The longest night...
It's the much awaited return of long songs tonight and to mark the occassion we have an extended show. The good news is that means two hours of time to fit in your suggestions, however it does me 'double shift' for me. " How will you cope with having to play cds for two hours instead of the one?" mocked my mate Stewart.
Lined up so far are tracks by Dylan, Blondie and The Eagles. Get yours in by leaving a comment below. I was impressed by the list that arrived from Ian Lyall. Not only has he come up with crackign tracks he's even gone to the bother of timing them...
Blondie, 'Rapture', 6'.33" from Auto American. Joe Satriani, just coz he's playing Glasgow in May, 'Big Bad Moon' 5'.13" from Flying in a Blue Dream. ZZ Top, 'I Need You Tonite', 6'.14" from Eliminator. Pentangle, 'Pentangling', 7'.02", now that'll take you back 30 odd years! Now, Led Zep, 'Dazed and Confused' 6'.26", 'Stairway to Heaven', 8'.00", 'Since I've Been Loving You',7'.24", 'Kashmir',8'.31", 'Achilles Last Stand', 10'.22" or 'In My Time of Dying', 11'.04". Got to have one! Deep Purple, 'Smoke on the Water', 7'.18". Chris Rea, a choice of two from 'Road to Hell', either 'Texas', creeps in at 5'.02" or 'Road to Hell parts 1 and 2' 9'.22". Queen, 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 5'.55". U2, 'All I Want is You', 6'.30" from Rattle & Hum. Neil Young, 'Inca Queen', 7'.58" from Life. Now, check this out, Joe Bonamassa, 'Tea for One', about 8' from You and Me (played the Arches a couple of weeks ago, just brill). Crosby Stills & Nash, 'Suite Judy Blue Eyes' about 7', Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, 'Please Read the Letter', 5'.53" from the absolutely stunning album Raising Sand, this frankly is a must !! Neil Young, again, no apologies either, 'Southern Man', 5'.41", from After the Gold Rush, or 'Cortez the Killer', 9'.26" from Weld. Bon Jovi, 'Bed of Roses', 6'.34" from Keep the Faith. Dire Straits, 'Private Investigations', 5'.45". Simple Minds, 'Belfast Child', 6'.40". Steppenwolf, 'The Pusher', 5'.47". Two from Guns n'Roses, 'Sweet Child o' Mine', 5'.55" or 'November Rain', 8'.55" The Who, 'Won't Get Fooled Again', 8'.32". The Rolling Stones. 'Sympathy for the Devil', 6'.23". And finally as a post script would Tubular Bells, side 1 25'.00" or side 2 23'.50" count as a track ? Can't think of anything longer!
Trust you'll surely find something in that lot ! ( Plant and Krauss would be my pick . . . if you haven't listened to this album, then you absolutely must)
Regards
Iain lyall, Hamilton
