♫ Your NOMINATIONS for the best songs under 2 minutes poll ♫ (nominations close MARCH 1ST)

Red Krayola - Save the House (1:24)
Red Krayola - The Jewels of the Madonna (1:29)

I really did drop a number of songs--these are all great. The times are from Windows Media Player, but they’re also under 2:00 on MP3 Tag. I’ll check some songs that showed up as 2:00 and 2:01 on MP3 Tag against other sources tomorrow--some may qualify.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Sunshine and Clouds (And Everything Proud) (1:02)
Chefs – Food (1:12)
Blues Image – Consuelate (1:15)
Neil Young – Till the Morning Comes (1:21)
Mendoza Line – An Enterprising Molecule (1:24)
Minor Threat – Minor Threat (1:27)
Bikini Kill – Carnival (1:30)
Bad Brains – Pay to Cum (1:30)
Viletones – Backdoor to Hell (1:31)
Neil Young – Cripple Creek Ferry (1:33)
Chris Twinning – Netherlands (1:34)
Wussy – Vivian Girls (1:33)
Mimi & Richard Farina – Tommy Makem Fantasy (1:34)
Undertones – Smarter Than U (1:36)
Love Positions – Into Your Arms (1:38)
Guided by Voices – Gold Star for Robot Boy (1:39)
Jan & Lorraine – Number 33 (1:40)
Maybellines - Space Mission Bible Camp (1:40)
Moby Grape – Ain’t No Use (1:40)
Jale – Despite (1:41)
Neil Young – There Goes My Babe (1:42)
Ramones – I Don’t Wanna Walk Around with You (1:42)
Simon & Garfunkel – The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (1:42)
First Base – I Got a Girl (1:44)
Madvillain – Papermill (1:44)
Vaselines – Molly’s Lips (1:44)
Dustin O'Halloran – Opus 36 (1:45)
Yo La Tengo – Superstar Watcher (1:45)
Pretty Things – What’s the Use (1:45)
Earl Sweatshirt – December 24 (1:46)
Guided by Voices – Little Whirl (1:46)
Husker Du – Love Is All Around (1:47)
Angela Strange & Jennifer Lewis – You Know (1:49)
Johnny Cash – Guess Things Happen That Way (1:49)
Motions – For Another Man (1:49)
White Stripes – Fell in Love with a Girl (1:49)
Wire – Sand in My Joints (1:50)
Herman’s Hermits – A Must to Avoid (1:52)
Link Wray & the Wraymen – Black Widow (1:52)
Tasmanians – Love, Love, Love (1:52)
Welcome – Bunky (1:52)
Cleftones – Heart and Soul (1:53)
Fatal Microbes – Beautiful Pictures (1:53)
Who – See My Way (1:53)
Chiffons – He’s So Fine (1:54)
Husker Du – Hate Paper Doll (1:54)
Neil Young – Bad Fog of Loneliness (1:55)
Ramones – Carbona Not Glue (1:55)
Fat Tulips – Chainsaw (1:56)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers – The ABC’s of Love (1:56)
Margaret Mandolph – Something Beautiful (1:56)
Neil Young – Love in Mind (1:56)
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – She Belongs to Me (1:56)
Buzzcocks – Breakdown (1:57)
Everly Brothers – Problems (1:57)
Knight School – Gardeninginginging (1:57)
Magnetic Fields – When You’re Old and Lonely (1:57)
Ramones – Do You Wanna Dance (1:57)
Shoes – Boys Don’t Lie (1:57)
Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues (1:57)
Beat Happening – Catwalk (1:58)
Bratmobile – Richard (1:58)
Fizzbombs – Sign on the Line (1:58)
Goldie & the Gingerbreads – Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat (1:58)
James Dean Driving Experience – Ballad of Bedford Town (1:58)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Lewis Boogie (1:58)
Accents – Ching a Long (1:59)
Liliput – Split (1:59)
Luv'D Ones – Stand Tall (1:59)
Rolling Stones – One More Try (1:59)

Brain eaters by the misfits!!!!!

