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

Nirvana - Downer (1:44)

Possibly my favorite Nirvana song

]I hope that people who are knowledgeable of oldies will nominate lots more.

That's not me, but the reason my own nominations skewed so contemporary is because I was working off of my CD collection (via iTunes). Am planning on going through my vinyl over the next day or two, which will be trickier--I suspect I'll be doing a lot of verification of song lengths--but hopefully this'll get some older material on my list, at least.

can't do it, too many great songs that short.

faust - stretch out time (1:36)
the tee-tahs - fun forever (1:49)

and so on and so on...

I was kinda arguing in the ballot poll thread that 2 minutes was too long--it's a fairly normal song length. im thinking about limiting myself to only voting for songs 1:45 or shorter, but that'll eliminate most of my favorite songs from the poll (because, again, 1:55 or so is a perfectly normal length for a song)

i don't think there's anything wrong with the poll i just listen to too much music :)

well, yeah

no worries!

i am telling myself what i tell myself at work when everyone complains about stuff - "they complain because they care, and it is good that they care." then i hum "Ommmmm" for 00:01:59.9999 seconds

not a complaint, i've nominated a whole bunch of songs longer than 105 seconds. more a comment on the embarrassment of riches. (i'm embarrassed by the riches)

lol yeah, it's true that the range between 1:45 and 1:59 really does hold an enormous amount of good songs. i'm amazed at how many of my favorites so far are exactly 1:53

How short is too short? I'm asking for my first nomination, which I am... not trolling by nominating

Brian Eno - The Microsoft Sound (0:06)
Danny Elfman - The Simpsons Main Theme (1:39)
AFI - Hearts Frozen Solid, Thawed Once More by the Spring of Rage, Despair, and Hopelessness (0:32)
Nation of Ulysses - Cool Senior High School (Fight Song) (1:40)
Project X - Straight Edge Revenge (1:20)

Is anyone planning to do a playlist of all of the nominations? It could be pretty fun on random.

anything between 00:00:00.00000001 and 00:01:59.99999999 is just fine

really it'd be cool if someone discovered a legit song shorter than the napalm death's "you suffer"

fwiw i don't think the microsoft sound is at all trolling! it's one of the most recognizable pieces of music in the world, and eno put some serious thought into it for his commission

Un Blonde - On My Grind (0:32)
Caetano Veloso - Araçá Azul (1:20)
Broadcast - You And Me In Time (1:24)
Smog - When the Power Goes Out (1:25)
Rosalía - A Ningún Hombre (1:34)
The Clean - Big Cat (1:41)
Lô Borges - Não Foi Nada (1:45)
Fe Me Time All Stars - Back To Africa (1:51)
Toquinho - 1969, Aeroporto Do Galeão (1:51)
Keith Hudson - Don’t Start It Up (1:59)

I assume at some point Karl will compile an alphabetized master list and I'll add a bunch of Minutemen and Naked City then. In the meantime:

Minutemen — If Reagan Played Disco (1:21)

...which has already been nominated, nm.

yeah, when i get home from work tonight i'm going to go through and create a first draft of the master nominations list, alphabetized.

The Damned - Help (1:42)
Dolly Mixture - He's So Frisky (1:43)
Herbie Hancock - Bring Down The Birds (1:46)
Prince - For You (1:06)
Toni Tornado - Bochechuda (1:52)
Trio Mocoto - Swinga Sambaby (1:31)
The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer (1:43)

Mitski - Old Friend (1:53)

Is anyone planning to do a playlist of all of the nominations? It could be pretty fun on random.

I've got a sub 2 minute playlist and can confirm

Bad Religion - No Control (1:47)
Bad Religion - Pessimistic Lines (1:08)
Bad Religion - Suffer (1:48)
Beck - Cyanide Breath Mint (1:37)
Built to Spill - Twin Falls (1:50)
Drug Church - Grubby (1:38)
Eric's Trip - Anytime You Want (1:19)
Eric's Trip - Eyes Shut (1:37)
Fastbacks - Gone to the Moon (1:51)
Flasher - Go (1:41)
Frank Black - Thalassocracy (1:34)
Guided By Voices - Blimps Go 90 (1:40)
Guided By Voices - Ester's Day (1:51)
Guided By Voices - Indian Fables (0:43)
Guns N' Roses - My World (1:24)
Hazel - Joe Louis Punch Out (1:37)
Megadeth - Dawn Patrol (1:52)
Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First (1:37)
Oblivians - And Then I Fucked Her (1:20)
Queen - Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon (1:07)
Sebadoh - Healthy Sick (1:49)
Sparklehorse - Heart of Darkness (1:52)
The Mountain Goats - Send Me An Angel (1:48)
The Primitives - Outside (1:56)
Yo La Tengo - Yellow Sarong (1:45)

