I'll second Jim's suggestion, throw in a promise to follow through on my long-ago pitch, and raise it to a theme, The High Hat's Fact and Fiction Issue.
Excellent! I especially hope that there might be a crossword in it for us, too.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Sep 14, 2005 9:35:10 am PDT #435 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
erikaj - Sep 14, 2005 9:41:10 am PDT #436 of 10003
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Look...I may be a pretty practiced Simon geek and of murder and mayhem of all descriptions, but would some brilliant person post characteristics of a Perfect Pop song, cause I bet I have one, but around here I'm "too green to be brown" You feel me? Yo hablo poquito de "Music Geek". Mas despacio, por favor. Muchismas gracias.
Hayden - Sep 14, 2005 9:50:32 am PDT #437 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Nah, Perfect Pop is pure relativism. Your own description is the only one you need.
erikaj - Sep 14, 2005 9:56:15 am PDT #438 of 10003
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Well, you know, I thought there was a list. Let me think, then. Old-School "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys and "Cruisin'" By Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Will post some more modern picks in a while. Promise.
Jon B. - Sep 14, 2005 10:02:23 am PDT #439 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It's gotta have a bridge.
msbelle - Sep 14, 2005 10:16:42 am PDT #440 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I Want it that Way - BSB
dw - Sep 14, 2005 10:22:28 am PDT #441 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
The Perfect Pop Song is a Potter Stewart thing, if anyone understands what I mean by that.
It has to hook you.
The refrain doesn't necessarily have to be singable, but it helps if it is.
It has to be well-crafted, well-produced, and built to deliver 3-5 minutes of musical bliss.
It doesn't necessarily have to be "all-time great" or by a "pop god."
Perfect Pop is not bubblegum, but bubblegum is often Perfect Pop.
It doesn't have to have a happy ending.
Most of all, you listen to it, and your first instinct is to listen to it again. And again.
That's about the best I can do. I lean on Potter Stewart most of the time with my definition.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Sep 14, 2005 10:22:33 am PDT #442 of 10003
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
"Waltz the Halls Always" by Game Theory.
dw - Sep 14, 2005 10:23:17 am PDT #443 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
I Want it that Way - BSB
Oh GAWD yes. A pox upon Diane Warren for writing that song.
msbelle - Sep 14, 2005 10:28:11 am PDT #444 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I, I SEE LIFE
my iPod has learned to play my Guadalcanal Diary often. This album was on a cassette with 10,000 Maniacs - In my Tribe the summer I was 17 and they were played on almost continuous loop for 3 months.
What album or albums stick out for a specific time period for you?