I Like Short Songs

[JustALooseScrew]

Thought it's time we had a short song thread to match the long songs thread.


The Dead Kennedy's I Like Short Songs was already posted so doesn't count.

So I'll start with The Stone Roses Elizabeth My Dear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xi1Jt9lXM

[Ultuous]

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Johnspex]

I think I posted this on the previous short song thread but if you want it short and rocky you can't besat Song Of A Baker by the Small Faces.

[Nimby]

"Her Majesty" ( Abbey Road, 23 seconds).

[V8mate]

I'm not much of a Blur fan, but I quite like 'Song 2'.

Second track on the album. 2 mins and 2 seconds long. Two verses; two choruses.

[Pastor Of Muppets]

You wont get shorter than Napalm Deaths 'Scum', always been after the 2 second extended remix but so far its never
been found.
https://youtu.be/ybGOT4d2Hs8

Or for a very short (42 seconds) tremendous instrumental , there is 'The Hellion' by Judas Priest. https://youtu.be/cf6Yr-qGGHI

[WindyCommon]

Less than a minute including a middle eight and a guitar solo...! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmvioi1glg

Slightly longer, but still meets the definition at a little over two minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

[minky monkey]

Lawnmower Deth.

Punk as F..k.

A lengthy 8 seconds.

Surprisingly, nsfw.

https://youtu.be/Eu5sbjgCrNI

[Skyedriver]

The Letter by the Box Tops, 1 min 57 secs IIRC
Always thought it pretty poor value when I bought it in 1967

[thetapeworm]

minky monkey said:

Lawnmower Deth.

Punk as F..k.

A lengthy 8 seconds.

Surprisingly, nsfw.

https://youtu.be/Eu5sbjgCrNI

I was about to bombard with Lawnmower Deth, I think it's fair to say they like short songs too

[bigpriest]

34 seconds of Half Man Half Biscuit
https://youtu.be/xWqTo-5l3nk

[jet_noise]

1st Irish ever punk band The Radiators from Space: Television Screen fits in the short song genre at 1'53''.
Rather fun too.

[gazza285]

Lentilist said:

Doctor and the Crippens

I don't think many of their songs lasted more than two minutes, just long enough to blow up the odd cabbage.

[5pen]

One of my favourite albums is 'Give Blood' by Brakes (a sort of British Sea Power / Electric Soft Parade collaboration) - 16 tracks, 29 minutes. Cheney and Comma Comma... aren't songs as such, but still.

1. Ring a Ding Ding 01:37
2. NY Pie 01:59
3. The Most Fun 01:35
4. Heard About Your Band 01:29
5. What's in It for Me? 01:43
6. You'll Always Have a Place to Stay 02:27
7. Cheney 00:10
8. I Can't Stand to Stand Beside You 03:39
9. Pick Up the Phone 00:30
10. You're So Pretty 02:58
11. Jackson 03:07
12. All Night Disco Party 02:43
13. Hi, How Are You? 00:38
14. Comma Comma Comma Full Stop 00:06
15. Sometimes Always 02:30
16. Fell in Love with a Girl 04:12

[PositronicRay]

The seventh sacrament 29 seconds.