Your favorite short songs... no Sunn(((O please.

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Anything <=2 minutes is fair game!

Aerogramme - Yes (2:00)
Squarepusher - Tommib (1:20)
Old Man Gloom - Flood I (0:51!)

― harshaw (jube), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:24 (twenty-two years ago)

moby grape - naked, if i want to (1:57)
any song by seems twice (00:10 or thereabouts)

― phil turnbull (philT), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Holy fuck I forgot:

Daughters - Pants, Meet Shit (0:52)

PLEASE FORGIVENESS

― harshaw (jube), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:38 (twenty-two years ago)

One of my all time favorite songs is "See Where You Are and Get Out" by Tim Hardin. In fact, if I ever starred in my own sitcom, that'd be the theme song. "Everybody I know well / well enough to call my friend / knows everybody makes mistakes..."

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"Etienne Gonna Die" 1:32-David Mamet samples rule OK

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:46 (twenty-two years ago)

The Smiths -- Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1:51 ?)
Ganger -- Hai! (0:39 ?)

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 29 May 2004 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Sleater-Kinney - "Little Mouth" (1.44)
Pretty Girls Make Graves - "Mr. Club" (0.48)

― eeeLastica (Leee), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

guided by voices - kicker of elves
descnedents - M16
assfactor 4 - hey stinky

― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:19 (twenty-two years ago)

95% of Minor Threat's oeuvre and every song on Group Sex by the Circle Jerks.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Virtually everything on Madvillain.

― djdee2005, Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll second Little Mouth, my favorite S-K song.
Guided by Voices "Indian Fables", many, many more
The Germs "What We Do is Secret"
under two minute songs on Wire's Pink Flag:
Field day for the sundays
3 girl rhumba
mr. suit
12xu, etc.

I'll try to think of others.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Napalm Death "You Suffer", "The Kill", "Deceiver" etc.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"Deep Inside" by Fishbone (1:21)
"Clean Money" by Elvis Costello (1:57)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:35 (twenty-two years ago)

(Hasn't this been done a coupla times already?)

By MX-80 Sound:
"Fascination", 1:43
"PCBs", 1:57
"Theme From Checkmate", 1:46

Dozens by the minutemen, Angry Samoans, more...

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Pretty much every track on Static Age by the Misfits.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:42 (twenty-two years ago)

punk shouldn't count. But

"Six Pack"

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:47 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, punk pretty much owns this thread.

95% of Minor Threat's oeuvre and every song on Group Sex by the Circle Jerks.
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), May 29th, 2004.

heeeellll yeah.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The Minutemen - "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 29 May 2004 09:31 (twenty-two years ago)

the obvious: DK - "Short Songs"

but the aforementioned "You Suffer" is always my #1 choice
another:
Destroy! - "F.Y.I.P."

― Avi (Avi), Saturday, 29 May 2004 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)

many songs from Pink Flag & the entire Minutemen catalog, but here's some more:

Circle Jerks - "Wasted"
T. Rex - "Country Honey"
Germs - "What We Do Is Secret"

― steeve mcqueen (steeve mcqueen), Saturday, 29 May 2004 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

GBV - "Father Sgt. Christmas Card"

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 29 May 2004 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Napalm Death - You Suffer (0.75 seconds)

― myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Saturday, 29 May 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

This is what happens when I click on the "time" bar in iTunes:

The Prefects-I've Got VD (7 seconds)
Wire-Field Day For Sundays (28 seconds)
Beach Boys-Meant For You (40 seconds)
Urinals and 100 Flowers-I'm Like You (50 seconds)
Wire-It's So Obvious (53 seconds)
Big Star-St 100/6 (1 min 1 second)
The Homosexuals-My Night Out (1 min 6 seconds)
Swell Maps-Vertical Slum (1 min 12 seconds)

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

boyracer - new punk song (:54)

― brock (brock), Saturday, 29 May 2004 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm tired, but I just listened to a beautiful short song.

"Joy" by Circulatory System.

