Kevin Davis wrote:I would be curious to see a list of long wanky tracks like this on albums preceding Vitalogy:
The Beatles - "Revolution 9"
Grateful Dead - "What's Become of the Baby"
Honestly "Stupid Mop" doesn't feel too terribly far removed from tracks like "Endless Nameless" and "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol..." -- sonically different perhaps, but functionally similar (i.e. "long, weird, noisy album enders with indistinct song structures").
NY's "Arc" was probably inspiration for "Stupid Mop" at some point as well, I'd imagine:
What others are out there?
Side Four of Frank Zappa & The Mothers' "Freak Out" which was released unfinished because the record company wouldn't give them any more money.
Same group: "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" from the album of the same name which was a response to an uninterested audience. Both of these examples can be forgiven when taken in context.
One side of a Love album is a long boring jam.
The Rolling Stones' "Goin' Home", which goes absolutely nowhere, and closes the US version of "Aftermath".
I guess this kind of thing was commonplace in the 60's when bands needed to fill space.
Though it could be argued that "Revolution 9" actually serves an artistic purpose compared to most of this other stuff.
