Favourite epic songs

[Kouler]

I absolutely love Tool - Third Eye, as well as Tool - Lateralus.

As well as the following:
Nine Inch Nails - Eraser
Nine Inch Nails - Happiness In Slavery (live)

All very epic songs

[Cerpin]

The Mars Volta - Cassandra Geminni

[ComradeBadger]

Guillemots - Sao Paulo
Led Zeppelin - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You

[soulslicer]

if you consider this song epic...cos it was really famous
coldplay clocks

[Dynasty]

Incubus - Drive

[Pulse]

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
Dream Theater - In The Name of God
Black Sabbath - Into the Void
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Steve Vai - Lotus Feet
Kyuss - Spaceship Landing
Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid Rain
Machine Head - Davidian
Mastodon - Bladecatcher
Metallica - The Ecstacy of Gold
Muse - Citizen Erased
NIN - March of the Pigs
NIN - The Great Destroyer
Opeth - The Funeral Portrait
Pantera - Rise
Pantera - Suicide Note Part II
QOTSA - I Think I Lost My Headache
QOTSA - Better Living Through Chemistry
QOTSA - You Can't Quit Me Baby
Tool - Eulogy

All to name a few :D I could make a list 10 times over.

[Shift]

Muse - Sunburn
Muse - Cave (live)
Muse - Bliss (live)
Muse - Hyper Music
Muse - Hyperchondriac Music
Muse - Megolomania
Muse - Appocalypse Please (live)
Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes (live)
Muse - Knights of Cydonia (live)
Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Linkin Park - Pushing Me Away (live - they played it at Texas a few years ago and it was awsome)
Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit

From the top of my head.

[StardogChampion]

The Doors - The End
Pearl Jam - Release
Mother Love Bone - Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns
Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain (live)
Skid Row - I Remember You
The New Year - The End's Not Near
Pearl Jam - Inside Job

[Stigmata]

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Tool - Right in Two

[Dumb Dude]

The Mars Volta - Cassandra Geminni

Agreed.

[CptStern]

what constitutes "epic" songs? i thought epic in the traditional sense like side B from the Pink Floyd album Animals or 2112 by Rush or Rhythm of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden

[Keane]

Devin Townsend - Earth Day
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Meshuggah - I
Tool - Disposition/Reflection/Triad

[Stigmata]

what constitutes "epic" songs? i thought epic in the traditional sense like side B from the Pink Floyd album Animals or 2112 by Rush or Rhythm of the Ancient Mariner by Iron MaidenI define an "epic" song as either "climactic", or a song that has a deep meaning to it.

Also, Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

[Vegeta897]

Skyliner by BoC has a really big sound to it.

Also, Next Heap With by Aphex Twin feels like the sound track to the story of all history and time. I love that track so much.

[Gray Fox]

Gotta get a message to you - Bee Gees
I Started a Joke - Bee Gees

[JNightshade]

Mastodon - Blood Mountain (entire album)

seriously. I thought I hated metal- then I discovered Mastodon :D

[dream431ca]

There is only one song that deserves to be called epic and that is Ghost Love Score by Nightwish. All other songs are just immitations.

[Evo]

Mastodon - Blood Mountain (entire album)

seriously. I thought I hated metal- then I discovered Mastodon :D

:D

Epic album indeed!

Metallica - Bleeding Me and Outlaw Torn at S&M
Pearl Jam - many many songs
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark, Paschendale, Dance of Death
R.E.M - Everybody Hurts

[Geogaddi]

There is only one song that deserves to be called epic and that is Ghost Love Score by Nightwish. All other songs are just immitations.

Beat me to it.

[Viperidae]

There is only one song that deserves to be called epic and that is Ghost Love Score by Nightwish. All other songs are just immitations.
Quoted for epicness.

[bam23]

NIN - We're in This Together

truly epic.

[Qonfused]

NIN - We're in This Together

truly epic.

