Mama's & The Papas - California Dreaming, Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow
the greatest pop song ever?
apropos of absolutely nothing, i just listened to the song "five o clock world" by the vogues for the first time in perhaps 20 years. i heard it on a really good lexus (levinson) sound system and have concluded that it's arguably the greatest pop production ever--the damn thing's incredible. in the space of a quick two minutes you get 12 string guitar, marimba, horns, incredible drumming and a really wild honky-tonk piano, all on top of those weird doowop harmonies. add to the mix a really tight melody and sorta meaningful lyrics and you have something that makes phil spector look unambitious and timid.
also from left field, i've been touting a song called "i can see you" by someone or something called june and the exit wounds as the single most beautiful tune ever written. as far as i know, it's only been released on a sampler by parasol records (an indy label out of urban il). this song sounds like some lost brian wilson masterpiece and is well worth finding for those in search of audio nirvana.
also from left field, i've been touting a song called "i can see you" by someone or something called june and the exit wounds as the single most beautiful tune ever written. as far as i know, it's only been released on a sampler by parasol records (an indy label out of urban il). this song sounds like some lost brian wilson masterpiece and is well worth finding for those in search of audio nirvana.
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02-28-10: ShadorneFunny to hear how much of that style was carried over into Seal's work, just updated with better syntehsizers. The really impressive thing is listening to the 1985 studio original and then hearing this 2005/6 live version. Not always easy to do such a highly polished/produced studio dance tune live and catch the essence of it. |
Also dig Friday on my mind. There are so many good poppy flavors available. Can't help thinking how much better radio could have been: See Emily Play/ Pink Floyd (the Bowie one is good too) Yellow Pills/ 20/20 I Can see For Miles/ The Who Go All The Way/ The Raspberries Sister Havana/ Urge Overkill Little Green Bag/ George Baker Selection The Move/ Do Ya She's A Sensation/ The Ramones Here Comes My Baby/ The Tremeloes Sunshine Superman/ Donovan Summer in the City/ Lovin' Spoonful Just What I Needed/ The Cars That Thing You Do/ Dwight Twilley Breakup Song/ Greg Kihn Strangers When We Meet/ Smithereens Modern World/ The Jam You Really Got Me/ Kinks Look Sharp/ Joe Jackson Speedy's Coming/ Scorpions Walk Don't Run/ Ventures Sleepwalk/ Shadows Fleetwood Mac/ Albatross Seven and Seven is/ Love Too Much To Dream Last Night/ Electric Prunes (Like the Stiv Bators one too) Procol Harum/ Whiter Shade Of Pale Jimi Hendrix/ Wind Cries Mary She's a Rainbow/ Rolling Stones Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape/ Be Bop Deluxe Space Oddity/ David Bowie Backwater/ Meat Puppets Where is My Mind (and lots of others)/ Pixies Radiohead/ Creep I Will Follow/ U2 Eddie and the Hot Rods/ Do Anything You Wanna Do Never Say Never/ Romeo Void Gobs of glaring omissions, but gotta stop somewhere |
duanegoosen, great list--many of my faves. also: replacements--unsatisfied dwight twilley--sincerly posies--dream all day verlaines--death and the maiden chills--pink frost rolling stones--torn and frayed paul mccartney--let me roll it big star--whats going ahn byrds--set you free this time lou reed--legendary hearts robyn hitchcock--madonna of the wasps marinne faithful--broken english neil young--broken arrow/expecting to fly elliott smith--between the bars afghan whigs--what jail is like smiths--how soon is now procol harum--homburg shins--phantom limb shoes--now and then otis redding--these arms of mine foster and lloyd--lie to yourself mekons--memphis egypt tommy keene--back to zero radiohead--karma police jethro tull--with you there to help me badfinger--baby blue aimee mann--i should've known bee gees--to love somebody bob mould--next time you leave george jones--she thinks i still care elvis costello--pidgin english graham parker---discovering japan and on and on........................ |
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