There's another great Viletones song I could have listed, but I exercised a little self-censorship because of an unfortunate title.

Yo La Tengo - Return to Hot Chicken (1:40)
Talking Heads - Who Is It? (1:44)
Bob Dylan - Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues (:51)
Bob Dylan - Odds and Ends (1:47)
Bob Dylan - Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance (1:58)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Ingrid Bergman (1:50)
The Mountain Goats - Dance Music (1:58)
The Microphones - My Roots Are Strong and Deep (1:53)
The Microphones - I Felt Your Shape (1:55)
Nick Drake - Harvest Breed (1:35)
White Stripes - Little Room (:50)
Daniel Johnston - True Love will Find You in the End (1:48)
Meat Puppets - Lake of Fire (1:57)

FOR THE SIDE POLL:
Nick Drake - Road (2:00)

Camper Van Beethoven: "Abundance" (1:53)
Deerhoof: "Come See the Duck" (1:07)
Deerhoof: "Top Tim Rubies" (1:56)
France Gall: "N'écoute pas les idoles" (1:44)
The Gothic Archies: "The Dead Only Quickly" (1:10)
The Magnetic Fields: "Asleep and Dreaming" (1:53)
Minutemen: "If Reagan Played Disco" (1:21)
Minutemen: "This Ain't No Picnic" (1:58)
Naked City: "Speedfreaks" (0:29)
Naked City: "You Will Be Shot" (1:29)
Primal Scream: "Velocity Girl" (1:22)
The Raincoats: "No Side to Fall in" (1:50)
The Red Krayola with Art & Language: "Kangaroo?" (1:35)
The Residents: "Bach Is Dead" (1:14)
The Residents: "Smelly Tongues" (1:46)
Secret Cities: "No Pressure" (1:41)
Slapp Happy/Henry Cow: "A Worm Is at Work" (1:53)
Stephin Merritt: "Forever and a Day" (1:57)
Sun City Girls: "Cooking with Satan" (1:57)
Talulah Gosh: "Steaming Train" (1:44)
Toy Love: "Pull Down the Shades" (1:45)
The Zombies: "The Way I Feel Inside" (1:49)

This is not directed at anyone or any poll, just something that's always bugged me: can we eliminate all articles from band names? It's so much easier to alphabetize (and find things) without them.

Van Halen - Eruption (1:42)
Vince Staples - '06 (0:52)
The Beach Boys - Farmer's Daughter (1:51)
The Beatles - Golden Slumber (1:32)
The Beatles - Her Majesty (0:23)
The Beatles - I Will (1:46)
Brian Eno - Another Green World (1:42)
The Clash - Career Opportunities (1:53)
Daniel Johnston - Devil Town (1:03)
Danny Brown - XXX (1:51)
Elvis Costello - Welcome To The Working Week (1:23)
Ghostface Killah - Beauty Jackson (1:32)
Isaac Hayes - Bumpy's Lament (1:49)
Madvillain - Accordian (1:59)

Kleenex - Krimi (1:39)
The Red Krayola - Music (1:01)
They Might Be Giants - Letterbox (1:25)
They Might Be Giants - Women & Men (1:47)
Max Tundra - Lights (1:40)
Annette Funicello - Beach Party (1:49)
Jerry Coulston - Caveman Hop (1:44)
Bobby Please & The Pleasers - The Monster (1:51)

Andrew WK - It's Time to Party (1:30)
Barnes & Barnes - For You (1:57)
The Bongos - Question Ball (1:35)
Cardiacs - Horsehead (1:21)
Cornelius - I Hate Hate (1:43)
De La Soul - A Little Bit of Soap (0:59)
Deathray Davies - Don't Point at the Stoners (1:14)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Love For Tender (1:58)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Black and White World (1:56)
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Fugue (1:57)
Frank Zappa - Oh No (1:46)
Max Tundra - Merman (1:56)
They Might be Giants - Twisting (1:57)
They Might be Giants - Meet James Ensor (1:33)
They Might be Giants - Judy is Your Viet Nam (1:26)
They Might be Giants - Stand On Your Own Head (1:16)
They Might be Giants - Nightgown of the Sullen Moon (1:58)
They Might be Giants - It's Not My Birthday (1:51)

had to limit myself on TMBG honestly, they're the kings of this

could also nominate every song on Double Nickels on the Dime but, I'm not gonna

The Mountain Goats - Dance Music (1:58)

Can't believe I missed this one. Thanks for catching it!

