songs that are just too short

ClaretinJapan · Post by **ClaretinJapan** » Sat May 06, 2023 9:53 am

As I sit back enjoying a Deaston 12 yo dram looking forward to the clarets being presented with a trophy and listening to tunes, some songs are just too short.

Crosby Stills and Nash - Just a song before I go.

Needs to be played on loop.

Trivial stuff but any other ideas about such short lived wonders?

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Sat May 06, 2023 10:06 am

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat May 06, 2023 10:10 am

Great thread..
Slipstream Jethro Tull
Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens ......to name just 2 of many of my favourite short songs.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat May 06, 2023 10:12 am

Wondering Aloud Jethro Tull
Cheap day return Jethro Tull
All from the magnificent album Aqualung

rufus lumley · Post by **rufus lumley** » Sat May 06, 2023 10:17 am

What do you want? by Adam Faith it is only 95 seconds long.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Sat May 06, 2023 10:49 am

rufus lumley wrote: ↑
Sat May 06, 2023 10:17 am
What do you want? by Adam Faith it is only 95 seconds long.

23 seconds when sung by the Cricketfield stand

distortiondave · Post by **distortiondave** » Sat May 06, 2023 10:58 am

Obligatory Napalm Death - You Suffer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ywSPWu3K8

NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:03 am

Probably a good day to suggest Stone Roses' 'Elizabeth My Dear' for this.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:22 am

My favourite Primal Scream song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7N2TA8yMQM

redwasp · Post by **redwasp** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:25 am

Bob Dylan, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:31 am

It's not a great song by any means, but there's a cringe-rock song called She ******* Hates Me. I can't remember who it was by, but I remember when it used to be on the radio a lot in the early 2000s, and it annoyed me that it just finished.

It should end with an extended drum crash outro with a spontaneous guitar rif with feedback sounds and a big ending.

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:31 am

Virginia Plain - Roxy Music.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:34 am

mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:35 am

I love short songs.

Say what you have to say and get out.

Paul Simon's 'Song for the Asking' - absolute masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmb-lXF ... funkelVEVO

yTib · Post by **yTib** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:42 am

her majesty (very apt for the moment)

brutal tooth by consumed..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wt0Wg8 ... umed-Topic

TheOriginalLongsider · Post by **TheOriginalLongsider** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:45 am

Oh Superman by Laurie Anderson

TheOriginalLongsider · Post by **TheOriginalLongsider** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:45 am

Teenage Kicks

EarbyClaret · Post by **EarbyClaret** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:47 am

Dark Globe - Syd Barrett

cricketfield73 · Post by **cricketfield73** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:52 am

Outdoor Miner by Wire.
That said, it is 104 seconds of perfection.

steve_f · Post by **steve_f** » Sat May 06, 2023 11:54 am

Her majesty on the Beatles Abbey Road album 23 seconds... not one of my favourites

TheOriginalLongsider · Post by **TheOriginalLongsider** » Sat May 06, 2023 12:36 pm

Pony Boy by Bruce Springsteen

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Sat May 06, 2023 1:12 pm

The Byrds: Wasn't Born to Follow.

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Sat May 06, 2023 1:16 pm

TheOriginalLongsider wrote: ↑
Sat May 06, 2023 12:36 pm
Pony Boy by Bruce Springsteen

Sorry, I’m a Bruce fanatic going on Tuesday, but that is too long for me. Hate it along with Part man,part monkey.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat May 06, 2023 1:20 pm

Super Furry Animals - 'Do or Die'

Shortest song to have been on TOTP apparently.

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Sat May 06, 2023 1:22 pm

Junk by Paul McCartney
Till the morning comes by Neil Young

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat May 06, 2023 1:23 pm

steve_f wrote: ↑
Sat May 06, 2023 11:54 am
Her majesty on the Beatles Abbey Road album 23 seconds... not one of my favourites

You could probably argue that all the songs that make the Abbey Road medley are too short individually.

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Sat May 06, 2023 1:24 pm

C,S,N &Y, everybody i love you off deja vu. 2m22s
https://youtu.be/lmc6w2k28y8

From the same album. 4 and 20. 2m07s
https://youtu.be/_cNbOmVgFuc

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Sat May 06, 2023 2:03 pm

Kinks - The Way Love Used to be

I used software to add on a repeat so doubling the length.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp8xsiXUW20

Tom Rush - Biloxi - especially the ending which I wish had been extended.

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

There are also some songs that have good parts but then poor bits, such as this Bee Gees song, Walking On Air, where the chorus is Beach Boy like but the main song is not to my taste. Frustrating!

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

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sat May 06, 2023 2:24 pm

Never surrender- The Blitz

Middle-agedClaret · Post by **Middle-agedClaret** » Sat May 06, 2023 2:27 pm

White Riot - The Clash

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Sat May 06, 2023 3:11 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Sat May 06, 2023 1:16 pm
Sorry, I’m a Bruce fanatic going on Tuesday, but that is too long for me. Hate it along with Part man,part monkey.

What do you expect? Both written after a trip to Blackburn. A cover of "chicken tonight" didn't make it onto the album, but was also very short.

bpgburn · Post by **bpgburn** » Sat May 06, 2023 3:59 pm

But I might die tonight.
Cat Stevens

Taffy on the wing · Post by **Taffy on the wing** » Sat May 06, 2023 6:01 pm

TheOriginalLongsider wrote: ↑
Sat May 06, 2023 11:45 am
Teenage Kicks

Brilliant though!

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat May 06, 2023 7:44 pm

We hate Blackburn and we hate Blackburn
We hate Blackburn and we hate Blackburn
We hate Blackburn and we hate Blackburn
We are the Blackburn haters.
Surely a few more lines to emphasise that we hate them before the clarification of what the song is about wouldn't go amiss.

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Sun May 07, 2023 3:05 am

Sugar Hiccup (Cocteaus).

I don’t know where they could have gone with it because it’s gorgeous but a bit repetitive. So all the versions streaming fade it out after about 4 minutes. I hate that! Just let it go on for hours, sort of trance like.

(In hindsight I think the original vinyl EP 81/82? I had might have had a definite end. Can anyone confirm?)

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Sun May 07, 2023 7:13 am

Ultravox: 'Just For a Moment'. The original Ultravox with John Foxx singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX_C_fKz4U8

ashtonlongsider · Post by **ashtonlongsider** » Sun May 07, 2023 8:09 am

And your bird can sing-Beatles from Revolver and Till the Morning comes-Neil Young from the brilliant After the Gold Rush album.

claretlegend · Post by **claretlegend** » Sun May 07, 2023 8:38 am

Kooks - Seaside

Vincent'sCap · Post by **Vincent'sCap** » Sun May 07, 2023 8:41 am

Freddie's voice
The piano
Nevermore Queen
https://youtu.be/u8q0yN0pGzI

eastanglianclaret · Post by **eastanglianclaret** » Sun May 07, 2023 11:42 am

Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
One Brown Mouse - Jethro Tull

Always be a Claret · Post by **Always be a Claret** » Sun May 07, 2023 12:11 pm

The Letter by the BoxTops

Vincent'sCap · Post by **Vincent'sCap** » Sun May 07, 2023 12:39 pm

Appropriate for this afternoon.
https://youtu.be/OU6EyXcFBxA
Queen lazing on a Sunday afternoon