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

that is still a tie for 111 though lol. if it was the top two you wouldn't say a tie for second!

so where are the clash then?

er...here they are!

https://i.imgur.com/9IwTs3m.jpg
113. The Clash - Koka Kola (1:48)
0.3177 points
5 votes

Investigate 111

sorry everyone - this is actually a very busy day at work for me but i'm doing my best

just said "poor Karl Malone" to tt and she agreed so basically ur doing god's work and there is no pressure to get everything right

we'll still say though haha

poor karl malone, lol

mistakes were made, mistakes will continue to be made. but if we all lower our expectations enough, i think we'll make it. just barely

olson is a great, vague, dreamy tune, in the end i went for another boc track but i could as well have chosen olson.

KM thank you for your heroic work here!

koka kola is a good song, but bottom five on london calling. would've felt weird to vote for it in lieu of the other better clash songs on the noms list

ok, carrying on!

https://i.imgur.com/LHvNzTn.jpg
107. Liz Phair - Glory (1:30)
0.3258 points
5 votes

ahahahaha the 7 hiding behind the mike stand

thanks for doing this, karl. mistakes are human, they are fine.

karl malone's facility with image editing will become more and more apparent as we ascend the countdown i reckon

great, cool liz phair song there which did not make it on my list in the end.

"Koka Kola" and "Glory" are good and all but this feels like the right zone for them placement-wise

karl malone's facility with image editing will become more and more apparent as we ascend the countdown i reckon

it's tough to say. on one hand you have making a bunch of images and honing in on a certain style, efficiency through sheer repetition.

on the other, you have making images at the last minute for the 4th night in a row, drinking, and rushing. it's a wash!

I find hearing about Karl's process of making the poll almost as enjoyable as the poll itself

lol, from a pessimistic point of view that makes a lot of sense!

i'm gonna move slightly faster now in an attempt to get to #101 before i leave work

https://i.imgur.com/k2zi3cu.jpg
106. Prince - I Wonder U (1:40)
0.3261 points
6 votes

ooh, my first vote to place

I ended up not giving any artist more than one slot except for, I believe, Erykah Badu. That song was one of my toughest exclusions.

https://i.imgur.com/5w8LihC.jpg
105. Elastica - Vaseline (1:20)
0.3285 points
5 votes

i don't understand the appeal of i wonder u. prince does not even sing on it.

https://i.imgur.com/C4HIkbs.jpg
104. Maurice Williams - Stay (1:34)
0.3288 points
4 votes

oh no!

that song by the sea nymphs from the beginning is quite amazing. it is like a small opera in 106 seconds. a nice discovery.

https://i.imgur.com/iY0sdhX.jpg
103. Buddy Holly - Words of Love (1:56)
0.3297 points
6 votes

Yay Elastica! I long-listed "Vaseline" but cut it in favor of the other one which I hope shows up (though the low number of repeat artists makes the prospect somewhat remote).

my favourite sub 2 minute Elastica song is All-Nighter which wasn't nominated (not even by me) unfortunately

https://i.imgur.com/ThDhV3D.jpg
102. Roxy Music - Tara (1:47)
0.3309 points
5 votes

Omg I was all like ill post from my phone! I'll check in! Then I didn't and several of my votes/almost votes (can't current remember what I 51'd) place! Glory, Olson made it, straight edge either placed 50 or just got 51d in the end on my ballot. Flute loop made my top 100 IIRC. This a fun rollout!! Oh yeah "too low" or something. God posting on ilx on a phone feels weird

I maybe should have voted for "Stay"...almost my whole ballot was drawn from my own nominations; I must have have missed that on the big list. Not sure if I would have voted for it, but glad it placed. Nice images!

w00t, it's happening!

A quick skim-through suggests I voted for just Randy Newman from this lot. Glad he scraped in, as a serial offender, concision-wise.

Several of these of tracks are not familiar by title. *commences remedial study*

last one for the day!

https://i.imgur.com/r0QPNUU.jpg
101. Minutemen - Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (1:31)
0.3318 points
5 votes

the rollout so far:

120 Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Love For Tender (1:58) 1000 0.3 3
119 Sleater-Kinney - Little Mouth (1:45) 1012 0.3036 5
118 Randy Newman - Dayton, Ohio - 1903 (1:53) 1014 0.3042 5
117 James Brown - Think (from 'Live at the Apollo') (1:58) 1026 0.3078 5
116 Beastie Boys - Flute Loop (1:55) 1042 0.3126 7
115 Arthur Russell - Eli (1:56) 1047 0.3141 4
114 Beck - Hollow Log (1:54) 1048 0.3144 4
113 The Clash - Koka Kola (1:48) 1059 0.3177 5
111 The Sea Nymphs - On the Dry Land (1:46) 1065 0.3195 3
111 Minor Threat - Straight Edge (0:46) 1065 0.3195 5
110 The Beach Boys - Caroline, No (a cappella, Pet Sounds, Disc 3) (1:54) 1079 0.3237 5
109 The dB's - Big Brown Eyes (1:59) 1081 0.3243 6
108 Boards of Canada - Olson (1:32) 1082 0.3246 5
107 Liz Phair - Glory (1:30) 1086 0.3258 5
106 Prince - I Wonder U (1:40) 1087 0.3261 6
105 Elastica - Vaseline (1:20) 1095 0.3285 5
104 Maurice Williams - Stay (1:34) 1096 0.3288 4
103 Buddy Holly - Words of Love (1:56) 1099 0.3297 6
102 Roxy Music - Tara (1:47) 1103 0.3309 5
101 Minutemen - Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (1:31) 1106 0.3318 5

on sunday i'll do one of the side-polls, and then we'll resume the countdown on Monday with #100-81

xp that was on my shortlist but I cut it

"Eli" is kinda remarkable, I'm thinking.

Also: nice work, Karl Malone!

great results, very diverse, looking forward to the rest of this

it wasn't a difficult bar to clear, but based off of very limited internet searching i feel that this is already greatest ever list of songs under 2 minutes. but that's only because the few other lists i saw were terrible and written for content farms

koka kola is a good song, but bottom five on london calling.

possibly top five for "stacked Mick harmonies play a counterpoint melody to Joe's lead vocal line" though

huzzah, ZS! Feel free to throw a few up over the weekend if you feel like it imo, not like it'll take ppl long to catch up on Monday morning US time

Xp

Diverse in genres perhaps. The only thing hit out of left field for me The Sea Nymphs and Elastica. I hope there are more oddballs before we get to the standards.

i unexpectedly had some liz phair moments last night. felt very 90s

huzzah, ZS! Feel free to throw a few up over the weekend if you feel like it imo, not like it'll take ppl long to catch up on Monday morning US time

yeah, we'll see how it goes on sunday. i have to work a 14-hour day tomorrow (and drive 2 hours both ways) so I'm hoping to use sunday to work on the images for 100-80 so I can do that on Monday.

xp haven't been following this and not sure what the standards would be, it will be interesting to see

So far I'm mostly impressed by the photoshop skillz

i did vote in this but didn't really look at the nominations. i just wanted to vote for five songs but ended up voting for like 10 songs total. regretting not voting for Elastica. great job as always KM, you really put your heart into these polls and it shows and is appreciated.

i think i might have to do the Beck poll sooner rather than later. i'm seeing Beck this summer for the third time but mainly going for Spoon. i have seen Spoon three times, so this summer will be number four.

not sure why (and this is not the place for it), but Spoon's "Inside Out" has been going through my head for years

I love the Minor Threat, dB's, Boards of Canada, Liz Phair placements

on the whole, really like all of them

this is really great so far, thank you sir!