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Saturday, 29 May 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

aphex twin - I (1:17)
boards of canada - one very important thought (1:18)
dj shadow - why hip hop sucks in '96 (0:41)
prefuse 73 - invigorate (interlude) (1:25)
ryoji ikeda - c8: can(n)non (1:01)
the beatles - i'll cry instead (1:47)
the beatles - why don't we do it in the road (1:41)
the chocolate watchband - come on (1:50)
the monks - boys are boys and girls are choice (1:26)
the blues magoos - that's all folks (0:11)
the jujus - you treated me bad (1:56)
the bees - voices green and purple (1:36)
the mal-t's - here to stay (1:57)
the castaways - liar liar (1:54)
max frost & the troopers - shape of things to come (1:54)
john lennon/plastic ono band - my mummy's dead (0:49)
syd barrett - golden hair (1:44)
the rolling stones - not fade away (1:48)
the smiths - please please please let me get what i want (1:50)
the stone roses - elizabeth my dear (0:56)
badly drawn boy - bewilder (0:47)
dEUS - supermarketsong (1:56)
doves - where we're calling from (1:24)
kula shaker - i'm still here (1:31)
mogwai - radar maker (1:38)
olivia tremor control - i can smell the leaves (1:50)
radiohead - you never wash up after yourself (1:44)
sufjan stevens - alanson, crooked river (1:18)
the books - explanation mark (0:19)

― Toon (Skelter), Sunday, 30 May 2004 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Born Against, "The Nail That Sticks Up Gets Hammered Down."

― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Sunday, 30 May 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The RZA – ‘Flying Birds’
Boards of Canada – ‘Over the Horizon Radar’
Air – ‘Clouds Up’
Mr. Oizo – ‘Smoking Tape’

― Orange, Monday, 31 May 2004 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Basement Jaxx - 'Cosmolude'
All the interludes on Yukari Fresh - Cityrama, plus 'Yippee To Kate '99'
Cornelius - 'The Fight', '2010', 'Bug (Electric Last Minute)', 'Monkey'
London Funk Allstars - 'Introduction'
The Eels - 'Going To Your Funeral Pt. II'
Beastie Boys - 'Five Piece Chicken Dinner'
Deltron 3030 - 'The News'
Handsom Boy Modeling School - 'Modelling Sucks'

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Monday, 31 May 2004 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)

XbXrX to the thread.

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 31 May 2004 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

from the sublime to the ridiculous...

New Life Trio - Empty Streets - 2:03
Numbers - I'm Shy - 1:51
An Albatross - The Revolutionary Politics of Dance - 1:13

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 00:05 (twenty-two years ago)

seventeen years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cZ5mOcV1HM

― xzanfar, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 18:39 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sDHPF61CWk

― xzanfar, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 18:39 (four years ago)

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

― xzanfar, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 18:43 (four years ago)

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

― xzanfar, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 18:46 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmfxGn2gUl4

― xzanfar, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 18:47 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PE2rBcoJw8

― xzanfar, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 18:52 (four years ago)

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

― hourspass, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 18:55 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlSoYzzhm04

― xzanfar, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 18:58 (four years ago)

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

― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 19:03 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkv-pA8Z_mM

― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 19:12 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FEDLIS3BNk

― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 19:20 (four years ago)

Etienne Charry - coeur brise / 1:29
The Mike Sames Singers - soon it's gonna rain / 1:39
Bobbie Smith And The Dream Girls – now he's gone / 1:59
Cypress Hill - lockdown / 1:29
Mad Professor - untitled / 1:12 (last song on side A of 'Dub Me Crazy!')
Owane - groove of satan / 1:32
DJ Kiva ft. Afra Behn - walk in broken shades / 1:11
The Super Stocks - oceanside / 1:46
The Super Stocks - midnight run / 1:58
Slava Tsuckerman (Liquid Sky OST) - noon / 1:52
The Castaways - liar liar / 1:53
The Phantom Surfers - pygmy dance / 1:44
Nichts - radio / 1:52
'This Is Boston, Not L.A.' (any)
Kraut - last chance / 1:31 (reverbed version on 'New York Trash')
Discharge - a hell on earth / 1:51
Billy Goldenberg (Columbo OST)- save landing / 0:52
Junior Varsity (Houston, Texas)- dance franny dance (Floyd Dakil)/ 1:57
Astrud Gilberto - the telephone song / 1:55
Edwin Astley (Deceased OST) - randall & hopkirk / 1:48
The Remains - say you're sorry / 1:52 (fast version)
Eric Weissberg & Marshall Brickman (Deliverance OST) - riding the waves / 1:36
The Monks - drunken maria / 1:51

― meisenfek, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 01:20 (four years ago)

Stereolab - Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (Mellow) - 1:44

They also do a "foamy" version of the track, which clocks in at an epic 2:13.

― henry s, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 12:32 (four years ago)

Omnivore - Nikki McClure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6CPNLUrV7Q

― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 13:25 (four years ago)

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