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White Flag by Dido is imo a pretty perfect piece of pop

Kayleigh by Marillion

Wild Boys - Duran Duran

All the Things You said - tatu

One Week - Barenaked Ladies

Anything by the Beautiful South

Never Forget - Take That

Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens

Take on Me - Aha

Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles

I don't like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

Vienna - Ultravox

Killer - Adamski

This list could go on a long time...

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what is pop?

It's music from the 80s, where the median age for the purchase of music was greater than eighteen years old. This resulted in a need for sophisticated, albeit throw away music, often employing new technology such as the 'synthesiser'. The trend continued into the '90s but the median age of the consumer plummeted resulting in a general lack of sophistication in the production of music.

In the 21st century, sales of music collapsed and all consumption of pop music is based on an entirely irony based market, where people still listen to whatever crap the production houses desperately pump out, but in a more smug, self-satisfied fashion.

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It's music from the 80s, where the median age for the purchase of music was greater than eighteen years old. This resulted in a need for sophisticated, albeit throw away music, often employing new technology such as the 'synthesiser'. The trend continued into the '90s but the median age of the consumer plummeted resulting in a general lack of sophistication in the production of music.

In the 21st century, sales of music collapsed and all consumption of pop music is based on an entirely irony based market, where people still listen to whatever crap the production houses desperately pump out, but in a more smug, self-satisfied fashion.

Amazing response. I love you.

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would that really come under "pop"?

You could argue it.

In this case 'Pop' stands for popular music, and Comfortably Numb is one of if not the biggest song from one of the biggest selling artists of all time, so I guess you could say it would come under the label 'pop'. :)

(although by this definition, technically this could mean Iron Maiden are more 'pop' than the Cheeky Girls).

I originally started this thread to be about pop songs by pop bands, but people's responses have proved that the parameters of what constitutes 'pop' aren't fixed.

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You could argue it.

In this case 'Pop' stands for popular music, and Comfortably Numb is one of if not the biggest song from one of the biggest selling artists of all time, so I guess you could say it would come under the label 'pop'. :)

(although by this definition, technically this could mean Iron Maiden are more 'pop' than the Cheeky Girls).

I originally started this thread to be about pop songs by pop bands, but people's responses have proved that the parameters of what constitutes 'pop' aren't fixed.

but what is punk??

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By no means exhaustive, just some of my favourite pop songs that I happen to have on t'ipod at the moment:

Abracadabra Steve Miller band

Addicted to Love Robert Palmer

The Air That I Breathe The Hollies

All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople

Baby One More Time Britney Spears

The Bad Touch Bloodhound Gang

The Ballad of Lucy Jordan Marianne Faithful

Ballroom Blitz The Sweet

Beautiful Sunday Daniel Boone

Beverly Hills - Weezer

Billie Jean Michael Jackson

Blame it on the Boogie Jackson 5

Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols

Buddy Holly - Weezer

Ca Plan Pour Moi Plastique Bertrand

Cars Gary Newman

Centerfold J Geils band

Cherry Bomb The Runaways

Connection - Elastica

Cruel to be Kind Nick Lowe

Crying Roy Orbison

Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen

December 1963 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Devil Gate Drive Suzi Quattro

Disposable Teens Marilyn Manson

Dont Fence Me In Gene Autry

Dont Stop Movin S Club 7

Footloose Kenny Loggins

Forever Live and Die - OMD

Generation Sex Divine Comedy

Gett Off - Prince

Ghetto Superstar Praz Michel

Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr

A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins

Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

Girls and Boys Blur

Girls Talk Dave Edmunds

A Glass of Champagne - Sailor

Good Morning Britain Aztec Camera & Mick Jones

Grease Frankie Valli

Harlem Shuffle Bob and Earl

Hoots Mon Lord Rockinhams Eleven

Ill Feel a Whole Lot Better The Byrds

I Can Help Billy Swann

I Feel For You - Prince

I Fought the Law Bobby Fuller Four

I Knew the Bride Nick Lowe

I Love LA Randy Newman

In Da Club 50 Cent

In My Arms Teddy Thompson

Inbetweener - Sleeper

Islands in the Stream Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers

Jolene Dolly Parton

Joyride - Roxette

Kiss - Prince

Knock on Wood Aimi Stewart

Knock Three Times Tony Orlando & dawn

Kokomo The Beach Boys

Lady Marmalade - Labelle

Last Train to Clarksville The Monkees

Im Sitting on Top of the World Les Paul & Mary Ford

Lets Go All the Way Sly Fox

Lets Stick Together Bryan Ferry

Let Your Love Flow The Bellamy Brothers

Life in a Northern Town Dream Academy

Livin Thing - ELO

Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes Edison Lighthouse

Love Shack B52s

Lucille Kenny Rogers

Lust for Life Iggy Pop

Machine Gun The Commodores

Making Your Mind Up Bucks Fizz

The Man Who Sold the World - Lulu

Mickey - Toni Basil

More Than Words - Extreme

Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

My Best Friends Girl - The Cars

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

National Express - Divine Comedy

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor

Olivers Army - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Only One I Know - The Charlatans

Oops I Did It Again - Britney Spears

Peaches - The Starnglers

Photograph - Ringo Starr

The Price of Love - The Everly Brothers

Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle

Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim

The Second Summer of Love - Danny Wilson

Senses Working Overtime - XTC

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

Song 4 Mutya - Groove Armada

Step On - The Happy Mondays

Swords of a Thousand Men - Ten Pole Tudor

Sylvias Mother - Dr Hook

There She Goes - The La's

This Town Aint Big Enough for Both of Us - Sparks

Too Funky - George Michael

Too Much Too Young - Little Angels

True Faith - New Order

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Walk of Life - Dire Straits

We Built This City - Starship

The Witch Queen of New Orleans Redbone

Wooly Bully - Sam Sham & The Pharoes

Word Up - Cameo

You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

3AM Eternal - KLF

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

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Echo Beach - Martha and The Muffins

Heaven is a place on earth - Belinda Carlisle

Womaniser - Britney Spears

Love is a battlefield - Pat Benatar

Temptation - Heaven 17

White Wedding - Billy Idol

Biology - Girls Aloud

Girls on film - Duran Duran

Together in Electric Dreams - Phil Oakey and Giorgio Moroder

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Echo Beach - Martha and The Muffins
YES!! That song is fucking ace.

Does Little Richard count as pop? If he does, then every single Litrtle Richard song ever written.

Tatu - Not gonna get us / All the things she said

Enter Shikari - Anything Can Happen in the Next half hour (yes, it's pop)

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