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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

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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. 

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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!

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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"?

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