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9:30 Coffee Break: Short Songs

December 22, 2014

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What songs do you want to hear for today's coffee break?
MPR Graphic / Tracy Kompelien

Yesterday was the Winter Solstice. That means it was the shortest day of the year, from here on out we'll start to (hopefully) see a little more light. Let's help these short days go by a little bit faster by playing a bunch of short songs.

What short songs (a typical song being around 3 minutes) should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break? Let's see how many songs we can fit in this morning's playlist.

Songs Played:

The Beatles - "Her Majesty"

They Might Be Giants - "We're The Replacements"

The White Stripes - "Fell in Love with a Girl"

Tom Waits - "Bend Down The Branches"

Neutral Milk Hotel - "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One"

The Suburbs - "Cows"

Haley Bonar - "Something Great"

The Ramones - "Judy Is A Punk"

Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - "Stay"

Pixies - "Allison"

The Magnetic Fields - "Absolutely Cockoo"

Elvis Costello - "Mystery Dance"

Minutemen - "Maybe Partying Will Help"