What do you think is the perfect pop song? Imo it's

>>70744843
Realiti by Grimes

>>70744843
can we talk about how Pop music has gotten so optimal these days

seriously I put on the radio to Z100 or whatever your shit-tier local equivalent is and I can't even get mad. Literally all the songs are made so that they make you happy and they sound good no matter how shitty your car speakers or computer speakers are its maddening

we are without a doubt in the greatest epoch of music production, no counter-arguments tolerated.

>muh 70s
I talked to an oldwhiteguy yesterday about how it was like to listen to Steely Dan in the 70s. He's like "oh well that stuff was bar music, we were listening to the Temptations and Earth Wind and Fire" no joke. Flipped me on my keister that comment did.

We aren't gonna remember shit like ___________ insert shit here it's gonna be all The Weekend ft Daft Punk song (perfect song btw)

Power pop, but still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JojV8kNfWK8

>>70745511
Not a huge fan of Grimes but this is a great song.

>>70745588
The '70s were still monocultural.

You now have people who actively avoid listening to anything made past the '90s, and it isn't difficult because you have access to literally everything ever recorded since the late 19th c, can arrange these recordings into playlists, and listen to them ad nauseum. I'm the only person I know in his 20s who still listens to the radio.

File: 1440267115957.jpg (143KB, 921x1115px) Image search: [Google]

143KB, 921x1115px

That's literally it though OP.
It can't be topped, it has no flaws.
Open and shut bruh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs
GOING TO THE 5DDDD

objectively this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4d7Wp9kKjA

File: fabulous.jpg (15KB, 360x210px) Image search: [Google]

15KB, 360x210px

I luv the valley OH! is such a perfect pop song

>>70744843
Good fucking choice OP. Something not by Bjork would be Atomic by Blondie.

>>70744843

I agree OP.

Ashes to Ashes is a close second.

>>70745588
>Literally all the songs are made so that they make you happy and they sound good no matter how shitty your car speakers or computer speakers are its maddening

I see where you are coming from but there is also several different streams within pop, some that in particular I can't get behind this sentiment I find they literally are fucking punishing on the ears.
For example there's the whole more traditional singer songwriter stuff like Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift ect. And I agree on that front while it's not exactly high art they have nailed down the catchy, feel good formula pretty well. I think I good answer for OPs question would be Shake It Off, that fucking jam gets stuff in your head no matter what.

But there also is a lot of come and go pop that is fucking insane, it's like this EDM crossover high pitched overproduced attention grabbing rainbow vomit, I don't know how anyone can stand it. Like this kind of stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPgvNlrBfb0


Also in reference to your last paragraph, The Temptations and Earth Wind and Fire are fucking amazing to be fair, I wouldn't consider that throwaway meaningless pop by a long stretch. September is an all time jam.

god only knows, heroes and villains

>>70746045
if you drive a car you probably listen to radio. I don't know what you mean by monocultural.

>>70746522
Earth Wind and Fire and the Temptations are agreed awesome.

Tobh I could listen to that Cher Lloyd songs at leats a couple times before getting sick of it. It's so common that it's as if nothing's were even playing, like TV commericals.

>>70744843
Great choice.
Less arty and more poppy, would be Dancing Queen. That song is seriously a masterwork of catchines and anticipation.

File: 1484544682875.jpg (50KB, 406x566px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 406x566px

>>70745588
>We aren't gonna remember shit like ___________ insert shit here it's gonna be all The Weekend ft Daft Punk song (perfect song btw)

what did he mean by this?

Once in A Lifetime?

It's so toight like a toiger

File: lp1.png (136KB, 300x300px) Image search: [Google]

136KB, 300x300px

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba0zFXPIaxw

>>70744843
when the "safe again" starts playing over and over again near the end of the song i always feel like i'm transcending into another dimension

Wicked Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwkej79U3ek

Say what you want, but it't the most recognizable and digestible song for mass consumption. It's got a distinct tune, a nice string arrangement, faux-deep love themed lyrics. It's unbeatable.

