Top 120 Songs Under 120 Seconds (ILM Poll #95)

Karl, are we getting full breakdown for the sub-30-seconds side poll? I want to make a list of most popular by length.

Really enjoying the rollout so far and great results in the <30sec side poll. 'You Suffer' a worthy winner but very glad to see 'Wrong Way Down a One Way Street' place. Can't decide whether I prefer the version with guitar or the original acapella.

I nommed Wrong Way Down A One Way Street but obv didn't get around to voting lol. Good to see it place, great work as ever KM.

it's impossible to not play "you suffer" at least 10 times in a row

but, uh, maybe it's best not to listen for 10 hours in a row

OK, it's Monday morning! fuck!

and that means, it's time to resume the countdown. and THAT means it's time to bust out the official countdown graphic

https://i.imgur.com/df2GK5h.jpg

just to hype up the following 20 songs for no particular reason, i want to throw out this preview:

there are a couple "gems" in this batch

TOO LOW ;)

https://www.oldesweetshop.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1800x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/C/a/CandyBox-MidgetGems.jpg

(a tribute to our midget gems, and possibly... a prediction?)

just as a reminder, here is a link to the Spotify playlist for this countdown

flopsy if you have a link to the playlist for the side-polls, feel free to share them whenever

https://i.imgur.com/Cps4cIr.jpg
100. Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans (1:58)
0.3342 points
4 votes

^^ this song is a gem (that's all i meant by 'gem', no hidden meaning!) and i didn't know it before!

Karl, are we getting full breakdown for the sub-30-seconds side poll? I want to make a list of most popular by length.

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length)

i will do this after the full roll-out is over. it probably doesn't matter, but i don't want to reveal the full results for the side-polls because it might ruin the anticipation for some people if they think one of their fave <30s songs is going to rank highly on the full list, and then it turns out they're the only one who voted for it. i want to prolong their anticipation, delay and maximize the disappointing realization

that's what ilm is all about

well, i thought it was good! moving on

https://i.imgur.com/kVFEVcV.jpg
99. Noname - Self (1:35)
0.3384 points
4 votes

I should have voted for Fats Domino. I know Bobby Charles' version better, one of those cases where someone writes a song for a more famous performer, and it's a hit, and then the writer records the song long after the famous version was pop, and then you get a collection of the writer's performances of their own songs, like with Carole King etc.

i love fats, but i don't think i'd ever heard his walking to new orleans, somehow. most of my fats favorites are between 2 and 3 minutes.

i'm at work and have intermittent meetings today, so i'll be posting in weird sporadic bursts. plan to get to #81 by 5 pm (central) though

https://i.imgur.com/aDqgzDh.jpg
98. Cardiacs - Horsehead (1:21)
0.3411 points
4 votes

This is basically another Sea Nymphs entry, if you liked the last one - so I basically bent my one-track-per-artist rule to vote for it. Fuck it though. My #6.

Argh Fats! Another stone cold oldie classic placing way too low.

Horsehead is a sweet little march with all the enchanting chord sequences characteristic of Cardiacs (especially in this, their most nautical era). They always manage to hit on some kind of ethereal childhood magic, which is then made deeply uncanny by dark little organ/synth/oboe twists and the abstract poetry of Tim Smith's lyrics.

William D Drake handing over vocals to Tim Smith is some 2001 A Space Odyssey shit

I once played this for a friend and he said "this is like the soundtrack to taking a shit" and its never been the same to me

really great track though

lol

these results are fucking awesome so far

Sorry Flopsy, OCD got the better of me:

The Other Best Songs Under 120 Seconds (ILM Poll #95, Supplemental):
https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/1samwlpiURoEH79UlJXzo0

basically loving every one of these btw

I just didn't want there to be missing songs

let me know if you see anything missing and i can add.

https://i.imgur.com/u1uBYQA.jpg
97. The Beach Boys - Our Prayer (1:10)
0.3432 points
5 votes

https://i.imgur.com/z0YM4lc.jpg
96. Neil Young - Cripple Creek Ferry (1:33)
0.3435 points
6 votes

I went with a different Neil Young track, alas.

same. i stuck to the one song per artist rule as well. love this song tho and happy it made it. pretty effortless track

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me too bit but i am happy ccf placed. a very nice song wich fits in perfectly into the under 2 min format. there cannot be too many neil young songs in the roll-out.

i voted for cripple creek ferry, a quaint and beautiful ending to a perfect album.

Can't remember if I stuck to the one-song-per rule or not...If I did, "Cripple Creek Ferry" missed; if I didn't, it's Top 10 for me.

these results are going to be wild, I thought that had a good shot at top 10

same ha

the water's going down, it's a mighty tight squeeeeeze

I woke up from a dream a few months ago where I thought I'd somehow written a great song in my sleep and then a few minutes later realized it was the tune of "Cripple Creek Ferry."

https://i.imgur.com/4OutGn6.jpg
95.Wilson & Larson - Knight Rider Theme (1:17)
0.3495 points
5 votes

btw, i totally made up "Phillips & Larson" as the artist, based off of the credits for the theme on wikipedia

I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about my #2 and #3 votes ("Walking To New Orleans" and "Koka Kola") receiving more points/votes than the Knight Rider theme, but okay.

Enjoying the rollout so far, btw.

William D Drake handing over vocals to Tim Smith is some 2001 A Space Odyssey shit

damn, HAL 9000's Daisy Bell would've been a good nomination for the poll

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("more" = "less")

the knight rider theme is all time, should have been higher imo

it is completely of its time and somehow also forwardthinking

basically it encompasses all of time and space