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

(dominated by hardcore)

this is a bit of a stretch, 2 out of 10 is hardly domination! might as well say dominated by TV themes

never really liked Sonic Youth's cover of Nic Fit, one of the weaker songs for me on Dirty. tbh don't really like the original that much either

you are right, i should have said hardcore/punk to include the dead kennedys, crass and bikini kill. my notion of hardcore is quite wide - basically fast and loud music with shouting and basic hooks - as it is not really my fave style.

been not super online but i was able to follow this poll and want to give a huge huge thank you to km for an awesome and very fun poll ! thanks !!

A pro poller would’ve rolled out 120 songs under 120 seconds in under 120 seconds but still p good job km

Fantastic poll!! Thanks to Mr. Karl Malone for running it. Even though my #1 didn't crack the top 264. Dig my ballot:

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The Beatles - I'll Cry Instead (1:46)
Wire - Sand in my Joints (1:50)
Buddy Holly - Rave On (1:49)
Scott Walker - Cowbells Shakin' (1:06)
Elvis Presley - That's All Right (1:55)
The Glands - Call Me Doctor (1:03)
Pavement - Zurich is Stained (1:41)
Noname - Self (1:35)
Minutemen - West Germany (1:49)
Ramones - Judy is a Punk (1:32)
White Stripes - Now Mary (1:47)
The Kinks - Two Sisters (1:59)
Bruce Springsteen - Johnny Bye-Bye (1:53)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (1:50)
Gene Clark - Jimmy Christ (1:32)
Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl (1:48)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - No Action (1:58)
Bikini Kill - Capri Pants (1:43)
Bob Dylan - Odds and Ends (1:47)
Wire - Outdoor Miner (1:45)
Guided by Voices - Pendulum (1:50)
Bully - I Remember (1:48)
Elastica - Annie (1:15)
James Brown - Think (from 'Live at the Apollo') (1:58)
MIssissippi John Hurt - First Shot Missed Him (1:45)
Sleater-Kinney - Little Mouth (1:45)
Silkworm - Raging Bull (1:41)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1:53)
Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans (1:58)
Madvillain - Curls (1:36)
Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack (1:55)
The Beach Boys - I'd Love Just Once to See You (1:51)
Neutral Milk Hotel - Communist Daughter (1:57)
Parquet Courts - Outside (1:45)
Pixies - Tame (1:56)
PJ Harvey - No Child of Mine (1:13)
Sebadoh - License to Confuse (1:46)
Prince - Sister (1:32)
The Clash - Koka Kola (1:48)
Jay Reatard - Not a Substitute (1:05)
Public Enemy - Show 'Em Whatcha Got (1:56)
The Coasters - Yakety Yak (1:53)
The Magnetic Fields - Love is Like a Bottle of Gin (1:46)
The Mountain Goats - Dance Music (1:58)
Hüsker Dü - Never Talking To You Again (1:41)
Van Halen - Eruption (1:42)
The Box Tops - The Letter (1:53)
The Byrds - It Won't Be Wrong (1:58)
The Doors - Wintertime Love (1:57)
Yo La Tengo - Return to Hot Chicken (1:40)

Did Flopsy/whoever make that "sub-one-minute" paylist?

I guess not.

aw man sorry for messing up "It's Time to Party"

anyway pretty interesting that TMBG got the 10th most points but couldn't place a single song on the poll. "Nightgown of the Sullen Moon" totally should have been on there, not only a perfect 1:59 but also kind of a perfect tune as well

you should've voted for "kiss me, son of god" with me

136 Rihanna - James Joint (1:12) 4 928 0.2784 1

this is an outrage

that was my #1. i dunno what else i voted for.

Wow. Awesome poll. Nice job Mr Malone.

Looking forward to playing around with the playlist.

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

M.O.B • KoKoLeCheL

I'm finally getting around to watching season 5 of Silicon Valley and "You Suffer" makes a cameo in episode 3, which aired a year before this poll. Didn't see "silicon" show up anywhere in this thread so I figure there might be a few other people as surprised as I was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81zBnjh2VT8

Jay Reatard was robbed here! What was I thinking, I shoulda boosted those tunes.

new entry to the list:

Noname - Song 33 (1:10)

Neil Young - Mexico

dang, missed this thread....

Bobby Smith & The Dreamgirls - now he's gone (1:59)

Sven Libaek - open sea theme (2:01)

this was a fun poll

It really was

word

Dead Milkmen - Filet of Sole (1:57)

also, I nominate/invite my friend's band (who worked real hard on their album) for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lw0zldhiBk

Charles Sheffield - it's your vodoo working (1:49)

What, no “Der Weinerschnitzel”?

Should’ve made it less than one minute instead of two. So many of these songs are good hit songs that just happen to clock in at around 1:58 or 1:59, like “Hit the Road Jack” or “Lake of Fire” or “That’s Alright, Mana”.

i suggested a 90 second poll for that reason but alas. still was a really fun poll tho.

and i still regret not voting. my top 10 would have been something very close to this (sticking to a self-imposed 90 second rule):

moby grape - naked, if i want to
big star - ST 100/6
shuggie otis - happy house
gong - chainstore chant
wire - field day for the sundays
the beatles - her majesty
tom zé - complexo de épico
can - pnoom
de la soul - transmitting live from mars
dead kennedys - nazi punks fuck off

also the db's made the top 120 but where, i ask, where are the nerves ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0kYiqWjkXM

fwiw I was one of 2 voters for Walking Out On Love by (Paul Collins) Beat

It's nominations day in Tom's World Cup of sub-2min songs, in case you're interested

This is the NOMINATIONS THREAD for the

WORLD CUP OF SHORT SONGS

You get 4 noms, each under 2 minutes and from a different decade. 1 track/artist!

Guidelines: https://t.co/8xYKFayUyE
Nominations List: https://t.co/kGhFTMYLQg pic.twitter.com/Y2vjmEUad7

— The World Cup Of 1977 (@peoples_pop) May 30, 2021

on further review, not including video game songs here definitely led to a drastically different selection. i assume SMB1 W1-1 would have won this.

Wow, Yummy Fur are criminally underrepresented here, they should own this

Yes

Anyway, um, "inspired" by this poll I've made a Twitter account where I'm posting a song of every length.

https://twitter.com/EverySecondSong

#170 The Beatles - I'll Follow the Sun (1:48) 3 votes

i love this song

Anyway, um, "inspired" by this poll I've made a Twitter account where I'm posting a song of every length.

https://twitter.com/EverySecondSong

― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, August 4, 2021 4:07 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is cool, I love this CaAL!

just listened to Final Day and got annoyed again about people not liking it on this poll lol.

shocked by this though!

"Hybrid Moments" isn't even in my top ten Misfits songs fwiw

― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 12 April 2019 23:13 (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

putting that on next

haha sorry!