Best Short Rock n' Roll Tunes

Hmmmmmmm, that thread about loooooooooooooong rock tunes makes me nervous - I like my tunes short n' sweet! Howzabout we take the alternate route and go for the short and sweet faves???? Ever hear Big Al Downing's stooopendous RAB classic Down on the Farm? Couple grrrreat breaks, Al pounding the keys like there's no tomorrow, twangy guitars - ahhhh, thatsa nice! Or, The Phantom's megakillsonic classic Love Me, a minnit thrity-two of blazing intensity - woooooooo doggies, it's a burner! Let the under 3 minute set begin!!!!

 

I'll give you 2min and under:

Ersel Hickey: Bluebirds Over The Mountain
Duane Eddy & The Rebels: Some Kind-A Earthquake
Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me (US mix preferred)
Elvis: All Shook Up
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs: Stay
Fats Domino: Whole Lotta Lovin'

ED

 

talk talk - the music machine - 1:56

 

She Loves You - Beatlemania summed up in around two.

 

Ah, The Music Machine - say, that's one SH oughta look into licensing from the mighty Art Laboe.... Great, grouchy, grrrrrragey classic!

 

Ramones - Commando (1:50)

Bee Gees - Massachusetts (2:26)

Judas Priest - The Ripper (2:34)

 

Yeah, the mono version...the whole mono Lp would be worth a remaster...

ED

 

The Dave Clark Five "Any Way You Want It" 2 minutes of pure rock and roll

 

Lies-Knickerbockers

 

Every song on the first four Ramones albums.

Thrilling.

-BZync

 

Little Richard - Ooh My Soul
This thermo-nuclear blast is over and done in a bit less than 90 sec (I think)

 

I got that one,isn't that Wanda Jackson's road band on it(he was part of it too) ??

 

So You Want to be A Rock n' Roll Star - The Byrds (2:05)

Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie (2:17)

Driving Along - Nilsson (2:04)

Short and very sweet.

 

Hello, I Love You-The Doors 2:16

White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane 2:32

Photographs and Memories-Jim Croce 2:03

I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Live Song-Jim Croce 2:28

Come and Get It-Badfinger 2:21


Jet

 

Re: Re: Best Short Rock n' Roll Tunes

Bobby Poe and the Poe Kats - Wanda used them in the studio and on the road, too; amazing, considering Big Al Downing was a black rocker in an otherwise white group playing whip-ass-pound rockabilly! What's the timing on Let's Have a Party??? It never seems to last long enough...

 

White Riot 7 inch vinyl single by The Clash.
A side - White Riot 1:59
B Side - 1977 1:41.

 

Hmmmm....

I'll just look at the times on some of the tunes I have in the changer right now while I'm computering....

Heat Wave 2:45
In My Lonely Room 2:29
Dancing in the Steet 2:38
Nowhere to Run 2:50
Too Many Fish in the Sea 2:27
I'll Keep Holding On 2:27
My Baby Must Be a Magician 2:33
He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' 2:33
Lonely Lonely Girl Am I 2:11
What Does it Take (To Win Your Love) 2:28
The One That Really Loves You - 2:26
My Guy 2:47

Actually, of the 115 songs that are on the Ultimate Collections/Best ofs of Mary Wells, Jr. Walker, the Velvelettes, the Marvelettes, and Martha and the Vandellas, only 19 hit the three minute mark...

 

I have it at 1:35, boss.

mud-

 

Geeze, lot's of great ones above!

How about "The Letter" by The Boxtops?

Great song, wasn't it under 2 minutes?

Michael Nelson

 

1:59, the cold ending version I believe is 2:06. GREAT SONG!

 

Yo Michael....which cd is that cold ending version on?

mud-

 

Hey Mud,
From the Box Tops Thread...Here ya go,

On...Solid Gold hits Of the 60's...RCA Special Products...DPC1-0815

 

Michael, you're a good man no matter what they say.

mud-