David Lynch & Alan Splet - In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (1:38)
Ennio Morricone - The Sundown (1:16)
Reigning Sound - Straight Shooter (1:34)

Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School (1:36)

Lou Reed – New York Telephone Conversation (1:34)
Tom Waits – Frank’s Wild Years (1:52)
Delia Derbyshire – Doctor Who Opening Theme (0:39)
Tim Hardin – Reason to Believe (1:57)
Vashti Bunyan – Diamond Day (1:47)
The Vaccines – Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra) (1:22)
The Beatles – From Me to You (1:56)
Rolling Stones – Come On (1:48)

Diamond Day already nominated upthread :)

Tom Waits - Cemetery Polka (1:51)

Nick Drake - Introduction (1:33)

Delia Derbyshire – Doctor Who Opening Theme (0:39)

― Dan Worsley

ok i have to ask because i don't know how it gets handled - the original recording (track 1 on "doctor who at the bbc radiophonic workshop, volume 1") is 2:22 - as used on television it never runs that long, but 0:39 is in fact a shorter edit. how do we count these?

I think it should count, but we’ll be specific that each vote for it is a vote for the 39 second edit - if it’s been released somewhere

I took my timing from Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Rr3Qaf5yF2bRtcfBHkLFg?si=KNlqCj15SBu73mQ90ewLkg I see there's a number of versions varying from 0:39 to 2:21. 7 of the 9 are under 2:00

Someone asked for some more oldies:

Pine Mountain Girls' Octet — Wondrous Love (1937), 1:41
Charlie Parker — The Famous Alto Break (1946), 51 seconds
Thelonious Monk — Abide with Me (1957), 55 seconds
Willie Nelson — No Place for Me (1957), 1:21
Jay Blue — Get Off My Back (1959), 1:38
Fats Domino — Whole Lotta Lovin’ (1958), 1:41
Ritchie Valens — Ooh! My Head (1958), 1:49
Johnny Cash — Guess Things Happen That Way (1958), 1:51
Buddy Holly — Crying, Waiting, Hoping (1958), 1:51
Jerry Lee Lewis — Lovin’ Up a Storm (1959), 1:52
Jerry Lee Lewis — Real Wild Child (1958), 1:52
Ray Smith — Break Up (1958), 1:52
Allen Toussaint — Java (1958), 1:54
George Jones — If I Don't Love You (Grits Aint Groceries) (1958), 1:55

Thee Headcoats - All My Feelings Denied (1:57)
Beastie Boys - Flute Loop (1:56)
Guided by Voices - Lethargy (1:21)

The Misty Mountains song from the Hobbit soundtrack (1:42)

sic alps - bells (with tremolo and distortion) (1:33)
paul mccartney - the lovely linda (0:46)
jacques denjean - tema del voyeur (2a variación) (1:25)
max frost and the troopers - shape of things to come (1:54)
bert jansch - finches (0:51)
bob dylan - oxford town (1:50)
david bowie - don't sit down (0:43)
shuggie otis - happy house (1:16)
tom zé - complex de épico (1:19)
thelonious monk - this is my story, this is my song (1:42)
the pretty things - loneliest person (1:30)
alexander spence - lawrence of euphoria (1:30)
chris kenner - i like it like that, part 1 (1:55)
can - pnoom (0:26)
mirrors - i'm going to wyoming (0:36)
the coneheads - violence (1:04)
gong - chainstore chant (0:41)
tyrannosaurus rex - the seal of seasons (1:49)
tim hardin - you upset the grace of living when you lie (1:49)
the kinks - whip lady (1:22)
max matthews - bicycle built for two (0:40)
neil young - what happened yesterday (0:46)
john lennon - my mummy's dead (0:59)
de la soul - transmitting live from mars (1:12)
kevin ayers - two goes into four (1:52)
captain beefheart - flavor bud living (1:00)
departmentstore santas - photo album of baby (1:00)
lee dorsey - operation heartache (1:39)

Neat Beats - I Love You Vashti (1:43)
Acid House Kings - This Love Is All We Need (1:52)

