small h Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 13 minutes ago, Anthony Bonner said: I mean. It is a pretty damn good pop song. It is! I dunno about the best, but it's up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 25 minutes ago, Anthony Bonner said: I mean. It is a pretty damn good pop song. It's no "God Only Knows" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 16 minutes ago, small h said: It is! I dunno about the best, but it's up there. The video was fun. 4 minutes ago, backyardchef said: It's no "God Only Knows" What is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 (edited) 32 minutes ago, MitchW said: The video was fun. What is? Probably nothing.... but as much as I enjoy humming Carly Rae in the elevator, I can think of lots of other pop songs ahead of it line for the best..... Care of Cell 44 Hey, Carrie Anne The Tracks of My Tears Dawn (Go Away) Up On The Roof Dancing in the Dark Say A Little Prayer Edited January 24, 2024 by backyardchef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 24, 2024 Author Share Posted January 24, 2024 I don't want to start a fight, but if all your choices are from a 10-year period that corresponds with your youth or adolescence it's suspect as criticism. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 24, 2024 Author Share Posted January 24, 2024 (edited) Not to mention that if we're limiting this to Anglo-American pop songs, we really ought to say so, and not pretend that nobody else's pop music counts. Edited January 24, 2024 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 15 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: I don't want to start a fight, but if all your choices are from a 10-year period that corresponds with your youth or adolescence it's suspect as criticism. I'm glad all my songs don't fit that definition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: Not to mention that if we're limiting this to Anglo-American pop songs, we really ought to say so, and not pretend that nobody else's pop music counts. I wasn't the one that said "Call Me Maybe" was the best pop song. I didn't set any parameters, I just named pop songs that were far more deserving of a listen. If you want to stretch definitions, argue about arbitrary context that you make up as you go and rebut things no one said, knock yourself out. Edited January 24, 2024 by backyardchef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 18 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: I don't want to start a fight, but if all your choices are from a 10-year period that corresponds with your youth or adolescence it's suspect as criticism. Some of the songs I mentioned were before I was born, so my adolescence must've started before I was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 (edited) Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space A Postcard to Nina Je T Aime Moi Non Left of the Dial Living Life True Love Will Find You In The End Fast Car Sorrow Tears and Blood We Built This City on Rock and Roll Edited January 24, 2024 by backyardchef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 24, 2024 Author Share Posted January 24, 2024 6 minutes ago, backyardchef said: Some of the songs I mentioned were before I was born, so my adolescence must've started before I was born. Yeah, I didn't THINK you were that old! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 24, 2024 Author Share Posted January 24, 2024 3 minutes ago, backyardchef said: Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space A Postcard to Nina Je T Aime Moi Non Left of the Dial Living Life True Love Will Find You In The End Fast Car Sorrow Tears and Blood We Built This City on Rock and Roll Still need some Gerswhin, Porter, Harry Warren, and Weill! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 Just now, Sneakeater said: Still need some Gerswhin, Porter, Harry Warren, and Weill! Accurate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bonner Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 These are all pretty great pop songs. "Is Call Me Maybe" one of the best pop songs of its era? Absolutely. (actually 2012 is a pretty incredible year in pop a decade plus in hindsight) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 2 hours ago, AaronS said: the metal coverage went from ok to bad over the last few years. I used to read it for metal and electronic because I generally wasn't going to hear about that kind of stuff anywhere else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 2 hours ago, backyardchef said: Probably nothing.... but as much as I enjoy humming Carly Rae in the elevator I thought I was referring to God Only Knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 Drop the Pilot I Saw the Sign Different Drum Red Rubber Ball Take on Me Girls Just Wanna Have Fun It's Too Bad Saturday Night When Will I Be Loved Like a Prayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 24, 2024 Author Share Posted January 24, 2024 Still need some Gershwin, Porter, Harry Warren, and Weill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 24, 2024 Share Posted January 24, 2024 7 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: Still need some Gershwin, Porter, Harry Warren, and Weill. Always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 24, 2024 Author Share Posted January 24, 2024 That's Berlin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 25, 2024 Share Posted January 25, 2024 4 hours ago, Sneakeater said: Still need some Gershwin, Porter, Harry Warren, and Weill. ABBA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 25, 2024 Author Share Posted January 25, 2024 Deciding whether they’re Anglo-American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 25, 2024 Share Posted January 25, 2024 Nope, greatest pop songs of all time. Anglo-American was an oratorical afterthought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 25, 2024 Author Share Posted January 25, 2024 But seriously, you can't say "greatest pop songs of all time" without some kind of qualifier. Unless you're deeply familiar with all Asian, African, Latin American, and indeed all European pop music. (Flagging @mongo in case he's around.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 25, 2024 Author Share Posted January 25, 2024 Just to pull an example out of my ass, there's this whole genre of Italian singer-songwriter pop music that I didn't even know existed until I stumbled upon Paolo Conti. So now, instead of knowing nothing about it, I know almost nothing. But the little I know -- one Paolo Conti compilation album -- is great. And that's EUROPEAN: not nearly as remote from me as, say, Central Asia. Do they even have pop music in Central Asia? I have no idea! How am I in a position to make unqualified assertions about "the best pop songs"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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