Maybe not now but when it came out Poker Face was a game changer that no one really matched

>>70747213
He didn't mean anything because all the entire phrase is shit

>>70746288
BIG

>>70744843
Life During Wartime by Talking Heads wins. If not that, tha some other Talking Heads song ill suffice. It's futile to think that anyone has surpassed Talking Heads in the balance of pop pleasure and artistic intent.

>>70748047
songs

>>70746357
Perfect song and it isn't even Xiu Xiu's best...

>>70748946
But This Must be the Place is comfier...

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ

unironically

>>70745588
As someone who is forced to listen to the same 20 or so songs on the Today's Hits Pandora station at work... you're fucking wrong.

>>70746354
this or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqdv032mFbg

>>70750253
this is a great song

recs for music like it? YMO didnt do it for me

>>70750288
he never really recorded another song like this, but you can try key by ymo or the rest of philharmony by haruomi

i cant really help you, sprts men is my favorite song of all time and ive never ever heard a song like it

here are two okay covers though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gi8futLRbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5vMB7dJEs

first one is better than the second

Julian Cope - Head Hang Low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWPMJtWISj0
Talk Talk - Such a Shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxwXNICZ5DI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNuV4dMsGrg

You can't argue against this.

>>70744843
Definitely up there. Flawless chorus. Incredible ending.

Lovesong and This Twilight Garden by The Cure are up there for me. Enjoy The Silence by Depeche Mode also.

>>70750382
>Talk Talk - Such a Shame

great track

TFF - Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVa-3xmwTRA

>>70750334
>tfw i actually heard the song first because of the hot dad cover

does this make me a pleb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfI1S0PKJR8

New Order - True Faith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ePIZugahFc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU

HEY YA OP

>>70750824
yes but as long as you recognize the original is GOAT ur good

>>70750880
temptation 7 inch is better

>>70751841
>temptation 7 inch is better
>music is an objective and empirical science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-qO3sPMjc

>>70751103
my pick from this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nw-V5eEeAk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TcDHrkQYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

File: 1207580-pochette-de-l-album-best-of-abba-950x0-2.jpg (110KB, 950x950px) Image search: [Google]

110KB, 950x950px

something by ABBA for sure

Kershaw - The Riddle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDygS0a6Tgo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9Oubxw1gA

Save A Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uxc9eFcZyM

>>70750880
>>70751841
>Not Ceremony
Literally one of the greatest songs ever written
Idec if it's pop or not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5UK40sSo8I

>>70746357
>>70749234
Suha is Xiu Xiu's best song by far tbqh

>>70753008
>Not Ceremony
>not Crystal

https://youtu.be/KNT7wuqaykc
Japanese Breakfast - Everybody Wants to Love You

Roxy Music - Avalon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpA_5a0miWk

>>70746354
except Modern love was better

>>70745588
>modern production is the best
>steely dan is good
>daft punk is good
wrong opinions: the post

File: wtf i love bottled water now.jpg (176KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

176KB, 1200x800px

Probably Cheer Up by Twice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7rCyll5AeY

I think Golden Gal is anco's natural conclusion to their pop music. Its just a perfect pop song

>>70746617
>monocultural
Up until the 80s music was made, produced, and created by and for people of the same culture (mostly, anyway). Back then, a person could generally *relate* to an artist, even if it was a pleb listening to some elite shit.

Now, separate cultures have developed in the US and many of them don't relate to one another. You could put out a pop song in the old days that might appeal to 70% of people, now it might be 20% at best.

>>70747797
How was Poker Face a game changer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nt4vfzeoxQ

Dubstar's Stars

>>70745511
>>70745656
demo version/video is best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQa7SvVCdZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPeOkzadr5g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

>>70751103
>>70747507
>>70752321
good choices

>>70753859
except fuck you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqdWTeXWvOg

>>70753900
you're clearly not a motherfucking starboy

File: 148047594824.png (563KB, 790x395px) Image search: [Google]

563KB, 790x395px

>>70745588

>>70747657
it's actually aged really well, too

>>70750824
no way. Hot Dad is based