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"Please Please Please..."voted best short song of all time

posted by davidt on Monday April 08 2002, @08:15AM

paulybob writes:

The new (and excellent) digital radio station BBC6music had a poll for the best sub 2 minute record ever... and "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want." came in as Number 1! This was on the Gideon Coe show today Friday 5th April (weekdays 10 am - 1pm GMT) Billy Bragg's "Lover's Town Revisited" was voted 2nd best.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you (Score:1)

Damn right too!

Troubled Jomo -- Monday April 08 2002, @08:29AM (#27641)
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i think happy birthday (Score:1)

shoulda been number one--it is shorter and more popular by far.
=P

Johnny Marr -- Monday April 08 2002, @09:06AM (#27646)
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There is no such thing in life as normal.

name your own top five two-minute songs... (Score:1)

1) "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"
2) "Art School" by the Jam
3) "Half-Mast" by Born Against
4) "All" by the Descendents
5) "Asesinos" by Los Crudos

arthur gentileschi <gsvitil@hotmail.com> -- Monday April 08 2002, @10:38AM (#27651)
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give me surgery.

2 minutes and 6 seconds (Score:1)

girlfriend in a coma.

Celibate Cry <vauxhall@mail2uk.com> -- Monday April 08 2002, @09:48PM (#27674)
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and the hills are alive with celibate cries

A bloody marvellous choice (Score:1)

I must say that those songs are among the best ones ever recorded in England by 2 of the best songwriters that small island ever produced, I must say though that Billy has lots and lots of lovely short songs that should also deserve immense critical applause, just listen to Milkman of Human Kindness for instance.
Hip hip hurray to the lads...they deserve they deserve they deserve it! :)

Bloke in Blue -- Tuesday April 09 2002, @04:26AM (#27686)
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"I'd rather Jack" voted best song of all time (Score:0)

The new (and excellent) flying Telly Savalas faced stickleback convention had a poll for the best product placement of Bob Carolgees style hat/tache combos ever... and "I'd Rather Jack (than Fleetwood Mac)." came in as Number 1! This was on the Sebastian Coe show today Friday 134th April (weekdays between Bagpuss and Gentle Ben GMT) Ricky Ross's "Radio On" was voted 2nd best.

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 09 2002, @07:26AM (#27691)

Felix Da Housecat (Score:0)

Is it just me or does anybody else think this guys album is the best ever?

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 09 2002, @07:33AM (#27693)

cool v. short songs (Score:0)

the box tops - the letter
primal scream - velocity girl (only 1 min 23 secs!)

Anonymous -- Tuesday April 09 2002, @12:49PM (#27705)

Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together (Score:0)

Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together

-Chris

Anonymous -- Thursday April 11 2002, @11:16AM (#27842)

Tears of Joy (Score:1)

Yes, it definitely is, how can such a short song, be so powerful??

*the queen has left the building

Mozflower -- Thursday April 11 2002, @10:36PM (#27871)
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This song can make a bad man turn good! (Score:3, Insightful)

Truly THE greatest under 2 minute song ever. It's the first song I ever heard of the Smiths, it appeared on the soundtrack of the "Pretty in Pink"-movie(we all have our demons), and it was a life changing experience. The composition, the lyrics but especially Moz's voice.
To me that voice expressed everything that has to do with what it's like to be human. It expresses how absolutely horrendous it is to be alive, and in some ways as well how fantastic it is to be alive. Moz's voice in that song has everything "in it": pain, longing, desire, humor, hope, irony, in short: life. It's a song of indescribable beauty. And whenever I hear it, I always think of what the philosopher Schopenhauer once said: To live is to want and to want is to suffer.
An absolute gem!

Troubled Jomo -- Saturday April 13 2002, @09:02AM (#27951)
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magic dice (Score:1)

I think that also Magic Dice by Mano Negra could be considered...

magicdice -- Saturday April 13 2002, @09:30AM (#27956)
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Please,Please,Please (Score:2, Funny)

If I were to comment on how much this song means to me emotionally I would take up too much of everyones time so I'll just say this. If you hear this song and you don't get a lump in your throat every single freakin' time you hear it, then you are a monster and you should be imprisoned.

by the way I'd have to say my favorite song is a fourway tie: still ill, barbarism begins at home, girl afraid and rubber ring!

Fenriswolf -- Sunday April 14 2002, @07:13AM (#27981)
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