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favourite long (> 8mins) and short (< 2mins) songs

SaladSalad
in Not Sports Related
... balancing each long with a short 

Long
 . Johnny Was - Stiff Little Fingers (8:10)   
 . I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses (8:14)

Short
 . Love You More - Buzzcocks (1:49)
 . White Riot - The Clash (1:57)

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    JohnBoyUKJohnBoyUK
    Freebird.  Lynyrd Skynyrd.  (9:08 on the album! single version was a lot shorter)
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    ChizzChizz
    Revolution Number 9 and Her Majesty, by The Beatles. 
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    CAFCsayerCAFCsayer
    Long... Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight (14:35)
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    golfaddickgolfaddick
    Longest.....Telegraph Road - Dire Straits (14.17)

    Shortest.......either Her Majesty  or White Riot (depending on whether you want the "shortest" short song or the "longest" short song)
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    Wheresmeticket?Wheresmeticket?
    Longest:  Close to the Edge, Yes 18:30
    Shortest:  12XU, Wire 1:50
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    danny777danny777
    Long:
    Desolation Row - Bob Dylan (11.++)
    Goin' Home - Rolling Stones (11.13)

    Short:
    3 nights a week - Fats Domino (1.44)
    Soldiers - James Taylor (1.13)
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    PaddyP17PaddyP17
    Short:

    - The Red Red Robin - Billy Cotton Big Band (lasts about 1:59 but the Spotify version [says 2:02] has a couple of seconds' silence at the end!)

    - It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones (you're mad if you don't like this song. It's fantastic.)

    Long (album versions below unless otherwise stated - and I'm gonna exclude jazz and classical given their propensity for having long old songs):

    - Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin

    - Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

    - Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

    - Touch - Daft Punk

    - Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground

    - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
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    Six-a-bag-of-nutsSix-a-bag-of-nuts
    Off the top of my head I'll go with:
    Starship Trooper - Yes
    Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
    Under 2 mins, how about:  Not Fade Away - The Stones
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    BigbadbozmanBigbadbozman
    Pictures of You - The Cure

    Bit Part - The Lemonheads
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    SoundAsa£SoundAsa£
    edited September 2019
    White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane- 1967....2 min 29 secs.
    Starship Trooper- Yes -1971....9 mins 28 secs.
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    SolidgoneSolidgone
    Suppers ready - Genesis (Seconds Out)
    Little White Bull - Tommy Steele 
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    killerandflashkillerandflash
    Long
    The Divine Comedy - Eric the Gardener 
    Pet Shop Boys - Left to My Own Devices
    Short
    The Beatles - Golden Slumbers 
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    RedmidlandRedmidland
    edited September 2019
    Long - And You and I (Yes) 10.42 - My favourite song!! First time I heard this song was in the Sailors Arms, Newquay, it was on their juke box, someone put it on and I loved it. I made sure the full length version was played every night in that pub for 4 weeks....twas the summer of '76!!!
    Short  - Lazing on a Sunday afternoon (Queen) 1.07 - Just makes me smile!
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    iainmentiainment
    Long.

    The end. The Doors
    When the music's over. The Doors.
    Matty Groves. The Fairport Convention.

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    snowinberlinsnowinberlin
    Long: 

    Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd
    Siberian Breaks - MGMT
    Innuendo - Queen

    Short

    Nettles - The Death Ramps 
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    golfaddickgolfaddick
    iainment said:
    Long.

    The end. The Doors
    When the music's over. The Doors.
    Matty Groves. The Fairport Convention.

    Was going to say When the Music's Over for my selection. My favourite version is the one on Absolutely Live......used to listen to it when getting ready to go out for the evening in my late teens. 
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    Alex WrightAlex Wright
    edited September 2019
    Won't  get fooled again, about 8 1/2 mins of brilliance

    Back home.  1970 Englang World Cup Squad - a tad over 2 mins

    https://youtu.be/Ag_ujTfx3ak
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    StigStig
    Echoes - Pink Floyd (23.31)
    Norgaard - The Vaccines (1.40)
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    NapaAddickNapaAddick
    edited September 2019
    Springsteen....
    NY City Serenade  (9:55)
    Held Up Without A Gun (1:16)
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    BangkokaddickBangkokaddick
    Long:
    Supper's Ready, Genesis (original version from Foxtrot)
    Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pink Floyd

    Short:
    Not Fade Away, The Rolling Stones
    The Letter, The Boxtops

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    BadgerBadger
    Short- You suffer,Napalm Death 1.316 seconds long.
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    hawksmoorhawksmoor
    Longest: Zombie by Fela Kuti 12.26

    Shortest: There's A Riot Going On by Sly and the Family Stone 00.00
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    snowinberlinsnowinberlin
    Layla - the long version
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    PaddyP17PaddyP17
    hawksmoor said:
    Longest: Zombie by Fela Kuti 12.26

    Shortest: There's A Riot Going On by Sly and the Family Stone 00.00
    Fela Kuti!!! Yes yes yes. Give me some Gentleman, Water No Get Enemy, Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense etc
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    hawksmoorhawksmoor
    edited September 2019
    Big fan, mate. Water No Get Enemy is one of favourite songs ever. The best Uber cab ride I've eve had, I ascertained the driver was from Nigeria and when I mentioned Fela Kuti, well, we ended up singing call-and-response Fela Kuti songs all the way. Turned out he'd seen him four or five times and had a vague distant connection with Fela's family.
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    Bangkokaddick said:
    Long:
    Supper's Ready, Genesis (original version from Foxtrot)
    Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pink Floyd

    Short:
    Not Fade Away, The Rolling Stones
    The Letter, The Boxtops

    The Letter is a great shout. Sub 2-minute classic.
    RIP Alex Chiltern
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