Fewer than 30 Songs Less Than a Minute
So, here’s a random mix of my favorite songs that are less than sixty second in length. I tried to avoid intros and interludes, as they lean toward novelty instead of real songwriting, but you’ll see a few that get close. Let me know if you have any to add. Thanks to Aileen and Alex for all their suggestions.
Gone in 60 Seconds
1. Monde Est Grande - Etienne Charry
2. Green Typewriters - Olivia Tremor Control
3. Boa Constrictor - The Magnetic Fields
4. Ask Me - Beat Happening
5. Barnyard - Brian Wilson
6. Tramp-Reszlet - Bergendy
7. Touched - My Bloody Valentine
8. Elizabeth My Dear - The Stone Roses
9. Kolyada #1 - The Music Tapes
10. Martin’s Story - Minutemen
11. Sweetheart - Micachu
12.Sickles and Hammers - Sebadoh
13. Telephone Conversation - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
14. Don’t Know, Don’t Care - Nobunny
15. Joanie Don’t U Worry - The Apples in Stereo
16. Avant Dernieres Pensees, Meditation - Erik Satie (Aldo Ciccolini)
17. Straight Edge - Minor Threat
18. Straight Line - Wire
19. My Pretend - The Apples in Stereo
20. The Eyebright Bugler - Deerhoof
21. Air Raid GTR - The Go! Team
22. Clipped Gongs - Lucky Dragons
23. Revelation Two - The Mae Shi
24. Gens Que Les Voitures Ecrasent - Etienne Charry
25. Barbwire - Nora Dean (Diplo dub)
26. V.O.T.E. - Chris Stamey & Yo La Tengo
27. Field Day for the Sundays - Wire
28. In Orbit - Komeda
29. Muscles - Steinski
3 Responses to “Fewer than 30 Songs Less Than a Minute”
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Someone once told me about this mix of punk songs called “Short Music for Short People” that was supposed to be all songs around 30 seconds long. I’ve never checked it out, though, so I don’t know how good it is.
yeeey, especially ‘telephone conversation’ is an example of real songwriting!!
in some weeks i’ll go to a concert of dweezil zappa playing fz music!
“i like short songs ” by the dead kennedys