Righteous Bubba: The Greatest Pop Song Ever

Thursday, June 25, 2009

The Greatest Pop Song Ever

44 comments:

mikey said...: No. ABC?

Greatest pop song?

When Cher did "Jesse James"?

You sir, are badly in need of some kind of pop song re-education camp with barbed wire and the Go-Gos...

mikey

Who is most certainly not biplurs, and even if he was, is not self-medicating; 6/25/2009 06:52:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Oh dream on. You're gonna suggest that Meatloaf song with the girl singing about getting hosed by holy water next.; 6/25/2009 08:20:00 p.m.
mikey said...: No, but "I'm gonna love her for both of us", a Meatloaf song about a pathological sociopath who wants to fuck his best friend's wife is way better than some Jackson Five crap-aroobob-shabingbang...

Capcha would like us to form a more perfect unnion; 6/25/2009 08:40:00 p.m.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...: You meant "Stairway to Heaven", didn't you, RB?
~; 6/26/2009 11:40:00 a.m.
Rusty Shackleford said...: Pfah. MY favorite pop song was the greatest pop song of all time.; 6/26/2009 12:06:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Well if your song was incredibly catchy to kids and grown ups, was all a double-entendre about fucking, had a good fuzz guitar, an awesome drummer and a real belter of a singer I might give it a listen.; 6/26/2009 04:57:00 p.m.
M. Bouffant said...: Initialism:

Pop Song.

Phil Spector.; 6/26/2009 05:14:00 p.m.
mikey said...: Well if your song was incredibly catchy to kids and grown ups, was all a double-entendre about fucking, had a good fuzz guitar, an awesome drummer and a real belter of a singer I might give it a listen.

"Black and Blue"

Van Halen

OU812

By coincidence, Capcha is trying to sell me an amper; 6/26/2009 05:24:00 p.m.
mikey said...: I don't know very much about pop music, but the best rock n roll song ever recorded was "Hooligan's Holiday" by Motley Crue.

Oddly, from the only album they ever recorded without Vince Neil...; 6/26/2009 05:25:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: David Lee Roth was never a good singer, he just had funny mannerisms.

Kind of a William Shatner thing.

I'm on board for Hooligan's Holiday as listenable, but it's no best rock song ever.; 6/26/2009 05:47:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Also Phil Spector did way more good songs than any conglomeration of Jacksons could ever hope to have done, but he didn't record ABC.; 6/26/2009 06:03:00 p.m.
mikey said...: If it's not Hooligans Holiday, it's pretty much GOTTA be "L'il Suzie" by Tesla...; 6/26/2009 06:28:00 p.m.
Another Kiwi said...: Be my baby-The Ronettes
That is stone cold pop classic with Mad Ole Phil twiddling everyone's dials.; 6/26/2009 07:05:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: I like "All Grown Up" by The Crystals.; 6/26/2009 07:45:00 p.m.
Another Kiwi said...: Don't know anything about The Crystals.
Philosophy Question of the Day: Why is today's overproduced, marketing lead pop music so completely fucking forgettable while the overproduced, marketing lead pop music of the '60's is timeless.

Capcha says "prose" which is as good an answer as any.; 6/26/2009 08:29:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Don't know anything about The Crystals.

The CD version has a horn break that's suspiciously two-toney. But again, ecstatically joyful song.; 6/26/2009 09:12:00 p.m.
Another Kiwi said...: Has anyone seen the pin up art that Chris Muir has done for the Troopathon? It is at Bug Hollywood and appears to be a worthy event.
Why can't he draw anatomically and gravitationally possible women???; 6/26/2009 09:32:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Ewwwwwww!; 6/26/2009 09:57:00 p.m.
Another Kiwi said...: Sorry about your eyes there RB. But these are not easy times for us all.
That phrase "ecstatically joyful" is the answer, I think.; 6/26/2009 11:35:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: To get to the philosophical question...reasons things suck might be...