Sam McGee - Buckdancer's Choice (1:28)
VHS Logos - Chimerical (1:55)
Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans (1:58)
Lucky Dragons - Oh I Understand (0:50)
Dustin Wong - On/In The Way (1:52)
Billy Ballantine - Billy Ballantine's Reel (1:46)
Elvis Costello - Welcome To The Working Week (1:23)
Nuno Canavarro - Bruma (1:44)
Clara Hill - Wake Up (1:54)
Grimes - Life In The Vivid Dream (1:28)
Black Flag - Police Story (1:32)
Cornelius Cardew - Sailing The Seas Depends On The Helmsman (1:34)
Bob Dylan - Country Pie (1:36)
Earl Sweatshirt - The Bends (1:35)

J Dilla - Waves (1:39)
J Dilla - Anti-American Graffiti (1:54)
The Jam - But I'm Different Now (1:50)
Jay-Z - Friend or Foe (1:49)
Judee Sill - The Phantom Cowboy (1:46)
The Kids - There Goes My Heart Again (1:57)
Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap (1:58)
Marine Girls - Leave Me With the Boy (1:50)
Minutemen - Viet Nam (1:30)
Nas - The Genesis (1:45)
Pixies - Rock Music (1:52)
Prince - I Wonder U (1:40)
Scritti Politti - Scritlocks Door (1:35)
Torche - Piraña (1:32)
Tori Amos - Agent Orange (1:26)

hmm for some reason i thought i saw this already nominated:

moby grape - naked, if i want to (0:58)

^ just a perfect song, probably will be my #1

of what has been nominated, this is really the cream imo:

Jorge Ben - Balanca Pema (1:29)
Roger Miller - Dang Me (1:51)
Bad Brains – Pay to Cum (1:30)
Neil Young – Cripple Creek Ferry (1:33)
Shoes – Boys Don’t Lie (1:57)
The Zombies: "The Way I Feel Inside" (1:49)
The Beatles - Her Majesty (0:23)
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off 0:58
Big Star/ ST 100-6 (1:01)
Caetano Veloso - Nostalgia (1:22)
R. Stevie Moore - Theme From A.G. (1:24)
Wire, "Field Day for the Sundays" (0:28)

I can't be arsed to hook up my external drive, so going to have to drip these as they come to mind:

Grant Lee Buffalo - The Last Days of Tecumseh [1:03]
Minor Threat - I Don't Wanna Hear It [1:16]
Simon & Garfunkel - Song for the Asking [1:51]

dead kennedys - short songs 0:28
butthole surfers - weber 0:35
guided by voices - pimple zoo 0:42
stretchheads - confront 1:43
stretchheads - rex perplexed 1:10
god is my co-pilot - 2 meats 1:08
talking heads - who is it? 1:44
firehose - under the influence of meat puppets 1:58
and i haven't even thought about fat day

Guided By Voices - Pendulum (1:50)
Black Box Recorder - Lord Lucan Is Missing (1:50)
Pavement - Lions (Linden) 1:50
The Minutemen - West Germany (1:49)
Sleater-Kinney - It's Enough (1:47)

The Beatles - I'll Cry Instead (1:46)

and i haven't even thought about fat day

oh man, I hadn't even thought about GodCo so I guess we're even

Silkworm - Raging Bull (1:41)
The Vibrators - I Need a Slave (1:45)

You know who needs more nominations?

Guided By Voices - Teenage FBI (Wish in One Hand... EP version) (1:38)
Guided By Voices - 14 Cheerleader Coldfront (1:31)

My poll is bigger than yours.

The Pipettes - The Burning Ambition Of Early Diuretics (1:46)
Sleater-Kinney - Little Mouth (1:45)
Yann Tiersen - J'y suis jamais allé (AKA "I've Never Been There") (1:34)
Plaid - Tak 2 (1:08)
Boards of Canada - Telepath (1:33)
Boards of Canada - Over the Horizon Radar (1:09)
Cat Power - Space Oddity (0:35)
Cat Power - Wanderer (1:14)

Leee, it's not about the size of the poll, it's about the smallness of the poll because the tinier that everything is, the more relative space there is between everything. kind of like electrons floating around in the vast space of atoms

Electrelane - Spartakiade (1:41)

Adverts - Bored Teenagers (1:45)
Minutemen - Two Beads at the End (1:53)
Mano Negra - King Kong Five (1:58)
Pipettes - It Hurts To See You Dance So Well (1:53)

Bully - I Remember (1:48)
Mannequin Pussy - Denial (1:58)