Great POP songs

Miwokhill · Post by **Miwokhill** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:01 pm

Yellow Balloon-Yellow Balloon

Bus Stop- Hollies

Kind Of A Drag- Buckingham

I'm You're Puppett- James and Bobby Purify

Oogum Boogum Song- Brenton Wood

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:06 pm

I just realized I have a bunch of these ya'll have listed from the 60s in my stack of 45s that are stowed away upstairs.

I's allus partial to "Red Rubber Ball"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cxx2fvc ... ed&search=

(and I am deeply offended-creeped by the posted pictures of Justin Timberlake-eeeewwwwwww-bleeeaaahgh)

Miwokhill · Post by **Miwokhill** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:31 pm

Woah, you were around in the 60s!? Oh that's right I was too- I just don't have any memory of it! Actually I think Red Rubber Ball (The Cyrkle, so much for my memory claim) was the first single I bought. I remember earlier than that though going across SF to the Richmond to visit our cousins and my cousin showing us the single she had just gotten 'Devil Woman' by Marty Robbins.

...or how about Dear Delilah by The Grapefruit which supposedly was George Harrison.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:48 pm

moved to it's proper place on youtube thread

Thanks for calling my attention to my mistake. I fogot what thread I was on(thought it was the youtube one). You are quiet right, and I'd just edited out a bunch of really great stuff on my list of "pop" tunes. Gee, I guess it was a combination of too late at night, too tired, and the wine.

who in their right mind would put them in the same category as "Pop Music" ?

No right mind was involved......CSN&Y and "pop".... I am officially brain dead.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:01 pm

...or how about Dear Delilah by The Grapefruit which supposedly was George Harrison.

I sure don't remember that one- or the Marty Robbins, but then I don't do country music....

Ah yes, the wonderful 60s, was there, 50s too......

I don't remember the first single I bought. But I do remember the first album I bought. Paid $3.50 for The Beatles (the "brown" album). I still have it.

I tried to find a picture of the album cover but no luck....

The first songs I can remember litterally hearing on the radio were- Catch a Falling Star by Perry Como, Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, and One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater. How sad is that?

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:59 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj86_2tAtdU

Miwokhill · Post by **Miwokhill** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:15 pm

cowtime, You don't do country music. You mean ya'll don't do country? ok, sorry.

...but I was just going to post:

Playing solitaire till dawn - with a deck of 51
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me...I ain't got nothin' to do.

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:40 am

I think some people are still missing the point here. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is far, far too respectable for this thread.

Think of it as 2 definitions of pop music. There's pop music as a whole, as in popular music. This is basically anything that charts or is a big hit, we're not interested in that.

Then there's pop music the genre. By using examples the US might recognise, think of Spice Girls, New Kids On The Block, Tiffany, Justin Timberlake or the seemingly countless roll call of teen actresses that double up as singers. Pop music is cheesy, bouncy and throwaway. It's not stuff you'll generally buy, but when you hear it you can't help but smile and then you'll be humming it for the rest of the day.

You'll also never admit to your musical peers that you like it

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:57 am

chrisoff wrote:I think some people are still missing the point here. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is far, far too respectable for this thread.

Think of it as 2 definitions of pop music. There's pop music as a whole, as in popular music. This is basically anything that charts or is a big hit. There's pop music the genre. By using examples the US might recognise, think of Spice Girls, New Kids On The Block, Tiffany, Justin Timberlake or the seemingly countless roll call of teen actresses that double up as singers. Pop music is cheesy, bouncy and throwaway. It's not stuff you'll generally buy, but when you hear it you can't help but smile and then you'll be humming it for the rest of the day.

You'll also never admit to your musical peers that you like it

That's the stuff.

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:37 am

If anyone mentions "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by the Heywoods - I'm gonna slap them!!!!

(the Heywoods were from Cincinnati, so we were inflicted with that song a whole lot more than anywhere else was).

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:13 am

Anything by the Beach Boys is great by me. And you've left out the whole cheese era of The Monkees and The Archies. And what about Bobby Sherman or Donny Osmond - processed cheese? Hall & Oates? Michael Moog?

My favourite story from that time was how Andy Kim was so embarassed by his role in writing and recording this stuff that he moved to LA and changed his name to something goofy like Baron Longfellow.

Baby, We're Good Together - Andy Kim - this so needs to get recorded again by someone

123 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company

Smile a Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine

Take a Letter, Maria - RB Greaves

Toast and Marmalade for Tea - Tin Tin

I could go on all day. <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=qeuXzgAJZLQ">I'll let M say it all.</A>

djm

Ro3b · Post by **Ro3b** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:36 am

Human League!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koGywVUJ9hE

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:11 am

chrisoff wrote:I think some people are still missing the point here. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is far, far too respectable for this thread.

Think of it as 2 definitions of pop music. There's pop music as a whole, as in popular music. This is basically anything that charts or is a big hit, we're not interested in that.

Then there's pop music the genre. By using examples the US might recognise, think of Spice Girls, New Kids On The Block, Tiffany, Justin Timberlake or the seemingly countless roll call of teen actresses that double up as singers. Pop music is cheesy, bouncy and throwaway. It's not stuff you'll generally buy, but when you hear it you can't help but smile and then you'll be humming it for the rest of the day.

You'll also never admit to your musical peers that you like it

Agreed! What's wrong with CSNY, anyway - and who in their right mind would put them in the same category as "Pop Music" ?

So, getting back on track, I offer:

Daydream Believer
- The Monkees

Consider the lyrics of this song... what the heck is this song about, anyway? Talk about CHEESE!

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings.
The six o'clock alarm would never ring.
But it rings and I rise,
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes.
My shavin' razor's cold and it stings.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean. (that's what I'd like to know!)
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

You once thought of me
As a white knight on a steed.
Now you know how happy I can be. (OK, this makes sense. NOT.)
Oh, and our good times start and end
Without dollar one to spend.
But how much, baby, do we really need.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen. (Lyrics so bad they had to repeat them. Thank you very little).

[Instrumental interlude]

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
[Repeat and fade]

Please! Do NOT repeat - just FADE! Quickly!

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:10 am

brianc wrote:
Consider the lyrics of this song... what the heck is this song about, anyway? Talk about CHEESE!

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings.
The six o'clock alarm would never ring.
But it rings and I rise,
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes.
My shavin' razor's cold and it stings.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean. (that's what I'd like to know!)
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

You once thought of me
As a white knight on a steed.
Now you know how happy I can be. (OK, this makes sense. NOT.)
Oh, and our good times start and end
Without dollar one to spend.
But how much, baby, do we really need.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen. (Lyrics so bad they had to repeat them. Thank you very little).

[Instrumental interlude]

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
[Repeat and fade]
Please! Do NOT repeat - just FADE! Quickly!

You'd make a lot more sense of this song if you realised the Monkees sang a bowdlerised version. The chorus really goes:

Cheer up, sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean,
To a daydream deceiver
And an old closet queen.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:18 am