I purposely didn't nominate any Ramones or Guided by Voices tracks, because I figured I'd have too many candidtates for each, so why not just let the nomination process sort them out? So far, you've been picking good ones.

and now for a special minutemen revue

Minutemen - Shit From an Old Notebook (1:38)
Minutemen - Maybe Partying Will Help (1:58)
Minutemen - Toadies (1:40)
Minutemen - Nature WIthout Man (1:49)
Minutemen - #1 Hit Song (1:49)
Minutemen - The Big Foist (1:31)

and Misfits

Misfits - I Turned Into A Martian (1:42)
Misfits - Night of the Living Dead (1:58)
Misfits - 20 Eyes (1:48)
Misfits - Mommy Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight (1:58)

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer...somehow didn't expect them to show up!

Sparklehorse - Box of Stars, Part One (0:33)
The Blood Brothers - Guitarmy (0:39)
Super Furry Animals - God! Show Me Magic (1:50)
Low - Your Poison (1:14)
Joyce Manor - Catalina Fight Song (1:05)
NoMeansNo - Tired of Waiting (1:47)
The Wrens - This Is Not What You Had Planned (1:37)
Portishead - Deep Water (1:33)
The Replacements - Customer (1:30)
Pissed Jeans - Worldwide Marine Asset Financial Analyst (1:26)
Pernice Brothers - Sick of You (1:23)
Tim Hardin - Lady Came From Baltimore (1:49)
The Lucksmiths - Beach Boys Medley (1:16)
Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl (1:48)
Pavement - Zurich is Stained (1:41)
Stars of the Lid - Hiberner Toujours (1:49)

Q: how do we feel about TV theme songs/soundtrack pieces?

Black Sabbath - Orchid (1:31)
The Slits - Shoplifting (1:36)

(xpost) I cut Sonny Curtis (but left Husker Du) and the Partridge Family from my list.

Xpost was going to list some Minutemen tracks.

Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week (1:20)

For the 2:00 side poll, Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance.

They Might Be Giants - Particle Man (1:56)
They Might Be Giants - Mr. Me (1:52)
They Might Be Giants - Kiss Me, Son Of God (1:53)
They Might Be Giants - Shoehorn With Teeth (1:13)
The Who - Do You Think It's Alright? (0:25)
The Who - Heinz Baked Beans (1:00)
Yes - We Have Heaven (1:40)
Steely Dan - Through With Buzz (1:34)
Sean Price - One (1:52)
Public Enemy - Show Em Whatcha Got (1:56)
Neil Young - Cripple Creek Ferry (1:34)
Mitski - My Body's Made Of Crushed Little Stars

i guess i'll let some other people get songs in now lol

The Byrds - Time Between (1:54)

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer...somehow didn't expect them to show up!

I almost wrote in "Jeremy Bender" as well but figured it might stretch credibility too much

"Fugue" really is gorgeous - I still get chills every time I hear it. I wonder why the hell Emerson didn't write more pieces like that one.

For the side poll:

Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 (2:00)
Guided By Voices - My Valuable Hunting Knife (2:00)

I made a CDR80 with this theme (all songs under 2:00) for US hardcore

(in order from 1978 to 1985):

