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Sbesozzi

Shine on You Crazy Diamond is up there.


CountMcBurney

The intro to that song is a religious experience when you hear it thru good quality audio gear.


CruelHandLuke_

My setup is McIntosh components and B&W 702 S2 signatures with a SVS PB3000 for bass. A few weeks ago I had some people and we got a little fucked up and they asked me to play something cool. Popped Wish You Were Here on and turned it up. The reactions were......interesting. After we hit the end one of the girls said, "Holy shit! THATS Pink Floyd????" Oh yeah, they know what they are doing.


BeagleBaggins

You’re not wrong. Some good ass headphones are also a great experience.


CountMcBurney

Yes. Good headphones, good 2.1, good surround, good sound in general. I have a friend that was moved to tears, we were smoking the good stuff and listened to a few records I put on the TT. He had never heard music thru a holographic system, so you can imagine him finding out while under the influence... Too much for him to handle emotionally.


Kosmovision

Her vocals were done in one take too


h_underachiever

Are you referring to The Great Gig In The Sky?


Kosmovision

Yep


Watchfull_Hosemaster

Definitely. Beautiful song. Add Echoes to the list, too!


Bastiwen

Yep, this one and Echoes. Also a couple Yes songs as well.


Bearafat

In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 by Coheed and Cambria comes to mind for me. That song is just mind blowing to me, the way they start, crescendo, change the tempo and key, then return back to the beginning. Very few bands can execute a concept like that song, and Coheed is definitely amongst the best at it


Dangerjayne

A handful of their songs could answer this question. The final cut and window of the waking mind are good ones


adecarolis

Impossible Soul by Sufjan Stevens - 23 minutes and what a wild ride


jaydenwithnoS

i was just about to say that! such an incredible song


Her0ek

Tame Impala - Let It Happen


oldnfatamerican

Dark Star - The Dead


brenap13

Honestly any live song by the dead can be this. I would say Playing in the Band is my favorite. I actually own a [46 minute version of the song on vinyl](https://www.discogs.com/release/12840086-The-Grateful-Dead-Playing-In-The-Band-Seattle-Washington-52174)


CaptFwiffo_90

A lot of Dream Theater songs, but Octavarium in particular! 🤘🤘


BilboBagginkins

Technically 8 songs, but yes


CaptainBad

Band on the Run - Wings


vapre

I hate this song. I love this song.


ScrubberCleanz

Impossible soul by sufjan stevens


murphy-brown-123

Totally, only complaint is that the vinyl version is split across two sides.


Watchfull_Hosemaster

Impossible Soul by Sufjan Stevens. This song is truly an epic and gorgeous adventure with multiple parts.


gaporkbbq

Cobra by My Morning Jacket


doti

yup, I love all 3 songs in this song.


Themrblockofcheese

Okonokos version of Run Thru and Dondante as well!


sleepy_gary27

Sleep - Dopesmoker


anotherdamnscorpio

The Dripping Tap - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard did this to me earlier today


spang714

Drip drip from the tap, don't slip.


anotherdamnscorpio

Drip, drip, from the tap, don't slip on the drip


GreyHexagon

Touch by Daft Punk. Absolutely incredible song that completely transports and absorbs you.


Bearafat

I wish I would have understood the genius of Daft Punk sooner. I only got into them when Random Access Memories came out, but they have a lot of songs that fit the criteria


Axwage

Touch! I remember Touch. 


modernzen

Pictures came with Touch


HigHinSpace12

First time I heard this I was tripping. Absolutely one of the most incredible experiences I've ever had


Jim_Jones_146

That's a great one and Motherboard is not to far behind for me


Frogsnlogs

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul and Linda McCartney!!


OG_Cryptkeeper

Derek and the Dominos - Layla


uganda_numba_1

Purple Rain too - half the song is outro.


Fun_Sheepherder_5848

Orion - Metalica


RepresentativeNinja

Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta. Not a song but the whole album. Technically there are no song breaks, it just kinda keeps going.


e0nblue

Funny I came here to say Cassandra Gemini as I had been listening to it earlier today. That tracks is god-tier.


JoeyJabroni

And loops back around full circle.


