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July 7, 2004 2:28 PM Subscribe
joseph racaille and patricia portella nearly do this anyways. 30-40 tracks, 30 minutes or so. many of the songs less than 30 seconds. and yes, they're legit pop/piano tunes. very playful.
so yes, it's doable. i won't be the one to do it, though.
posted by oog at 2:39 PM on July 7, 2004
so yes, it's doable. i won't be the one to do it, though.
posted by oog at 2:39 PM on July 7, 2004
I just grabbed the tracklisting, and this looks like something that would actually be very fun to listen to. Too bad it'll probably be down by the time I can download the tracks.
posted by sid at 2:44 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by sid at 2:44 PM on July 7, 2004
"I CAN'T BELIEVE - BIG BLACK
Shorter than "L Dopa"." from the tracklisting
Hmm, the shortest big black song. Who knew?
Quite a few of the songs are actually good, it's an interesting idea.
posted by milovoo at 2:50 PM on July 7, 2004
Shorter than "L Dopa"." from the tracklisting
Hmm, the shortest big black song. Who knew?
Quite a few of the songs are actually good, it's an interesting idea.
posted by milovoo at 2:50 PM on July 7, 2004
Short Music For Short People, circa five years ago. 101 songs.
posted by rafter at 2:59 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by rafter at 2:59 PM on July 7, 2004
I want you to know how serious I am about you, Internet....
While other filesystems may come and go, you're the only one for me.
Please, Internet, tell me you'll stay forever.
Just so you'd know how my heart feels, I made you something special...
...It's a mix session...
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:13 PM on July 7, 2004
While other filesystems may come and go, you're the only one for me.
Please, Internet, tell me you'll stay forever.
Just so you'd know how my heart feels, I made you something special...
...It's a mix session...
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:13 PM on July 7, 2004
The record holder for song density has got to be the "'Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh!' 7" from Slap-A-Ham records. 84 songs on a single 7" record....
posted by skwm at 3:24 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by skwm at 3:24 PM on July 7, 2004
Thus Spake Jello Biafra: "Rick Wakeman Eat your heart out....I like short songs (Repeat 16 times)
Though I prefer longer songs (just ask anyone in one of my MefiSwap sets) some CDs of short songs are great. Naked City's Torture Garden(NSFW due to nipples and swear words) is one of my favorite headache inducers, 42 songs in 26 minutes. In one of my old bands we squeezed 26 tracks into 42 minutes. People would come see us, we would do a 35 minutes set and play 20 something songs. Freaking exhausting.
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 3:26 PM on July 7, 2004
Though I prefer longer songs (just ask anyone in one of my MefiSwap sets) some CDs of short songs are great. Naked City's Torture Garden(NSFW due to nipples and swear words) is one of my favorite headache inducers, 42 songs in 26 minutes. In one of my old bands we squeezed 26 tracks into 42 minutes. People would come see us, we would do a 35 minutes set and play 20 something songs. Freaking exhausting.
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 3:26 PM on July 7, 2004
There's just too many novelty and punk songs here.. that's the problem with short songs. And no Chinese Bombs by Blur. And nothing by Melt Banana. Oversights... Still fun though.
Points for the Ramones version of 'Happy Birthday Mr Burns'!
posted by ascullion at 3:40 PM on July 7, 2004
Points for the Ramones version of 'Happy Birthday Mr Burns'!
posted by ascullion at 3:40 PM on July 7, 2004
Reminds me of the Miniatures project from 1980; 51 songs on one LP. Some good, some...not.
posted by malocchio at 3:43 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by malocchio at 3:43 PM on July 7, 2004
The Residents Commercial Album is an excellent 1980 album consisting of 40 one minute long songs. It's not a novelty album at all, many of the songs are quite good. Amber (RealAudio) is one of my favourites.
posted by Nelson at 3:53 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by Nelson at 3:53 PM on July 7, 2004
rafter beat me to it.
posted by Keyser Soze at 3:58 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by Keyser Soze at 3:58 PM on July 7, 2004
missing some Minutemen, though
posted by mookieproof at 3:59 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by mookieproof at 3:59 PM on July 7, 2004
17. DENY EVERYTHING - CIRCLE JERKS
Excellent legal advice you can pogo to.
Heh.
posted by thebabelfish at 4:08 PM on July 7, 2004
Excellent legal advice you can pogo to.
