26 Apr 08
In my newspaper today, there was a little section titled "Shortest Song Titles of All Time", and the list of songs were:
ABC--jackson 5
Cry-- johnny ray and the 4 lads
Bad--Michael Jackson
War--Edwin Starr
The source was "jerry Osbourne's Collectible Records Column".
I immediately thought of 2 song titles that were shorter. {I wonder if I could apply for Jerry's job.} Can anyone think of shorter ones still? I feel sure there are many.
I came up with:
If--both Bread and Pink Floyd had a song with this title
As--Stevie Wonder, a single from Songs in the Key of Life
26 Apr 08
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Originally posted by PinkFloyd#1 by Animal Collective.
In my newspaper today, there was a little section titled "Shortest Song Titles of All Time", and the list of songs were:
ABC--jackson 5
Cry-- johnny ray and the 4 lads
Bad--Michael Jackson
War--Edwin Starr
The source was "jerry Osbourne's Collectible Records Column".
I immediately thought of 2 song titles that were shorter. {I wonder if I could ap loyd had a song with this title
As--Stevie Wonder, a single from Songs in the Key of Life
Edit: Longest title:
The Face's / Rod Stewart's 1974 no. 12 hit "You Can Make Me Dance Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, Or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)"
Unbracketed:
The longest un-bracketed title is Meat Loaf's "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (52 letters). It made no. 26 in May 1994
Shortest Title(s):
# "7" - by Prince & The New Power Generation (no. 27, December 1992)
# "U" - by Loni Clark (no. 28, January 1994)
# "X" - by Xzibit (no. 14, March 2001).
Shortest number 1 title is "If" by Telly Savalas (no. 1, Feb 1975)
http://retrocharts.com/record7.html
27 Apr 08
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundA Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld (Live Mix Mk 10) by The Orb is quite a long title.
Donm't know, but the longest would be
"several species of small furry animals, gathered together in a cave, and grooving with a pict" 😛
30 Apr 08
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Originally posted by DrKFAre you sure it wasn't Napalm Death ?
I don't know about short song *titles* but I do remember listening to John Peel once, and he had some Mexican thrash metal band in session whose tracks were ridiculously short. One consisted of three or four seconds of awful noise with a chap screaming over the top. I miss John Peel.
30 Apr 08
Originally posted by gregsflatYep. And I remember one from the 70's called "No!", but I don't recall the artist. "No!!! That's a hell of a thing to say
"If" was originally by a band called Bread.
Here's another shorty:
"NSU" by Cream
How about "One" (the lonliest number that you'll ever use)
She just said NO...thru me out in the road"...