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Deadlock Clock: Jul 15th 2012 at 11:59:00 PM
Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#1: May 24th 2012 at 1:38:08 PM

Miniscule Rocking. Only brought 2 people here. 30 links. Something needs work here, but I'm not sure what. Is this even a thing?

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#2: May 24th 2012 at 4:10:30 PM

I can sort of see it. There's songs I know of that are quite shorter than the expected 3-8 minutes.

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#3: May 25th 2012 at 5:23:34 AM

Doing songs shorter than expected is a trope, certainly. I can name several off the top of my head - "Big Me" by Foo Fighters, "Particle Man" by They Might Be Giants, "Sex And Candy" by Marcy Playground... I think it's a trope. And I've seen interviews where bands do give specific reasons for why they'll do songs that short, for particular "feels".

That said, the name is terrible. I'd want a new one.

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ElJonno Since: Oct, 2009
#4: May 25th 2012 at 6:01:17 AM

One of the examples is called "Tiny Little Song" by Barenaked Ladies. Better title?

Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#5: May 25th 2012 at 6:18:07 AM

It's spelled "minuscule". Sheesh.

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Xtifr World's Toughest Milkman Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#7: May 27th 2012 at 2:25:18 AM

[up]Of my three easily accessible dictionaries, only one lists it, and that just says "variant of minuscule". If we're going to keep the trope under this name, we should use the more standard spelling.

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lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#8: Jul 12th 2012 at 8:08:12 AM

Clocking as inactive.

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Xtifr World's Toughest Milkman Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#9: Jul 12th 2012 at 10:53:09 AM

Again, even if we do nothing else, we should rename this to use the standard spelling, Minuscule Rocking.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#10: Jul 12th 2012 at 1:43:24 PM

I suggest we put up a page action crowner to (a) send this to YKTTW, (b) rename tbd, or (c) change the spelling to minuscule.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#11: Jul 12th 2012 at 1:44:45 PM

[up]Agree, proposing Super Short Rocking

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ElJonno Since: Oct, 2009
#12: Jul 13th 2012 at 7:53:23 AM

Again, "Tiny Little Song" seems best here.

ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
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#13: Aug 30th 2012 at 9:22:08 AM

Expired clock and stale. Locking.

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