Your Fave Bombastic Overblown Epic Song

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  1. Devin

    Devin Time's Up Thread Starter

    What's your favorite pretentious, bloated and totally overproduced 'epic' of all time? Song length alone does not qualify here as there are many long songs which aren't totally done in by overkill. I'm talking about the song that you feel breaks the 'Wretched Excess' meter. In a good way for you.

    My vote goes to this fantastic Peruvian frosting coated gem:
     
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  2. LilacTeardrop

    LilacTeardrop "Roll It Over My Soul...and Leave Me Here"

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    Nice Thread, OP!
    Choosing stuff I really like (think the word "wretched" pre-"excess", may be a little confusingo_O)

    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Half State
    (off "Beat The Devil's Tattoo")
    The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sidewalking (Extended Version)
    (off "The Sound Of Speed")


    The Jesus and Mary Chain - Sidewalking (Extended)
     
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  3. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product

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    I love some Bombast personally.

    I am not taking any of those terms as derogatory, so I can pick a song I love that fits the picture.
    Mammoth double kicks. A vocal that sounds like Zeus on a mountain top. Then some vocals that sound like steel finger nails down silk sheets.
    To me this is fantastic in all the ways you describe

     
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  4. ti-triodes

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    Supper’s Ready- Genesis. Overlong, pretentious and I love every second of it.
     
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  5. Batfish

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    Richard Harris's 'MacArthur Park,' of course. And Procol Harum's 'In Held Twas In I.'

    Both of which I love.
     
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  6. nosticker

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    If no Jim Steinman productions appear on page one, I'm disappointed.

    Dan
     
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    Station To Station - David Bowie
     
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    The Bogus Man - Roxy Music
     
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  9. Chrome_Head

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    Don't know if it's my favorite, but the Grateful Dead's "Terrapin Station" certainly gets bombastic toward the end.
     
    Chrome_Head, Sep 13, 2019
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  10. The Lone Cadaver

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    It Bites - Once Around The World
     
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    No worries, that was the first thing I thought of too! So to avoid disappointment, here's my suggestion:

     
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    ... and of course, this one too!

     
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    lol
     
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  17. Uncle Ernie

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    BST -- And When I Die

    Hammy vocal, preposterous arrangement, but it's still a great song.

     
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  18. Roger Thornhill

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    Nils goes a bit OTT - those strings!

     
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  20. Thunderman

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    Can you explain how we could have a favorite "pretentious, bloated and totally overproduced 'epic'"?

    Makes no sense. It's like asking us what is our favorite Bon Jovi song. That makes no sense, either. How could someone have a favorite and actually like a Bon Jovi song?

    Perhaps you should ask what is our least favorite ""pretentious, bloated and totally overproduced 'epic'"?
     
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  21. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product

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    I accept that the three songs I picked are massively overblown... and I love them.
    I'm really not perturbed what folks think about it either lol
    To me "over the top" is just the start
     
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    George Harrison - Let It Down
     
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  23. Devin

    Devin Time's Up Thread Starter

    Sometimes a pretentious, bloated over-produced song hits you in all the right ways so that what is usually bad to you is actually a good thing. Like the example in my opening post. It's ridiculously long. It's overdone. It's massively pretentious. But I love it nonetheless.

    Of course there are many overblown epics that I can't stand as well. It's a personal thing.
     
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  24. Uncle Ernie

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    Neil Diamond -- Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show

    Jewish kid from Brooklyn as southern revivalist preacher man. Sheer awesomeness. Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies.

     
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    ELP: Tarkus, live and studio version. Use to listen to that song religiously back then.
     
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