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

Sore Throat - Three Seconds Long (0:03)

Where is the Spotify playlist?

Sonny Sharrock - Space Ghost Coast to Coast Theme (0:38)
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Just Got Back from the City (1966 demo) (1:54)
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends Theme Reprise (1:20)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Green Peppers (1:29)
La Luz - Hey Papi (1:46)

https://open.spotify.com/user/weinventyou/playlist/5NYa3dBthFiDcftI0ObtC3?si=Q4jRj-d-RtqGGIfAnT0QPQ xp

Raekwon - Pyrex Vision (0:55)
Circle Jerks - Beverly Hills (1:00)

oops on circle jerks already named

Part I of IV

Joni Mitchell - I's a Muggin' (0:08)
Yo La Tengo - George (0:43)
American Analog Set - New Drifters IV (0:47)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Firing Results (0:55)
Nico - Prelude (1:01) [from The Marble Index]
The Trash Can Sinatras - The Perfect Reminder (1:03)
Popol Vuh - Kleiner Krieger (1:05)
Mittagspause - Innenstadtfront (1:12)
Yo La Tengo - Too Much, Pt.1 (1:18)
Boards of Canada - Rodox Video (1:19)
Brian Eno - Sparrowfall (3) - (1:24)
This Mortal Coil - The Lacemaker II (1:25)
Serge Gainsbourg & Michel Colombier - Champêtre et Pop 2 (1:26)
Tom Liwa & Florian Glässing - Kathleen in Grün (1:27)
Pixies - Broken Face (1:30)
Les Négresses Vertes - La valse (1:33)
ZK - In der Ecke stehen (1:37)
Man or Astroman? - Intoxica (1:38)
The Durutti Column - Jazz (1:39)
KFC - Stumpf ist Trumpf (1:40)
Pixies - Isla de Encanta (1:41)
Boards of Canada - Constants Are Changing (1:42)
John Carpenter - Shape Escapes (1:43)
Moondog - Lament 1 (1:45)
Lansing-Dreiden - Dazzle Magic (1:46)
The Durutti Column - Sleep Will Come (1:49)
The Lemonheads - Bit Part (1:51)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5OXU-dAB2M

Pop & Pour Coca (Cola Logo) - Suzanne Ciani 0:07

lol at the juxtaposition of G.L.O.S.S. and "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows."

That's re: the Spotify playlist.

It pleases me to see that "Yakety Yak" and "Summertime Blues" (both obv. all-time klassics) slide in just under the 2:00 mark.

i feel like there are probably more songs under two minutes than over 10 minutes

that being said, i second this:

the united states of america - strand in time

I hope Karl keeps updating the Spotify playlist, it's fun to tear through

Phillip Glass - Helen's Theme (Candyman OST) (1.57)
Jeff Rosenstock - Planet Luxury (0.30)
Turnstile - Real Thing (1.56)
AG - MarcBerri (f. Roc Marciano) (0.56)
Tree - 50s (1.13)
Sean Price - Fei Long (1.16)
Stuff - The Gadd Solo (1.16)
Mos Def - Priority (1.35)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Neighborhood Slang (1.32)
Danger Doom - Vats of Urine (1.48)
Burna Boy - More Life (1.32)
DJ Quik - Rhythm-Al-Ism (intro) (1.41)
Comptons Most Wanted - Hit the Floor (1.49)
Tracy Chapman - Behind the Wall (1.50)
Bankroll Fresh - Live Yo Life (1.56)
OutKast - Wailin' (1.59)
Ice Cube - What They Hittin Foe? (1.23)
Todd Rundgren - I Don't Wanna Tie You Down (1.56)
MF Doom - LIghtworks (1.53)
Gravediggaz - 2 Cups of Blood (1.27)
Ghostface Killah - Stroke of Death (1.56)
Roc Marciano - 20 Guns (1.54)
Swearin' - Kill em With Kindness (1.31)
Max B - Reign (1.45)
Motorhead - Bite the Bullet (1.38)
Da Brat - Intro (f. Twista, Millie Jackson) (1.58)
Project Pat - North Memphis (1.39)
Bad Religion - Modern Man (1.58)
Sublime - Saw Red (f. Gwen Stefani) (1.58)
112- Q, Mike, Slim, Daron (Interlude) (1.58)

what do we do with versions of songs which are under two minutes whereas the original is not? an example being an a cappella "caroline, no" on a "pet sounds" bonus cd. i nominate it if that is possible:

