10 Classic Rock Songs That Push The 7-Minute Mark

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-XI) - Pink Floyd

http://youtu.be/9zACEJdFOpA Perhaps the most obvious song to appear on this list, but aren€™t you thankful no-one shouted €œFree Bird!€ at all throughout this piece? A near-album length ode to their fallen leader Syd Barrett, Shine On You Crazy Diamond might just mark the one time when a classic rock band did a stupidly long song €“ and got it right. The entire nine-part composition rolls like a never-ending waltz over cosmic fog, standing as a testament not just to the band but to classic rock as a whole. For all its scale, the song retains a spine-tingling sense of humanity when one reads any interview/biography of the band about the making of this album and Syd Barret himself wanders into the studio, perhaps just as the band are recording this very song. What did you make of this list? Let us know in the comments section below!