BohemianLikeMe
Synchromatic
When I saw Sleep years ago, they opened by saying "Hi, we're Sleep, and this is our last song" before playing a solid 70+ minute jam.
What's your ideal song time length?
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Runamok
Country Gent
What? No encore?
According to Billy Joel’s Entertainer, 3:05.
Remember when a DJ could play an entire album side on the radio? Like Telegraph Road by Dire Straits.
Alice’s Restaurant kind of became a Thanksgiving tradition since it kind of gave the DJ a long enough break to eat a dinner while working on the holiday.
Remember when a DJ could play an entire album side on the radio? Like Telegraph Road by Dire Straits.
Alice’s Restaurant kind of became a Thanksgiving tradition since it kind of gave the DJ a long enough break to eat a dinner while working on the holiday.
wabash slim
I Bleed Orange
First time I've heard it called absorbed.
The Golden Age of FM.
wabash slim
I Bleed Orange
I was a DJ back in the mid '70s at an album oriented station. We had a list of every long song possible. The best ones gave you enough time to run to the burger clown for a quick meal.
General_Lee
Gretschie
Quote of the day.
BTW, for me it all depends on the quality of the performance, depending on whether or not its a good song to begin with.
afire
Friend of Fred
I’m very much a Grateful Dead fan. Just not that Grateful Dead. I caught a couple of concerts, including the very last one in Chicago before Jerry’s death. I was highly absorbed and still couldn’t handle the jams. They had a monstrous catalog of beautifully crafted 3-4 minute masterpieces. The appeal of Jerry’s endless noodling and Mickey Hart’s percussion interludes was entirely lost on me. And I also really appreciate Jerry’s playing. I get it for a band that doesn’t have much else, but they wasted a lot of time in their shows that, at least for my tastes, could have been stuffed to the gills with one gem after another.
oneforsorrow
Synchromatic
I used to play this on my radio show quite often. One of my all-time favorites ...
mister rain
Synchromatic
3-30 minutes. basically, any cure song length.
mister rain
Synchromatic
oh, me oh my oh.
mister rain
Synchromatic
yes please
wabash slim
I Bleed Orange
You were at Soldier Field?!?!? I didn't see you.
I was the one in the tie dyed Grateful Dead T-shirt.
I was lucky enough to see The Dead quite a few times. Got to share a smile with Jerry once in Indy when they were still using the Wall of Sound. Mickey's drum group played one of our theaters and was a joy to work with. I got my Mickey Hart drum books autographed. The Dead was all about the jam. Their repertoire' was pretty much set on their tours. They'd play pretty much the same show with a few variations. Even tho they had a huge catalog, not all of the songs were recently rehearsed. They liked to play at Deer Creek Music Center in Indy as it was one of the smallest venues they worked---only 20K. Saw them at Indy's Clay Court tennis courts---an intimate crowd of only 8,000. They even played at Purdue in '69. Missed that one as I was overseas in a jungle at the time.
oneforsorrow
Synchromatic
I'm gonna do right but not right now
afire
Friend of Fred
Hell yes I was at Soldier Field. I was the 19 year old that looked like he spent all his money on little squares of loose leaf paper and canned mushrooms. It was the day I learned that we’re not all in this together.
calebaaron666
Friend of Fred
A buddy if mine who works in radio said if “Hey Jude” comes on, there’s a good chance that the DJ had to use the restroom, or go have a smoke.
BohemianLikeMe
Synchromatic
Yeah, but that was after they played their one-song-album-song.
I think they played a bunch of stuff off of Holy Mountain for the second set.
mister rain
Synchromatic
you know, she’s good people. had a brief, very pleasant interaction with her. great writer, too
wabash slim
I Bleed Orange
Most AM radio songs were in the 3:00 to 3:30 length range. 3 minutes of music, 2 minutes of jabber and ads.
At least the Chicago cops were mellow. It was a lot easier for them than a losing Bears game.
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afire
Friend of Fred
Mellow and quite helpful. My brother and I got lost after the show and wound up in Cabrini-Green. A cop pulled up next to us and said "You shouldn't be here. Where are you trying to go?" and led us back to the interstate.
