Favourite SHORT songs

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Favourite SHORT songs

Post by jdrobbo » Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:18 pm

Two rules:

1) must be UNDER two minutes in duration

2) Must contain lyrics. Instrumental tracks not allowed.


I’ll start with:

NEVERMORE (from Queen II).

https://youtu.be/OPGz0FzvVs8?si=J9ZYuIPvUhm-GfdC

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by TheFamilyCat » Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:28 pm

Do or Die by Super Furry Animals.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AvG8TShcxlg

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Swizzlestick » Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:29 pm

The White Stripes - Fell In Love With a Girl

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by bobinho » Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:31 pm

Judy is a punk. Ramones.

https://youtu.be/ynmHLMIOXIg?si=gYXR3pQw7wPGJaDU

End of thread.

I thank you…. (Takes a bow)
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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by KellyClaret » Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:38 pm

bobinho wrote:
Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:31 pm
Judy is a punk. Ramones.

https://youtu.be/ynmHLMIOXIg?si=gYXR3pQw7wPGJaDU

End of thread.

I thank you…. (Takes a bow)
End of thread? Yes I'm sure everyone's FAVOURITE short song is Judy is a Punk

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Vintage Claret » Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:38 pm

White Riot - The Clash
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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Silkyskills1 » Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:53 pm

Beatles I Will
Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz
Adam Faith What Do You Want

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by boatshed bill » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:01 pm

Al Stewart " A small fruit song"

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Post by Bow » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:03 pm

Junk by Paul McCartney

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Bow » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:04 pm

What Deener Was Talkin About by Ween

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Tall Paul » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:09 pm

Pixies - There Goes My Gun

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Greenmile » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:10 pm

A little out of date now, but Elizabeth My Dear by The Stone Roses

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Quicknick » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:17 pm

just checked the length of 'Just for a Moment' by Ultravox [John Foxx]; it's too long.

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Quicknick » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:19 pm

I've found one: 'Till the Morning Comes' by Neil Young.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCqb1ih ... Qg&index=5
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Post by COBBLE » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:22 pm

Mother's lament (Your baby has gone down the plug hole) Cream

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Tricky Trevor » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:25 pm

Sorry but I’ve never listened to music with a stopwatch running.

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by bpgburn » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:27 pm

Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=070ecdv7vr0

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Post by Ptangyangkipperbang » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:38 pm

Final Day by Young Marble Giants

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Post by Firthy » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:48 pm

Please Please me Beatles
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Post by Firthy » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:54 pm

The Letter - The Boxtops

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by bobinho » Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:59 pm

KellyClaret wrote:
Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:38 pm
End of thread? Yes I'm sure everyone's FAVOURITE short song is Judy is a Punk
Chill Kelly…. It’s a bit of craic, that’s all.

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by bobinho » Thu Aug 28, 2025 3:00 pm

Firthy wrote:
Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:48 pm
Please Please me Beatles
Great shout…

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by dougcollins » Thu Aug 28, 2025 3:16 pm

Napalm Death - 'You Suffer'.

All 1.3 seconds of it.

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Taffy on the wing » Thu Aug 28, 2025 3:25 pm

8 line poem
David Bowie

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by ashtonlongsider » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:02 pm

The Beatles- From me to you.

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Post by Lu-tze » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:07 pm

Please, please, please, let me get what I want.
The Smiths
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Post by The Shire Claret » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:13 pm

Bad Religion - "Atheist Peace"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo12LUU1YE8

American Punk Song with Harmonies ? Yes Please
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Post by Conroysleftfoot » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:16 pm

The Yachts. Yachting Type
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Post by ecc » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:19 pm

Simon & Garfunkel: 59th Street Bridge Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xhJcQEfD5s

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by karatekid » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:24 pm

Blur- Song 2

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Post by Lu-tze » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:24 pm

Particle man- they might be giants

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Tall Paul » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:26 pm

karatekid wrote:
Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:24 pm
Blur- Song 2
2 minutes and 2 seconds so doesn't qualify

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Post by 4:20 » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:27 pm


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Post by ecc » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:34 pm

Tall Paul wrote:
Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:26 pm
2 minutes and 2 seconds so doesn't qualify
Mockneys as well.

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Bosscat » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:39 pm

Freddie and the Dreamers

https://youtu.be/zFaCQsIJ3Gs?si=KuvPhcxwZkEryMef

Its about Shorts too 👍

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:43 pm

The Clash - White Riot
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Post by giveusaB » Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:47 pm

Buzzcocks-Oh ****!
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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Procrastinate B » Thu Aug 28, 2025 5:01 pm

The Magnetic Fields have several, this is one of my favourites.

https://music.apple.com/ie/album/absolu ... i=15224736

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Claretmisterg » Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:16 pm

New York Telephone Conversation by Lou Reed

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by jdrobbo » Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:26 pm

Beach Boys did loads of classics just over 2 minutes but ‘Shutdown’ meets the criteria.

https://youtu.be/_pYU0p6WZhU?si=6eId1-oknwVo7dNN

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by dougcollins » Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:32 pm

Lu-tze wrote:
Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:07 pm
Please, please, please, let me get what I want.
The Smiths
That's the best song on here.

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:52 pm

"Cheap day return" by Jethro Tull from the album Aqualung one of the finest albums in the history of music,not a bad track on it.https://open.spotify.com/track/46ITAa2M ... DcfDmfUpQw

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Cubanforever » Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:57 pm

Boy About Town by The Jam.....bang on 2 mins

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by ecc » Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:01 pm

dougcollins wrote:
Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:32 pm
That's the best song on here.
I've always wished it were longer. A song should last at least three minutes.

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Re: Favourite SHORT songs

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:03 pm

Also from Jethro Tull's Aqualung "Slipstream"
Both just over a minute long
https://youtu.be/N5Tne209Au4?si=1fel7V7Oz5GVvEzQ

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