as i continue through the thread, i'll list the songs i have to kick off. for those who missed my mid-thread post, i'm using spotify as the arbitrator of song length, just to have some sort of concrete judge.
X - we're desperate (there are several versions on spotify, all at 2 or above. just missed it by a second or two. sorry)Solomon Burke - Got to Get You Off My Mind (almost all the versions on spotify are 2:36. there's an edit that's 1:57 on one release (soul clan), but it doesn't seem right to include it)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:07 (five years ago) link
it pains me to remove this, but almost every version of it is over 2 minutes, except for some obscure choral renditions
henry mancini - pink panther theme
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:27 (five years ago) link
teenage fanclub - what you do to me 2:01 on spotify
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:33 (five years ago) link
Slide the pitch control to +1 on your turntable, it’ll sound basically the same but will have a run time of 1:59, problem sorted
― kolarov spring (NickB), Sunday, 3 March 2019 10:55 (five years ago) link
It's 1:59 on the 4,766 Seconds compilation. But if consensus is the original is too long that's fine.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 3 March 2019 11:05 (five years ago) link
on a related note, i am angry that somehow the batman theme is longer than 2 minutes
way late here (and past the deadline), but:
Link Wray and His Ray Men - Batman Theme (1:55)The Who - Batman Theme (1:21)The Jam - Batman Theme (1:30)
(and also, The Mekons - 32 Weeks (1:38))
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 4 March 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
Also prob too late, not mad if it doesn't stick, but
Dennis Challen Brown & Chuck Lorre - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme (1:28)
(yes, that chuck lorre!)
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
I can't read, let's try that again
Miles Doppler - Heroes In A Half Shell (1:28)
per the wikipedia -- The soundtrack was composed by Dennis Challen Brown (credited as "D.C. Brown" and later as "Dennis C. Brown") and Chuck Lorre. Lorre recorded the theme song (and performed the spoken parts) and became a successful television producer. The performer of the song was James Mandell (aka Miles Doppler).[21] To date the soundtrack has never been released for retail.
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Monday, 4 March 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
mookie i had to remove hot snakes (mystery boy) and elvis costello (no action), at 2:00 and 2:01 on spotify, respectively. rules chaotically settled upon halfway through a process are rules
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:00 (five years ago) link
Morrissey - I Know Very Well How I Got My Name (1:59)*Perfume Genius - Hood (1:58)*
2:02 and 2:00 on spotify, therefore banished. i am sorry.
if it helps, i'm thinking another optional subpoll will be something like "best songs that are actually under 2 minutes but didn't qualify for this poll because of spotify"
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:11 (five years ago) link
Frankie Cosmos - Fool (1:59:99)This is p borderline so i understand if it’s thrown out but I make it just under two minutes removing the silence at the end.
i believe you, but 2:04 on spotify so banned
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:16 (five years ago) link
but a fine contender for the "<2 minutes, arguably" subpoll
Fantastic song that I could nitpick over--how long the actual song is vs. what it's listed as--but I won't bother: the Jamies' "Summertime, Summertime." I know there are a thousand songs just like it that are going to miss by a second because of this gray area.
1:58, in
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:35 (five years ago) link
Pulp - 59 Lyndhurst Grove (1:46) can't find a version of it less than 3 minutes, suggest banned
Marathons - Peanut Butter (1:57)everything on spotify a touch over 2 minutes, sorry
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:47 (five years ago) link
going to bed. ETA for voting thread: friday night/saturday afternoon, usa time
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:49 (five years ago) link
i'm 1450 songs into the nominations, of which 1204 are on the spotify playlist
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 05:50 (five years ago) link
omg 'duck' by bill wells/maher shalal hash baz has killed me dead, i am dead
― imago, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:24 (five years ago) link
i didn't think a 1-minute instrumental would have me in floods of tears but here we are
― imago, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:29 (five years ago) link
great tune, isn't it? and only 1 minute long.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I'll def vote for 'Duck'.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 10:38 (five years ago) link
Two double entries I have spotted in the spreadsheet:
Beastie Boys - Funky BossEddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
There are also a couple of bands with and without the indefinite article "the", eg The Ramones. Maybe it would be a good idea to sort the spreadsheet alpbabetically by artist and song. Thanks for the tremendous work you are putting in this, "Karl.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 15:15 (five years ago) link
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/teenage-fanclub/bandwagonesque/
https://www.discogs.com/Teenage-Fanclub-Bandwagonesque/master/6041
Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me (2:00)^definitely worth fighting to include this song IMO
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 15:38 (five years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/composition/451cd8d7-b6ba-4e3c-abda-0b6c43663ecf-What-You-Do-To-Me
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 15:39 (five years ago) link
you are right that is a great song but even on the discogs website it is 2:00 and that is one second too much.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
i need to start a spreadsheet with my favorite new discoveries to talk about in the campaigning thread.