Black Flag - Fix Me 0:54
Misfits - Spinal Remains 1:23
Middle Class - Out Of Vogue 0:58
Bad Brains - Black Dots 1:05
Urinals - I'm White and Middle Class 0:52
Germs - What We Do Is Secret 0:41
Black Flag - Revenge 0:57
Angry Samoans - Hot Cars 0:31
Bad Brains - Pay To Cum 1:29
Untouchables - Nic Fit 0:59
Misfits - Horror Hotel 1:24
Dead Kennedys - Your Emotions 1:20
The Fix - Vengeance 1:25
Necros - Caste System 0:50
Circle Jerks - Deny Everything 0:23
Teen Idles - Teen Idles 0:44
Minutemen - The Maze 0:38
Dicks - Fake Bands 1:25
S.O.A. - Lost In Space 0:41
Adolescents - Word Attack 1:05
Big Boys - Advice 1:05
Minor Threat - Filler 1:31
Black Flag - I've Heard It Before 1:38
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off 0:58
The Fix - Cos The Elite 1:18
Angry Samoans - Lights Out 0:51
Necros - IQ 32 0:23
Zero Boys - Vicious Circle 0:41
Husker Du - Guns In My School 0:55
Really Red - Pigboy 1:18
Kraut - Matinee 1:27
SSD - Typical 0:37
Poison Idea - Give It Up 0:31
Negative Approach - Lost Cause 0:37
Bad Brains - Attitude 1:19
Bored Youth - They Don't Have The Right 1:07
Void - Condensed Flesh 0:39
7 Seconds - Fuck Your Amerika 0:48
Black Flag - Police Story 1:30
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (With The World) 1:15
Angry Samoans - Gas Chamber 0:59
Misfits - Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight? 1:39
Negative Approach - Sick Of Talk 0:28
Die Kreuzen - Fighting 1:00
Tar Babies - Confusion 0:37
Articles Of Faith - Street Fight 1:31
Husker Du - M.I.C. 1:05
Zero Boys - High Places 1:14
Bad Posture - GDMFSOB 1:30
Descendents - I'm Not A Punk 1:03
Big Boys - Apolitical 0:41
Really Red - Teenage Fuck Up 1:17
Poison Idea - Castration 0:34
SSD - Wasted Youth 0:30
Fear - Gimme Some Action 1:00
Jerry's Kids - Straight Jacket 0:23
MDC - The Only Good Cop... 0:57
Gang Green - Snob 0:25
Scream - Came Without Warning 1:45
MIA - New Left 0:43
The Freeze - This Is Boston, Not LA 0:34
Void - Think 1:48
Husker Du - Obnoxious 0:51
Poison Idea - Think Twice 0:41
Die Kreuzen - Don't Say Please 1:01
Zero Boys - Splish Splash 1:28
Fang - Landshark 1:12
Necros - Satisfy 0:44
Bad Brains - F.V.K. 0:59
D.R.I. - I Don't Need Society 1:14
Big Boys - Assault 0:56
Deep Wound - Sick Of Fun 0:46
Suicidal Tendencies - Memories Of Tomorrow 0:55
Misfits - Devilock 1:24
Siege - Starvation 0:44
Die Kreuzen - Hate Me 0:43
Naked Raygun - Stupid 1:08
Nip Drivers - New Meiji Takeover 1:08
D.R.I. - Bail Out 0:49
Minutemen - Ack Ack Ack 0:26

Big Star/ ST 100-6 (1:01)
Smiths/Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1:54)
Minutemen/I Felt Like a Gringo (1:59)
Fleetwood Mac/That's Enough for Me (1:51)
Fugazi/Great Cop (1:53)
Misfits/Hybrid Moments (1:42)

Lotsa punk, lotsa "oldies," lotsa John Zorn and grindcore stuff.

Mountain Goats - Fall of the Star High School Running Back (1:49)
Simon & Garfunkel - April Come She Will (1:49)
Paul Evans - Happy Go Lucky Me (1:58)

I was going to nominate "April Come She Will," but I think that song just works for me in the context of The Graduate, where I love it.

fuck it, i'm doing it

John Williams - 20th Century Fox Fanfare (0:21)

it's composed by a guy named Alfred Newman, but the version they've used for the past decade or so was conducted by Williams

Wheat - Slow Fade (1:40)

X - I’m Coming Over (1:14)
The Bongos - Question Ball (1:36)
Camper van Beethoven - Wasted (1:59)

Circle Jerks - Deny Everything 0:23

Why stop there?

