Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Short Songs: 60 of the Best Songs Under Two Minutes - Part Two

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been teasing you guys with songs that seemed to have nothing in common with each other - except for the fact that each song clocked in under the two-minute mark. So now I present to you 60 of the Best Songs that time-in at 1:59 or less - however, some of these times may be vary, depending on the edition you have, or the times listed in the liner notes versus the actual digital time code - so these song lengths may not be 100% accurate, but that's okay.

I didn't choose any instrumentals (we'll save those for another day) - and I also tried to stay away from cover songs (but there are one or two, as those versions were more popular than the originals). Some of these tracks are fully-realized compositions, others are fragments - or musical segues - but regardless, they are all quite brilliant. Please enjoy, and be sure to interact in the comments section below, or over at the Life On This Planet Facebook Page. Oh yeah, if you use Spotify, I've programmed a playlist which includes the available songs in this list. Cheers, Bret.

30.  The Misfits - Hybrid Moments (1:42)
29.  Eddie Vedder - No Ceiling (1:34)
28.  Pink Floyd - One Of The Few (1:23)
27.  Scott Walker - 30 Century Man (1:26)
26.  Big Star - Morpha Too (1:28)
25.  Lou Reed - New York Telephone Conversation (1:33)

24.  James - What's The World (1:57)
23.  The Replacements - Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out (1:54)
22.  Pixies - Tame (1:55)
21.  Dead Can Dance - Ariadne (1:54)

20.  Eddie Vedder - Setting Forth (1:37)
19.  Meat Puppets - Lake Of Fire (1:57)
18.  Smashing Pumpkins - Sweet Sweet (1:39)
17.  The Lemonheads - Being Around (1:48)
16.  Low - Sea (1:50)
15.  Pink Floyd - Vera (1:28)
14.  Mark Kozelek - Bedtime Lullaby (1:31)
13.  The La's - Feelin' (1:44)
12.  The Beatles - From Me To You (1:56)
11.  The Doors - Wintertime Love (1:56)

10.  Morrissey - Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together (1:40)
09.  The Box Tops - The Letter (1:52)
08.  U2 - The Ocean (1:35)
07.  Glen Campbell - A Better Place (1:50)
06.  David Bowie - Breaking Glass (1:53)
05.  Cat Stevens - The Wind (1:42)
04.  Syd Barrett - Dark Globe (1:58)
03.  The Beatles - I'll Follow The Sun (1:48)
02.  Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl (1:48)
01.  The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1:52)

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