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

Salad
Salad Posts: 10,189
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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  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    Freebird.  Lynyrd Skynyrd.  (9:08 on the album! single version was a lot shorter)
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Revolution Number 9 and Her Majesty, by The Beatles. 
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223
    Long... Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight (14:35)
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,623
    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)
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Longest:  Close to the Edge, Yes 18:30
    Shortest:  12XU, Wire 1:50
  • danny777
    danny777 Posts: 222
    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)
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    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
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    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
  • Bigbadbozman
    Bigbadbozman Posts: 1,775
    Pictures of You - The Cure

    Bit Part - The Lemonheads
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,476
    edited September 2019
    White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane- 1967....2 min 29 secs.
    Starship Trooper- Yes -1971....9 mins 28 secs.
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  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    Suppers ready - Genesis (Seconds Out)
    Little White Bull - Tommy Steele 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Long
    The Divine Comedy - Eric the Gardener 
    Pet Shop Boys - Left to My Own Devices
    Short
    The Beatles - Golden Slumbers 
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    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!
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Long.

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

  • snowinberlin
    snowinberlin Posts: 807
    Long: 

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

    Short

    Nettles - The Death Ramps 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,623
    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. 
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    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
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Echoes - Pink Floyd (23.31)
    Norgaard - The Vaccines (1.40)
  • NapaAddick
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    edited September 2019
    Springsteen....
    NY City Serenade  (9:55)
    Held Up Without A Gun (1:16)
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    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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  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Short- You suffer,Napalm Death 1.316 seconds long.
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    Longest: Zombie by Fela Kuti 12.26

    Shortest: There's A Riot Going On by Sly and the Family Stone 00.00
  • snowinberlin
    snowinberlin Posts: 807
    Layla - the long version
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    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
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    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.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    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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