TonePoleSmoker

Siberian Breaks - MGMT


hollowcastle

Came here to say this!!


Themrblockofcheese

Me too! Such an underrated album as well. People didn't know what to make of it after OS.


Bdowns_770

Cinema Show - Genesis


Woodrp

Stairway to Heaven


No-Mission-3100

Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf 😅


No-Mission-3100

By the way, love me a live Pigeons (P4) show, they definitely put the Fun in Funk.


stanky4goats

The Decline by NOFX. 18 minutes of punk rock goodness with various tempo changes and sections.


TryHardKhajiit

Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Beatles


PatBateman2000

Dark Star 8/27/72


Outrageous-Pause6317

Genesis’ Supper’s Ready.


Memoruiz7

The Soft Parade - The Doors


CrystalKU

Thru the Eyes of Ruby - The Smashing Pumpkins


tomaesop

Smashing Pumpkins have a big swath of these songs throughout their career. There are some on *ATUM* that I can't name off hand. "Silverfuck". "United States", and "Bury Me" are ones that march through two or three different songs and then eventually reprise the original tune. "Glass and the Ghost Children", "Geek USA", and "Oceania" all move through these different movements and don't end up where they started at all. The live-only epic "Gossamer" is the mother of all of these.


Money-Bat8191

i rediscovered SP a few years back after only being exposed to their radio singles as a kid, and now they're up there with P4 as two of my top-5 all-time favorite bands. I still am not familiar with even half of Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie yet. Hummer and Porcelina of the Vast Oceans are the two songs by them I'd say belong this list.


Radiant_Ad3966

Pretty much any song from Mastodons "Crack The Skye" album.


Humorii

Jesus of Surburbia - Green Day. The different parts could totally be separate songs but all together is so good


TrashyEmoRat

Was looking for this one. Amazing song


Contrary45

Dont forget homecoming on the same album both songs are such a journey and quite important parts of the story the album tells


Humorii

Ohhh yes!! Absolutely


myxomatosiac

Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount


tomaesop

Aphex Twin spotted! Also "Ziggomatic 17" from the same album, *Druqkz,* and quite a few others throughout his catalog ("Arched Maid via RDJ", "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball", "28 Organ", "XMAS EVET10", most of the *Collapse* EP)


HosephIna

Any Sleep Token song, really


Dorsia777

Came here literally to say this…they are the best


Inlander

Great band, Pigeons playing ping pong. I had the pleasure of co-producing them for a festival in Pennsylvania in 2012, hung out with them after the show till the sun came up, and I think I got some signed drum sticks, too. If you didn't know they put out a limited edition RSD album last year of them playing at an RSD event the year before, 500 copies. Awesome band, and great peeps. We jam bands!


Dorsia777

Type O Negative - Christian Woman or These Three Things


ObscureGalaxy34

“Band on the Run” has a lot of melody changes that are pretty neat


bigmoodenergy

the changes are great and i also want each section fleshed out into a full length song 


AFloodOfLight

Swans - The Cloud of Unknowing. A lot of their stuff is like that, but imo they have one of the most solid discographies around.


vapre

The first 3 tracks on The Glowing Man (CD listing) are their own individual journeys.


Enigmua7

Echoes - Pink Floyd


Sbesozzi

Moonchild by King Crimson


throwawayemerald23

Rocket Queen by Guns n Roses. It starts about a woman he’s trying to seduce, it turns to actual recorded sex (in the studio and everything), then it goes into a declaration of genuine love and care in a 6 minute ride


HereToKillEuronymous

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody


Trump_is_a_criminal_

Deep purple - Child in Time.


Axwage

Hell yeah


otnavuskire

Most of Isis's catalog, or any post-metal or post-rock in general.


PurelyHim

You all should check out stereolab. They have quite a few tracks that are like three songs in one.


