Thursday, June 17, 2010

101 Two Minute Pop Songs, pt. 3

Last 33 and third of the two-minute pop songs. Come and get 'em.

Fats Domino, "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" (1959) Dig the chattering sax. (2:03)
Paul McCartney, "Junk" (1970) Pretty. (1:57)
Pepsico, "Come Alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation" (1963) I've noticed this one grows on you. By the way, Snopes.com has evidently not yet determined whether the Chinese version of this tagline does indeed translate to "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead." (2:02)
Quarteto Uai, "Na Tarde" (1973) (2:00)
Queen, "We Will Rock You" (1978) Now a classic sports anthem, like Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life." How do these things happen? Do sports fans know what they're doing? (2:02)
Ralph McTell, "Willoughby's Farm" (1969) Mysterious and lovely and perfectly simple. (2:02)
Ralph Nielsen & the Chancellors, "Scream" (1962) Shrill. (1:58)
Ramones, "Teenage Lobotomy" (1977) (2:01)
Randy & the Rainbows, "Denise" (1963) (1:59)
Randy Newman, "Political Science" (1972) You can't argue with common sense. (2:01)
Ray Coleman & His Skyrockets, "Jukebox Rock 'n' Roll" (1957) (1:59)
Richard Hell & the Voidoids, "New Pleasure" (1977) (1:58)
Richie Havens, "Lady Madonna" (1969) (2:00)
Robyn Hitchcock, "Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl" (1984) What a weirdo, yet somehow I like him more all the time. This from one of his best albums, I Often Dream of Trains. (2:00)
Rockpile, "Crying in the Rain" (1980) What I did after my cat died. (2:02)
Rolling Stones, "Good Times" (1965) (2:02)
Rolling Stones, "One More Try" (1965) (1:58)
Sam Cooke, "(Don't Fight It) Feel It" (1961) Good advice. (2:02)
Sam Cooke, "There, I've Said it Again" (1959) The guy is just poise itself. (2:02)
Serge Gainsbourg, "Cha Cha Cha Du Loup" (1964) (1:59)
Simon & Garfunkel, "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'" (1965) You must be out of your mind. Do you know what you're kickin' away-ee-ay? (2:01)
Sol Hoopii & His Hawaiians, "Palolo" (1927) (2:01)
Sound Dimension, "Soulful Strut" (1969) Good song. (2:02)
Stooges, "Loose (Take 26) (False Start)" (1970) Can you blame them after 25 takes? (2:00)
String-A-Longs, "Wheels" (1961) (1:58)
Suicide Commandos, "Call of the Wild" (1978) (2:01)
Teenage Fanclub, "What You Do to Me" (1991) (2:01)
Tim Hardin, "Reason to Believe" (1966) Very lovely. (2:00)
Triumphs, "Burnt Biscuits" (1961) Probably the best song here. (2:02)
TV theme, "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) Luscious. (2:02)
Ventures, "Frosty the Snowman" (1965) Oh gosh this is swell. (2:00)
Wanda Jackson, "Man We Had a Party" (1961) She sounds a hundred years old in this. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Anyway, I guess she always does. (1:58)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Art Star" (2001) (2:01)

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