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[PvtRyan]

There is only one song that deserves to be called epic and that is Ghost Love Score by Nightwish. All other songs are just immitations.

Good, but Metallica - No Leaf Clover > that! A ****ing orchestra + Metallica = win.

[Geogaddi]

Is it just me, or is the best part about XP the Windows Welcome Music?


C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

[MorganFreeman911]

Is it just me, or is the best part about XP the Windows Welcome Music?


C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

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[Dumb Dude]

Bright Eyes - Sunrise, Sunset

[Adabiviak]

what constitutes "epic" songs? i thought epic in the traditional sense like side B from the Pink Floyd album Animals or 2112 by Rush or Rhythm of the Ancient Mariner by Iron MaidenI was going to ask this myself - this looks like a list of everyone's favorite metal songs so far. I thought it meant 'favorite snowboarding music', as that's usually where I hear the word 'epic' outside the context of movie advertisements. I keep thinking "Material Girl" by Madonna or "Butterbean" by the B-52s, so I'll abstain from including an actual submission.

[Steven]

The theme song from 2001: A Space Odyseey and various Beethoven tunes.

[-Psy-]

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Dream Theater - Finally Free
Dream Theater - The Glass Prison
Dream Theater - In The Name of God
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Dyers Eve
Metallica - One
Metallica - Loverman (Sexy cover. Hetfield's vocals are perfect)
Metallica - No Leaf Clover
Muse - Knight of Cyndonia
Symphony X - Inferno

[Van_Halen]

Jackyl - Locked & Loaded
AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill (Very underrated)
Van Halen - Mine All Mine
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
Ozzy Osbourne - Shot In The Dark
Aerosmith - Back In The Saddle
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Rush - Working Man

Those are all I can think of right now...

[dream431ca]

Good, but Metallica - No Leaf Clover > that! A ****ing orchestra + Metallica = win.

I've heard metallica with an orchestra and it's not epic at all. Sounds like they just slapped it together. I do like metallica though, but I wouldn't consider any of their songs "Epic".

[Dalamari]

Epitaph and In The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson

[Space Farm]

In The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson

Yes. :bounce:

[Zephos]

Tonight, Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins which at least sounds epic... beautiful beginning to an album (after the piano instrumental, of course).

All Apologies by Nirvana feels like an epic swan song.

There, there by Radiohead.

[CR0M]

EPIC

noun: 1 A long poem describing the deeds of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation. 2 A long film, book, etc. portraying heroic deeds or covering an extended period of time. Musically, can also be known as a 'concept' album.
Examples, literary and musical - The Lord of the Rings, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Beowulf, The Fountain of Lamneth, Thick as a Brick, 2112.




Ignorance of one's own language is not an excuse for stoopidity

[Evo]

Faith No More - Epic - is Epic :D

[Dev]

Right now, its...

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - 3030

[Unfocused]

I've heard metallica with an orchestra and it's not epic at all. Sounds like they just slapped it together. I do like metallica though, but I wouldn't consider any of their songs "Epic".

It's epic.



No, really, it is.

:P

EPIC

noun: 1 A long poem describing the deeds of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation. 2 A long film, book, etc. portraying heroic deeds or covering an extended period of time. Musically, can also be known as a 'concept' album.
Examples, literary and musical - The Lord of the Rings, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Beowulf, The Fountain of Lamneth, Thick as a Brick, 2112.




Ignorance of one's own language is not an excuse for stoopidity

That dictionary is ignorant!

[knut]

NIN - Just Like You Imagined (the music in the 300 trailer which I think fits realy well)

Everytime this comes on when I'm on my bike ride I can't help but suddenly increase my speed throughout the entire song.

More later.

[hungryduck]

The Mars Volta - Cassandra Geminni

yes yes very good

[Narcolepsy]

Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Actually, just anything by Queen. And Muse too.