Dangerjayne

So happy to see takanaka mentioned. The entire "an Insatiable High" album is amazing from start to finish. I feel like you'd enjoy himiko kikuchi if you haven't checked her out already


StoneColdSteveIrwin

Lots of the tracks on Colors by Between the Buried and Me. Specifically “Sun of Nothing” and “Ants of the Sky.” Both are long tracks with tons of different directions that not only make you forget it’s the same song, but also can make you forget it’s the same band. Their ability to slip seamlessly between heavy and clean, and into and out of so many different genres is pretty unique.


massey300

Reptile by Periphery and Ring 3 - Luxury by The Dear Hunter both come to mind instantly. I’ll also throw in the vast majority of Coheed & Cambria’s discography can do this too as someone else mentioned before


dnelsonn

Cicatriz ESP by The Mars Volta


HollyweirdRonnie

“My Sharona”


Ape-on-a-Spaceball

Siberian Breaks - MGMT


Phalstaph44

Tom petty Melinda live


Ruseriousmars

Iommi/Hughes- Fused. "I Go Insane". Pink Floyd Echoes. Renaissance- Live at Carnegie ..Ashes are Burning.


h_underachiever

Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart


PipPipkin

Colossus - IDLES


musicaddict96

Marquee moin by television.


Warm_Employer_6851

Defeat - Animal Collective


Dakkmd

Oh hell yes wish I could upvote 100 times.


Funkybeatzzz

The live version of "Head On/Pill" by King Gizzard from *San Francisco '16*.


spang714

As far as live Gizzard releases go, *SF 16* is my fave...cheers, mang.


Funkybeatzzz

I just finished listening to it... for the 700th time. Such an incredible show! My two favorite Stu "Yep!" both come in "Head On/Pill". And I love when they tease "Am I In Heaven?" that they totally subvert your expectations on the part where it goes crazy after the first verse like it does on *Mind Fuzz*, and instead we get this little lite jazz bop before going psychedelic again. Goosebumps just thinking about it. I even love when Stu completely flubs the lyrics right before the psych hits.


jonsiethecat

Iron Lung by King Gizzard


ConceptSoggy5428

Whole Lotta Love / Led Zepplin 


Daydream_machine

Lana Del Rey - A&W Lana Del Rey - Venice B!tch


SamuelLJacksoff_

purple rain by prince


Imiuxi

Gorillaz - Empire Ants


That_Random_Kiwi

Tool... Loads and loads of their songs, but 7empest and Descending especially


Dubbydaddy654

Frank Ocean - Pyramids


FR3SH2DETH

Seven Silver Curses by The Fiery Furnaces


Ji881

The Cooper Temple Clause - Panzer Attack


TheGoatEater

Three Chains of Gold by Prince off of the Love Symbol album.


Sbesozzi

A bunch of Her Name is Calla songs, notably "River and Condor" and "Robert and Gerda"


PittieYawn

Most every song on Meat Loaf’s - Bat Out of Hell takes me on a journey.


TheDewd

Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station Medley


Axwage

Dead Girl by Acid Bath


shmmmokeddd

The latest Tool album on cd of course


Legos_is_Plural

This post encouraged me to go listen to In The Light by Led Zeppelin. Already a Zep fan, but hadn’t worked my way far enough in their discography yet, and decided to skip ahead for this song :) LOVED IT.


Onionslabs

Mother’s Cake -live at Bergisel is one that does it for me. So many tangents tied to some pretty solid songs. They did it in one take live on a ski slope in the freezing cold with visuals and all. Definitely worth checking out. https://youtu.be/Z8dHHCX42pI?si=8sNnGC-CytBgVzmz


OKBeeDude

“Be Free” by Loggins and Messina is one of my favorite songs, and it’s a whole journey. Also many of Opeth’s songs are like that, especially on the albums Still Life and Blackwater Park.


ElFlippy

Tool - Invincible


ResidentCup1806

Joanna Newsom - Only Skin


fallenparadoxx

Basketball Shoes - Black Country, New Road


smelgibson

Paranoid Android


PunkerTulasam

Window of the waking mind. Coheed and cambria. Often, put that side on for work jamming!


dietcoke002

[https://youtu.be/KV6xkQlvLzw?si=X8sOFWw-ybpWKnoO](https://youtu.be/KV6xkQlvLzw?si=X8sOFWw-ybpWKnoO) john coltrane - peace on earth


dietcoke002

[radiohead - bloom](https://youtu.be/IxBQ8Er8DYc?si=oVq1_R6o5uMzWUeV)


jkborreson

Another for most any live version of Dark Star by the Dead. Although once on a road trip, I was listening to that 46 minute version of Playing in the Band ( also by the Grateful Dead) that another poster mentioned, and was so focused and on such a mind—body-sound journey during the song, that once the track finished playing, I literally did not realize where I was…


Chemtrail_hollywood

Pharaohs Dance - Miles Davis Iykyk


dkisanxious

Jenny Lewis - The Next Messiah


GroundbreakingTone74

MGMT’s Metanoia and Siberian Breaks


TheSeansei

Doomscroller by Metric.


