When Bob Dylan was asked “What are your records about?” at a press conference he replied “Some are about 3 minutes and some are about 4”. Inspired by this our challenge was to find 5 tracks that were 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3, 4 and 5 minutes long.
Most struggled for 1 minute tracks (except for Bob: The Residents Commercial LP has 40 tracks all 1 min long) but there was an embarrassment of riches for 3 minutes, so many so that often the choice was put to the vote Well I can play this or thisĀ and a few extras were fitted in
1 Min
Field day for the Sundays Wire (John)
Easter woman Residents (Bob)
Psyche soap The Electric flag, an American music band (Trip soundtrack) (Gez)
Questionnaire Ivor Cutler (Si)
Lukin Pearl Jam (Roger)
Effervescent Elephant Syd Barrett (dig)
2 Mins
Forever drone Josef K (John)
You cant hurry love the concretes (bob)
Please please please let me get what what I want Muse (by popular demand)
Eve of Destruction The dickies (Gez)
Bicycle The Maccabees (Si)
Boy about town The Jam (Roger)
Include me out Young marble giants (dig)
Dick a dum Des OConnor (not by popular demand)
Breakdown Buzzcocks (by popular dcemand)
3 Mins
Thats entertainment Reef (John)
Hackensack Fountains of Wayne (Bob)
Another girl another planet The Only ones (Gez)
Olivers Army Elvis Costello (by poular demand)
When mama was moth Cocteau twins (Si)
Once a glimpse Maximo Park (Si extra)
Red morning light The kings of leon (roger)
Picture this Blondie (by popular demand)
Down to the river to prey Alison Krauss (dig)
In the jailhouse now – Soggy bottom boys (by popular demand)
4 Mins
Holy Funk The Longcut (John)
The crystal frontier Calexico (bob)
White man in Hamasmith Pallais The Clash (Gez)
Intro to Plaistow patricia Ian Dury (by popular demand)
On the dancefloor Levy (si)
After the gold rush K D Lang (roger)
Next! The sensational Alex Harvey band (Dig)
4 Hours Clock DVA (by popular demand)
5 Mins
People in the city Air (dig)
The state that I am in (Demo) Belle and Sebastian (John)
Lets save tony orlandos house Yo la tengo (bobo)
Weak hearted dub Ruts Vs Mad Professor Vs Zion Train (Gez)
Running up that hill Kate bush (by popular demand)
The loveliest alarm This et al (si) from Leeds
The River Bruce Springsteen (roger)
Blind Talking Heads (by popular demand)