Heh.
posted by thebabelfish at 4:08 PM on July 7, 2004
Yeah, Rafter beat me too. Short Music for Short People is one of my favorite comps. Out of 101 songs, I think that there are only 5 that I don't like.
posted by toddst at 4:11 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by toddst at 4:11 PM on July 7, 2004
let's hear some more nominations! I submit "nic fit" by sonic youth.
posted by mcsweetie at 4:12 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by mcsweetie at 4:12 PM on July 7, 2004
The problem with Short Music for Short People is that some of the songs are way too good for only 30 seconds. It's like verse, chorus, end.
posted by smackfu at 4:17 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by smackfu at 4:17 PM on July 7, 2004
What?! No They Might Be Giants? Kings of the short song?! Speaking of short love songs... my favorite: "I Hear the Wind Blow". 0:10 from Apollo 18. I sing it to my wife all the time. If we have "a song", this is it. (Hope our marriage is more enduring ;-) Maybe the short TMBG tracks don't fit the criteria. But I love 'em anyway.
posted by Dick Paris at 4:21 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by Dick Paris at 4:21 PM on July 7, 2004
Surf rock always has short songs, try a search for "surf" in the iTunes
store and there are at least 30 songs that clock in at under 2 minutes.
posted by milovoo at 4:22 PM on July 7, 2004
store and there are at least 30 songs that clock in at under 2 minutes.
posted by milovoo at 4:22 PM on July 7, 2004
I kept waiting to see The Beatles' "Her Majesty," but it ain't there. That's gotta be the shortest Beatle song, at least that I can think of.
posted by wsg at 4:25 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by wsg at 4:25 PM on July 7, 2004
Lots of GBV! Awesome. Any fans of short songs would be advised to find "Alien Lanes," filled to the brim with 90 second goodness.
posted by Quartermass at 4:29 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by Quartermass at 4:29 PM on July 7, 2004
Ok, just listened to it its not nearly as good as short music for short people
posted by Keyser Soze at 4:33 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by Keyser Soze at 4:33 PM on July 7, 2004
I immediately thought of K-Tel. "100 GREAT HITS!!!"...each edited down to about 25 seconds.
posted by gimonca at 4:52 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by gimonca at 4:52 PM on July 7, 2004
So, uh...if anyone could possibly show me where I could find this short people CD...or maybe.....*cough* torrent *cough*.....
posted by graventy at 5:00 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by graventy at 5:00 PM on July 7, 2004
Incomplete without Bad Religion's "The Positive Aspects of Negative Thinking".
posted by jammer at 5:13 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by jammer at 5:13 PM on July 7, 2004
That's really neat. And the download still seems to be up and fast, amazingly enough.
posted by reklaw at 5:23 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by reklaw at 5:23 PM on July 7, 2004
wsg: Check out track 63.
posted by mindless progress at 5:36 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by mindless progress at 5:36 PM on July 7, 2004
don't know if it counts as music...
but there's that urban legend about aphex twin compressing a lemonheads song to a tenth of a second and using it as a drumbeat. apparently dando asked aphex twin to produce an album, and aphex was less than obliged.
posted by pxe2000 at 6:15 PM on July 7, 2004
but there's that urban legend about aphex twin compressing a lemonheads song to a tenth of a second and using it as a drumbeat. apparently dando asked aphex twin to produce an album, and aphex was less than obliged.
posted by pxe2000 at 6:15 PM on July 7, 2004
richard james versus evan d., and only one will survive!
posted by pxe2000 at 6:18 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by pxe2000 at 6:18 PM on July 7, 2004
What?! No They Might Be Giants? Kings of the short song?!
Yeah, my TMBG nomination is "Minimum Wage" (Hee-yah!) from Flood. A relatively long-ish 0:47, but a classic, nonetheless.
posted by ChrisTN at 7:46 PM on July 7, 2004
Yeah, my TMBG nomination is "Minimum Wage" (Hee-yah!) from Flood. A relatively long-ish 0:47, but a classic, nonetheless.
posted by ChrisTN at 7:46 PM on July 7, 2004
The Residents Commercial Album is an excellent 1980 album consisting of 40 one minute long songs. It's not a novelty album at all, many of the songs are quite good. Amber (RealAudio) is one of my favourites.
Beat me to it, so I'll just add that when I am very drunk I put "The Talk of Creatures" on repeat play and then listen until I either pass out or have a psychotic break. S' fun!
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 8:10 PM on July 7, 2004
Beat me to it, so I'll just add that when I am very drunk I put "The Talk of Creatures" on repeat play and then listen until I either pass out or have a psychotic break. S' fun!