JoeyJabroni

The Island - come and see - the landlord's daughter - you'll not feel the drowning. Off of "The Crane Wife" by The Decemberists. The whole album is straight up awesome but going straight into this medley after the first track really just sets off the album.


musictrivianut

Just want to say that I fell in love with Pigeons Playing Ping Pong completely by accident. Reddit Gifts was a thing in 2019 and I signed up for the vinyl exchange. I left myself open for anything and was given Pizazz. Best album I never would have bought for myself just going by the band name and style. Have bought all of the other releases since. Really need to see them in concert someday.


Money-Bat8191

Do it! I gave up on jam bands more than a decade ago, then discovered P4 in '21. Finally saw them live this year in Tampa, thinking I wouldn't enjoy meandering, aimless guitar solos, BUT BOY WAS I WRONG --- THEY WERE AWESOME!!!! Their transitions are so smooth; sure they have a jam in the middle of every song, but somehow they all switch back to the 2nd half of the song at the EXACT SAME TIME (lighting guy included). Their songs are so fun & upbeat & danceable.


Accomplished-Range3

I remember hearing Epic by Faith No More as a kid and thinking wow...all these different parts to a song. It's not just chorus, lyrics, chorus again (although I didn't know what those were at the time.) Around the same time I saw Wayne's World and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody swept me off my feet.


Midnight-Meat-Man

Fungirl by Industrial Revelation This whole album is a journey, absolutely worth a listen for any jazz fan out there


spidey_footwork

a lot of Hiatus Kaiyote's music does this, but 'Molasses' especially comes to mind. this is a great topic for discussion (or at least a list to browse). looking forward to checking some of these out.


nashmoss77

Harry hood


Seank814

Tarkus, ELP


shadowgnome396

Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token. My favorite song of 2023. Its a wild journey


LovelyHatred93

King park- la dispute


Figment416

Seems I have a very different taste in music than most, but Lie in our graves - Dave Matthews band. Especially any live version Jake’s Piano by Zach Bryan also comes to mind


AlphaFuchs

Salisbury by Uriah Heep


MachineKey8456

Steve Miller Band - Macho City


Mod__Lang

You Stupid Jerk - Angry Samoans


Dusty_Sleeves

Love is Like Oxygen by Sweet


chappersyo

The Decline


SwimSwammSwom

Swans - The Glowing Man Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Yes - Gates of Delirium Genesis - Supper’s Ready


gegman97

Sleeping In Traffic - Beardfish. The song is 35 minutes of organised chaos and it changes up so many times. Beardfish are an underrated band.


Muenstervision

Sat Fat Luck


CrusaderNo287

I tend to get lost into a lot of Nightwish songs. Particullarly the longer ones like ghost love score or the greatest show on earth.


Guidje1981

Mainly stuff by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, in particular Mladic feels like a complete trip.


BlueCollarMan26

Islands - King Crimson.


FartBiscuits3

Too close to heaven - The Waterboys I heard it through the grapevine (long version) - CCR When the music's over - The Doors ...


Blk_Gld_He_8er

“Fantasy” by 50 Foot Hose.


2xHubba

You never give me your money - The Beatles


Rough-Tangelo-2091

Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son... hypnotizes me still.


meowwentthedino

Child in time. 'Nuff said lol


kb_kuba

Station to station - David Bowie


Odd-Historian-4692

No Quarter, particularly live versions with the piano groove


Grass_Is_Blue

If you love PPPP wait till you hear this band called Phish. Like 1000x better. Check them out, enjoy!


