an epic song. A little bit too bombastic for my taste however.

Originally posted by calvs
Not even an epic at all.

Blasphemy!!! Page will devour your soul!

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Stairway is their most epic song. I'd say Misty Mountain Hop is definately more epic.

Originally posted by calvs
I'd say Misty Mountain Hop is definately more epic.

More evocative maybe.

My favorite track at the moment is ammodably epic:

'Auto Rock' by Mogwai.

Check it. One time. Word.

Love Song For a VAmpire - Annie Lennox.
Bo Rhap - Queen

orion by metallica. or master of puppets by the same band

I agree with Paranoid Android, definatly, and like a few people stated most songs by Tool, I think Parabol/a myself though. I'm sure there are probaly some other ones I'm not hitting though.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
What is, in your opinion, the most epic song you've ever heard?

By epic I mean in scope or ambition. It doesn't have to be a long song, or it can be. For example: Reflection by Tool or Reise, Reise by Rammstein.

Go.

-AC

Good thread, AC. Epic, to me, means that the song must be relatively long and left a mark. Otherwise, what is the definition of an epic journey?

That being said, here goes....

Hey Jude, The Beatles
Layla, Clapton
Hotel California, The Eagles
Stairway to Heaven, Zeppelin
November Rain, GNR

A Fair Judgement by Opeth comes to mind.

Art of Life - X Japan...

Seriously, there's an 8-min piano solo in it.

Crystal Ball - Prince

Metallica "One"

Originally posted by Eis
A Fair Judgement by Opeth comes to mind.

Very good choice.

"The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone. And if I don't hear that song when/if I enter the gates of heaven I'm gonna be very disappointed.

^

dope song..

I dont know if it's the most epic but it's pretty epic:

The Mars Volta - Televators

just like you imagined - nine inch nails
mein teil - rammstein

Originally posted by el_barto
I dont know if it's the most epic but it's pretty epic:

The Mars Volta - Televators

Woo!

I think Right Where it Belongs by NiN too, maybe

shine of you crazy diamond
or another brick in the wall

to all you nay sayers, both albums were made around these songs and they were divided in two or four to be placed throughout the album were aplicable.

too $hort - blowjob betty

by far.

Clocks - Coldplay.

Originally posted by reggie_jax
too $hort - blowjob betty

by far. NahOriginally posted by Punkyhermy
Clocks - Coldplay. Nah

I say:

A Change of Seasons by Dream Theater.

Originally posted by el_barto
I dont know if it's the most epic but it's pretty epic:

The Mars Volta - Televators

Led Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand first and then Televators......IMO

Chaiyan Chaiyan - Dil Se

Dil Se Re - Dil Se.

Originally posted by ~Flamboyant~
Nah Nah

I say:

A Change of Seasons by Dream Theater. too $hort > teknikal wankery

The song from "Ace Combat 4" is a really intense song.

Plus the Sephiroth theme from FF7 and

the extended version of the Ghost in the Shell series theme.