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 8:10 PM on July 7, 2004
let's hear some more nominations! I submit "nic fit" by sonic youth.
ummm. that would actually be 'nic fit' by untouchables, circa 1981, covered much, much later by sonic youth.
posted by glenwood at 8:13 PM on July 7, 2004
ummm. that would actually be 'nic fit' by untouchables, circa 1981, covered much, much later by sonic youth.
posted by glenwood at 8:13 PM on July 7, 2004
Good to see a couple of Bonzo Dog Band classics in there, though "Narcissus" must be chosen only as a palate-cleanser in the midst of a lot of more-or-less loud and fast numbers. I would've argued for "Cool Britania," the first track off their first album, instead. It's only about :57, but the last twenty seconds or so is just silly sound effects. So, uh, maybe that was why.
Also: Another vote for SMFSP.
posted by soyjoy at 8:13 PM on July 7, 2004
Also: Another vote for SMFSP.
posted by soyjoy at 8:13 PM on July 7, 2004
And another vote for "Minimum Wage". Now it's in my head.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:37 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:37 PM on July 7, 2004
I can't believe two people got to The Commercial Album before me! (Soon to be a DVD filled with 60 second music videos.)
posted by mkhall at 8:42 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by mkhall at 8:42 PM on July 7, 2004
All the "Fingertips" songs from Apollo 11 are great, yep. I like "(I'm having a) Heart Attack" best.
posted by abcde at 9:04 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by abcde at 9:04 PM on July 7, 2004
was there ever an Alf soundtrack?
I know it wasnt short but boy was it jammin'
posted by Satapher at 9:32 PM on July 7, 2004
I know it wasnt short but boy was it jammin'
posted by Satapher at 9:32 PM on July 7, 2004
I nominate Low's "Dark" and Sky Blue by Death by Chocolate.
posted by dobbs at 10:59 PM on July 7, 2004
posted by dobbs at 10:59 PM on July 7, 2004
Thanks, mindless progress,
I guess I scanned too fast. It's pretty funny that I figured it should be on there though, huh? Nevermind...I'm embarrassed.
posted by wsg at 1:31 AM on July 8, 2004
I guess I scanned too fast. It's pretty funny that I figured it should be on there though, huh? Nevermind...I'm embarrassed.
posted by wsg at 1:31 AM on July 8, 2004
What, no Napalm Death?
But in the meantime the wonderful Where it's at is where you are records, home (at times) to the wonderful Sportique, DJ Downfall and the odd comet gain record, will soon be releasing an album of specially written one minute songs. I think there's about sixty of them. I know this because we at the Sunnyvale noise etc were asked to provide a track, and so gave them one of our usual piss-poor creations (only shorter). I saw the track listing for this up coming record and it looks rather lovely, though I have no idea when the good Mr Jervis of WIAIWYA records will see fit to unleash it upon the general public.
posted by ciderwoman at 2:09 AM on July 8, 2004
But in the meantime the wonderful Where it's at is where you are records, home (at times) to the wonderful Sportique, DJ Downfall and the odd comet gain record, will soon be releasing an album of specially written one minute songs. I think there's about sixty of them. I know this because we at the Sunnyvale noise etc were asked to provide a track, and so gave them one of our usual piss-poor creations (only shorter). I saw the track listing for this up coming record and it looks rather lovely, though I have no idea when the good Mr Jervis of WIAIWYA records will see fit to unleash it upon the general public.
posted by ciderwoman at 2:09 AM on July 8, 2004
I did something similar myself about 13 years ago... of course back then recordable CDs were up there with food in pill form and hovercars as things of the future so it was all on good old-fashioned cassette. My self-imposed limit was 2 minutes.
The only tracks I can remember are 'History of Rock and Roll' by XTC (from the aforementioned 'Miniatures' compilation), 'sweet times' by the Chills, 'Death at one's elbow' by the Smiths, 'Worms' by the Pogues, (again, aforementioned) 'Minimum Wage', probably a few Wire tracks.. I'm struggling now.
I've probably still got it somewhere...
posted by etc at 3:19 AM on July 8, 2004
The only tracks I can remember are 'History of Rock and Roll' by XTC (from the aforementioned 'Miniatures' compilation), 'sweet times' by the Chills, 'Death at one's elbow' by the Smiths, 'Worms' by the Pogues, (again, aforementioned) 'Minimum Wage', probably a few Wire tracks.. I'm struggling now.
