Name your top 5 perfect pop record. The only criteria is that they have to have been a global ´smash´& well known to the masses to reflect it´s global appeal!!!!
1.Itchycoo Park-Small Faces
2.God Only Knows-Beach Boys
3.American Pie-Don Mclean
4.Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
5.Yesterday-Beatles
Saturday In The Park - Chicago
pretty much anything by the Beatles in the early days:
I Want To Hold Your Hand, etc.
Eleanore Rigby
Eight Days A Week
Day Tripper
all were huge, smash hits.
Leo Sayer - Just A Boy - The whole album is great pop music
to the masses, but not to me: "Call Me Maybe'. That crap was bigger than the universe to the point where celebs & even some political figures were quoting it.
For me (& this is Far from complete)
My Sharona
Pop Muzik
Hey Ya!
I'd Like To Get To Know You
Jessie's Girl
* basically any single the Beatles put out. (I would've added them on the original 5, but too easy)
Is this the guy that did "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing?"Originally Posted by Fracktured
Are we talking albums or singles?
If it's albums, Thriller has to be in there somewhere.
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I've never heard this song and I feel fortunate for that fact.
Anyway, I love the music of the Pet Shop Boys so I'll mention "West End Girls."
Also:
Tears For Fears - "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Last edited by nsmith1002; 02-03-2013 at 11:10 AM.
JJ88's right about You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Righteous Bros.
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
Rufus is right about God Only Knows - Beach Boys
River Deep, Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
'Call Me Maybe' was huge here in the UK as well. Not my taste in pop music. Actually I look at the ones I chose and I see a fair amount of them have that famous 'Wrecking Crew' team on them. I often wonder about session musicians now, where do they get a living given so much pop is now programmed (to my ears anyway).
Just a few that come to mind:
"Do You Believe in Magic," Lovin' Spoonful
"A Hard Day's Night" The Beatles
"Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys (as much as I can't stand them)
"Twistin' the Night Away" Sam Cooke
"Dock of the Bay" Otis
"Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
"That'll Be the Day" Buddy Holly (Although I prefer "Rave ON" and "Brown-eyed Handsome Man")
impossible to answer. will resort to reading everyone’s replies instead.
He's referring to singles.
1. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
2. The Turtles - Happy Together
3. Badfinger - Day After Day
4. Dobie Gray - Drift Away
5. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Mine weren't necessarily a Top 5, just 5 that came to mind immediately- I could list hundreds to be honest. For example I was thinking of putting 'Dock Of The Bay' in mine too.
Good to see Badfinger mentioned. 'Day After Day' is a wonderful song, added to greatly by George Harrison's instantly identifiable guitar (he also produced this track and a few others on that particular album).
"Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "Last Train to Clarksville" by the Monkees
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Pilot - Magic
"Chinatown" is only one of many by Roy Wood....
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
It's Too Late-Carole King
Undun-The Guess Who
What's Going On-Marvin Gaye
Year Of The Cat-Al Stewart
Like A Rolling Stone-Dylan
Last edited by walt; 02-04-2013 at 11:00 AM.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
1. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
2. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
3. Up the Junction - Squeeze
4. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
5. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
There are many examples of "perfect" pop records, and most of them came from the Brill Building era.
I am going a little niche:
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Up, Up and Away - 5th Dimension
For hooks alone:
Dr Feelgood - Mötley Crüe
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
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Must admit that limiting it to five is difficult!!
More up to date perfection is Snow Patrol´s ´RUN´
Good call on Rafferty´s ´Baker Street´!
Last edited by Rufus; 02-03-2013 at 03:21 PM.
Probably least of my favourite Roy Wood written hits but have to agree he has a few that deserve to be listed...´Blackberry Way´ & ´Tonight´ are personal faves!!!
Last edited by Rufus; 02-03-2013 at 03:27 PM.
He´s also the guy that wrote Roger Daltrey´s first solo album !!!!Is this the guy that did "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing?"
Down On the Boulevard by the Pop
Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks
Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
Lazy Sunday by the Small Faces
Dogs (part 1) by the Who
Go All the Way by the Raspberries
Whenever You're On My Mind by Marshall Crenshaw
The album Feeling the Elephant by Bill Lloyd
Something by Big Star
Something by Polystyrene
Liza Radley by the Jam
Rain by the Beatles
Ichycoo Park, oh! that was already mentioned
Lonely Days, Lonely Nights by the Bee Gees
Penny Lane
I give up...
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