risingson Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Following on from BB5's Michael Jackson post, I wondered if there were one or two songs that you could identify that could constitute as 'classic' pop songs. Something that you like and admire for embodying what you enjoy about music, but that is truly considered timeless. I appreciate that on this forum there are a wide variety of tastes in music, so I'd be interested to see the results. There's no set criteria as such, but posting something like a 10 minute epic from some obscure prog band probably isn't going to count because whist it is 'pop music', it's not in the forefront of the musical public consciousness like 'Hey Jude' is (for example). And for those that might claim that they 'dislike pop music', be honest with yourselves, and I mean very honest with yourselves. Think about your favourite music is and then think of its roots. I personally could choose from a lot of stuff. Michael Jackson's Thriller album always springs to mind whenever I mention great pop music, but for me these two do it. The first one is The Beatles 'She's Leaving Home' and the second is 'God Only Knows' by the Beach Boys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lG3nXyI41M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfH_J4MAUQ Your turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 At risk of getting some serious stick here but here goes......................... The Promise by Girls Aloud, is I think, a near perfect pop song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Ok, here goes and i would expect a lot of stick for this Great chorus, arrangement and melodies. "Go Jimmy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uec35ppYLIc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1333308252' post='1599887'] At risk of getting some serious stick here but here goes......................... The Promise by Girls Aloud, is I think, a near perfect pop song. [/quote] no stick.I agree. A lot of the 'puppet' bands have grrreat songwriters supplying the goods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) [quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1333309043' post='1599905'] Ok, here goes and i would expect a lot of stick for this Great chorus, arrangement and melodies. [/quote] Not from me. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCca5mPMp9A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCca5mPMp9A[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVS5rS_da9E"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVS5rS_da9E[/url] Garry Edited April 1, 2012 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 For me it's this [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3GbF9Bx6E[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I've always had a soft spot for Spacer by Sheila B Devotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) [quote name='ead' timestamp='1333310259' post='1599941'] I've always had a soft spot for Spacer by Sheila B Devotion [/quote] +1 Heres another one that oozes pop. Wasn't their most popular though. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsSoDsxB7Yo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsSoDsxB7Yo[/url] Edited April 1, 2012 by BottomE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 The 70s original of the rather horrid cover version by Destiny's Child. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvZVzYipAZw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvZVzYipAZw[/url] I'm currently finding the bassline to it for a project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) [quote name='risingson' timestamp='1333308056' post='1599884'] The first one is The Beatles 'She's Leaving Home' and the second is 'God Only Knows' by the Beach Boys. [/quote] 'Good only knows' would probably have been my choice. Both can certainly be described as 'outstanding'. While my contribution may not be the greatest pop [i]song[/i], I think the phenomenal production/arrangement makes it one of the greatest pop [i]records[/i]. I'm Not In Love 10cc [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BavhwpIJg&feature=player_embedded#!"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BavhwpIJg&feature=player_embedded#![/url] Edited April 1, 2012 by SteveK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) Bono apparently said this was one of the best pop songs he'd ever heard http://youtu.be/c18441Eh_WE Myself, I'm compiling a list Edited April 1, 2012 by essexbasscat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 [quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1333309608' post='1599919'] For me it's this [/quote] Beat me to it - have you heard this version - recorded just before his death with all the melancholy of the lyrics coming through: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcaydHVliM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcaydHVliM[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 California girls Beachboys Happy together The Turtles I'll throw in "Nowhere to run" by Martha & the Vandellas for good measure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) [quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1333311193' post='1599961'] Bono apparently said this was one of the best pop songs He'd ever heard [/quote] That's a Cathy Dennis classic, isn't it? Excellent, but I find it so catchy that my mind just rejects it altogether after having me hum it a couple of times - very musically 'cloying', so to speak. Edit; did you capitalise He - referring to Bono - on purpose? I know he's God to someone, but... Edited April 1, 2012 by bluejay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1333311384' post='1599968'] That's a Cathy Dennis classic, isn't it? Excellent, but I find it so catchy that my mind just rejects it altogether after having me hum it a couple of times - very musically 'cloying', so to speak. Edit; did you capitalise He - referring to Bono - on purpose? I know he's God to someone, but... [/quote] Ah, yet another Baldrick moment, now corrected. Thanks BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 This version, the single version... on the album it got "extended" and the, to my mind, perfect pop structure was lost... (or maybe the single is a fortuitous edit!) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ-mjp2Yko0[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 And... as well as being a bit of classic in its own right, this is surely the, er, inspiration behind the classic Kylie mentioned above: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgS252XT_Ts[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1333311123' post='1599957'] The 70s original of the rather horrid cover version by Destiny's Child. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvZVzYipAZw[/media] I'm currently finding the bassline to it for a project. [/quote] Did you know that is a Bee Gees song? from Saturday night fever I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1333314406' post='1600039'] Did you know that is a Bee Gees song? from Saturday night fever I think. [/quote] Not from Fever, no (I've got the album). Are you confusing it with If I Can't Have You, covered by Yvonne Elliman? It is, very obviously, a Bee Gees song as they are all over the chorus! It's in C major so far, but I suspect a key change at the very end (haven't got that far yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Another vote for the band you either hate or love, The Beatles and Penny Lane. A great catchy pop song from Lord Macca, with some great bass playing too. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEyJ2EEvRBU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEyJ2EEvRBU[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srSq559FkG8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1333311218' post='1599962'] Beat me to it - have you heard this version - recorded just before his death with all the melancholy of the lyrics coming through: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcaydHVliM[/media] [/quote] Yes! Love his solo stuff. Not such a big fan of what his daughter has said about him since his death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) Todd Rundgren: All the Children Sing, from Hermit of Mink Hollow [url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fFaQA9KactQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFaQA9KactQ[/url] Andrew Gold: Lonely Boy, from What's Wrong With This Picture? if I recall correctly [url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iCOS2vOxuXE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOS2vOxuXE[/url] Beach Boys: Good Vibrations, from several albums. Obvious, but still. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrKKbaClME[/media] Living Colour: Type, from Time's Up. A stretch maybe, but still this has some classic pop inside, and it's close to Good Vibrations sometimes: [url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M2OR_GuTUDQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2OR_GuTUDQ[/url] best, bert Edited April 1, 2012 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) A favourite pop song of mine: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4D1HSL7P98[/media] and this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leohcvmf8kM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leohcvmf8kM[/url] Edited April 1, 2012 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo Chop Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 It's gotta be this for me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2iv-vMKT8&feature=youtube_gdata_player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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