Clocking in at 2:28
A lot can be accomplished musically in two minutes and twenty eight seconds. What brought this to mind was a Little Feat tune I heard on my way to work recently: “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”. It funks and it rocks & rolls and grooves…makes me wanna strut down a crowded street with a sweet hat and some big fat shades – a grin on my face. “GIT the hell outta my way people, I’m coming THROUGH!”
I sorted my iTunes by Time, and found 37 tunes in my online collection that clock in at 2:28 (three of ’em by Jim Croce, go figure). Here’s that sweet-ass Little Feat tune and eight other nuggets of 2:28 goodness…
If you’ve got a spare 22:12, listen to ’em all!
Little Feat – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now – from Feats Don’t Fail Me Now
Steve Earle – South Nashville Blues – from I Feel Alright
Reverend Horton Heat – Baddest of the Bad – from Liquor in the Front
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain- from Cosmo’s Factory
Old 97’s – Coahuila – from Drag It Up
The Byrds – I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better – from Mr. Tambourine Man
Calexico – Sunken Waltz – from Feast of Wire
Jim Croce – Time in a Bottle – from The Definitive Collection
Paul Weller – Spring (At Last) – from Illumination [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD]
7 Comments
Dave Lifton
I’ve got 129 songs at 2:28. here are some of them.
Animals: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
The Jam – It’s Too Bad
The Who – Sensation
Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas
The Crystals – He’s A Rebel
Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody
Wilson Pickett – Land of 1,000 Dances
The Kinks – Do You Remember Walter
Rufus Thomas – Can Your Monkey Do The Dog?
Pete
classics, all of ‘em!
Michael
I was amazed at how many tracks came up!
The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA
Discovery – Slang Tang
Raphael Saadiq – Let’s Take a Walk
Slipknot – Wait and Bleed
The Beatles – Boys
The Beatles – I Want to Tell You
Coldplay – Now My Feet Won’t Touch the Ground
Prince – Extraordinary
Frank Sinatra – Fly Me to the Moon
Ben Webster – The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Pete
More classics from the golden age… “Surfin’ USA”, “Fly Me To The Moon”, “i Want To Tell You”…
And Dave, 129 songs at 2:28? Good God, man, how many tunes are in your library?
Dave Lifton
Over 30,000. About 10% of that is Bruce bootlegs, though.
Curt Shannon
Great songs! Here are some of mine:
Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly
Count Basie – Shout and Feel It
Sam Cooke – Good Times
Howlin’ Wolf – The Red Rooster
The Beatles – Drive My Car
The Who – Boris the Spider
Beach Boys – Surfer Girl
The Pogues – The White City (Live)
Hank Williams – Lonesome Whistle
Dudley Moore and Peter Cook – Bedazzled
An almost endless source for blog themes!
Dan
at first glance at the 58 tracks I have, the Kinks’ Big Black Smoke and Kinky Freidman’s Asshole from El Paso, Break My Mind by Jerry Lee, Sam Cooke’s Good Times and communication breakdown by Led Zep