mattie may thomas - dangerous blues -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdoC7cTs1fg
leadbelly - black betty -
John Lennon's shortest complete song--by far:
"hey good lookin'"
someone had to do it wrote:
Yesterday
She Loves You
I Want to Hold Your Hand
to add to my list
Good Day Sunshine
We Can Work It Out
Good Morning Good Morning
Imagine
Give Peace a Chance
Mother
God
as you can tell I am a big Beatles fan
Not sure what you mean by 'simple', but a couple of my favorite short ones that I consider brilliant...
'Miss Gradenko' by The Police... 2:00
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBDro8MF2SM
'Parker's Band' by Steel Dan clocks in at 2:46
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bvbXMyGh8X8
'Pink Moon' by Nick Drake is 1:59
Bansidh wrote:
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GFqhCq2HAJethro Tull- Wondr'ing Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORNS3yHWdL8
wrong link for Mercedes Benz, cuts 30 secs short
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKgoVTd5rOwThe White Stripes - fell in love with a girl (1:50)
Weezer - you gave your love to me softly (1:51)
The Vines - get free (2:08)
Coldplay - don't panic (2:19)
The Cardigans - over the water (2:15)
Blur - Song 2 (2:02)
The Pixies - break my body (2:07)
Mother Mother - Polynesia (2:20)
Tokyo Police Club - nature of the experiment (2:01)
...actually just about any song from Tokyo Police club's first album: "A Lesson In Crime".
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Four pages in and there has been one mention of the Ramones, no mention of The Pixies and not even a whiff of Jonathan Richman.
Richman, perhaps best known as the minstrel in Something About Mary, is the grandfather of American Punk Music and birthed the entire low-fi, singer-songwriter, talky punk thing. In his wake lies so much of American music including Wheezer, the Dead Milkmen, the Violent Femmes and Frank Black's entire career.
Richman's best short, simple, brilliant songs include: Pablo Picasso, New Bank Teller and the incomparable Roadrunner which is easily one of the top five most influential American songs of the past 60 years.
Just about anything by the Ramones...mostly 2:00 songs, here are a couple:
Blitzkrieg Bop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbDekaqw3lQ
Rockaway Beach
The Go! Team - Hold Your Terror Close
Happy Boy by the Beat Farmers
Milkshake - Kelis