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

Same, except I’d heard them before. Many of my friends were obsessed with them in middle school

Entirely the fault of Tiny Toons, man.

kiss me son of god has a real shot to be my number one on this here thing

so haters can all stand on their own heads

just going in on the playlist and i'd never heard any they might be giants before, just got through all their nominated songs... this is something people really like?

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Thursday, February 28, 2019 11:42 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seriously what the fuck

kiss me son of god has a real shot to be my number one on this here thing

― voodoo chili, Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:20 PM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow why? i hope not. going through this list I have no idea how anyone could even guess what the top 10 could remotely look like. just seems like this is going to be all over the map.

he said HIS number one tbf lol

oh got it

ok but voodoo.... why?

or do we have to wait for the next thread before discussing such things?

yeah, hold yer fire! a lot of other people will have the same question, i assume, but TMBG love is real and enduring for tons of people

my last batch:

ricardo ray - stop, look and listen (1:53)
chantal goya - tu m'as trop menti (1:45)
guided by voices - cyclops (1:50)
cat stevens - tea for the tillerman (1:01)
silver jews - introduction ii (1:02)
the contents are - if you're relaxing (1:52)
the pretty things - the good mr. square (1:27)

and one last:
nuclear assault - live, suffer,die (1:05)

free kitten - the boasta (1.31)
Bikini Kill - In Accordance To Natural Law (0.28)

Bikini Kill was already nominated, I'm pretty sure

Field Music - A Prelude To Pilgrim Street (1:52)

and a couple after last:
kenny process team - driving test (1:22)
kenny process team - sweetheart (1:13)
kenny process team - cats and dogs (1:32)
the crucifucks -the mountain song (1:23)
simon steensland - the dance itself (1:39)
the stretchheads - HMS average nostril (1:38)
vince guaraldi - african sleigh ride (1:38)
ween - what deaner was talkin' about (1.59)
a tribe called quest - his name is mutty ranks (1:56)
bastard kestrel - tharn (1:47)
the dickies - eve of destruction (1:58)
thanks!

We have gotten through the entire Spotify playlist so far. Number of tracks saved for further consideration: 115. Good job everyone I guess

We must also remember that there are a lot of great songs not on Spotify, and come the campaigning thread, this may be a priority for some

Is there a quick way to tell how many songs you've hearted in a playlist?

not really, but you can go to your 'songs' list and then sort by date added and grab all the recent ones and throw in a separate playlist

Works for me.

For the luvva... I just liked a POTUSA song. :(

Jeff Phelps - Excerpts From Autumn (1:41)
Aaliyah - Came To Give Love - Outro (1:41)
Dean Shostak - The Star Spangled Banner (1:45)
Jacques Lasry - Toccata (1:47)
The Focus Group - Petroleum Paisley (0:46)
Kraftwerk - Uranium (1:27)

The Chills - Don't Even Know Her Name (1:52)

These are mostly silly, but enjoyably so:

Vernon Elliott - Clangers Running Around The Planet! (0:19)
Jackson & His Computer Band - Promo (0:21)
Moloko - Dirty Monkey (0:23)
Euros Childs - Stella Is A Pygmy 3 (0:25)
Terence Trent D’Arby - Welcome To My Monasteryo (0:31)
Bobby Valentino - Some Bobby (0:35)
John Baker - Factors (0:38)
Supreme NTM - Sista B (0:40)
De La Soul - I Can Do Anything (Delacratic) (0:41)
David Cain - Radio Sheffield (0:42)
Plaid - Lat (0:46)
King Geedorah - The Final Hour (0:49)
Anal Cunt - Hitler Was A Sensitive Man (0:50)
Paramore - Interlude: I’m Not Angry Anymore (0:53)
New Kingdom - Half Asleep (0:54)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - I Am Consumed (0:55)
Bis - Public School Boy (1:00)
Etienne De Crecy - Apretime (1:00)
Terrance & Phillip - Uncle Fucka (1:06)
Paris - The Hate That Hate Made (1:10)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - アクロバット (Acrobat) (1:13)
Autechre - Melve (1:15)
Was (Not Was) - Dad I’m In Jail (1:26)
Eric Weissberg - Mountain Dew (1:26)
Paul Lynde, Marijane Maricle - Kids (1:30)
Aphex Twin - Beetles (1:31)
Tetine - I Go To The Doctor (1:33)
Mogwai - Radar Maker (1:36)
Edan - Key Bored (1:37)
Knifehandchop - Sun Jammer Is My Favourite Pokemon Trainer (1:39)
Marine Girls - Marine Girls (1:40)
Venetian Snares - 8AM Union Station (1:41)
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rocking Goose (1:50)
Therapy? - Knives (1:57)

