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.
Cacophony. That's pretty. What's it mean?
Harmony ,'Underneath'
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
Always Anti-fascist!
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
Always Anti-fascist!
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?