[Vegeta897]

trash80 - pain fade down

Darwinia ftw

[MutantBeef]

Dream Theater - In the Presence of Enemies
Dream Theater - Finally Free
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Symphony X - Rediscovery Part 2
Blind Guardian - Nightfall
Pyramaze - Souls in Pain
Kamelot - The Pendulous Fall

[carlyftwbaby]

NIN - Perfect Drug
Cursive - Art is Hard
Coheed & Cambria - Mother May I
Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror
H.I.M - Vampire Heart
Radiohead - Creep
Muse - Hysteria
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
Edge of Sanity - Crimson I

among others... My taste.

[Pressure]

I've heard metallica with an orchestra and it's not epic at all. Sounds like they just slapped it together. I do like metallica though, but I wouldn't consider any of their songs "Epic".

You've obviously never heard the song The Call of Ktulu, which in my opinion is their best song.

what constitutes "epic" songs? i thought epic in the traditional sense like side B from the Pink Floyd album Animals or 2112 by Rush or Rhythm of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden

Those are what I'd consider "Epic" songs. They're all extremely long, by song standards, and are very well written. A short song that's good I wouldn't consider epic. I believe, however, they're just using "epic" as to mean good, which is what most people seem to use it for nowadays anyway.

[Shift]

Basically epic is a song you listen to for the first time, and think 'wow'.

[Geogaddi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JhG_1UdjcA

[mastag]

Metallica: One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrrywhECNno&mode=related&search=

[Shift]

Check out Muse's performance of Butterflies and Hurricanes, live at Glastonbury. Best performance of the song imo.

[Absinthe]

Epic, eh? Hmmm...

"Airbag" by Radiohead - Feels like a star hurtling through space until it bursts into a badass supernova.

"Wax The Nip" by Aphex Twin - Sounds as if some kind of machine is being energized up before being released into some sprawling, sci-fi battle.

"Just Like You Imagined" by Nine Inch Nails - Needs no explanation.

"Pro Radii" by Autechre - Can't put my finger on it, or even begin to describe what I think of. Each time I've listened to it, I've always thought of a new concept behind it.

[Sulkdodds]

Can I say LCD Soundsystem's All My Friends? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDRLW748j68) Does it count if it's not metal? :p
The Jeff Wayne War of the Worlds soundtrack - Brave New World.
And Ghost Love Theme is pretty good too.

[-Psy-]

Dream Theater's The Presence of Enemies.

I love the second part with it's dark riffs and vocals...cheesy but great. ;)

[Xiphos]

Flight of the Valkyries is pretty ****in epic. and not in the "epic = any song i like" kinda way.

[Hellrider]

An epic song should give you allot of chills .

[mastag]

An epic song should give you allot of chills .

Things that people know, by Hellrider.

[staticprimer]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - They Don't Sleep Anymore on the Beach

23 minutes long, complete with different movements, the last of which made me reassess what I considered brilliant music. That, my friends, is epic.

[Kouler]

Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons

[leib10]

Lynyrd Skynyrd- Free Bird
The Offspring- Pay the Man
Darkest Hour- Veritas, Aequitas


Amen to Flight of the Valkyries. Still a very popular and widely known song to this day. God bless Wagner.

A couple more I can't think of.

[-Psy-]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - They Don't Sleep Anymore on the Beach

23 minutes long, complete with different movements, the last of which made me reassess what I considered brilliant music. That, my friends, is epic.

I must listen!

[knut]

Anything by Godspeed You! and A Silver Mt. Zion is epic, most notably the He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms by A Silver Mt. Zion.

[Sulkdodds]

Yes, I was going to mention them but felt it would be cheating.

[Zephos]

Anything on Ys by Joanna Newsom.

[Sidewinder]

I absolutely love Tool - Third Eye, as well as Tool - Lateralus.

As well as the following:
Nine Inch Nails - Eraser
Nine Inch Nails - Happiness In Slavery (live)

All very epic songs

:thumbs:

same here mate.