OT: The lost era of long songs & Jams...

[William]

David Gilmore - On an Island (7:36) Live with Nash, Crosby, Manzanera, Pratt...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2H65mHd9Vk






William

[DrSpoke]

Not sure if it's been posted yet but the first that came to mind for me was:
The Doors - Light My Fire - Long Version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWs2NrmYzPE

Yeah, just barely over 7 minutes but this was broadcast on the radio about once an hour back in the day.

[William]

Rush - La Villa Strangiato (10:12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo






William

[Clean39T]

Built to Spill - too many to list...

Early Modest Mouse - same.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by gaucho753

Built to Spill is one of my modern favorite bands. A contemporary band that gives some nods to the past and doesn't shy away from a long song. A quintessential non-sellout band:

Lie for a Lie/Terrible

Cover of Neil Young's Cortez the Killer

Kicked It in the Sun

Nowhere Nothing F*** Up (a riff on a Velvet Underground tune)

And one more that's just under the cut at 6:59 but worth checking out if you liked the above: Carry the Zero

Came here to post this. Did. Then saw yours.

One of the best concert-going experiences of my life was seeing Built to Spill and Modest Mouse play back-to-back shows in 1997 at the Rock Candy in Seattle.

My future wife, who I wouldn't meet until 9 years later, was at the show too.

[goonster]

Did I miss something, or did we get to nine pages in a thread about long jams without Fela?

J.J.D. (23:22)

[josephr]

Tom Petty + Heartbreakers....Its Good to be King.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aogOR8c8Q4

[93legendti]

A "jam" needs to be at least 10 minutes long.

[ColonelJLloyd]

George Harrison - Out of the Blue

And not too far a jump to get to. . .

My Morning Jacket - Dondante

[William]

The Outlaws Live, Green Grass and High Tides: 23:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIaS_vYIQ_A





William

[binouye]

The Yes cover of Simon and Garfunkle's 'America', 8:33.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9KEikIVIbg

Which did get some radio play a long time ago....
And there are plenty of other looong Yes songs. But mostly so highly orchestrated that I don't know if they would count as Jam songs.

Zappa and the mothers come to mind as having long songs that were a mix of improve and Frank's on-the-fly conducting. Plenty of >10min tracks there.

[choke]

Originally Posted by William

The Outlaws Live, Green Grass and High Tides: 23:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIaS_vYIQ_A

William

The Florida Guitar Army....great band. I guess I'll date myself and say that the first time that I saw them live was less than a year after that was recorded.

Originally Posted by binouye

The Yes cover of Simon and Garfunkle's 'America', 8:33.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9KEikIVIbg

Which did get some radio play a long time ago....
And there are plenty of other looong Yes songs. But mostly so highly orchestrated that I don't know if they would count as Jam songs.

How about this one? Steve Howe rules.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd4jeeu90Rk (13:05)

[benb]

This era is not lost the jams just aren't getting onto albums and/or those bands are not charting.

It sure seems almost everyone who plays music with other people is doing long jams on a regular basis. It's so integral to playing & practicing it's probably impossible for it to ever be lost.

I'd never seen this thread, I listened to "Mountain Jam" last night. Ironic.

[rst72]

The mighty Fu Manchu featuring Alex Lifeson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP0bR7vpRVM

[jtakeda]

Cold sun—members of the 13th floor elevators/original Texas psych bands

https://youtu.be/E6yda2KE59w