Shortest People in Music

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Prince

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 02:28 (twenty years ago) link

kylie minogue

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 02:30 (twenty years ago) link

bob dylan, paul simon, chan marshall

― kephm, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 02:30 (twenty years ago) link

Joe C RIP

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 02:31 (twenty years ago) link

Bushwick Bill

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 04:23 (twenty years ago) link

Steve Albini
Thom Yorke
(L'il) Bow Wow

― Famous Athlete, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 04:48 (twenty years ago) link

Is Steve Albini short?
I've stood next to him an dI didn't notice.
In fact I'm sure he's six foot plus.

― mei (mei), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 05:15 (twenty years ago) link

Jordy!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 07:16 (twenty years ago) link

the dwarves

― duane, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 07:24 (twenty years ago) link

Kurt Ralske. My god, is he tiny.

― kate (kate), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 08:44 (twenty years ago) link

I go for Prince. If you stand next to him, you think "jesus christ, this mofuckah is short."

― gage o (gage o), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:05 (twenty years ago) link

Beck isn't much taller than Prince.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:23 (twenty years ago) link

Everyone.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:29 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.buffstones.com/little_kingz.jpg
"Waddup bitchez, Prince is a tall fucker, U R ALL STOOPID!"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:31 (twenty years ago) link

I remember one of those Monorchid fellers being on the remarkably wee side, but I could be misremembering.

Isn't Stephen Merritt a bit diminutive?

― Lee G (Lee G), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:40 (twenty years ago) link

the dwarves

blag is taller than me (>6'2")

eddie vedder is like 5'5".

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:45 (twenty years ago) link

Steve Merritt's 5' even, apparently. Is Paul Williams the 'Phantom of the Paradise', 'The Rose' guy? He may be lucky enough to make it to actual dwarf/little person status (ie. prob same height as Prince)

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:48 (twenty years ago) link

lil kim = 4'11"

― Nellie (nellskies), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:49 (twenty years ago) link

I heard that was Prince's height. I am dubious.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 13:50 (twenty years ago) link

brian molko!

― joan vich (joan vich), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:03 (twenty years ago) link

and, er, eric idle of course.

― joan vich (joan vich), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:04 (twenty years ago) link

Sloan's Jay Ferguson and Elevator's Tara are both about 3 apples high and cute as buttons on bass.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:10 (twenty years ago) link

That grrly what sings for The Corrs is like barely 5 feet, idn't she?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:15 (twenty years ago) link

Gloria Estefan.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 15:25 (twenty years ago) link

Any other midgets of note besides Bushwick Bill in the history of popular music?

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 15:50 (twenty years ago) link

Michael Gerald was like 5'3" by my recollection ...

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 16:07 (twenty years ago) link

Princess Superstar is only like 5'3" WITH stiletto heels on.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 17:11 (twenty years ago) link

Ani DiFranco. Joan Jett is pretty short, too.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 17:24 (twenty years ago) link

Isabel from Drugstore.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 18:30 (twenty years ago) link

skee-lo?

― praying mantis (praying mantis), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

Jiminy Cricket!

― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 18:39 (twenty years ago) link

i win

― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 18:39 (twenty years ago) link

The flautist from the Polyphonic Spree is titchy. As is Emma Pollock.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 18:50 (twenty years ago) link

All of the guys in Fugazi are shorter than me (I'm 5'7").

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 20:57 (twenty years ago) link

Most of the guys from Blue Oyster Cult too.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:18 (twenty years ago) link

Warren Cuccurullo! He's a tiny little thing for me to actually be able to look down at him. Ergo, the rest of the original Missing Persons lineup must've been rather vertically challenged as well.

Warren had huge, big, mega rippling muscles when I met him, though. He's sorta like the pint-sized Arnold Schwarzenegger or Lou Ferrigno of rock & roll.

― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:44 (twenty years ago) link

the drummer outta Toad The Wet Sprocket?

― mac, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 22:26 (twenty years ago) link

I heard that was Prince's height. I am dubious.

I heard 5'3".

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 22:33 (twenty years ago) link

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 22:49 (twenty years ago) link

Tracey Primitive is teeny tiny. You only really realise this if you've seen the Primitives live. They had to scale down all venues to suit her.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 3 July 2003 20:11 (twenty years ago) link

five years pass...

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/getback/123828/rocks-short-list-5-8-and-under/

― xhuxk, Monday, 25 May 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link

Har Mar Superstar is 5'5"

― snoball, Monday, 25 May 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link

http://www.osmond.com/backstage/discography/images/jim-little-jim.jpg http://i36.tinypic.com/swxxu9.jpg

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 25 May 2009 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link

(Not anymore though)

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 25 May 2009 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link

This thread has been around since 2003 and no one has yet mentioned Angry Anderson or Udo Dirkschneider?!

― Nate Carson, Monday, 25 May 2009 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link

I once saw Neil Hannon and Beck side by side - how i chortled from my lofty perch; think Hannon was slightly the taller though.

― sonofstan, Monday, 25 May 2009 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah it's quite hard to believe than no one mentioned.... Angry Anderson?

― jed_, Monday, 25 May 2009 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link

i couldn't help but notice paul simon didn't look much taller than woody allen in "annie hall"

― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link

http://jeffcaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sg-bridge-over-troubled-water.jpg
Garfunkel is really tall though, so this picture may not be representative of much.

― snoball, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 08:54 (fourteen years ago) link

Awesome Nietzschian moustache there Art!

― Enemy Insects (NickB), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:07 (fourteen years ago) link

Chan Marshall? She's about five-eight, isn't she? I, er, unfortunately tend to notice these things when I meet people. (It's a pain in the neck.) She's hardly short, unless the world has gone mad.

― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:09 (fourteen years ago) link

So above average height - which I don't believe is the usual criterion for being described as short

― Dante ... Bruno . Vico .. Passantino (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:19 (fourteen years ago) link

No mention of Leo Sayer yet it seems. Around 1.50 or so.

― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link

this guy scored a couple of hits here recently:
http://spitsnet.nl/uploaded/IMAGES/Muziek/cd%20recensies/2003%20CD%20Van%20Velzen%20-%20Unwind.jpg
http://www.petterik.nl/linda/beatstad/DSC00803.jpg

― Ludo, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:24 (fourteen years ago) link

according to Wikipedia he's 1.50 metres, but he looks smaller to me.

― Ludo, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:25 (fourteen years ago) link

Angry Anderson is the midget from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Master of Master Blaster). He got the role due to his big success as singer of the band Rose Tattoo.

Not really THAT obscure...

― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:05 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah it's quite hard to believe than no one mentioned.... Angry Anderson?

Jeez, I've been meaning to check out Rose Tattoo for years, and I'm pretty sure no one ever mentioned to me that the frontman was a midget. The hard rock world is a weird place for political correctness.

― bendy, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link

Angry Anderson is 5'1".

― King Boy Little Pattie (sic), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link

How is Ronnie James Dio not mentioned on here?

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link

He always gets over-looked.

― Enemy Insects (NickB), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link

Michel Petrucciani

― Dante ... Bruno . Vico .. Passantino (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link

Surely Iggy Pop's song 5 foot 1 is about his actual size?

― Duke, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link

The green lighting in that vid makes the Igg look a bit like the Incredible Hulk

― Duke, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link

Angry Anderson = bloke who did the song that Scott and Charlene got married to in Neighbours. Was a bit surprised to find out at a much later date that he had a whole actual career that wasn't that.

― ailsa, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link

The guys from AC/DC are all pretty short.

― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link

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