I Just Want Some Skank 1:09
Beverly Hills 1:03
Operation 1:28
Back Against the Wall 1:32
Wasted 0:41
Behind the Door 1:23
World Up My Ass 1:14
Paid Vacation 1:27
Don't Care 0:35
Live Fast Die Young 1:33
What's Your Problem 0:57
Group Sex 1:02
Red Tape 0:56

Q: how do we feel about TV theme songs/soundtrack pieces?

A: imo we feel really good about them

on a related note, i am angry that somehow the batman theme is longer than 2 minutes

still the best lyrics ever

You know, I was thinking that too...hey speaking of the lyrics have you ever heard the theory that there ARE no lyrics ?? That the “Batman” is only implied by the horns? Once I read that, my whole understanding of the world was forever altered....

A: imo we feel really good about them

Hawaii-Five 0!

DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (1:57)
DJ Quik - Quik's Groove (1:49)
J Dilla - One For Ghost (1:20)

Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing 1 (1:24) and 2 (1:27)
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands (1:41)
Devendra Banhart - Dragonflies (1:00)
Beach Boys - Our Prayer (1:10)
GBV - Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory (1:45)
GBV - Hot Freaks (1:45)
Mose Allison - Young Man's Blues (1:24)

SIDE POLL
Searchers - Love Potion #9 (2:00)

Hawaii-Five 0!

got there first! :D well actually someone in one of the previous short songs threads got there first and i just reposted it upthread, but yeah, it's a classic

Gil-Scott Heron - Whitey On The Moon (1:29)
Digable Planets - Highing Fly (1:23)

The Raincoats - No Side to Fall In (1:50)
The Raincoats - Adventures Close to Home (1:54)
Red Krayola - Dirth of Tilth (1:26)
The Byrds - Renaissance Fair (1:51)

stop that train - beastie boys (1:59)
only in 3s - the breeders (1:57)
new year - the breeders (1:56)

Michael Giacchino - Main Title - From "Lost" (0:17)

john lennon - hold on (1:52)
paul mccartney and wings - single pigeon (1:53)

unsolved mysteries intro/theme (1:10)

karl ty and allow me to reformat and add some glad yr doin this

Beastie Boys - Stop That Train (1:59)
The Breeders - Only in 3s (1:57)
The Breeders - New Year (1:56)
The Microphones - The Universe Is Shown (1:57)
The Mountain Goats - The Car Song (1:56)

Beastie Boys - Flute Loop (1:55)

Rihanna - James Joint (1:12)
Minutemen - Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (1:31)
System Of A Down - Shimmy (1:51)
Ultramagnetic MCs - Traveling At The Speed Of Thought (Remix) (1:51)
Beastie Boys - Funky Boss (1:35)
King Missile - Martin Scorsese (1:57)
The Lemonheads - Alison's Starting To Happen (1:58)
Sebadoh - License to Confuse (1:46)
Dinosaur Jr - I Live For That Look (1:56) (Does this count?)
Deluxx Folk Implosion - Daddy Never Understood (1:18)
Alex G - Harvey (1:40)
Tony Molina - Don't Come Back (1:32)
Surface To Air Missive - Surfacing (1:44)
Floor - Madonna (1:33)

Damn, I'm psyched for the poll of songs that are exactly 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute (1:29)

oops wrong thread! sorry.

For the youtube playlist

Phantom Pregnancies - Ants in Yr Pants II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_fMF_NhV_4

Lungleg - Chop Chop (not the other version on yt)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aLT1tjVIAw

After lots of digging and converting I'm only missing 1 song:

2008 Lansing-Dreiden - Dazzle Magic (Part of the Promise) from album D.I. by D.D. (1:46)

Yes. I've uploaded 50 songs to youtube so far and they are listed as private until I'm finished. I will be able to get a lot done on Monday.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaYK_3feCVSGT45x8IM4WZxWeI5Q93krg

^ For those of you who didn't see me post this to the VOTING and CAMPAIGNING thread.

It's a curated youtube playlist of the songs missing from Spotify. I quite like the selection and flow of the first 95 songs. The rest of the songs will be dumped over the next 2-3 days with less flow.