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Post by tombland on Jun 14, 2007 19:26:36 GMT
Me and Melba were chatting at length (lolfest) about this subject.
It is our belief that the best songs are either under 90 seconds in length or over 8 minutes.
When over 8 minutes the best songs are at the 3 and 7 of each 10. So 13, 17, 23, 27 etc...
Opinions? What are your favourite song lengths?
(Sorry about the inane thread. Though it seems to be a trend nowadays)
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Post by youwantthis on Jun 14, 2007 19:36:44 GMT
Sonic Youth are about six-seven mins long they are the longest i know. (unless you want some 90's techno)
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Post by cheshire on Jun 14, 2007 19:38:01 GMT
I think 2:30-4 minutes is best.
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Post by tombland on Jun 14, 2007 19:39:24 GMT
Sonic Youth are about six-seven mins long they are the longest i know. (unless you want some 90's techno) Acid Mothers Temple medley live at Corsica studios is 88 minutes long. That's the longest I know...
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Post by oldgregg on Jun 14, 2007 19:39:39 GMT
I have a Manic Streets Preacher song that is 35 minutes long, I think. Or it may be many songs strung together on 1 MP3 - in which case I'd look a right idiot and we'll all pretend I never said that.
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Post by Clare on Jun 14, 2007 19:40:23 GMT
There's a Swedish lo-lo-lo-fi band called Valentine Academy who will only write songs that are under 180 seconds - one of my favourites is called "The Girl With The Mountain Fox Bag" which is 38 seconds long.
The longest I have is Placebo's "Burger Queen," which is 22 minutes, 39 seconds. The second longest is "Sister Ray" by the VU, which comes in at 17 minutes 27 seconds. The shortest is "One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman" by Sufjan Stevens - six seconds.
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Post by tombland on Jun 14, 2007 19:40:26 GMT
You totally don't win, oldgregg!
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Post by lltoastll on Jun 14, 2007 19:41:59 GMT
Melba agrees: For Carl Sagan by Tarentel =20:57 Cooking Light by Pele =9:08 The by Propaghandi =0:05 Victory is Ours by Orchid = 0:56 Area 41 by Eluvium = 0:58 d|p by William Basinski = 52:21 A temporary freezing of the time axis that turns at the end of this profound now by Keiji Haino = 54:27 enough said
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Post by tombland on Jun 14, 2007 19:42:00 GMT
There's a Swedish lo-lo-lo-fi band called Valentine Academy who will only write songs that are under 180 seconds - one of my favourites is called "The Girl With The Mountain Fox Bag" which is 38 seconds long. The longest I have is Placebo's "Burger Queen," which is 22 minutes, 39 seconds. The second longest is "Sister Ray" by the VU, which comes in at 17 minutes 27 seconds. The shortest is "One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman" by Sufjan Stevens - six seconds. Agrophobic Nosebleed have a 99 track album. The average track length is like 8 seconds or something. Generally a single run of a bad metal riff, some hectic drumming and a blood curdling scream of "WOOOORRMMSS OF ZIIOOOOOONNNNN" or some other such nonsense...
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Post by youwantthis on Jun 14, 2007 19:42:23 GMT
Sonic Youth are about six-seven mins long they are the longest i know. (unless you want some 90's techno) Acid Mothers Temple medley live at Corsica studios is 88 minutes long. That's the longest I know... Did you not get bored after 10?
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Post by oldgregg on Jun 14, 2007 19:43:04 GMT
You totally don't win, oldgregg! Yeah I edited my post. *idiot* I win out of everyone I know though - you may just be extra special.
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Post by Clare on Jun 14, 2007 19:43:18 GMT
There's a Swedish lo-lo-lo-fi band called Valentine Academy who will only write songs that are under 180 seconds - one of my favourites is called "The Girl With The Mountain Fox Bag" which is 38 seconds long. The longest I have is Placebo's "Burger Queen," which is 22 minutes, 39 seconds. The second longest is "Sister Ray" by the VU, which comes in at 17 minutes 27 seconds. The shortest is "One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman" by Sufjan Stevens - six seconds. Agrophobic Nosebleed have a 99 track album. The average track length is like 8 seconds or something. Generally a single run of a bad metal riff, some hectic drumming and a blood curdling scream of "WOOOORRMMSS OF ZIIOOOOOONNNNN" or some other such nonsense... That made me laugh, but it'd be a nightmare to sort out in your iTunes if you fucked up the album name.
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Post by sarah on Jun 14, 2007 19:44:08 GMT
gybe songs go on forever yet i never loose patience when listening
wahey
2nd longest song that isn't gybe or asmz (acronyms ahoy!) i have is Carnival of the Animals
i love that song very much.
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Post by stentorsrevenge on Jun 14, 2007 19:44:19 GMT
I like all of my songs to be precisely three minutes long. I have six songs.
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Post by tombland on Jun 14, 2007 19:46:34 GMT
gybe songs go on forever yet i never loose patience when listening wahey 2nd longest song that isn't gybe or asmz (acronyms ahoy!) i have is Carnival of the Animals i love that song very much. Ah, that's a shame. I love listening to GY!BE so much, but I really do have to be in the right mood to sit through anything but F# A# (infinity). Acid Mothers Temple medley live at Corsica studios is 88 minutes long. That's the longest I know... Did you not get bored after 10? GOD no. It's mind expanding.
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Post by youwantthis on Jun 14, 2007 19:48:15 GMT
GOD no. It's mind expanding. So was watching Will & Grace whilst eating French Fries this morning.
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Post by tombland on Jun 14, 2007 19:48:51 GMT
Also Rebore Vol. 1 and 3 are about 44 and 45 minutes. They're absolutely wonderful
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Post by Clare on Jun 14, 2007 19:49:19 GMT
I like all of my songs to be precisely three minutes long. I have six songs. Is one of them "Click Click Click Click" by Bishop Allen? Or "No Name #1" by Elliott Smith? Or "Vicious" by Lou Reed?
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Post by sarah on Jun 14, 2007 19:52:04 GMT
Ah, that's a shame. I love listening to GY!BE so much, but I really do have to be in the right mood to sit through anything but F# A# (infinity). i know what you mean, i can usually listen to them, but sometimes i get restless and end up fastforwarding it to the good bits haha the first time i bought one of their albums i was like "what is this madness, £12 for 2 tracks?!" then realised they were both about 20 mins long haha
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Post by oldgregg on Jun 14, 2007 19:53:14 GMT
I like all of my songs to be precisely three minutes long. I have six songs. Is one of them "Click Click Click Click" by Bishop Allen? Or "No Name #1" by Elliott Smith? Or "Vicious" by Lou Reed? I totally arranged my Itunes catalogue to see how many songs I had that were that length too! and the answer is 24.
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