1. Decent sound reproduction
2. Singing as athletics
3. No more Top 40 radio
4. Stupid lyrics
5. People needing to know music to make music
6. Tape recording as opposed to cut and paste
7. Video
8. Porn; 6/27/2009 08:45:00 a.m.
Rusty Shackleford said...: "99 Luftballoons" by Nena, bitchez; 6/27/2009 10:53:00 a.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Too serious. Faux funkiness. No time signature changes allowed either.; 6/27/2009 10:58:00 a.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Oh and she's not a good singer.; 6/27/2009 10:59:00 a.m.
Rusty Shackleford said...: !!!; 6/27/2009 11:37:00 a.m.
M. Bouffant said...: OK, "Walking on Sunshine," Katrina & the Waves. (Extra points for prescient band name.) If you're going to bring Nena into it.

Also: "Tears Began to Fall," The Junior Mintz, & /or "Tell Me You Love Me," the Mothers.; 6/27/2009 01:15:00 p.m.
mikey said...: 99 Red Balloons is a great call, but I'd be talking about the Goldfinger version, not Nena's original.

It's one of those rare, deeply interesting examples of a cover being significantly better than the original...; 6/27/2009 02:17:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Some friends of mine would nominate this. Get well Chris.; 6/27/2009 03:06:00 p.m.
Rusty Shackleford said...: !!! is the expression on my face, expressed in punctuation marks, when I read that Nena can't sing. Might also be spelled as "whaaa?"

"Walking on Sunshine" is another excellent call. Featuring Kimberely Rew, ex-Soft Boys, on guitar.

I will also consider "Kiss" by Prince.; 6/27/2009 03:07:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: !!! is the expression on my face, expressed in punctuation marks, when I read that Nena can't sing.

Come on. She and my kid would do about as well if each tried "London Bridge".

"Walking on Sunshine" is a decent call, and "Kiss" is terrific.

People care for nothing! No respect for human rights!; 6/27/2009 03:25:00 p.m.
Another Kiwi said...: 'Not Given Lightly' is it alright. The always astounding RB.
You probably know about the blog but just in case; 6/27/2009 04:34:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Young People.; 6/27/2009 05:04:00 p.m.
mikey said...: Young Boys. Young Girls.

They ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night.

"I'm sorry I couldn't go,
But I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons."; 6/27/2009 05:44:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Young Fresh Fellows sing The Kinks. Louder than the original, which sounds kinda dead in comparison.; 6/27/2009 05:59:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: You know, along the Seattle line, this seems like an ideal mikey song. Good words.; 6/27/2009 06:02:00 p.m.
mikey said...: Hey that reminds me!

Go look at this. I promise you won't mind the experience.

But here's my question to those better versed in performing music than I.

Is the drummer totally showing off on this track or is all of that appropriate?

I love it, but then I like LSD and pipe bombs....; 6/27/2009 06:11:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Is the drummer totally showing off on this track or is all of that appropriate?

Totally showing off. Good drummer though.

See also Jody Stephens in Big Star.; 6/27/2009 06:37:00 p.m.
herr doktor bimler said...: I get the feeling that "Eat the Rich" doesn't count.
I would nominate "Do the Alligator" by Bill Direen & The Builders, since I'm in the video, but it's not on YouTube.

Updates to the Knoxie Recovery blog here.; 6/27/2009 06:51:00 p.m.
Another Kiwi said...: First Chris Knox and now Bill Direen. Any video with the Good Herr Doktor in it has got my vote.

Who is this wheacker that capcha tells me off??; 6/27/2009 08:54:00 p.m.
herr doktor bimler said...: I am relying on Knoxie to make a full recovery.
He owes me a drink.; 6/27/2009 08:57:00 p.m.
mikey said...: Hell, Dok, I owe you a drink.

Does that mean this rash is more likely to clear up soon?; 6/27/2009 10:21:00 p.m.
Lawnguylander said...: ABC is a perfect pop song so none can be better but here are 5 that are as good.; 6/28/2009 12:11:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: The original of Eye Know can make me weepy under the right circumstances.; 6/28/2009 12:34:00 p.m.
Rusty Shackleford said...: Clem Burke can show off whenever the fuck he feels like it. He's just that badass.

Jody Stephens gets props for not writing "The India Song."; 6/29/2009 12:45:00 p.m.
Righteous Bubba said...: Y'know, Clem Burke had one of the hottest women on the planet fronting his band and he complained about not getting enough screen time.; 7/01/2009 10:18:00 p.m.

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