Epic Songs

[I Don't Need A Name]

Now we all know and love a good epic song
Some bands being better than others at it.
Rush, being awsome, with the likes of '2112' and 'Natural Science', or Queen with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
and then you have the new age songs, such as Green Day's 'Jesus of Suberbia' and 'Homecoming', and My Chemical Romance's 'Welcome To The Black Parade'
The question is, what is your favourite epic song!?

Mine would be 2112, which i have already mentioned (favourite sections being The Temples Of Syrinx and Presentation)

[snacks]

A song from your very signature!

"My Hero!"
Also: The Pretender is a pretty epic song, and the video is ftw.

[Cz]

British Sea Power's Lately would be my choice. I mean, it sort of depends on what you mean by "epic", but I'd argue that no matter what your definition, Lately fits it perfectly. *nod*

[I Don't Need A Name]

i think you miss the meaning of Epic Song
I mean songs which are synonymous for being in several parts/which tell a story
Songs like Rush and Green day songs are separated into sections telling a story, where as MCR and Queen arent separated, but have distinct sections within them

kudos for the Foo Fighters though

[Bunny]

I am very fond of 2112. In fact, I love it so much I recently petitioned the governator of California for a wedding license. If granted, I plan to spend the rest of my life sipping fruity drinks and listening to it on repeat.

"Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" by Dream Theater. It differs from 2112 in structure in that it tells multiple stories over the course of several tracks but each individual story goes along with the same theme.

The following aren't epic along the same lines as 2112 or Six Degrees, but I find them to be equally worthy of praise because they follow the whole progressive story idea: Remedy Lane by Pain of Salvation, Into the Electric Castle by Ayreon, and Beethoven's Last Night by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. These are CDs though, not songs. So you can leave them out in the cold like helpless children if you want to be a horrible person.

[charliepanayi]

The Decemberists are one band that springs to mind for telling great 'stories' in a song. The Island (off the Crane Wife, as well as the title track on that album) is divided into sections. And then there's The Mariner's Revenge Song on Picaresque. Guy who's been swallowed by a whale telling how he's spent his life seeking revenge on a man who ruined his family. Great stuff.

This thread could be extended to the ever-notorious 'concept album' too XD

[Vermachtnis]

Stairway to Heaven is pretty epic, I think.

[Pete for President]

Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 is my favourite, but pretty much their whole album Funeral is epic.

[LunarWeaver]

Meat Loaf is the master of the epic song! Most of his are, so I can't just name a few.

[NeoCracker]

Rhapsody has some pretty epic stuff, like Pride of the Tyrant and Dawn of Victory.

Also Kalemot - The Haunting is good too. As is Ghost Opera.

[Heath]

Rhapsody has some pretty epic stuff, like Pride of the Tyrant and Dawn of Victory.

Not a fan of Rhapsody or even that genre of music, but Pride of the Tyrant is really epic. Except for one bit when it sounds like the lyrics go "We will fight to the end, Biro Seagulls" instead of "We will fly to the empire of Steel gods" or whatever.

I'll throw Hotel California and Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits) into the mix simply because I can.

[rubah]

Do you mean epic song as in its arranged in an epic style like literary/musicalwise, or in that it gives you an epic air of pride and enthusiasm?

I dunno much about the former, but songs that make me feel like the latter are a lot of my 5-star itunes songs (elitest elites)

Examples: brave love galaxy express 999
olympic spirit
maria
duel of the fates
more than a feeling
open road song
ce soir
awesome god
A Long Time Ago
Salvation is Created
Carry On My Wayward Son
when You were Young
Metro

and that's 1/3-1/2 of my 5star songs xD

if you meant the other kind of epic, I'msorry then

[snacks]

i think you miss the meaning of Epic Song
I mean songs which are synonymous for being in several parts/which tell a story
Songs like Rush and Green day songs are separated into sections telling a story, where as MCR and Queen arent separated, but have distinct sections within them

kudos for the Foo Fighters though

Oh ok, I think I get it.

At any rate, I guess Coheed and Cambria then.
Secrets of blah blah blah ( can't remember album names suddenly! ) is like a total tale and a half. And their music is really good.

[Bunny]

In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3?

[snacks]

Yes that one.