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Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:18 pm
by jdrobbo
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
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:28 pm
by TheFamilyCat
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:29 pm
by Swizzlestick
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With a Girl
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:31 pm
by bobinho
Judy is a punk. Ramones.
https://youtu.be/ynmHLMIOXIg?si=gYXR3pQw7wPGJaDU
End of thread.
I thank you…. (Takes a bow)
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:38 pm
by KellyClaret
End of thread? Yes I'm sure everyone's FAVOURITE short song is Judy is a Punk
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:38 pm
by Vintage Claret
White Riot - The Clash
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:42 pm
by Dazzler
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:53 pm
by Silkyskills1
Beatles I Will
Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz
Adam Faith What Do You Want
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:01 pm
by boatshed bill
Al Stewart " A small fruit song"
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:03 pm
by Bow
Junk by Paul McCartney
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:04 pm
by Bow
What Deener Was Talkin About by Ween
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:09 pm
by Tall Paul
Pixies - There Goes My Gun
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:10 pm
by Greenmile
A little out of date now, but Elizabeth My Dear by The Stone Roses
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:17 pm
by Quicknick
just checked the length of 'Just for a Moment' by Ultravox [John Foxx]; it's too long.
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:19 pm
by Quicknick
I've found one: 'Till the Morning Comes' by Neil Young.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCqb1ih ... Qg&index=5
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:22 pm
by COBBLE
Mother's lament (Your baby has gone down the plug hole) Cream
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:25 pm
by Tricky Trevor
Sorry but I’ve never listened to music with a stopwatch running.
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:27 pm
by bpgburn
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:29 pm
by paderbornclaret
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:31 pm
by Claretforever
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:38 pm
by Ptangyangkipperbang
Final Day by Young Marble Giants
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:48 pm
by Firthy
Please Please me Beatles
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:54 pm
by Firthy
The Letter - The Boxtops
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:54 pm
by jollyjack
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:59 pm
by bobinho
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.
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 3:00 pm
by bobinho
Firthy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:48 pm
Please Please me Beatles
Great shout…
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 3:16 pm
by dougcollins
Napalm Death - 'You Suffer'.
All 1.3 seconds of it.
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 3:25 pm
by Taffy on the wing
8 line poem
David Bowie
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:02 pm
by ashtonlongsider
The Beatles- From me to you.
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:07 pm
by Lu-tze
Please, please, please, let me get what I want.
The Smiths
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:13 pm
by The Shire Claret
Bad Religion - "Atheist Peace"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo12LUU1YE8
American Punk Song with Harmonies ? Yes Please
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:16 pm
by Conroysleftfoot
The Yachts. Yachting Type
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:19 pm
by ecc
Simon & Garfunkel: 59th Street Bridge Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xhJcQEfD5s
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:24 pm
by karatekid
Blur- Song 2
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:24 pm
by Lu-tze
Particle man- they might be giants
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:26 pm
by Tall Paul
karatekid wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:24 pm
Blur- Song 2
2 minutes and 2 seconds so doesn't qualify
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:27 pm
by 4:20
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:34 pm
by ecc
Tall Paul wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:26 pm
2 minutes and 2 seconds so doesn't qualify
Mockneys as well.
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:39 pm
by Bosscat
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:43 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
The Clash - White Riot
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:46 pm
by GetIntoEm
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:47 pm
by giveusaB
Buzzcocks-Oh ****!
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 5:01 pm
by Procrastinate B
The Magnetic Fields have several, this is one of my favourites.
https://music.apple.com/ie/album/absolu ... i=15224736
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:16 pm
by Claretmisterg
New York Telephone Conversation by Lou Reed
https://youtu.be/O8tzz5dj4iA?feature=shared
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:26 pm
by jdrobbo
Beach Boys did loads of classics just over 2 minutes but ‘Shutdown’ meets the criteria.
https://youtu.be/_pYU0p6WZhU?si=6eId1-oknwVo7dNN
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:32 pm
by dougcollins
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.
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:52 pm
by Steve1956
"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
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 6:57 pm
by Cubanforever
Boy About Town by The Jam.....bang on 2 mins
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:01 pm
by ecc
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.
Re: Favourite SHORT songs
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:03 pm
by Steve1956
Also from Jethro Tull's Aqualung "Slipstream"
Both just over a minute long
https://youtu.be/N5Tne209Au4?si=1fel7V7Oz5GVvEzQ
