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the perfect pop record is...

David Bowie - Let's Dance
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Bobby Bland - A'int No Love In The Heart Of The City
Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City
Genesis - In Too Deep
Jefferson Starship - Miracles
 
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Never was a big pop fan, but some are so good it's impossible not to love them. I own these ten on 45 singles.

The Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody
The Supremes: Baby Love
Roy Orbison: Pretty Woman
The Drifters: Under the Boardwalk
The Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man
The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset
Small Faces: Lazy Sunday
Ike and Tina Turner: River Deep, Mountain High
Harry Nillson: Everybodies talking
The Crystals: Then he kissed me

and 50 more :)
 
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"I Can't Let Go" by the Hollies". A truly transcendent piece of pop.
"I Can Do It" by the Rubettes. All my hip friends scorned this. They were wrong. I was right.
"I Can See For Miles" by the Who. A well nigh perfect record.
"Ever Fallen In Love With Someone" by Buzzcocks.
"Slow Death" by the Flamin' Groovies. The best song the Stones never recorded.
"Final Solution" by Pere Ubu. This oozes menace.
"Single Bed" by Fox. Another piece of pop beauty.
"Come Up And See me (Make Me Smile)" by Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel.
"Every Breath You Take" by the Police. Another very disturbing pop diamond.
"Eight Miles High" by the Byrds. A real game changer, this one.
"Strawberry Fields Forever" by the Beatles. Simply sui generis.
"Beetlebum" by Blur. So good.

Chris
 
droodzilla said:
Haircut 100: Love Plus One

In fact Pelican West is a collection of pop gems and has stood the test of time remarkably well.

Nick Heyward was a gifted songwriter; who knows what he might have achieved had he not succumbed to anxiety and depression.
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Dead right I must dig the album out & give it a spin!
 
That's tough. The word 'pop' is subjective to me.
Off the top of my head:

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
 
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There is nothing really good about it, obviously. But after I hear it I want to play it again. It's the corn syrup soaked fast food of pop.
 
You could create a very considerable list of perfect pop songs just by browsing the Phil Spector back catalogue. A couple mentioned already, but how about:

The one that Phil actually sang on. Pretty sure that's him on the right..


Wonderful to see old Perry treating 'the kids'. with such respect and encouragement.. We've come a long way...


And then you need..


complete with dancing 'crazy chicks'

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And:

 
Right... that's enough old stuff Pop Pickers..

Let's move right up to date with:


And almost into the future with:


And


I need a lie down...
 
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I don’t think anyone has mentioned ‘Somebody to Love’
by Jefferson Airplane.
Grace Slick was THE most gorgeous singer of the Sixties, in my opinion.
 
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Grace was certainly no 'dog'. And I love the song.

Another, more ephemeral song with a foxy singer....

 
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At present, I'm haunted by New York by St Vincent (2016) - a cry of regret to a vanished lover. Heartfelt and contemporary.

Overall the most perfect record would be selected from:

Overtime - Lucinda Williams
Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
La Cienega Just Smiled - Ryan Adams
Search and Destroy - Iggy and The Stooges
Don't Play That Song - Aretha
Sitting on the Dock of a Bay - Otis
What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
California Dreaming - Mamas and Papas.

There's more, but I need to make dinner.

PS I carried a torch for Dusty when I was a lad (first love I would say), but there is no way Clodagh Rodgers was foxy Mull!!!!
 
I can't believe that with all the references to Abba, The winner takes it all has not come up. As much as I love The day before you came (my all time favourite Abba track), for 'perfect pop', the former takes the crown.
 
gassor said:
At present, I'm haunted by New York by St Vincent (2016) - a cry of regret to a vanished lover. Heartfelt and contemporary.

Overall the most perfect record would be selected from:

Overtime - Lucinda Williams
Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
La Cienega Just Smiled - Ryan Adams
Search and Destroy - Iggy and The Stooges
Don't Play That Song - Aretha
Sitting on the Dock of a Bay - Otis
What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
California Dreaming - Mamas and Papas.

There's more, but I need to make dinner.

PS I carried a torch for Dusty when I was a lad (first love I would say), but there is no way Clodagh Rodgers was foxy Mull!!!!
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Well Clodagh's legs could have had me if she'd played her cards right.. I have the distinct impression that you, or any other bloke.. would have 'lucked out' with Dusty.. :)
Good list BTW.

There are many , many more qualifiers.
 
.Quite a few harmony groups here. A lost art it seems.

Monday Monday/ I Saw Her Again- Mamas and Papas
Lighting Strikes/ Baby, I'm Gonna Make You Mine- Lou Christie
Happy Together/She'd Rather Be With Me- Turtles
Spirit in the Sky- Norman Greenbaum
I'm a Man- Spencer Davis
Hole in My Shoe - Traffic
Almost every single release by The Who, Hollies, Kinks.
Sorrow- The Merseys
Here It Comes Again/You've Got Your Troubles - Fortunes.
Funny How Love Can Be/Tossing and Turning- Ivy League

And this absolute pearl... The US original which is far superior to the Rockin' Berries UK effort.

 
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Mullardman said:
Well Clodagh's legs could have had me if she'd played her cards right.. I have the distinct impression that you, or any other bloke.. would have 'lucked out' with Dusty.. :)
Good list BTW.

There are many , many more qualifiers.
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Am I imagining it or was'nt it Clodagh Rogerslegs insured at the time she was popular for some silly amount??
 
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