I always look at songs that are 8 or 9 mins or longer as epic songs. Whether you(s) agree, I'm not sure. But here are a couple of my favs....
Both great tunes you selected and two of my very favorites.
I guess the longer the length, the more "epic" a tune is? But I'd think that if a band is a progressive outfit, you'd have less "epic" tunes because, by nature, prog tunes are all long :D
A couple of my favorites off the top of my head: Pink Floyd's "Echoes" which is maybe the most epic tune in rock history (certainly in the discussion, anyway) and one of my very, very favorites: The Outlaws "Green Grass and High Tides".
I'm sure I'll think of tons of others.
Hahaha..I have alway's though of a longer song as an epic. I'm certainly not saying a 3 minute song cannot be one either, I just never thought that way.
As for Prog, yes you are correct. There are many many prog songs that are fairly long, and epic like :)
..this is an easy one to pick, but it is also a great one..
Now that is more like it ^^^ ;)
"Fly To The Rainbow" by the fuckin Scorps!
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by-tor and the snow dog
^Yes, Yes!!!
Much love for this one too.
I'm going to have to put a +1 on everyone's submissions with Echoes being truly the stand out.
Ill add two more.
Not sure if Heaven and Hell quite makes the 8 minute mark but its a fine journey.
Jacob's Ladder from Rush is totally epic.
I feel comfortable submitting "Achilles' Last Stand"
What about long, drawn-out THC/opium jams like "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"? Maybe not enough epicness? I dunno
The Move's grand version of Tom Paxton's 'The Last Thing On My Mind'.
Hi I'm Jim from London. I couldn't find any introductions thread so I thought I'd just get stuck in...
Yes do epic very well, one of my favorites is Close To The Edge...
I also think the Rain Song by Zep is pretty epic...
Also I don't know if this has reached classic status (yet) but Tool's Lateralus is pretty epic in my opinion...
And likewise Mastodon's The Last Baron is pretty darn epic...
Whoa, this has to be in here.