The Beach Boys - Caroline, No (1:54), (a cappella, Pet Sounds, Disc 3)

hearing some of the songs yall are posting on this thread (and in the spotify i suppose) and i am like, did you nominate this because you hate the concept? is this sabotage?

examples plz

i am absolutely too much of a coward to call anyone out (also i hit skip angrily on shuffle so i can't go back)

I will say, while I agree with the sentiment, that Atom and His Package song is remarkably bad

I hope Karl keeps updating the Spotify playlist, it's fun to tear through

oh, i'm definitely going to. as i add the nominations to the spreadsheet, i also put them on spotify. only takes an extra second or two.

what do we do with versions of songs which are under two minutes whereas the original is not?

if it's under 2 minutes, it qualifies, but on the nominations list i will specify that it's a remix or acapella version or whatever. just make sure it's actually a song that you will likely vote for and might get more than one vote in the end.

I'm sad that the Taxi Driver main title theme is :18 too long.

The Cure - Subway Song (1:58)

I’m up to the Chuck Berry block in the playlist and so far I haven’t hated anything. But then again, I nominated Atom.

Madvillain - Accordion (1:59)

I'm sad that the Taxi Driver main title theme is :18 too long.

Yup, I sought this out to nominate and was similarly disappointed.

i'm back at it, updating. lil' note: someone nominated the gothic archies' "the dead only quickly". it's credited to the 6ths, so i changed it

by the way, for those out there who nominated more than 3 tracks by the same artist - if you want to help out, you can just go back to what you nominated and choose 3 only three tracks and let me know. otherwise, i'll compile a list at the end and pester people individually

Thomas White - This Is Just A Little Interluide... (1:40)
Half Man Half Biscuit - Running Order Squabble Fest (1:54)

Bardo Pond - #3 (1:15)

The English Beat - Click Click (1:29)
The Cars - Shoo Be Doo (1:38)
Willie Nelson - Hello Walls (1:37)
Willie Nelson - Washing The Dishes (1:43)
Fats Domino - I'm Walking To New Orleans (1:59)
Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' (1:56)

if it helps to address the Too Many Songs! concerns, which i can understand, i can comb through the list later and look for people who nominated more than one song by the same artist and ask them to revise their nominations!

seriously, i don't mind doing it, and it would cut down the nominations quite a bit and emphasize just the best stuff.

what do you all think? if it's a good idea let me know and i can ask an all-powerful gmod to edit the first post to include that rule as the number #1 Q&A

― Karl Malone

i mean if you want to go through all that work you can but the "too many artists" record will remain. also the fact that no matter how long the nominee list is it's inevitably going to wind up as arbitrary and incomplete. because as soon as the nominations are finished it'll be, you know, what about "sometimes" by key (1:47) or insanity by l-seven (not to be confused with L7, 1:41)?

nah it's a cool idea but in practice i worry it'll turn out like the way the plot of the doctor who episode "ghost light" was described to me (i take their word for it that that is the plot because what i watched was utterly incomprehensible)

i think i can say with confidence that this poll will be greater than every episode of doctor who, combined

keep in mind that i've never seen doctor who, but i am confident about this

xxp: in that case KM I'll drop Attar of Roses from my Bob Drake picks, and for my P.E.E. tracks I choose San Salvador, Mexico and Making Soccer History.

