Low on short songs? Here's a bunch. None longer than 1:30, each a separate track.1. Alain Goraguer, "Les Hommes -- Le Grande Co-Existence" (1973) This could be the most beautiful thing here. From a nice OST, La Planete Sauvage. (1:15)
2. Alice Cooper, "Titanic Overture (196xx.. (1969) Titanic is right, and way ahead of Lou Reed. (See below.) (1:12)
3. Alice Cooper, "Street Fight" (1972) Wild!! (0:53)
4. Angry Samoans, "Lights Out" (1982) These guys are funny. (0:52)
5. Archie Shepp, "Keep Your Heart Right" (1966) (1:18)
6. Beach Boys, "Don't Talk ... (Vocal Snippet)" (1966) This could be the most beautiful thing here. (0:56)
7. Beatles, "Her Majesty [W- Final Chord]" (1969) Closure. (0:25)
8. Bernard Herrmann, "Finale" (1951) From The Day the Earth Stood Still OST. (0:30)
9. Bessie Jones, "Sometimes" (1961) You know this from Moby. Winning lyric: "I'm going over here." (0:56)
10. Black Flag, "Wasted" (1978) Wow, nice job. (0:53)
11. Bobby Fuller Four, "Eastwood High Dance Radio Spot" (ca. 1965) (0:53)
12. Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, "The Sound of Music" (1967) Cracks me up every time. (1:19)
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ReplyDelete13. British Sea Power, "Favours in the Beetroot Fields" (2003) (1:16)
14. Conet Project, "tcp d3 35 okno okno onko irdial" (1997) This is not music, but it can be obsessively listenable. I figure that third "okno" in the title has to be a typo, but I'm giving it to you the way I got it. Learn more: http://www.irdial.com/conet.htm. (0:34)
15. David Shire, "17" (1974) From The Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three OST, which whole work is worthy. (1:03)
16. Desert Sessions, "Winners" (2002) So cynical. (1:05)
17. Edward White, "Captain Kangaroo" (1955) This could be the most beautiful thing here, bogus or not. (0:51)
18. Elvis Costello, "Welcome to the Working Week" (1977) (1:23)
19. Eminem, "Steve Berman (Skit)" (2000) Do you know what it feels like to be told to have a record shoved up your ass? (0:53)
20. Ennio Morricone, "Miserere" (1989) From The Mission OST. (1:00)
21. Faust, "Untitled: Rudolf III" (1973) (1:17)
22. Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention, "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? reprise" (1968) (1:02)
23. Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention, "Sleeping in a Jar" (1969) (0:50)
24. Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention, "Overture to a Holiday in Berlin" (1970) (1:27)
25. Gryphon, "Pastime with Good Company" (1976) (1:29)
26. GTO's, "Wouldn't It Be Sad If There Were No Cones?" (1968) Spontaneous laughter, a beautiful thing. See also Monkees, Percy Randolph, Skip Spence. (1:10)
27. Hanna-Barbera, "Huckleberry Hound (Main Title)" (1958) Listen for the calliope. (0:42)
28. Hanna-Barbera, "Josie & the Pussycats (Main Title)" (1970) Winning lyric: "Everywhere the action's at We're involved with this and that." (1:02)
29. Hanna-Barbera, "Pixie & Dixie (Sub-main Title)" (1958) Three distinct pieces and it's the shortest track here. (0:10)
30. Hanna-Barbera, "Snooper & Blabber (Syndicated Titles with Sub-main Title)" (1959) Works up a nice head of steam. (0:25)
31. Herbaliser, "Take London (Intro)" (2005) (0:32)
32. In\Humanity, "Super Plan B" (2000) So obnoxious. (1:06)
33. Koerner, Ray, and Glover, "Banjo Thing" (1963) Sharp. (1:26)
34. Leadbelly, "Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit" (1948) The emotional span blows my mind. It deepens, and deepens, and deepens, until finally it's absolutely the saddest thing in the world. I'm not even kidding. (1:29)
35. Lou Reed, "Overture" (2002) About as titanic as the one by Alice 30 years before. (See above.) (1:05)
36. Low, "Dark" (1996) This could be the most beautiful thing here. (0:53)
37. Marc Bolan & T. Rex, show outro w/ "Get It On" (1977) "Same Marc time, same Marc channel." (1:26)
38. Mark Lanegan, "Juarez" (1990) Bloated and gaseous with drug -- and this was only 1990. (1:21)
39. Monkees, "Zilch." (1967) Spontaneous laughter, a beautiful thing. See also GTO's, Percy Randolph, Skip Spence. (1:06)
40. Mose Allison, "Young Man's Blues" (1957) So clean. (1:27)
41. My Bloody Valentine, "Touched" (1992) Blast of chill sea air Dark gray winter dawn, all Swirling and floating, etc. This could be the most beautiful thing here. (0:56)
42. Percy Randolph, "Shine" (ca. 1955) Spontaneous laughter, a beautiful thing. See also GTO's, Monkees, Skip Spence. (1:07)
43. Pogues, "Worms" (1987) So true. (1:03)
44. Raymond Scott, "County Fair" (ca. 1959) If this ever actually ran as a commercial, it would have to be the weirdest one in the history of broadcast advertising. (1:01)
45. Replacements, "Run It" (1983) Words to live by. (1:11)
46. Roy Shield, "The Little Rascals" (ca. 1933) (0:57)
47. Shibusashirazu Orchestra, "Senzu" (2005) Jesus Christ what was that? (1:02)
48. Shudder to Think, "End Frame" (1998) From High Art OST. (1:19)
49. Shuggie Otis, "Happy House" (1974) This could be the most beautiful thing here. (1:16)
50. Skip Spence, "Doodle" (1969) Spontaneous laughter, a beautiful thing. See also GTO's, Monkees, Percy Randolph. (1:02)
51. T. Rex, "Pepsi Jingle" (1974) (0:24)
52. Todd Rundgren, "Tic Tic Tic It Wears Off" (1973) (1:14)
53. Tom Waits, "Midtown (Instrumental)" (1986) (1:04)
54. TV theme, "Lost in Space" (1965) (0:59)
55. TV theme, "Rawhide" (1959) Entirely unexpected point of view. Winning lyric: "Keep moving moving moving Though they're disapproving Keep those doggies moving ... Don't try to understand them Just rope and throw and brand them." Fascinating. So the cowboys try to understand cows. And cows can be disapproving. And it bothers the cowboys when cows are disapproving. (I imagine this is all probably just some 'scuse-me-while-I-kiss-this-guy kind of deal.) (0:53)
56. TV theme, "Outer Limits" (1963) Whoa. Pretty fucking strange and creepy and beautiful. Glad they left out the dopey monologue. Changes the whole thing. (1:12)
57. Velvet Underground, "Radio Ad" (1969) How do you feel? You don't really know how you feel. (0:57)
58. Vibrators, "Wrecked on You" (1977) (1:28)
59. White Stripes, "Little Room" (2001) Bravo! (0:50)
60. Winston Sharples, "Felix the Cat" (1958) Nostalgia prize. (0:30)