ok but voodoo.... why?

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:08 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

We’ll get into it later, but I’m a sucker for Tunes

Syd Barrett - Effervescing Elephant (1.55)
Bessie Jones - Sometimes (0.57)
Woody Guthrie - All You Fascists (1.33)
David Lynch - Ghost Of Love (1.29)
Negativland - Car Bomb (1.55)
Paul Page and His Island-Aires - Castaway (1.35)
Jody Reynolds - Fire Of Love (1.52)
Skinny Puppy - Love (1.52)
XTC - New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage (1.53)
Benjamin Zephaniah - Independence (1.13)
Zounds - War (1.30)

We must also remember that there are a lot of great songs not on Spotify, and come the campaigning thread, this may be a priority for some

― imago

one of the reasons i've been so desultory on the noms is because i don't do spotify and thus am, in a practical sense, precluded from meaningfully participating in this particular poll

i don't do Spotify but do have a radio show so am often in need of songs to fill a short gap at the end of the show.

one of the reasons i've been so desultory on the noms is because i don't do spotify and thus am, in a practical sense, precluded from meaningfully participating in this particular poll

Can you elaborate

Just get the song length from wherever you listen to it online, or from your CD player. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t match up to the Spotify length. I’m just using Spotify as the decider when songs are really close to exactly 2 minutes, in an attempt to defuse other inevitable complaints about the process

Pretty Girls Make Graves - Mr. Club (0:48)

I only just saw this thread and I probably have loads of these but let's go with these:

4 Skins - Evil 1:47
7 Seconds - Skins, Brains And Guts 0:55
Action Pact! - Suicide Bag 1:54
Agent Orange (NL) - Lingerie 1:57
Agnostic Front - Society Suckers 1:10
Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Kill 1:34
Amy Linton & Stewart Anderson - The Lights Are Out 1:55
Angry Samoans - My Old Man's A Fatso 1:32
Anthrax (UK) - Got It All Wrong 1:53
Anti-System - Government Lies 1:51
Ashley Von Hurter & The Haters - You Really Shouldn't Have 1:43
B.G.K. - Police Crimes 1:41
Bad Posture - Time For Smack 1:57
Bags - We Will Bury You 1:55
Beatnik Filmstars - Skill 1:39
Bleach Boys - Stocking Clad Nazi Death Squad Bitches 1:58
Blitzkrieg Bop - Bugger Off 1:19
Box Elders - Hole In My Head 1:47
Bratmobile - Girl Germs 1:47
Celibate Rifles - Kent's Theme (They Don't Listen) 1:54
Circle Jerks - Live Fast Die Young 1:33
Cockney Rejects - Flares 'N' Slippers 1:36
Comes - Panic 1:46
Confuse - No Victor 1:56
Count Five - Revelation In Slow Motion 1:58
Criminal Class - Anti Social 1:43
Cross Stitched Eyes - Mourn For Life 1:40
D.I. - Hang Ten In East Berlin 1:53
Deep Freeze Mice - What More Can I Do 1:36
Detention - Dead Rock'n'Rollers 1:36
Dickies - You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) 1:52
Dicks - Kill From The Heart 1:55
Dirt Shit - Exit 1:40
Discharge - You Take Part In Creating This System 1:18
Disclose - Destruction 1:41
Disrupters - Young Offender 1:38
Donnas - I Wanna Be A Unabomber 1:30
Doom - Multinationals 1:59
Drunks With Guns - Punched In The Head 1:54
Dwarves - Smack City 1:48
Ejected - Have You Got 10p 1:33
Endtables - Circumcision 1:56
Eratics - National Service 1:44
Exploited - Dead Cities 1:53
Fear - I Don't Care About You 1:50
Fizzbombs - You Worry Me 1:58
Free Loan Investments - Bomb The Bourgeoisie 1:51
Freestone - Bummer Bitch 1:36
Freeze - Broken Bones 1:31
Frumpies - She's A Real Cutie Pie 1:29