It's a futile gesture nominating them in the first place but well I like them and such

I purposely imposed a one-song-per-artist rule for myself. With a (potential) 50 track ballot, though, I may do a max of two per artist.

Total Control - Her Majesty, Budgie (1:59)
Machine Girl - XLEEPY (1:58)

Vampire Weekend - 2021 (1:38)

xp got it, thanks ultros!

oh and

Howard Shore - Minas Morgul (1:58)

i think i can say with confidence that this poll will be greater than every episode of doctor who, combined

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:48 PM (fifty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

keep in mind that i've never seen doctor who, but i am confident about this

― Karl Malone

i did once see a video of every episode of doctor who combined, it was shit, you couldn't see or hear anything

i agree, this poll will definitely be better than that

Man, it is not fair to this poll that the Ramones, Wire and the Minutemen were simply so good at this

Also, this is not for noms, but for all you short-song fans, my old band did a whole album where all 51 songs were under two minutes:

Gilberto Gil - Frevo Rasgado (1:55)
Georgia Ann Muldrow - Melanin (1:45)
Scott Walker - Butterfly (1:42)
Mecano - Sólo Soy Una Persona (1:48)
Oscar the Grouch - I Hate Christmas (1:54)
Palace Songs - Christmastime in the Mountains (1:39)
Arthur Russell - You Can Make Me Feel Bad (1:29)
Brenda and the Tabulations - Hey Boy (1:52)

for my ballot i will rank all the songs on whiney's old album

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

― yuh yuh (morrisp)

paging morrisp, please select three

Christmastime in the mtns! Hell yes thx

Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - Lakeland Aquarelle (1:40)
Blitz - Razors in the Night (1:55)
DEVO - Too Much Paranoias (1:57)
Dead Milkmen - V.F.W. (1:49)
Dead Milkmen - Violent School (1:57)
Dos - Funk One (1:59)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Beaten to the Punch (1:49)
Frank Zappa - I Was a Teenage Maltshop (1:27)
Frank Zappa - Naval Aviation in Art? (1:33)
Frank Zappa - T’Mershi Duween (1:32)
French, Frith, Kaiser & Thompson - Killerman Gold Posse (1:46)
Half Japanese - Bingo’s Not His Name-O (1:20)
Half Japanese - Daytona Beach (1:47)
Half Japanese - Open Your Eyes - Close Your Eyes (1:08)
John Zorn/Yamantaka Eye - Eep Man (1:08)
Klaus Doldinger - Sitar Beat (1:32)
Larry Young - Alive (1:50)
Mothers of Invention - A Pound for a Brown on the Bus (1:29)
Mothers of Invention - Dog Breath Variations (1:49)
Negativland - New Is Old (1:33)
Replacements - Stuck in the Middle (1:49)
Robert Fripp - Haaden Two (1:57)
Rutles - Ouch! (1:52)
The Boys - Sick On You (1:53)
The Clash - The Leader (1:42)
Undertones - I Gotta Getta (1:54)
Ween - I’m Dancing in the Show Tonight (1:56)
Ween - Tick (1:53)
Ween - I’m in the Mood to Move (1:17)
Zero Boys - Mom’s Wallet (0:47)
Zoogz Rift - Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course (0:29)
Zoogz Rift - Torture Sequence (0:56)
Minutemen - Please Don’t Be Gentle With Me (0:48)
Minutemen - Storm in My House (1:59)
Minutemen - God Bows to Math (1:16)

Thanks in advance to anyone with free Minutemen slots who would add The Politics of Time (1:13) and Themselves (1:18).

Has no one yet nominated Napalm Death “You Suffer”?!
0:01.

The Jale song in the playlist is great. I'd never heard of them.

Rocket From the Crypt - Middle (1:02)
The Jesus Lizard - Mistletoe (1:53)
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - We'll Get Ahead Someday (1:57)
The Amps - Mom's Drunk (1:42)
Descendents - Jean is Dead (1:34)