Five full songs in ten minutes? Parthenon shows you how with five great songs and time left to still get coffee
By PARTHENON HUXLEY
The Songs
- The Beatles, “Little Child” 1:44
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2. Dave Clark Five, “I Like It Like That” 1:38
3. Rolling Stones, “Not Fade Away” 1:47
4. Buddy Holly, “Rave On” 1:48
5. The Beatles, “I’ll Follow The Sun” 1:49
None of these shorties will leave you feeling cheated.
“Little Child,” from With The Beatles, has two verses, four choruses, a 12-bar harmonica solo, plus an intro and outro, all before hitting 1:46.
The Dave Clark Five go one chorus further with “I Like It Like That,” written by Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint, repeating the refrain five times before wrapping things up at a super tidy 1:38.
The Rolling Stones crank out three verses of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away,” and a solo, before they fade away at just 1:47.
Speaking of Buddy Holly, his “Rave On,” written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty, gets all its raving done in a pristine 1:48.
The Beatles’ second entry on this listicle takes the action-packed cake. From Beatles for Sale, “I’ll Follow The Sun” cruises through four verses, five title-refrains, two bridges, a solo, plus an intro and outro, all before signing off at 1:49.
You can grab that coffee now.
Parthenon Huxley is a Columbia and Universal recording artist who’s spent the summer lockdown shooting six (and counting) episodes of his Pandemic Houseguy Show, a music and comedy variety show filmed entirely in his office on iPhone.
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30th January 1969: British rock group the Beatles performing their last live public concert on the rooftop of the Apple Organization building for director Michael Lindsey-Hogg's film documentary, 'Let It Be,' on Savile Row, London, England. Drummer Ringo Starr sits behind his kit. Singer/songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon perform at their microphones, and guitarist George Harrison (1943 – 2001) stands behind them. Lennon's wife Yoko Ono sits at right. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images) -
Duane Allman & Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers on October 16, 1970 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
Bob Dylan seen here performing on stage at The Picnic concert at Blackbushe Aerodrome 15th July 1978. (Photo by Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) -
Portrait of the American-based rock band Foreigner as they pose backsatge at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, November 8, 1981. Pictured are, from left, Dennis Elliot, Lou Gramm, Rick Wills, and Mick Jones. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
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American singer and songwriter Barry McGuire, 11th October 1965. (Photo by M. Stroud/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
