Your best pop song ever, and why.

[Chislenko]

The Lemonade Song...Leroy Broussard

Lemonade....Pop!

View: https://youtu.be/15aqGUVY7gY?si=zvKsGEmiHdxSShVE

 

[Saluki]

Safety Dance. men Without Hats.
No idea why but I love it, always have.

 

[Ian H]

Today it'll be this one - Los Lobos' version of Guantanamera.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEz9rAIui8

 

[Cycleops]

For me has to be this:

View: https://youtu.be/HEFdLY58kZ8?si=tdq9aUFYY5f3f_Uy

After watching Easy Rider at 18 years of age it became permanently embedded into my conscientiousness.
Robbie Robertson sadly died recently. This world wide collaboration on the songs 50th anniversary is wonderful (Ringo on drums):

View: https://youtu.be/ph1GU1qQ1zQ?si=n0czMvnnXFQAglob

 

[Rusty Nails]

For different reasons:

Macarthur Park by Richard Harris...totally OTT, awful voice, mad lyrics but I love it.

Mr Blue Sky by ELO...it just makes me smile, no matter how down I feel.

Out of Time, the Chris Farlowe version...great Jagger/Richards song and Farlowe's unusual voice, and reminds me of some great parties.

View: https://youtu.be/nWBSmfZTi4s?feature=shared



Ask me next week and it could be a different list.

 

[MontyVeda]

How do you define "pop song" for this purpose?

I'm defining it as... not my favourite song nor my favourite artist but a big catchy chart hit that may be really crap compared to stuff i really like, but i like it anyway.
It could also be... not rock, not soul, not funk, not jazz or grunge or whatever, but POP... the likes of Pete Waterman might have produced.

I'll have to have a think.

 

[MontyVeda]

Aqua - Barbie Girl

...

that's the kind of thing!

 

[MontyVeda]

Love them or loathe them ABBA must be a contender. Everyone knows the words to at least one there songs even if you hate them. Not my cup of tea though.

I don't believe people who don't like ABBA.

 

[MontyVeda]

Safety Dance. men Without Hats.
No idea why but I love it, always have.

Because it's absolutely feckin' brilliant... that's why!

 

[MontyVeda]

Naming 'the' best is impossible... but an example of what I consider a perfect pop song

Sugababes... push the button. The rhythm is infectious.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Fantastic song but it's a rock song, but it's a popular one so is it a rock song or a pop song, where are the boundaries?
Is any popular song a pop song ?
Sade and Your Love Is King is a fine song but is it pop?

If a song can go on Pick of the Pops with Alan Freeman or Top of the Pops then it's a poptastic pop song. Pop isn't a genre, there are too many of those, it's a catch-all term.

 

[Ian H]

For different reasons:

Macarthur Park by Richard Harris...totally OTT, awful voice, mad lyrics but I love it.

Mr Blue Sky by ELO...it just makes me smile, no matter how down I feel.

Out of Time, the Chris Farlowe version...great Jagger/Richards song and Farlowe's unusual voice, and reminds me of some great parties.

View: https://youtu.be/nWBSmfZTi4s?feature=shared



Ask me next week and it could be a different list.

The old bugger is still going. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Farlowe

 

[Venod]

Pop isn't a genre, there are too many of those, it's a catch-all term.

It's all very confusing isn't it, this is Wikipedia's take on it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music

 

[MontyVeda]

It's all very confusing isn't it, this is Wikipedia's take on it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music

absolutely!

Everyone disagrees with me but i do argue that back in the early 80's when heavy metal bands were regularly troubling the top 40, heavy metal was pop music. Trad sounding rock'n'roll bands were also in the charts, that was also pop. We can call it what we want after the event but at the time...

 

[winjim]

I know A Little Respect is generally considered their defining moment but for me this is their best. Vince Clarke knows how to take geeky tech synth sound creation and combine it with proper pop music. The guy's a genius, and if you haven't heard his more recent techno project with Martin Gore then you really should check it out.

View: https://youtu.be/A8LV75PMseU?si=-GhIKRX25MWkVGOb