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3LB
03-30-2013, 05:59 PM
Look at me, I'm pulling a Smokey (well, sorta... not that kinda smokey)

I love me some pop (I harken back to the old days of old RR and one of my buds, PwrPopGuy). I'm talkin pure pop splendor.

Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
Don't Dream Its Over - Crowded House
Circle Of Love - Steve Miller Band
Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker - Prince
What Is Life - George Harrison
Anything - Pray For Rain
River High - Chisel
Soul Meets Body - Death Cab For Cutie
Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye
Sister Golden Hair - America
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Float On - Modest Mouse
Touched By The Hand Of God - New Order
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
Sidewalk - Built To Spill
Let's Spend The Night Together - Rolling Stones
Don't Let It Get You Down - Spoon
Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone
Do Ya - Electric Light Orchestra
ForeverAutumn
03-30-2013, 07:27 PM
I cannot begin to express my hatred for the song Brass in Pocket.
Smokey
03-30-2013, 10:01 PM
Look at me, I'm pulling a Smokey (well, sorta... not that kinda smokey)

Whatever you did, you did good :)

Not a bad list, but to make it complete I would also add Mama's and Papa's "California Dreamin" and Don Mclean's "Castle In The Air".
JoeE SP9
03-31-2013, 07:45 PM
I'm glad you like them. None of them would make my top 50. Of course that's what having different taste is all about.

IMO any list of the top 20 pop tunes of all time that doesn't have Billy Jean on it is way off base.
Rae
03-31-2013, 09:00 PM
Without passing any judgement on yr list or trying to come up with a perfect 20 of my own, let me just say that The Knife's "Heartbeats" ought to be in the discussion.

The Knife - Heartbeats - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1vjBLMSYFs)

~Rae
Rae
03-31-2013, 09:01 PM
Also prolly "Walk Away Renee". That's it.

~Rae
3LB
03-31-2013, 10:13 PM
I would like to think such a list would inspire more discussion than anything else.

Disagree away!
MasterCylinder
04-01-2013, 07:03 AM
I'm glad you like them. None of them would make my top 50. Of course that's what having different taste is all about.

IMO any list of the top 20 pop tunes of all time that doesn't have Billy Jean on it is way off base.

Amen to that.............no MJ, no Beatles, no Beach Boys ?
No way.
3LB
04-01-2013, 04:31 PM
One could always post their own list.

I did consciously leave off the Beatles cuz I figured they'd be on everyone else's list.

But yeah, in my haste I did forget XTC, but would be stumped to pick only one of their songs. And I also left off one of my fave songs of all time, Feel Flows by the Beach Boys.
Mr MidFi
04-04-2013, 08:08 AM
I cannot begin to express my hatred for the song Brass in Pocket.

That's because you're special. Soooooo special...