Song Time Limits.

Most of my friends can hardly listen to a song more than 5 minutes, yet i only get bored with songs that go longer than 10 minutes. Its probablybecause while they will say a song like Master of Puppets is waaaay too long, i think its pretty normal becuase im used to it.So what is your limit? Mine would be 10, however i have listened to longer ones but they tend to bore me.

It depends if the beat or whatever is catchy or just annoying. Pretty much depends what song I guess.trav_have

Yes, I'd rather not be listening to Soulja Boy for 12 minutes, let alone 3.

If you played GH2, you will hear Free Bird, that will last 7+ mins.kono11

if you live in america, you will hear freebird :|

My girlfriend always asks me if I listen to any songs that are less than 15 minutes... Rarely...

It really depends. Some of the ridiculously long songs are just over the top, and for the most part, is just people w-ngking on their instruments.

The longest song in my collection is 1/2 hour long. I have no trouble listening to it. I guess I can go longer if I found a longer song.lycrof

:o which song? the longest song in my colection is Octavium by Dream Theater

[QUOTE="lycrof"]The longest song in my collection is 1/2 hour long. I have no trouble listening to it. I guess I can go longer if I found a longer song.dante_123456

:o which song? the longest song in my colection is Octavium by Dream Theater

Moonsorrow'sJäästä Syntynyt / Varjojen Virta

[QUOTE="dante_123456"]

[QUOTE="lycrof"]The longest song in my collection is 1/2 hour long. I have no trouble listening to it. I guess I can go longer if I found a longer song.lycrof

:o which song? the longest song in my colection is Octavium by Dream Theater

Moonsorrow'sJäästä Syntynyt / Varjojen Virta

o lol i have that to, i wasn't thinkng :P lol i haven't listened to Moonsorrow for a while *starts listening to Jäästä Syntynyt / Varjojen Virta* :D lol

if a song is longer than 6 minutes, It can definately stand to be shortendDef_Jef88

That depends on the musical material. I'd agree with you if you're referring to rock music because of the nature of composition in that genre. It doesn't develop themes. But if you're trying to develop several themes properly, you NEED more than 6 minutes to do it. Music is a lot like literature - if you have something compelling to say, you can say a lot and people won't stop reading. But if you have little to say and try to make it sound like you have a lot to say, the repetitive nature of the writing is apparent, and people find it uninteresting.

And then there's the issue of taste, too. If someone likes history, he can read a text book about it and not get bored. If someone hates history, he'll struggle to read even one page of the same text.

[QUOTE="lycrof"]The longest song in my collection is 1/2 hour long. I have no trouble listening to it. I guess I can go longer if I found a longer song.dante_123456

:o which song? the longest song in my colection is Octavium by Dream Theater

no love for Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence? :O

Prog Rock fan here, 20 minutes plus is common for me ;)Komodog

Ditto ;)

[QUOTE="Def_Jef88"]if a song is longer than 6 minutes, It can definately stand to be shortendpianist

That depends on the musical material. I'd agree with you if you're referring to rock music because of the nature of composition in that genre. It doesn't develop themes. But if you're trying to develop several themes properly, you NEED more than 6 minutes to do it. Music is a lot like literature - if you have something compelling to say, you can say a lot and people won't stop reading. But if you have little to say and try to make it sound like you have a lot to say, the repetitive nature of the writing is apparent, and people find it uninteresting.

And then there's the issue of taste, too. If someone likes history, he can read a text book about it and not get bored. If someone hates history, he'll struggle to read even one page of the same text.

Well, yeah, I was pretty mjuch referring to modern rock and the like. As far as say, Classical music goes and stuff, I can usually stand it to be alot longer if its actually getting to a point, Often with rock songs though, its just the same thing over and over for half and hour. I honestly dont care much for uber super long 20 minuter guitar solos, theyre just boring...
Def_Jef88

Yes, I feel exactly the same way. It's pretty obvious when composers try to write long works solely to be long and lack the compositional abilities to do so effectively... as if making it long will somehow lend it more credibility. Lengthy compositions only work well if the material DEMANDS a work be long to properly develop its themes. If it's just mind-numbing repetition of the same kind of writing for 20 minutes, there's no development, and it becomes, well, mind-numbingly boring.

it depends on the band. bands like iced earth will mix up the song enough to keep it interesting.LoG-Sacrament

Opeth is another great example, the vast majority of their long songs sound completely different at the end than the did at the beggining

Song length doesn't bother me as long as it's interesting. So far, I think the longest song I've listened to was "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly, which is about 17 minutes long

Longest song on my iTunes is Dream Theater - In The Presence Of Enemies which is 25 minutes long... but I like mine to be 3-4 minutes long (I like a lot of Punk).

As long as the song itself isn't boring, I'll listen to a song of any length.Cerussite

[QUOTE="Cerussite"]As long as the song itself isn't boring, I'll listen to a song of any length.darksword1123