CurtisJ Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Now I'd venture to guess that if there is one genre that most of you guys are not fond of or even look down on, it's Pop music. But I thought it would be interesting to see out of everything what are some pop records or pop artists you can really vouch for... or even just tolerate. I'm actually curious to know about what you guys will answer :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domscientist Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 60s pop music was basically the best thing ever contemporary pop is p hit or miss for me; a lot of f great songs recently tho and a bunch of good to great albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-para-parrotdies Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Now I'd venture to guess that if there is one genre that most of you guys are not fond of or even look down on, it's Pop music. But I thought it would be interesting to see out of everything what are some pop records or pop artists you can really vouch for... or even just tolerate. I'm actually curious to know about what you guys will answer :) Are you looking for pop albums or singles? The reason I ask is the past 20 years or so have been dominated by singles. Of course, pop has always been defined by singles but more so recently due to the availability of the internet and rise of MP3s. Consequently, you have less cohesive pop albums as the the album format in pop has become something for artists to put their hit singles and then a bunch of filler. Moreover, it's become difficult to differentiate between genres because there's so much! Thus, we arrive at the fundamental question that so many people have struggled with: what is pop? By "pop music," do you mean indie pop? Electropop? Noise pop? Baroque pop? Dream pop? The list goes on and on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisJ Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Are you looking for pop albums or singles? The reason I ask is the past 20 years or so have been dominated by singles. Of course, pop has always been defined by singles but more so recently due to the availability of the internet and rise of MP3s. Consequently, you have less cohesive pop albums as the the album format in pop has become something for artists to put their hit singles and then a bunch of filler. Moreover, it's become difficult to differentiate between genres because there's so much! Thus, we arrive at the fundamental question that so many people have struggled with: what is pop? By "pop music," do you mean indie pop? Electropop? Noise pop? Baroque pop? Dream pop? The list goes on and on... When I say records I mean singles, I agree there aren't many solid pop albums out as of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Plastic Beach by Gorillaz I still hold as one of the best pop records of late. Parklife is another one. I guess that's not what you mean by pop though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisJ Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Plastic Beach by Gorillaz I still hold as one of the best pop records of late. Parklife is another one. I guess that's not what you mean by pop though? Maybe not but I did look it up and I love the record so I downloaded it! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-para-parrotdies Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 When I say records I mean singles, I agree there aren't many solid pop albums out as of late. In that case... 50 great "pop" songs of recent years off the top of my head listed in alphabetical order. I also limited it to one song per artist because otherwise, I could fill the list with a bunch of Girls Aloud stuff :) Aaliyah - Try Again Amerie - 1 Thing Animal Collective - My Girls Annie - Heartbeat Avril Lavigne - Complicated Beach House - Zebra Beyoncé – Crazy In Love Britney Spears - Toxic Cassie - Me & U Coldplay - Yellow Destiny's Child - Say My Name Estelle - American Boy Feist - 1234 The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? Florrie - Left Too Late Girls Aloud - Biology Girls' Generation - Gee Gnarls Barkley - Crazy Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl Janelle Monáe - Tightrope Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River Keane - Somewhere Only We Know Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone The Killers - Mr. Brightside The Knife - Heartbeats Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Lana Del Rey - Video Games La Roux - Bulletproof Lily Allen - Smile Lykke Li - Sadness Is a Blessing Madonna - Hung Up M.I.A. - Paper Planes MGMT - Time to Pretend Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day Nicki Minaj - Super Bass Outkast - Hey Ya! Phoenix - 1901 The Postal Service - Such Great Heights Rachel Stevens - Some Girls Rihanna - Umbrella Robyn - Dancing On My Own The Saturdays - Higher Shakira - Whenever, Wherever Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Taylor Swift - Enchanted Usher - Yeah! Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 OMG. That Cassie song. I used to listen to that all the time. :dazzled: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisJ Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 In that case... 50 great "pop" songs of recent years off the top of my head listed in alphabetical order. I also limited it to one song per artist because otherwise, I could fill the list with a bunch of Girls Aloud stuff :) Aaliyah - Try Again Amerie - 1 Thing Animal Collective - My Girls Annie - Heartbeat Avril Lavigne - Complicated Beach House - Zebra Beyoncé – Crazy In Love Britney Spears - Toxic Cassie - Me & U Coldplay - Yellow Destiny's Child - Say My Name Estelle - American Boy Feist - 1234 The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? Florrie - Left Too Late Girls Aloud - Biology Girls' Generation - Gee Gnarls Barkley - Crazy Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl Janelle Monáe - Tightrope Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River Keane - Somewhere Only We Know Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone The Killers - Mr. Brightside The Knife - Heartbeats Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Lana Del Rey - Video Games La Roux - Bulletproof Lily Allen - Smile Lykke Li - Sadness Is a Blessing Madonna - Hung Up M.I.A. - Paper Planes MGMT - Time to Pretend Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day Nicki Minaj - Super Bass Outkast - Hey Ya! Phoenix - 1901 The Postal Service - Such Great Heights Rachel Stevens - Some Girls Rihanna - Umbrella Robyn - Dancing On My Own The Saturdays - Higher Shakira - Whenever, Wherever Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Taylor Swift - Enchanted Usher - Yeah! Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma This is a great list! I'm gonna look up all the tracks I'm unfamiliar with. And I think I'm in love with you for having mentioned Aaliyah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPAzwUhXnzs&feature=related]A-ha - Hunting High And Low - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crests Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 AKB48 - 100メートルコンビニ Annie - Heartbeat Attack Cat - RCA blink-182 - Online Songs Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape Capital Lights - Outrage David Usher - Ugly Is Beautiful Deas Vail - Anything You Say Feist - Mushaboom Finger Eleven - Falling On The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love Hot Chip - Shake A Fist Janelle Monáe - Wondaland Joy Electric - A New Pirate Traditional Justice - D.A.N.C.E. The Knife - You Take My Breath Away Ladytron - Destory Everything You Touch Lights - The Listening Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone Mae - Someone Else's Arms Maroon 5 - Tangled Matt & Kim - Sunlight Metric - Collect Call Mew - 156 Miike Snow - Silvia Ms. John Soda - Hiding; Fading MxPx - Wrecking Hotel Rooms Owl City - I'll Meet You There Phoenix - Long Distance Call Relient K - Must Have Done Something Right Röyksopp - Happy Up Here Rubik - No Escape The Shins - Phantom Limb Stars - The Night Starts Here Sum 41 - Count Your Last Blessings Swimming With Dolphins - Silhouettes Telekinesis! - Coast Of Carolina Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work We Are Scientists - Inaction +44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating モーニング娘。 – 恋愛ハンター 소녀시대 - The Great Escape 嵐 - Face Down 板野友美 - Dear J There were a bunch I wanted to include but I wasn't sure if they counted, I actually think some of these probably don't count either. :l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 ^ That Boys Like Girls song got on my nerves so much. Kinda like how "Tonight Tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae gets on my nerves right now. You've got some great songs in there, though. I'm pleasantly surprised by your choice of "Tangled." :heart: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crests Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Oh man, Hot Chelle Rae, I second your feelings on that. I think I still just like the Boys Like Girls song out of nostalgia though, haha. Songs About Jane is such a grand album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 It's the very first album I ever bought for myself. :dazzled: If we're also gonna talk about stuff we like out of nostalgia, "Ocean Avenue" by Yellowcard will do it for me. It kinda fits in the category, too, as Yellowcard are like, punk pop. Of course, everything else they do is a bit lame, but that record was awesome. I played it until I couldn't play it anymore. :dazzled: This song in particular was my jam: [ame= ] [/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainystrawberry Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 In that case... 50 great "pop" songs of recent years off the top of my head listed in alphabetical order. I also limited it to one song per artist because otherwise, I could fill the list with a bunch of Girls Aloud stuff :) Aaliyah - Try Again Amerie - 1 Thing Animal Collective - My Girls Annie - Heartbeat Avril Lavigne - Complicated Beach House - Zebra Beyoncé – Crazy In Love Britney Spears - Toxic Cassie - Me & U Coldplay - Yellow Destiny's Child - Say My Name Estelle - American Boy Feist - 1234 The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? Florrie - Left Too Late Girls Aloud - Biology Girls' Generation - Gee Gnarls Barkley - Crazy Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl Janelle Monáe - Tightrope Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River Keane - Somewhere Only We Know Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone The Killers - Mr. Brightside The Knife - Heartbeats Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Lana Del Rey - Video Games La Roux - Bulletproof Lily Allen - Smile Lykke Li - Sadness Is a Blessing Madonna - Hung Up M.I.A. - Paper Planes MGMT - Time to Pretend Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day Nicki Minaj - Super Bass Outkast - Hey Ya! Phoenix - 1901 The Postal Service - Such Great Heights Rachel Stevens - Some Girls Rihanna - Umbrella Robyn - Dancing On My Own The Saturdays - Higher Shakira - Whenever, Wherever Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Taylor Swift - Enchanted Usher - Yeah! Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma :) thanks for reminding me of some of my favourites that I had forgotten about. I feel like looking them up now On pop music, I don't know if anyone has heard of the Canadian singer called Lights, I love her music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Yes, I've heard of Lights. I'm not a massive fan of her voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the3jr Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 In that case... 50 great "pop" songs of recent years off the top of my head listed in alphabetical order. I also limited it to one song per artist because otherwise, I could fill the list with a bunch of Girls Aloud stuff :) Aaliyah - Try Again Amerie - 1 Thing Animal Collective - My Girls Annie - Heartbeat Avril Lavigne - Complicated Beach House - Zebra Beyoncé – Crazy In Love Britney Spears - Toxic Cassie - Me & U Coldplay - Yellow Destiny's Child - Say My Name Estelle - American Boy Feist - 1234 The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? Florrie - Left Too Late Girls Aloud - Biology Girls' Generation - Gee Gnarls Barkley - Crazy Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl Janelle Monáe - Tightrope Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River Keane - Somewhere Only We Know Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone The Killers - Mr. Brightside The Knife - Heartbeats Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Lana Del Rey - Video Games La Roux - Bulletproof Lily Allen - Smile Lykke Li - Sadness Is a Blessing Madonna - Hung Up M.I.A. - Paper Planes MGMT - Time to Pretend Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day Nicki Minaj - Super Bass Outkast - Hey Ya! Phoenix - 1901 The Postal Service - Such Great Heights Rachel Stevens - Some Girls Rihanna - Umbrella Robyn - Dancing On My Own The Saturdays - Higher Shakira - Whenever, Wherever Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Taylor Swift - Enchanted Usher - Yeah! Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma from this list you posted, I highlighted what I've liked over the years.. (btw I don't consider Vampire Weekend pop...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Vampire Weekend are super pop! i don't really have much to say after parrotdies' post.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the3jr Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Vampire Weekend are super pop! i don't really have much to say after parrotdies' post.. I've always considered them Indie, if anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Ever heard of indie pop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-para-parrotdies Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 :facepalm: Wow. Can't believe I left off so many quality songs from my list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospector Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 I'll make a list of some mainstream pop hit songs (and some albums) I like (most of them I'm a bit ashamed to confess :disappointed:): Rihanna - Rockstar 101, Umbrela Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, Beat It, Black or White, Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough, Bad, Smooth Criminal, They Don't Care About Us. Shakira - Rabiosa The Wanted - Glad You Came (:embarrassed:) The Black Eyed Peas - The whole The E.N.D. album and Where's The Love Britney Spears - Womanizer Maroon 5 - Their fist 2 albums (Songs About Jane and It Won't Be Soon Before Long) Justin Timberlake - Lovestoned, What Goes Around...Comes Around One Republic - Apologize Madonna - 4 Minutes and some 80's songs I don't remember the name :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-para-parrotdies Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I'll make a list of some mainstream pop hit songs (and some albums) I like (most of them I'm a bit ashamed to confess :disappointed:): Why on earth would you be ashamed to confess you listen to pop? That's really the wrong mentality to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayaBadran Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Not so in love with mainstream pop stuff, but Katy Perry is not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-para-parrotdies Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Not so in love with mainstream pop stuff, but Katy Perry is not bad. Am I the only one who sees the irony in this statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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