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less than 50 seconds...punk and thrash incl. :diskonto has songs under a minute that i enjoy

― Kevin Enas, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"short songs for short people?" 100 bands, each 60 seconds or less, I think. surprisingly some are pretty catchy!

― , Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Kicker Of Elves - Guided by Voices

― matthew stevens, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have, on tape, somewhere, a 40 second punk cover of "Henry the VIII" which I enjoy.

― Sterling Clover, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

At opposite ends of the spectrum: "Our Prayer" by the Beach Boys - a half-minute of wordless devotion. And "Field Day For The Sundays" by Wire - 26 seconds of formalist tabloid paranoia.

― Tom, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the Angry Samoans, "Lights Out" ("poke poke, poke your eyes out!")

― Patrick, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"The ballad of Jimi Hendrix" by MOD or is it SOD?

― Michael Bourke, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

same artists as tom, different songs.

beach boys, "meant for you" -- does the impossible trick of making mike love seem sweet.

wire, "straight line" -- which sports a fine, fine riff i'm always sorry to see depart so soon.

― fred solinger, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

stephen 'tape machine', lots of the yummy fur songs on 'kinky cinema' like 'our peppermint scene' or 'goose bumps' or 'british children on smack'.

― keith, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

-the entire xlimp wristx demo. -"eazy e is fucking dead and i think it's funny" by charles bronson -"closet check" by the mukilteo fairies in its entirety -manliftingbanner have a song called "blow your brains out" that's like fifteen seconds long. i think it's a cover, and the only thing worth mentioning that they've ever done. -"hug yourself" by spazz

― mac., Saturday, 3 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Indeed S.O.D, Michael. I was thinking the same thing. There were a couple of 1 and 2 second tracks on "Speak English or Die". Sadly I don't have my lp within reach so no additional titles. Good album though.

― Omar, Saturday, 3 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Openless- Soilent Green

― Matt O'Malley, Sunday, 4 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Some tracks from 'The Mighty Wurlitzer' played by Raymond Wallbank. There's 86 tracks, and it's less than 50 mins in total. He plays popular classics, such as 'On Ilkley Moor, Bar Tap Bar Tap Whatever'. Actually, this is more relevant to feeling sorry for performers; he's this old boy, with a dreadful spoonerism of a surname, and his wurlitzer. He probably makes his grandchildren listen, when they come by on sunday, after dinner. His wife, who cannot be called anything but Edna, will be making the tea. She will have doilies in the dresser and some cakes for the children. It's terrible listening to it, as you sit there imagining poor Mr Wallbank playing along, thinking people care. I'll shut up, shall I?

― alix, Monday, 5 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There are two exceedingly short tracks on gas0095 (that's Mat Jarvis gas on em:t, not Mike Ink Gas): "miniscule" and "timestretch". I once ran the former through CoolEdit and it clocked in at 0.011 seconds.

I shall now kill myself.

― Michael Jones, Monday, 5 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Most anything by Half Japanese or Angry Samoans...also that little kid singing "Cum On Feel The Noize" on the "Miniatures" compilation.

― D.Zarakov, Monday, 5 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Frankly, it may not be under 50 seconds, and doesn't compete with the howls of you kool katz. But my favourite very short song is probably the Sundays' 'Noise', the CD B-side of 'Goodbye'.

Oh, that reminds me. Mike - goodbye.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 7 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Does 59 seconds count?

If so, "Niagara" by Boards of Canada. Essentially what Roger Limb what have done if he'd actually been any good.

Now I think of the Radiophonic Workshop there's *loads* of their tracks running way under a minute which I adore. Phil Young's "The Splendour That Was Rome", Delia Derbyshire's "Talk Out" and "Great Zoos of the World", Keith Salmon's "Westminster at Work", John Baker's "The Frog's Wooing", "Festival Time" and "Factors", Dick Mills's "Martian March Past" (there are others; the above are just examples). The RW from 1959-77 (or thereabouts) probably did most of my favourite short pieces, actually.

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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