Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 Remember that? That transcendent moment when all was right in the world. The verse was building into the prechorus and the melody line was climbing and the drummer does a fill and.... AND THEN I SAW HER FACE!!!NOW I'M A BELIEVER or ... LIKE A BRIDGE.... OVER TROUBLED WATERI WILL LAY ME DOWN!! or ELENORE I THINK YOU'RE SWELLAND YOU'D REALLY DO ME WELLYOU'RE MY PRIDE AND JOY ETCETERA!!! The caps are the way you felt when you heard the big payoff. Pop orgasm. So where are those moments of release now? Can you name some of your favorites from the past... or present? WHY DO YOU.... BUILD ME UP, BUTTERCUP BABY JUST TO LET ME DOWN?AND MESS ME AROUND? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Author Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 I'd be safe and warmif I was in L.ACALIFORNIA DREAMIN'on such a winter's DAAAYYYYY!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Author Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 Old Neil could really do it... Hands, touchin handsReachin outTouchin meTouchin you SWEET CAROLINE!!! dant dant daaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kendrix Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 ...We are the Champions my friend....no time for losers cause we are the Champions of the world... ...here am i siting in this tin can high above the moon planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do... as for a contemporary example- Bon Jovi does killer pop choruses:...Its my life its now or never Im not gonna live foreveri just want to live while Im alive... since you had the balls to list a Monkees tune how about this:The Cowsills: ... I love the flower girl... OK my next tune is gonna focus on this payoff. This is how hits are made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Oh... you haven't been hanging out in the "RADIOHEAD IS OUT!!" thread over at Gearslutz... Puhlenty of pop euphoria over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Author Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 Bon Jovi is a perfect example! The early Beatles didn't even wait for a build. They'd just jump through the gate full speed... HELP!!! I NEED SOMEBODY or IT'S BEEN A HARD DAY'S NIGHT or SHE LOVES YOU YEAH YEAH YEAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Author Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 Oh... you haven't been hanging out in the " RADIOHEAD IS OUT!!" thread over at Gearslutz... Puhlenty of pop euphoria over there. I haven't. I'll go check it out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Author Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 ...one is the loneliest number, divided by two... NUMBER!!!!... ONE is the loneliest NUMBER ONE is the loneliest NUMBER ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER THAT YOU'LL EVER DO-oo-OO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkZ Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Get yourself to the nearest Fountains of Wayne album, STAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Author Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 I'm a huge fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 I thought that "She's So High" by Tal Bachman got close to this, as well as "Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ara Ajizian Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Incubus' "Dig" stands out as one of the better pop songs in recent memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spikemullings Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 ch . . ch . . ch . . ch . . chan - ges/turn and face the strain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Get yourself to the nearest Fountains of Wayne album, STAT. :phil: "They sell posters of girls washing carsunicorns and stars, Guns n Roses album coversThey've got most of the Barney DVD'sCoffee mugs and T's that say 'Virginia is for lovers' - but it's not'round here it's just for truckers who forgotto fill up on gasoline back up near Aberdeen It's a nine hour drive from me to you south on I-95..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Bon Jovi is a perfect example! The early Beatles didn't even wait for a build. They'd just jump through the gate full speed... HELP!!! I NEED SOMEBODY or IT'S BEEN A HARD DAY'S NIGHT or SHE LOVES YOU YEAH YEAH YEAH! CAN'T BUY ME LOOOOOVE.... One two three FOUR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 That euphoric feeling of hearing the start of a new song and thinking "this is pretty good", and then as the intro and verse progress having that become "hey, this is really pretty good" and then getting hit with the payoff at the chorus and thinking "OMG, this is GREAT!" is one of the coolest things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lsits Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Don't it seem likeKicks just keep gettin' harder to findAnd all your kicks ain't bringin' you peace of mindBefore you find out it's too lateGirl you better get straight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Paul Revere & The Raiders - nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 I still like to write like that when i'm in Pop mode. It's essential if you want to grab the listening quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 "Give me a ticket for an airplaneain't got time to take a fast trainLonely days are gone,I'm a goin' home,My Baby she wrote me a letter" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 Guess I got what I deservedKept you waiting there too long my love.All that time without a wordDidn't know you'd think that I'd forgetOr I'd regret the special love I have for youMy Baby Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 Im a huge Badfinger fan :thu: Knock down the old brick wall, and be a part of it all Nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do If you would give me all, as I would give it to you Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be No matter what you are I will always be with you or I remember finding out about you Every day my mind is all around you Looking out from my lonely room, day after day Bring it home, maybe someday soon I give my love to you RIP Pete Hamm and Tom Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 Regarding V/C structured hits: Another pure, perfect pop song of recent memory is "Somebody's Crying" by Chris Isaak.... it's also a great homage to the old garde of pop record making, like Roy Orbison and The Four Seasons. It also has a "cold" ending, which ya don't hear much anymore. Billy Joel once opined (debatable, you'll agree) that your greatest pop songs have cold endings, not fadeouts. A little cheezy and overplayed, perhaps, but what about . I am personally waiting until the new comes out.... You've probably heard a brief snippet of it on those recent VISA TV commercials.... I like it 'cause it's entirely faithful to the 1964 version-- they play all the chords right, no hip-hop meshugass--- only with a soulful R&B vocalist doing the vocals.... A brilliant recent dance record from this year is And then, of course, my vote for the best pop song of the last ten years--- not strictly a V/C structure, though--- easily goes to Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello doing "God Give Me Strength" (Play along with it on your axe if you doubt me...). YouTube features by Swede, Daniel Lindstrom. I think what we're lamenting here is the demise of "song-songs", ie., songs with a beginning, middle and end and a climactic contour.... not just "musical wallpaper", as Frank Zappa called it shortly before his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dean Roddey Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 One of semi-recent vintage that gets me tingly is Sia's "Breathe Me". Or the accoustic version of "Such Great Heights" from the Garden State soundtrack is another one that comes to mind. For that matter Sia with Zero7 on that same soundtrack doing "In the Waiting Line". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scud133 Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 TV commercials.... I like it 'cause it's entirely faithful to the 1964 version-- they play all the chords right, no hip-hop meshugass--- only with a soulful R&B vocalist doing the vocals....A brilliant recent dance record from this year is "Dalila" by Martin Solveig and BumcelloAnd then, of course, my vote for the best pop song of the last ten years--- not strictly a V/C structure, though--- easily goes to Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello doing "God Give Me Strength" (Play along with it on your axe if you doubt me...). YouTube features this excellent version by Swede, Daniel Lindstrom.I think what we're lamenting here is the demise of "song-songs", ie., songs with a beginning, middle and end and a climactic contour.... not just "musical wallpaper", as Frank Zappa called it shortly before his death. Man is there ever a lot of musical wallpaper these days... i rarely hear anything on the radio that I think I will enjoy 10 yrs from now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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