No over-thinking, no spreadsheets, no calculations, just hit me with a top 3 for each topic on instinct alone.
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
The New Teller - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - The Beatles
Lifetime – Francie Nolan
Sensefield – Building
Nirvana – Very Ape
GBV - A Salty Salute (could do a top 10 just of them)
Earl Sweatshirt - Dat Ass
Joyce Manor - Catalina Fight Song
Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever
Madvillain - Accordion
J Dilla - Lightworks
Came here to say Catalina Fight Song, and x3 because I can’t think of any others.
GBV - Blimps Go 90
Converge - Heartache
Casiotone For the Painfully Alone - Toby, Take a Bow
Misfits - Attitude
Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week
Scott Walker - 30th Century Man
Shit yeah it’s this
My most played tracks under two minutes*:
LUSH - Dean Blunt (1:57)
Lazy Day - Boo Radleys (1:34)
Thalassocracy - Frank Black (1:33)
*probably, I didn’t check the length of every track
Wire - Another The Letter
Felt - Ferdinand Magellan
Scott Walker - Butterfly
Wire - Outdoor Miner
Tom Waits - Johnsburg, Illinois
Nick Drake - Road
Guided by Voices - Shocker in Gloomtown
Super Furry Animals - Chupacabras
Pixies - Tame
Pixies - Something Against You*
Drug Church - Grubby
Weezer - You Gave Your Love To Me Softly
(* could have gone with Broken Face too)
Los Campesinos! - My Year In Lists
Labi Siffre - Bless The Telephone
Billy Cobb - Gary Come Home (punk cover)
The Lawrence Arms - On With The Show
Rancid - Maxwell Murder
NOFX - All Outa Angst
I may not be taking this seriously enough
BOC - Olsen
Bowie - Breaking Glass
Beastie Boys - Time For Livin’
Allison’s Starting To Happen - The Lemonheads
Golden Slumbers - The Beatles
Im so tired- Fugazi
Simon and Garfunkel - April Come She Will
Belle and Sebastian - I Don’t Want To Play Football
Super Furry Animals - God! Show Me Magic
Really wanted an Elliott Smith song but he had loads in the 2m00s to 2m59s bracket