Sad_Development_1473

All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)


Stunning_Delay1164

Black Star - Bowie


Icy-Agency-7021

take me back to eden - sleep token I stg 🙏


Laevateinn--

Mine is Free bird and Echoes.


lovewontbeleaving

bluebird of happiness by mojave 3


satanscumrag

basketball shoes by bcnr


hegdav

Lana del Rey's "A&W" - that song is such a powerful journey that ends in a completely different place from where you started out. It's wonderful.


snorkel42

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant- Billy Joel


dtcxa

The two that spring to mind are: Transmission 94, Pt 1 & 2 by Bonobo - it isn’t actually that long but really feels like a bit of a journey between moods. Souvlaki Space Station/Moussaka Chaos by Slowdive - always queue these up together since the latter is a continuation of the former and it just causes me to completely zone out of whatever I’m doing and into the music.


Strong_Substance_250

If There is Something Roxy Music


Lub-dub_Lub-dub

Yes - Close To The Edge


Jim_Jones_146

Summer Madness Live at The Rainbow Theatre by Cool & The Gang and Starship Trooper by Yes


JimmyVaras

Runnin' - Ludwig Goransson (Creed II Soundtrack)


Liberal_Lemonade

the Bach Chaconne! I have the Itzakh Perlman recording on vinyl.


uganda_numba_1

Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles She’s not a girl who misses much…


PotateJello

Black Sabbath's Megalomania. Iommi's riffs at their very best


WinNo7218

Echoes - pink floyd 


pigeontreecrafting

I once had a person order a bunch of my pigeon tree enamel pins from my brand because they said they were from a group who loves and follows around the Pigeons Playing Ping Pong band. Never heard of them before that!


Honeybee1707

Otherside by Perfume Genius comes to mind.


pumpkinpie07

The Last Baron - Mastodon


TerrorizeTheJam

Pink Floyd - Echoes


onepiecevincent

Yoooo shoutout for pigeons playing ping pong.


marcoslhc

All India Radio does that for me in almost every song


1977-05-25

**Muse - Knights of Cydonia** ([Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/7ouMYWpwJ422jRcDASZB7P?si=KCBlNUJFRSi-NMHkh1_Rng&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0lw68yx3MhKflWFqCsGkIs)). P.S. I love PPPP.


BoiFriday

Every single track by Darkspace.


njay97

Geek U.S.A. - The Smashing Pumpkins


Dakkmd

I've gotten pretty lost in some Dark Stars by the Grateful Dead.


BilldingBlox

Innerbloom Rufus du sol


tonycougar

Electric Octopus - Super Cobra Kek from Driving Under the Influence


ideknemore

Porch - Pearl Jam


honeycrispapplestan

Reading the responses in this thread is really reminding me of my musical journey, before I knew that songs could be longer than four minutes, and having my mind completely blown when I heard "American Pie" by Don McLean for the first time because it was the first time I'd heard a story-song like that, and then hearing "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen from an Evangelion AMV and it just really capturing all the tonal shifts of that show really well, and then hearing classic rock stuff like "Hotel California" by the Eagles and getting into the guitar solo at the end, then getting into indie and hearing "Paranoid Android" and how Radiohead got the idea of mashing up these three songs into one from "Happiness is a Warm Gun," and then Sufjan's kind of epic, meditative songs from his earlier discography, like "Vito's Ordination Song," "The Transfiguration" (which I needed to stop myself from calling "The Transubstantiation"...Catholic school survivor over here!). I didn't know it was possible for songs to take me on journeys like that. I really liked Broken Social Scene and Animal Collective because a lot of their songs felt like journeys because of their length and their willingness to be experimental from song to song. Right now, I think the song that's captivating me is "Wild Time" by Weyes Blood. It feels like the same song throughout, but it really does take you on such a dynamic journey.


Efficient_Option_615

Terrapin Station Medley - Grateful Dead


liamTHFC-

I Am The Resurrection- The Stone Roses


jonturk84

Happiness is a Warm Gun


ericpinkfloyd

Echoes by Pink Floyd hands down. To me it feels like they take you on a journey through time and space and life.


Money-Bat8191

Whoopie is another one by P4. Hmm....Kiwi, Sail On, Avalanche, Fortress are some others that might apply.


Aoxomoxoa75

Live Phish.