I've probably still got it somewhere...
posted by etc at 3:19 AM on July 8, 2004
I love TMBG's Fingertips, great stuff. They said they got the idea from those music compilation ads,
"Buy Eighties Power Love Movie Ballads Volume 1 and get Eighties Power Love Movie Ballads Volumes 2 and 3 free... Turn around bright eyes... featuring Bonnie Tyler... Take these broken wings... Mr Mister... I am a man who will fight for your honour... Pete Cetera and many many more. Call now."
My music making days are over now, but I always fancied doing a cover of those adverts. I always found them quite catchy
posted by dodgygeezer at 4:30 AM on July 8, 2004
"Buy Eighties Power Love Movie Ballads Volume 1 and get Eighties Power Love Movie Ballads Volumes 2 and 3 free... Turn around bright eyes... featuring Bonnie Tyler... Take these broken wings... Mr Mister... I am a man who will fight for your honour... Pete Cetera and many many more. Call now."
My music making days are over now, but I always fancied doing a cover of those adverts. I always found them quite catchy
posted by dodgygeezer at 4:30 AM on July 8, 2004
etc., that XTC "History of Rock & Roll" track is exactly the kind of pointless, tuneless novelty item this guy is arguing against. If you're going all the way to 1:59, what about "Traffic Light Rock"? Or even shorter, "New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage" (heh - that's "Neutered," of course, in a bit of self-referential censorship)?
posted by soyjoy at 6:46 AM on July 8, 2004
posted by soyjoy at 6:46 AM on July 8, 2004
I too am disappointed by the lack of The Residents Commercial Album tracks. My personal faves are Picnic Boy and Moisture.
posted by Scoo at 7:06 AM on July 8, 2004
posted by Scoo at 7:06 AM on July 8, 2004
etc., that XTC "History of Rock & Roll" track is exactly the kind of pointless, tuneless novelty item this guy is arguing against.
Oh, I'm not saying it should have been on this one, just that it's what I put on the tape when I did it. Actually, I guess a lot of the stuff on the tape was pointless, tuneless novelty items...
posted by etc at 7:37 AM on July 8, 2004
Oh, I'm not saying it should have been on this one, just that it's what I put on the tape when I did it. Actually, I guess a lot of the stuff on the tape was pointless, tuneless novelty items...
posted by etc at 7:37 AM on July 8, 2004
Well, plowing through that lot of annoying, shambling novelty songs has officially turned me off white music for life.
posted by dydecker at 9:26 AM on July 8, 2004
posted by dydecker at 9:26 AM on July 8, 2004
"Her Majesty" is there, wsg. Sad to see no Stormtroopers of Death. Truly sad.
posted by squirrel at 9:55 AM on July 8, 2004
posted by squirrel at 9:55 AM on July 8, 2004
Could you fit 100 songs onto a single CD?
Technically no, the audio CD standard permits a maximum of 99 tracks on a CD. I can look it up for the interested.
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but one of them has to be two songs squozed into one (I love that word).
posted by shepd at 12:35 PM on July 8, 2004
Technically no, the audio CD standard permits a maximum of 99 tracks on a CD. I can look it up for the interested.
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but one of them has to be two songs squozed into one (I love that word).
posted by shepd at 12:35 PM on July 8, 2004
Downloaded and burned this to play in the car on the way to London yesterday. It 'feels' much longer than the hour and twenty minutes it is. Definitely enjoyed it though.. choice moments for me were the Billy Corgan car keys song and the Tampax ad song. A couple of the tracks sounded like adverts though, like the I Love Horses bit.
posted by wackybrit at 12:47 PM on July 9, 2004
posted by wackybrit at 12:47 PM on July 9, 2004
The record holder for song density has got to be the "'Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh!' 7" from Slap-A-Ham records. 84 songs on a single 7" record....
I think I've got you beat. There was an avant-garde release, RRR 500, which crams 500 tracks onto one LP by using a concentric series of locked circular grooves. The LP was a sequel to RRR 100, which crammed 100 songs on to the side of a 7".
posted by jonp72 at 1:05 AM on July 13, 2004
I think I've got you beat. There was an avant-garde release, RRR 500, which crams 500 tracks onto one LP by using a concentric series of locked circular grooves. The LP was a sequel to RRR 100, which crammed 100 songs on to the side of a 7".
posted by jonp72 at 1:05 AM on July 13, 2004
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