Perfect Pop Inspiration

[ouroboros]

Mired in the quagmire of VST's, -late at night for me, I kinda' ground to a halt both technically and artistically (Though that word is a huge stretch, here).
"Tears of a Clown" came up on my playlist... (Smokey's)

Damn, it is so catchy even today. almost a perfect 3 min. long and full of hooks. In my current state I was wondering if it might be the most perfect pop song ever, but I was afraid to start a "most-perfect pop song list" thread.

Gave me something to appreciate and learn from.

[TristezaOrange]

Let this be known to man:

THE MOST PERFECT SONG EVER IS SWAN DIVE'S 'Rome Will Fall'



Well, perfect pop's one of my fields of research. I'd say that Saint Etienne are the masters of this stuff. [especially their earlier stuff, nowadays they are a bit more 'electronic' and 'experimental' - still great though ]. Just listen to 'Jack Lemmon', 'Hobart Paving', 'Who Do You Think You Are' and MANY more.

Also, there's a band I've been promoting a lot on KvR called Swan Dive that write the perfect-est pop I've ever heard. If you get their albums 'Circle', 'June' and 'Swan Dive' you'll fall in love. [see the beginning of this thread for their most fantastic track's title ]

There's another band called Asbhy on Marina Records that have a fantastic album called 'Power Ballads'. And since Marina [ http://www.marina.com ] is the modern perfect pop label, you may want to check The Aluminum Group out while you're there.

We can never forget Prefab Sprout too

And isn't Buddy Holly's 'Everyday' still fantastic??

[Ja.x]

Here is a list of my concept of inspirational "pop" songs (ah! )- any special order:

Phantasmagoria In Two-Tim Buckley (Folk, alright )
Happy When It Rains-The Jesus & Mary Chain (New Wave is a kind of pop, right? )
Nothing Else Matters-Mettalica (A heavy rock ballad )
Dead Flowers-Rolling Stones (I know, more Country & Western than anything else )
Hello, Goodbye-Beatles (Real pop )
La Bamba-Richie Valens (just pop, nothing else)
Country Home-Neil Young (er,...? )
The Change-Nina Hagen (THIS IS POP!:D)
Rockaway Beach-Ramones (Punk rockabily does count too, right? )
Cidade Fantasma-Radio Macau (Pop! In Portuguese )
Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus-Jane Birkin+Serge Gainsbourg (couldn't miss the list )

Not comprehensive, by no means

[pHz]

quintessential pure pop records (IMHO) ...

twisterella - ride

she bangs the drums - the stone roses

reward - the teardrop explodes

there she goes - the las

mr tambourine man - the byrds

children of the revolution - t rex

slainte rob

[ouroboros]

some great leads.. now to go tickle my ears!