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

Outdoor Miner is gonna take it all

yeah you're probably right

if indeed that happens I know I for one would love to see a congratulatory post from ILX poster outdoor_miner commenting on the occasion

Sorry, I’m stuck in a neverending meeting :-/

fun fact: when i was in high school, i was on the flag team. while i was eventually kicked off the team*, my final semester (fall of my junior year) we did a dance routine to "great balls of fire". hard to believe that song is <2 min when it felt like it would never end. memorable bc the experience of doing a dance routine in front of bleachers full of high schoolers (and their parents) is something i only got to do that once.

in spite of my preexisting associations with that song, i am glad it distinguished itself further by placing itself among such great shorties in this poll! also i didn't know "outdoor miner" or "velocity girl" were songs til this rollout. lol.

tons of love for the letter, another green world, diamond day, big star (two very different chilton sounds!!) even thinking about these songs is making me happy! :)

*removed for my bad attitude/refusal to smile, haha!

great song, totally forgot about. amazing that alex chilton sounded so much older at 16 than he ever did again

― to halve and half not (voodoo chili), Friday, April 12, 2019 6:25 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he looks twice that age in the photo. sort your hair out alex.

Sorry, I’m stuck in a neverending meeting :-/

― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, April 12, 2019 8:39 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

have you not told them that no meeting this week can last longer than 119 seconds?!

The Letter is my favourite thing in the top twenty so far!

― imago, Friday, April 12, 2019 6:34 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

had you heard it before this poll imago?

I might have done. Sounded great just earlier though

ok, back to the long-delayed <2 minutes artist sub-poll!

Second place, 6 votes
Wire

like you can fit 30 Elvis #1s onto one CD and still have enough time left over for Paul Oakenfold to take a dump on them

― frogbs, Friday, April 12, 2019 7:27 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

post of the day.

this sub-rollout is sad. sorry.

First Place, 8 votes
Minutemen

and now back to the countdown

https://i.imgur.com/lrmpexl.jpg
9. White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl (1:49)
1.0080 points
17 votes (1)

minutemen deserving winners of the artist poll--it's right there in the name

totally forgot fell in love with a girl was under 2 mins. i almost voted for little room

IMO Little Richard's "Ooh my soul" > "Great Balls."

the only song on this countdown I've performed live (on bass, which isn't on the original song, lol)

Summertime Blues is so timeless. The lyrics are of their time, but the production (the handclaps...), the space in the sound, and the sound of the guitars.

this sub-rollout is sad. sorry.

First Place, 8 votes
Minutemen

nothing about this thread is sad, km

xp
assuming you just stood there holding a bass, I have also played that song!

IMO Little Richard's "Ooh my soul" > "Great Balls."

― Audrey Tautoulogy (Leee), Friday, April 12, 2019 9:03 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lots of LR stands tall and taller against JLL but LR didn't have too many killers <2 minutes

I flagged 15 possible Top 9s. This was one of 'em. Didn't vote for it though.

https://i.imgur.com/KxI2Zjv.jpg
8. Pixies - Tame (1:56)
1.0668 points
17 votes

such a great song

this is a straight-up great song and I would have probably voted for it but for dumb self-imposed restrictions we've already discussed

saw frank black sing this song while backed by dino jr. in 2012 and it's one of the highlights of my concert-going career

me in the other thread

Ah fuck I forgot to vote for Tame

― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Sunday, March 24, 2019 9:26 AM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My Pixies vote went elsewhere. This one's fine I guess. Must be fun to do at a karaoke night.

https://i.imgur.com/JsytZ4X.jpg
7. Ramones - Judy is a Punk (1:32)
1.2615 points
15 votes (2)

is this going to be one of two or three ramones songs

First Ramones, yes? This one is my favourite.

my number one. the platonic ideal of this type of song imo--insanely catchy, tells a full story, second verse same as the first, and then it ends.

huge 0.2 vote jump, guess we're going to see some similar ones on the way to the summit.

it's all about the little handclaps that quickly get steamrolled by the guitars

my number one. the platonic ideal of this type of song imo--insanely catchy, tells a full story, second verse same as the first, and then it ends.

― to halve and half not (voodoo chili), Friday, April 12, 2019 3:36 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh yeah there's also the third verse, different from the first, how could i forget

Have these Rolling Stones killed imo

https://i.imgur.com/SgQWeN2.jpg
6. Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks (1:33)
1.3566 points
17 votes (1)

Have these Rolling Stones killed imo

"Happy Birthday" is the only Stones song I like.

Game of Pricks! Yes!

went with a different GBV track that isn't gonna make it, but Game of Pricks is an obvious classic with perfect lyrics. unfortunately for this poll, my favorite GBV song is 2 minutes on the dot.

Season premiere Sunday.

My #5, was expecting it at the top. (And yes, "My Valuable Hunting Knife" would have been my pick if not a second too long)

https://i.imgur.com/Un40xST.jpg
5. Pavement - Zurich is Stained (1:41)
1.4697 points
17 votes (1)

waaht

First pavement song I fell in love with iirc

One of the nicest songs from a great album but (tbh) I never once looked at what it was called until now. True story!

look who's showed up xp

The hardcore classics songbook getting roundly trounced by the limp dick indie rock hall of fame is some shameful shit

pavement took advantage of vote uniting, not too many songs by them were nominated.

xp you forgot to indict the reheated boomer chestnuts :)

still, 10/10 playlist, will listen again