What are the best SHORT songs?
 

Inspired by a thread asking what a long song is considered to be...

what are the best SHORT songs? I'm talking two-and-a-half minutes, TOPS.

There's tons of oldies like that - isn't "Stay" only a minute and a half - not to mention some good 'stunt' songs, like the Beatles' "Her Majesty"... 23 seconds!

So, what are your favorite songs to boil an egg by? ;)

"All" by the Descendents, followed by "No All".


:p

"Song #2" - Blur
"Connection" - Elastica

"The Letter" - The Box Tops
"White Riot" - The Clash
"Oh, Shit!" - The Buzzcocks

And most anything off Get Happy!!! by Elvis Costello.

The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
The Legends - Trouble Loves Me
Fosca - Idiot Savant
Franz Ferdinand - Tell Her Tonight

S.O.D. - 1. Anti-procrastination song.
2. Hey Gordy!
3. Ballad of Jimmi Hendrix
4. Diamonds and Rust


Descendents: All

Misfits: Hybrid Moments

Sublime - Wrong Way, 2:18 seconds

All 21 of They Might Be Giant's "Fingertips".

Allison - Pixies

Prince - Marrying Kind

Outkast - Players Ball (reprise) It ends right when it really starts grooving :grunt:

"Hobophobic" by NOFX

2 verses and 2 choruses, all in 48 seconds :)

White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl

Oldies songs are short.

Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Boo Radleys - Sparrow

Two words for rapid rockin' enjoyment:
-- The Ramones --

BB

Dean Martin - Ain't That A Kick In The Head
Lemonheads - Allison's Starting to Happen
Blake Babies - Take Your Head Off My Shoulder
Tori Amos - Mr. Zebra
Neko Cake - Things That Scare Me
Frente! - Bizzare Love Triangle
Cat Power - Sea of Love
They Might Be Giants - She's Actual Size and Which Describes How Your Feeling All The Time (plus any and all of their many other songs that fall into this catagory)

Record Body Count - The Rheostatics

The Coral - Dreaming of You :thumbsup:

Pigs On the Wing-Pink Floyd 1:25
Wondering Aloud-Jethro Tull 1:55
Over Fire Island-Brian Eno 1:49
Boats-Spring 2:00
Collapsar-Brand X 1:33
Hands of the Priestess II-Steve Hackett 1:34
The Lovers-Steve Hackett 1:50
Till the Morning Comes-Neil Young 1:17
Pink Moon-Nick Drake 2:04

This one is pretty short.

The Scotsman

"Smile now, Cry later" Sunny and the Sunliners

Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin - - - A whole 2:23...

violent femmes-blister in the sun
tenacious d-**** her gently
system of a down-sugar
stone temple pilots-wet my bed
slip knot-wait and bleed
the statler bothers-flowers on the wall
nirvana-dumb
korn-a.d.i.d.a.s.
joni mitchell-big yellow taxi
green day-good riddence (time of your life)
goo goo dolls-acoustic #3
counting crows-walkaways
the beatles-yesterday

Sister Ray- The Velvet Underground

The Beach Boys entire catalog.