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What do you think are some of the best songs that are under, say, 2 minutes 30 seconds? (I know, years ago that might be considered average length, but not anymore with 4+ becoming the norm)

 

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (2:04)

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (2:21)

Tom Waits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up (2:30)

Pixies - Isla De Encanta (1:41)

The Rolling Stones - Hang Fire (2:23)

 

 

 

etc. What else?

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The Smiths - "William, It Was Really Nothing" at around 2.09

Tom Waits - "Cemetery Polka" 1.46

The Beatles - "For No One" 1.59 I think?

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Wire - Ex Lion Tamer (2:19)

Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight (1:33)

Tom Waits - I'm Still Here (1:49)

The Rolling Stones - Yesterday's Papers (2:20)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - No Action (1:58)

T. Rex - Metal Guru (2:25)

Mission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate (2:03)

Mission of Burma - This is Not a Photograph (1:56)

David Bowie - Breaking Glass (1:51)

The Feelies - Fa Cé-La (2:01)

The Nerves - Hanging on the Telephone (2:04)

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"Minimum Wage" by They Might Be Giants - 0:47

"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" by the Dead Kennedys - 1:02

"Meet James Ensor" by They Might Be Giants - 1:30

"Introduce Yourself" by Faith No More - 1:33

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U2 - "October" 2.21

Tindersticks - "The Walt Blues" 1.08 and "Snowy in F# Minor" 2.30

Jethro Tull - "Thick as a Brick" lawl!

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The Misfits - Astro Zombies

The Misfits - Where Eagles Dare

Black Sabbath - Embryo

Soundgarden - Kickstand

Minor Threat - Guilty Of Being White

The Offspring - All I Want

The Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

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Danielson Famile - Rubbernecker - 1:46

Copeland - Brightest - 2:05

The Beach Boys - I Get Around - 2:13

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice - 2:24

 

Now, if it were under 3 minutes, there'd be a lot more.

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Some more:

 

"A Walk"-Bad Religion 2:14

Every song on Suffer-Bad Religion

"Waiting Around to Die"-Townes Van Zandt 2:24

"Poughkeepsie"-Devendra Banhart 2:17

"Pink Moon"-Nick Drake 2:05

"Fish Fuck"-GWAR :32

"I Like Food"-The Descendents :17

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"Fishfuck" isn't 32 seconds long. It's a minute and 32 seconds. :D

 

Ahem...

 

Napalm Death - "You Suffer And Die" (0:05)

S.O.D. - "The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix" (0:05)

S.O.D. - "The Ballad of Phil Hartman" (0:08)

S.O.D. - "Diamonds And Rust (Extended Edition)" (0:05)

S.O.D. - "Anti-Procrastination Song" (0:06)

S.O.D. - "Fuck The Middle East" (0:27)

S.O.D. - "United Forces" (1:53)

S.O.D. - "Celtic Frosted Flakes" (1:15)

S.O.D. - "Ram It Up" (1:21)

The Misfits - "We Are 138" (1:41)

The Misfits - "Hybrid Moments" (1:42)

S.O.D. - "March of the S.O.D." (1:27)

S.O.D. - "Sgt. D and the S.O.D." (2:23)

Zombie Apocalypse - "Welcome to the Jungle" (2:17)

Zombie Apocalypse - "Morti Viventi" (0:18)

Zombie Apocalypse - "The Dead in the Queue" (2:00)

Zombie Apocalypse - "Just Meat" (0:48)

Zombie Apocalypse - "God, I Hope The Data is Lying" (1:04)

Zombie Apocalypse - "Murder Be a Lady Tonight" (1:28)

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I officially declare the thread closed. From here on out, we're just naming songs regardless of quality.

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I thought I wrapped it up with "Thick as a Brick," but yeah, that too.

 

Hey, did you like The Bends?

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Yes, yes, and yes, thanks for that. And you were right about "High and Dry." I like it as a song but it'd be better near the end of the album. "Fake Plastic Trees" dwarfs it.

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Thanks! I've been pitching that to everyone and nobody else agrees. Whaaatever.

 

I've decided it would be really awesome to live in the Marina Towers, as featured on Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. You know. Just because.

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'Ex Lion Tamer' has already been mentioned when the thread was still alive, but that won't stop me agreeing with it now. Also, every other Wire song from their golden period could probably go in here, I always loved the fact that whilst the song 'Pink Flag' is like 3.40, it sounds like an absolute epic.

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Because that GODDAMN HOLY SHIT ITS STARIN AT ME! baby-creature-corpse-type thing in your sig fucks up people's heads, and they think they're actually posting good songs.

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"Thick as a Brick" already established the "it's funny because it's long" thing; why list an 8 when I've already done a 44?

 

 

That's IT.

 

Thread CLOSED.

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