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motely36 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:00 PM Original message |
What Is The Ultimate Pop Song? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. 1979 - by the Smashing Pumpkins was a good pop song. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. No, that song is art. It's too good to be Pop. It's more |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. The lyrics are Corgan's typical doggerel, but the melody is GREAT! |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. I watched "Clerks II" again last night...not a great movie, but "1979" is used in it... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Good call, that's in my Top Ten singles |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Be My Baby" The Ronettes |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. + [insert infinity sign here] |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Apparently he would wake up and play it over an over for several hours at a time... |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. Spector's greatest moment |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Beat It" |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy by the Ohio Express |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That's a great selection. NT |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
74. I was just coming here to post that. It's endlessly entertaining, but does have a ring of truth |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Any 1980s Madonna song! |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Well, Madonna's "Immacuate Collection" compilation album is probably the height of conventional pop |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Borderline" by Madonna. It's perfect pop. NT |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Or "Lucky Star" |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. I would go for "Like A Prayer" |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. I like them equally |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #58 |
69. One of my favorite Madonna songs came from Erotica |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. "Rain" is good. I don't dislike all of that album |
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seaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sugar Sugar by the Archies |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. +1 |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. I Only Want to Be With You- Dusty Springfield |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. +1 |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Build Me Up Buttercup :) |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. "Wake me up, before you go-go" by WHAM! |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys. |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I am grinning ear to ear at your sig picture |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Hahaha, isn't it great? |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Safety Dance. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. +1 |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. How are we defining "Pop" |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
73. There is a definition. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. If Michael Jackson is the "King of Pop"... |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Mickey" by Toni Basil |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Love Shack, Baby! |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. "A Million Miles Away".....The Plimsouls... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. +1 |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Great choice |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radiostar |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. "My Sharona" by the Knack, OR |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. "She Loves You" by The Beatles |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Sugar Sugar by the Archies |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc is in the top 10 |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
67. Good call...gorgeous sound and nasty lyrics... |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Stone Roses - "Elephant Stone" |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. "She Bangs The Drums" |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That's their third-best song. "Mersey Paradise" (the B-side to that one) is #2: |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. have you seen this? |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Reni's hat looks familiar... |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. Jangle Pop, Pop Metal, Merseybeat, Power Pop... |
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Sewsojm (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Billie Jean." |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. take on me by AHA |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. Dancing Queen, by ABBA! |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
47. Tempted nt |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. up there |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
49. "Shake Some Action"- The Flamin' Groovies |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #49 |
65. Good call...I especially love the melancholic undercurrent in the song.... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
51. Hard to argue with "Summertime Blues." |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. The Ultimate Pop Song: |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. genius of love - tom tom club |
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bookworm65t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. New York, New York |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
57. So many...So little... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
59. Venus |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
62. Pop Song 89? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
63. "Fun, Fun, Fun"---Beach Boys. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
64. Needles and Pins (a) & No Reply |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Great call...I once told Chastity Bono that despite her father's scumbag politics... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I was surprised when I found out that Sonny had written it! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
71. "Cruel to be kind" |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
72. "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5 |
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