The Search for the Perfect Pop Song (1 Viewer)

[jane]

Someday I will find it. Some days it becomes my reason for living.

So here is a thread dedicated to it. Who comes close to doing the perfect pop song to you? And I mean 'pop' in all its forms, be it the classic stuff, or even modern charty things, 'cause I'm sure we can all admit there's some great stuff out there, even if it is marketed in the same way they market the rubbish.

My candidates so far are:

* Joni Mitchell: All of Blue, and 'Night in the City' off of Song to a Seagull, or, well a whole load of her earlier stuff.

* Most of the Go-Betweens, but possibly the closest to perfection for me are 'Spring Rain' and 'Cattle and Cane'.

* Guided By Voices: 'Back to the Lake'

* Ted Leo/Pharmacists: 'Under the Hedge'

I'm sure I have more, but them's the ones from the top of me head.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

you left out every misfits song ever

 

[jane]

you left out every misfits song ever

Sorry, Andy, you're probably right there, especially Braineaters.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

of course i'm right

 

[jane]

of course i'm right

Just this once.

 

[Super Dexta]

I have long been of the opinion that Anal Cunt's 'Kyle From Incantation Has A Mustache' delivers everything one could possibly want from a song.

 

[hugh]

* Guided By Voices: 'Back to the Lake'

Yeah!

But I'd have to go for

Big Star: September Girls

 

[guy of the tiger]

girls alound

is berlyant

 

[broken arm]

"scandal in the family" by Sir Lancelot

 

[treesurgeon]

You're a nut if you don't think 'This Town Aint Big Enough For The Both Of Us' by Sparks isn't the best pop song in all of the ever time. And the rest of Kimono My House being songs 2-12.

 

[kevin gallen]

God only knows
Close to you
Buddy Holly
I wanna be sedated
Happy together

Anything over 3 mins is too long too be perfect pop

 

[ICUH8N]

Bollocks. Anything by Momus.

 

[TenRabbits]

Outkast - Hey Ya..


Although it remains to be seen how perfect it seems in a few years..

 

[Theseus Mock]

At the moment perfect pop songs for me would be from architecture in helsinki ("wish bone" on their current record), anything sweet from The Cat & Dog Dialogue (http://hem.passagen.se/catanddogdialogue/; like this one a lot http://www.gabeandlizeth.com/shoerepairs.mp3) CODE4 from polysics. ermmm...our own eurovision one?

 

[treesurgeon]

Bollocks. Anything by Momus.

You're not serious, are you? The world didn't need any songs about his penis and it still won't for quite some time.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

Outkast - Hey Ya..


Although it remains to be seen how perfect it seems in a few years..

you should go hang out in the village

 

[ICUH8N]

How dare you sir. The Summerisle Hörspiel he did with Anne Laplantine was the best thing I heard last year.

 

[chickenham]

Yeah!

But I'd have to go for

Big Star: September Girls

I concur!

 

[treesurgeon]

How dare you sir. The Summerisle Hörspiel he did with Anne Laplantine was the best thing I heard last year.

Arah now. He's a first rate piss artist but a composer of classic pop hits?

I ask you.

 

[Pantone247]

Strange Powers by The Magnetic Fields

if you ain't heard it, I'm jealous

cause I wish I could back and experience its genius for the first time again

Someday I will find it. Some days it becomes my reason for living.

So here is a thread dedicated to it. Who comes close to doing the perfect pop song to you? And I mean 'pop' in all its forms, be it the classic stuff, or even modern charty things, 'cause I'm sure we can all admit there's some great stuff out there, even if it is marketed in the same way they market the rubbish.

My candidates so far are:

* Joni Mitchell: All of Blue, and 'Night in the City' off of Song to a Seagull, or, well a whole load of her earlier stuff.

* Most of the Go-Betweens, but possibly the closest to perfection for me are 'Spring Rain' and 'Cattle and Cane'.

* Guided By Voices: 'Back to the Lake'

* Ted Leo/Pharmacists: 'Under the Hedge'

I'm sure I have more, but them's the ones from the top of me head.