# Which songs are definitely too short? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 29, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482 "2021-10-29T19:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/21 "2021-10-30T18:33:31Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Now I think of it, High Fidelity by Elvis Costello fits the bill. Just as you think it’s about to veer off somewhere else musically interesting, it fades out. Where’s the rest of it, then? The songs on “Get Happy”, their soul album, were all very short, 20 songs in 47 minutes. I like the album for it, it’s a real tour de force. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/22 "2021-10-30T18:40:44Z")
[Here She Comes Now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_She_Comes_Now) by The Velvet Underground. Great song, but short at only 2:04. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ds_LUEe23dM/maxresdefault.jpg "Here She Comes Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_LUEe23dM) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/23 "2021-10-30T18:46:00Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > The songs on “Get Happy”, their soul album, were all very short… Slight aside: Yeah, short, upbeat and poppy, in the main. However… I saw him around that time, and they did a real slow version of Clowntime Is Over. Much like this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m9f6JEi3ZuE/hqdefault.jpg "Elvis Costello - Clowntime Is Over - Rockpalast 1983 (Live)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9f6JEi3ZuE) Now that _definitely_ _ain’t_ too short. j ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/24 "2021-10-30T18:53:54Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Now that _definitely_ _ain’t_ too short. But that’s a really cool version, horns and all! And shows one more time what a great, even historical, institution Rockpalast was. Oh, so many memories… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/25 "2021-10-30T21:38:52Z")
Closing Credit song at the end of _WKRP_ ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/26 "2021-10-30T23:21:09Z")
Allison by the Pixies. Two and a half verses, three choruses, a bridge, and a guitar solo, all in 1:18. This is probably the one song I’ve hit repeat on the most times. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pGtnI3EPkKw/hqdefault.jpg "Pixies "Allison"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGtnI3EPkKw) ---
**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/27 "2021-11-14T12:16:21Z")
Most of the stuff on J J Cale’s Really. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/28 "2021-11-15T00:33:29Z")
The song “Pizza Boy” by the band Go. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XwoJDUXABPY/maxresdefault.jpg "Various - Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! The Record 7"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwoJDUXABPY) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/29 "2021-11-15T00:38:19Z")
Her Majesty If you have to ask… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482/30 "2021-11-15T00:42:06Z")
Two favorite songs by the Minus Five end much too soon - _Lies of the Living Dead_ and _Original Luke_. _Original Luke was a careless man Heart as hard as the Grand Coulee dam_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RIM00zdg0bw/hqdefault.jpg "The Minus 5 - "Original Luke"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIM00zdg0bw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-songs-are-definitely-too-short/953482.md?page=1)