atari2600land's Blog - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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I'm interested in long songs. I collect them. Anything ten minutes or longer. Some of the more famous ones in my collection include "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (17 minutes) and "Alice's Restaurant" (18 minutes). But there is a band from Toronto that specializes in long songs. That band is called Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Now disbanded (but may reform again in the future), GYBE has 4 albums out, and all the songs are more than 10 minutes long except one. If you think Godspeed You!Black Emperor is a weird name, take a look at their album names: "Yanqui U.X.O." "F# A# infinity" "Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven" and "Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada." As for what type of music they play, think "Atom Heart Mother" and "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd, another one of my favorite bands. "Atom Heart Mother" is almost 24 minutes long, the longest of my long songs. It's also the name of the album it's on. For more on long songs, there's a website listing songs 15 minutes or longer here:

http://www.dprp.net/longsongs/index.php

I'm going to Game Crazy tomorrow. I hope that guy that brought in those Atari 2600 games I saw brought in more I don't have.

 

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