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Originally posted by youandwhosearmy:
Jesus. As an Australian I feel the need to constantly apologise for his mere existence.

Save your apologies for those other early 90's teen pop stars, Silverchair I've been a Ben Lee fan since his Noise Addict days, which, by the way, reminds me that "Pop Queen" (1:48) should be mentioned on this thread. I'll stand by his work right through Breathing Tornados, but I'll admit his work has been spotty (at best) since then.

Curious, what have you heard by Superdrag?

Please visit the Guided by Voices thread for a track listing of my latest GbV compilation.

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:

Curious, what have you heard by Superdrag?

Only a few tracks here and there, admittedly. They just didn't seem to have much to make them stand out from the mid 90s indie rock crowd.

As for Ben Lee, I haven't heard anything he did before Breathing Tornadoes, which gets my dubious honour of Worst Album Cover of All Time. Although I seem to recall it was released with a different cover overseas.

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Originally posted by youandwhosearmy:

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:

Curious, what have you heard by Superdrag?

Only a few tracks here and there, admittedly. They just didn't seem to have much to make them stand out from the mid 90s indie rock crowd.

Don't sell them short. Judging by the short mix you posted, I wouldn't be surprised if you'd really enjoy them. All four of their proper albums are great, but I'll admit I was sort of in your position when I first heard them. It wasn't until I saw them live that it really sunk in. The first album on Elektra, Regretfully Yours contains their hit, "Sucked Out" which is pretty damn catchy, but might be the weakest song on the album. The album that got them kicked off Elektra, Head Trip in Every Key is probably my favorite. Nods to the Zombies and Brian Wilson abound. The first post-major label album, In the Valley of Dying Stars is their darkest and most Rolling Stones' influenced record-- and this is many die-hard fans' favorite (with songs like "Keep it Close to Me", "Lighting the Way" and "Gimme Animosity" who could blame them?). The final album, Last Call for Vitriol is probably the least uniformly excellent. But about half the songs are fantastic.

Also, did I mention my GbV mix fits (1:19:22) on a CD?

"Islands" - Cat Power, 1:44
"Mercedes Benz" - Janis Joplin, 1:46
"You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)" - The White Stripes, 1:50
"Fell in Love with a Girl" - The White Stripes, 1:50
(A few others by The White Stripes)
"Race Car Ya-Yas" - Cake, 1:21
­­"­¿Y Ahora Que?" - Manu Chao, 1:45
"Besoin de la Lune" - Manu Chao, 1:55
"Mama Cuchara" - Manu Chao, 1:43
(More than a few others by Manu Chao)
"See America Right" - The Mountain Goats, 1:55
"No You're Not" - Spoon, 1:42
"Hop a Plane" - Tegan & Sara, 1:49
"I Was Married" - Tegan & Sara, 1:32
"Soil, Soil" - Tegan & Sara, 1:22
"Left Behind" - Zero 7, 1:15
"Poor Cow" - Tanita Tikaram, 1:58
"Communist Daughter" - Neutral Milk Hotel, 1:57
"Dice" - Thomas Dybdahl, 1:50
"Untamed Girls" - The Raveonettes, 1:44
"Why Did You Stay?" - The Pipettes, 1:43
"If You're Into It" - Flight of the Conchords, 1:46
"Little Mouth" - Sleater-Kinney, 1:45

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25) Fox on the Run - Tom T. Hall (it is Tom T. Hall - need I say more?)

I used to listen to this song over and over when I was in about the 6th grade. I still have the 45.

Frank Black fest continues: "True Blue" (1:49)

Ok, let me throw a few out there, pardon any repeats.