OK I've had enough now

sorry Deep Freeze Mice was already nommed

ABC - The Look Of Love, Part 4 (0:59)
Van Dyke Parks - Down Laurel Canyon (1:19)
Jean-Michel Jarre - L'hélicoptère (1:29)
Joanna Gruesome - Honestly Do Yr Worst (1:51)
dEUS - Opening Night (1:38)

one of the reasons i've been so desultory on the noms is because i don't do spotify and thus am, in a practical sense, precluded from meaningfully participating in this particular poll

Can you elaborate

― Karl Malone

looking up several thousand short songs individually on youtube to see if i like them vs. clicking on a spotify playlist

What would we do if Spotify didn’t exist? Having a convenient way for some people to listen to songs doesn’t decrease anyone else’s ability to participate.

CP do you mind just limiting your noms to things you might vote for on a 50-track ballot? Do you want to go through the rest of the alphabet and pick yr favorites or just stick with those?

I said this upthread, but there is no mandate to listen to every single possible song and come up with the perfect list. Just participate in a way that doesn’t make your life living hell. That goes for everyone else whose life has been ruined by this poll

"Smack City" is so fucking great

In at the buzzer!

Wilco - Another Man's Done Gone (1:36)
Múm - Behind Two Hills, A Swimming Pool (1:09)
Tom Waits - Bend Down the Branches (1:06)
Bruce Springsteen - Held Up Without a Gun (1:17)
Gnarls Barkley - Feng Shui (1:27)
R.E.M. - Underneath the Bunker (1:28)

thanks! but the buzzer isn't quite here, everyone has through the end of march 1st (friday)

Cat Stevens - Was Dog A Doughnut? (1:17)

i can't find a version of this that is less than 4 minutes, so cutting for it now

rush i paid spotify $10 just so i could hopefully hear most of everything here. you could do the same, no ? (genuinely curious to know if you have a specific objection)

alternately you could ilx email me and i could send you 30 c90s :)

side note: ppl don’t get upset when i post a non-TMBG alternate playlist in the campaign thread. p done with having my vibe severely harsh’d every ten songs

spottie i'm not sure which song this is on the album - the sub-2 minute ones i can see are 'intro', '112/faith evans interlude', and 'thank you interlude', but none of those are near 1:58. removing for now but just let me know if i'm off

xp i just don't get the spotify objection at all, tbh

the poll could be 'best songs of the 1990s', and the possible nominees would be too large to count. and that would be ok. people would just pick their favorite songs from the 1990s. (actually, i'm probably wrong - i'm sure everyone would complain)

or this poll could exist, in a world where spotify doesn't exist, and that would be ok. everyone would just seek out the songs however they did so before youtube/spotify, and vote based on what they knew. (actually, i'm probably wrong - i'm sure everyone would complain)

but instead, it's this poll, but i made the mistake of spending a bunch of extra time to make a spotify playlist, which makes life easier for some people. but i shouldn't have done that? because it now means that life is harder for others? what

just fucking blows to spend a ton of extra time trying to help people only to end up pissing others off

Karl many of us are greatly appreciating and grooving to the Spotify playlist!

km what on earth !!

nobody is pissed off afaict.

as i said, i actually joined spotify for a month so i could appreciate the effort you put into this tremendous playlist of small songs.

you have done and are doing a wonderful job running this poll.

if there are spotify refuseniks i don’t think it’s a personal attack on you, i get that stance and fwiw i think you’ve made a number of thoughtful posts articulating why it needn’t be necessary to interact with spotify to get the most out of the poll.

no complaints from me !

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