What do you rate it, Foro? I had never heard of this song, and I do listen to some Earring. 45 minutes is impressive, I don't think I've heard of any song that's gone on for 45 minutes. Even DT barely falls short. The Bass line is groovy and the first 3 minutes went by really fast, but I'm 4 minutes in and it hasn't changed much. I like the guitar parts and all, but I'm still waiting for it to go somewhere, and it hasn't.
There we go. The buildup was fantastic and it's finally changed its groove. I also keep forgetting that this is psychedelic rock, I'm expecting many changes and it to be more progressive, when it isn't.
7:30 I really like this guitar part. Best part of the song so far. And I'm really hearing some Harris like bass here. It also reminds me of the octave type bass line used in Sheep by Floyd. (At least I think it's sheep, it might be one of the other songs from that record)
Drum solo is pretty good, definitely more interesting than Moby Dick, but I don't like Drum solos much, especially when they are inserted into a song. I could do without it honestly.
11 minutes in and this drum solo went far too long. But finally it got a groove going again and it's pretty good. Liking that riff at 11:45, or I guess it's more of a bass solo.
13 minutes in, this song is starting to drag. I get what you mean by Jam sessions, but when I listen to a long song, I want something more conventional, that is less than a jam.
14:54 I like this part alright. If the part before the drum solo went in to this and all that stuff in between wasn't there it would be fine.
17 Minutes, some cool guitar here too, the groove is good.
OK so here is what I got from it, while there was some good guitar and bass work here and there, the entire song didn't really go anywhere for me. It didn't need to be 19 minutes, and I'd hate to have to sit through the song for 45 minutes. Although it was groovy, I didn't see anything real impressive musically in the guitar work, I could probably learn the whole song in a week. But I guess that's not the point in these songs. I think my problem is, when I listen to a long song, I expect something really progressive, shows much musicianship and that comes off more as a complete song than a jam session. So maybe it's my attitude that is restricting me from appreciating this song. There were parts that I enjoyed, but many of those parts didn't last long, and there was so many parts that didn't need to be there. Like the drum solo, and the weird vocal thing toward the end of the song.
I noticed that the Byrds version is 10 minutes. It's late, but tomorrow I think I'll give it a shot. This one was just too much for me. 5/10