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"River Deep, Mountain High"



Can't find it in me to consider this one "pop". Great song, not "pop".


I see your point, but it's on my Specter Box Set, so I kinda stretched it.


Has Radcliffe hooked you up with The Saints' cover of this one yet?
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No, but that sounds up my alley, for sure. I saw you drop "Know Your Product" in katie's thread. Great song. I'd definitely like to hear more from them.

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I knew this would devolve into a Pop/Not-Pop pissing contest.

My definition of Pop: Something I wouldn't be surprised to hear on a regular mainstream radio station.

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i'll take "wouldn't it be nice," but it could have been any number of BB songs.
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HaqDiesel Wrote:
i'll take "wouldn't it be nice," but it could have been any number of BB songs.


Agreed.

I'll throw in a vote for The Ronette's "Be My Baby". I about shit myself when I saw her do this live a few months ago.

Some of those early Beatles songs like "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" are sooooo pop. Give you cavities and shit.

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Love I Want You Back. Also Beatles - Twist and Shout

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id say Cure - Just Like Heaven

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Lots of good stuff in this thread. I want to to put a vote in for:

The Shangri-Las - "Train From Kansas City"

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rparis74 Wrote:
id say Cure - Just Like Heaven


Yep, that's pop heaven.

Also:

Radiation Vibe - Fountains of Wayne
Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

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Elvis Fu Wrote:
I knew this would devolve into a Pop/Not-Pop pissing contest.

My definition of Pop: Something I wouldn't be surprised to hear on a regular mainstream radio station.


Maybe I just find pissing contests interesting, but this critical examination of categories, genres, and relatively qualities, is what makes boards like this interesting.

I think a lot of great "pop songs" I like never would make the radio.

But in the pre-power-pop neanderthally happy love song genre:

"Do Ya", The Move

In the black pop of the golden decades: "Can't Help Myself", The Four Tops

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I'm surprised this thread has gone this long without somebody saying "Hey Ya"

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I'm surprised this thread has gone this long without somebody saying "Hey Ya"


all time?
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"sugar" by the archies

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"all for spinning you around" the new pornos

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HaqDiesel Wrote:
juice Wrote:
I'm surprised this thread has gone this long without somebody saying "Hey Ya"


all time?


Never said it was my vote...just that noone had mentioned it.

I don't think I can top the Jackson 5 tune.

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"I Only Want To Be With You" - Dusty Springfield
"Baby, I Need Your Loving" - Four Tops
"You Are Everything" - Stylistics
"Tracks Of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson
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Come on, someone has to like Abba? I nominate 'Dancing Queen' which is an absolutely fantastic record.

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KonstantinL Wrote:
Come on, someone has to like Abba? I nominate 'Dancing Queen' which is an absolutely fantastic record.


Yeah, I can get behind that. 'Fernando' is top notch as well.

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KonstantinL Wrote:
Come on, someone has to like Abba? I nominate 'Dancing Queen' which is an absolutely fantastic record.


And it may please you that I nominate Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia" as an additional "perfect pop" song,
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Jeezus. Turns out I don't like pop. Who knew?
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frosted Wrote:
KonstantinL Wrote:
Come on, someone has to like Abba? I nominate 'Dancing Queen' which is an absolutely fantastic record.


And it may please you that I nominate Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia" as an additional "perfect pop" song,


As you no doubt know I love the Pet Shop Boys but although they are 'pop' I'm not sure they are 'pure pop'. They always had a bit of an edge to them.

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perfect folk-pop: Gordon Lightfoot "Rainy Day People"

perfect power pop: Cheap Trick "Surrender"

perfect hippie-dippie naive-pop soiled by the fact the artist is a creepy, convicted monger: Jonathan King - "Everyone's Gone To The Moon"

perfect wuss-pop: Lightning Seeds - "Pure"

perfect Scot-Pop (fifepop?): Proclaimers - "Letter From America"
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1. Waterloo Sunset
2. Strawberry Fields Forever
3. Care of Cell 44

Those are the constants. #4 would change frequently.

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perfect power pop: Badfinger "Baby Blue"

perfect wuss-pop: Belle & Sebastian - "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying"

perfect Scot-Pop (fifepop?): Proclaimers - "500 Miles" :D

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couple more, soul-pop-oriented:

Brothers Johnson - "Strawberry Letter 23"
Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine"
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