You Talk Too Much - Cheap Trick
Here Comes The Summer - The Undertones
1977 - The Clash
Want You Now - Velvet Crush
Misfire - Queen
She Does - Locksley
Mr. Eliminator - Dick Dale
Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out - The Replacements
Long Way To Go - Enuff Z'Nuff
Fallout - The Police
You Give Me Something - The Db's
Survival Car - Fountains Of Wayne
No Action - Elvis Costello

I've been on a bit of a early 90s, lo-fi kick of late. Today I was loading up some old Sebadoh and forgot just how many short gems Gaffney and Barlow are responsible for. One of my faves from back in the day:

"It's So Hard to Fall in Love" (1:50) from The Freed Weed compilation (I think it was on Weed Forrestin' originally)

Not including some mentioned that I would otherwise include:

Pavement - I Love Perth 1:05
Pixies - Allison 1:18
Modest Mouse - So Much Beauty In Dirt 1:24
Pavement - Flux=Rad 1:45
The White Stripes - Now Mary 1:47
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - All White 1:50

Lou Reed- New York Conversation.

And a bunch of stuff by Circle Jerks and the Misfits.

"Song 2" by Blur.
Clocking in at a perfect 2 minutes and 2 seconds.

Two short songs that immediately come to mind are both from electronic artists, Aphex Twin's "i" and Boards of Canada's "over the horizon radar."

Fashion Coat - The National

The song appeared on Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers.

Just over two minutes. (I think 2:02)

Great lyrics, great tune, great song.

I'm going to add a few more
Window- Breathe Owl Breathe (1:22)
Hello Resolven- Beulah (1:49)

Hi all!

I have done my own list with 77 songs.
Few are 'stolen' from other users here.
Other songs I read here I just had them on my list before.

You can find the list (with song player) here:
http://lomoixo.net/bloc/2008/03/18/less-than-2-wonders/


Note: All tracks are less than 2 minutes, but more than 1 minute.
I'm sorting songs with lenght less than 1 minute for another list.


And the tracklist is:

01 # 1:01 Hoy no cruzo :: (by) :: Los Burros
02 # 1:02 La Dernière Minute :: (by) :: Carla Bruni
03 # 1:05 Gratitude :: (by) :: India.Arie
04 # 1:05 Bird of Prey :: (by) :: The Doors
05 # 1:07 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon :: (by) :: Queen
06 # 1:09 My Girlfriend’s Dad’s A Vicar :: (by) :: The Toy Dolls
07 # 1:10 Little Red Dot :: (by) :: Eef Barzelay
08 # 1:10 Threesome :: (by) :: The Divine Comedy
09 # 1:13 Annie :: (by) :: Elastica
10 # 1:16 Funny Bular :: (by) :: Arto Tunçboyaciyan
11 # 1:17 Situations :: (by) :: Jack Johnson
12 # 1:17 Just You And Me Dancin :: (by) :: Moloko
13 # 1:17 Allison :: (by) :: Pixies
14 # 1:17 Left Behind :: (by) :: Zero 7
15 # 1:18 The Amoeba Song :: (by) :: Nigel Planer as Neil Pye
16 # 1:19 Not For Sale :: (by) :: CocoRosie
17 # 1:21 Race Cars Ya-Yas :: (by) :: Cake
18 # 1:21 Velocity Girl :: (by) :: Primal Scream
19 # 1:22 Recommendation :: (by) :: Mirah
20 # 1:23 Three Girl Rumba :: (by) :: Wire
21 # 1:25 _tasking :: (by) :: Ayumi Hamasaki
22 # 1:25 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning :: (by) :: Phil Collins
23 # 1:26 I’m Without Shoes :: (by) :: The Stone Roses
24 # 1:28 Coney Island Girl :: (by) :: Fun Lovin’ Criminals
25 # 1:29 Not Over Till The Fat Lady Plays The Demo :: (by) :: De La Soul
26 # 1:31 Boxing Champ :: (by) :: Kaiser Chiefs
27 # 1:33 Vera :: (by) :: Pink Floyd
28 # 1:35 No Sympathy :: (by) :: Bob Marley
29 # 1:35 Stay :: (by) :: Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
30 # 1:35 Here comes the rain :: (by) :: Matti Paalen
31 # 1:36 Punk :: (by) :: Gorillaz
32 # 1:37 Mother’s Day :: (by) :: Blink 182
33 # 1:38 Sweet Sweet :: (by) :: Smashing Pumpkins
34 # 1:39 Little Deuce Coupe :: (by) :: The Beach Boys
35 # 1:39 Highlife :: (by) :: Turtle Bay COuntry Club
36 # 1:40 1977 :: (by) :: The Clash
37 # 1:42 Bank Holiday :: (by) :: Blur
38 # 1:42 It’s My Heart :: (by) :: Mano Negra
39 # 1:44 No Hard Feelings :: (by) :: Bloodhound Gang
40 # 1:44 Graduation Day :: (by) :: Gym Class Heroes
41 # 1:45 Le Garage :: (by) :: The Futurheads
42 # 1:46 African Fever :: (by) :: King Changó
43 # 1:47 Barbara Ann/Long Tall Sall :: (by) :: Blind Guardian
44 # 1:48 I’m In Love With a Girl :: (by) :: Big Star
45 # 1:48 Mercedes Benz :: (by) :: Janis Joplin
46 # 1:48 (New Wave) Polly :: (by) :: Nirvana
47 # 1:49 Magic Trick :: (by) :: Zooey D. & M. Ward (She&Him)
48 # 1:50 Hawaï 5.0 :: (by) :: Big Mama
49 # 1:50 She’s A Girl :: (by) :: The Amps
50 # 1:50 Bit Part :: (by) :: The Lemonheads
51 # 1:50 Fell In Love With A Girl :: (by) :: The White Stripes
52 # 1:51 Great Ball Of Fire :: (by) :: Jerry Lee Lewis
53 # 1:51 Utilitarian :: (by) :: Spoon
54 # 1:51 Please Let Me Get What I Want :: (by) :: The Smiths
55 # 1:52 Breaking Glass :: (by) :: David Bowie
56 # 1:52 Running :: (by) :: Menomena
57 # 1:52 All Outta Angst :: (by) :: NOFX
58 # 1:53 50 States and Capitals :: (by) :: Animaniacs
59 # 1:53 Corner :: (by) :: Lunik
60 # 1:53 Asleep and Dreaming :: (by) :: Magnetic Fields
61 # 1:53 Watcha Gonna Do About It :: (by) :: The Sex Pistols
62 # 1:53 Rythm and Pain :: (by) :: The Toasters
63 # 1:53 Polkamatic :: (by) :: Vitalic
64 # 1:54 Flute Loop :: (by) :: Beastie Boys
65 # 1:54 Mystic River :: (by) :: Celestial Aeon Project
66 # 1:54 My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died :: (by) :: Roger Miller
67 # 1:55 The Letter :: (by) :: Boxtops
68 # 1:55 Don Vito y la revuelta en el frenopático :: (by) :: Kortatu
69 # 1:56 C’mon Everybody :: (by) :: Eddie Cochran
70 # 1:56 Time To Go :: (by) :: Supergrass
71 # 1:57 Dance Music :: (by) :: The Mountain Goats
72 # 1:58 Girls Talk :: (by) :: Elvis Cotello
73 # 1:58 Woo Hoo :: (by) :: The 5.6.7.8’s
74 # 1:58 It’s Only Love :: (by) :: The Beatles
75 # 1:59 Broken Harp :: (by) :: PJ Harvey
76 # 1:59 Boy About Town :: (by) :: The Jam
77 # 1:59 Bizarre Love Triangle :: (by) :: Frente!

"Another the Letter" - Wire

Great for 1:08, then out. Listening to it right now, actually.

for gym music and workout music, I recommend european dance music.......

it's ALWAYS the best motivational tool for me...

.....and you don't have to tell anyone at the office if u just listen to it on the mp3 player at the gym ....

.... here's a compilation series on itunes that I recommend:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/adva...=Euro+Club+Hits+Vol+

Half of the songs on Reveille by Deerhoof are less than 2 minutes long, but my three favourites are:

1. Eyebright Bugler
2. Our Angel's Ululu
3. Holy Night Fever

Three classics from a classic album.

Rage Against The Machine - Beautiful World
2 minutes - 35 seconds
It's completely different than anything they have ever done.