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
Maher Shalal Hash Baz has several of these iirc, they’re all very cute. That albums with Bill Wells ls golden.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
I like the versions on Osaka Bridge better than Gok.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
oh 2:00 exactly doesn't count? Kinda dumb rule
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
Yes, let's go over that again.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
(reads OP)oh it's mookieproof's fault
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
I want him to go over that again and again for all of eternity until he learns the consequences of what he has done
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link
Two double entries I have spotted in the spreadsheet:Thanks! I’m surprised there aren’t more - I haven’t done any cleanup whatsoever on it yet, as I’m waiting to do the basic entry first before sorting and looking for little mistakes.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
Guided By Voices - "Dropping the Bomb" (1:30)
― john. a resident of evanston. (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
imo hold the poll until every eligible gbv song is nominated
― imago, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
They get written faster than we can add them. There's been 3 new GBV songs since your post, imago
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
we should just do a quick 24 hour poll of all the nomd GBV songs and only the top 3 are eligible for this.
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
i went through several more hundred today. about 350 more to go, i think.
i sent these songs to hell:
crystal stilts - love is a wave (2:00)vashti bunyan - find my heart again (2:01)vashti bunyan - 17 pink sugar elephants (2:49)the nerves - when you find out (2:01)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 05:52 (five years ago) link
for those who have missed it, playlist link: https://open.spotify.com/user/weinventyou/playlist/5NYa3dBthFiDcftI0ObtC3?si=n2br2BTtTceH5v0JuKNYyQ
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 05:53 (five years ago) link
thx for all your worklxy and i were listening last night and she xsaid “what if these were in order by release date?” not sth for you to do karl obv but an interesting thought exercisealso bunker hill wtff wow
― alomar lines, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 06:03 (five years ago) link
Approaching the end of the playlist. Fortunately I was paying just enough attention to terminate Frank Zappa's Pound for a Brown before I'd listened to all SIX MINUTES AND FIFTY SECONDS.
― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 09:21 (five years ago) link
the nerves - when you find out (1:58)https://www.discogs.com/composition/32c97e51-fb26-432b-ba9f-23e0924452ca-When-You-Find-Out
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:52 (five years ago) link
Are we still nominating?
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
oic, n/m
― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Wednesday, March 6, 2019 3:21 AM (four hours ago)
That's the wrong version, the original on Uncle Meat is 1:29.
I'm surprised nobody nominated any pre-"Cooky Puss" Beastie Boys tracks. (I just heard them for the first time last night.)
― 27 Discounts ILXors Get Only If They Know (WmC), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
I forgot to nominate anything because I was too overwhelmed with my own personal list of candidates but the overall nom list is like a billion times more overwhelming (and has 90% of what I'd thought of) so no matter
I am psyched for the madness
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
vashti bunyan - 17 pink sugar elephants (2:49)
― Karl Malone,
Wait a minute:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0oyRMmcAE31mHIM9NdempL?si=lxDD1XBCQGa6i6oe0ul4IQ
It’s 1:52 on spotify... which one are you looking at?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
It’s also shorter than 2 minutes on youtube and discogs and rym... I want to know which version is this that amounts to 2:49 because I want to hear it and also I demand 17 Pink Sugar Elephants to count because it’s one of my fave songs ever. I protest.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 15:04 (five years ago) link
treasure your <30-second songs: https://qz.com/1563588/4-songs-on-when-i-get-home-may-earn-solange-no-money-from-spotify/
― rob, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
Moka I’ll check it again when I get home - it was late at night and I was very tired so it’s possible/very probable that I was just doing something silly
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
Not sure if it makes a difference but Discogs has Elvis Costello & the Attractions - No Action at 1:58 on the old Rykodisc reissue CD (and 1:57 on the original LP). This would be in my top 10. https://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Costello-This-Years-Model/release/1493731
― Chris L, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link