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Also from the 70s: Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John (on the Yellow Brick Road album, vocals start at 5:35) and Foreplay / Long Time by B

Also from the 70s: Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John (on the Yellow Brick Road album, vocals start at 5:35) and Foreplay / Long Time by Boston (on the debut album, vocals start at 2:30). Of course, each of these is really an instrumental piece prepended to a vocal song.

puzzle 9y ago
Yes' masterpiece, Close to the edge, has nothing but "nature" sounds for the first 57 seconds. The first human vocal sound (”aaahhhh") is at 2:00, while the first lyrics are at 4:01. But then the song, or suite, really, is 18:45 long. I'm too lazy to check their other long works.