Perfect Pop Songs

emrofsemanon38 posts01-12-2021 10:58pm"don't touch me there" by The Tubes, perfect mix of stereophonic sound and "wall of sound" production technique.

 
And let's not forget "I touch myself" by the Diviynls

But I would go with "Joy to the World", by 3 Dog Night, followed closely by Staying Alive which was disco .. and pop, and you know everyone likes it even if they won't admit it :-) ... and probably almost anything by Shania Twain even if labelled country.

"...Staying Alive which was disco .. and pop, and you know everyone likes it even if they won’t admit it :-)"

I admit it. Proudly.

The only strange thing, or that may be deeply premeditated, is that falsetto of "you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk". I do not know if Lee Marvin could sing it, but his voice may suit those lyrics better. (Lee Marvin I was born under a Wandering Star remastered - YouTube)

+1 on glupson’s admission and comment about the irony of the lyrics and the falsetto!  I’d love to hear Lee Marvin try it.

BTW, gluopson, I’m sure you know I was kidding about Disco Duck as the greatest pop song - but I laugh my a$@ off every time I hear that song on the 70s station on XM and can picture Rick Dees laughing his off on the way to the bank thinking about just what you can sell to people during a fad.

glupson6,836 posts01-17-2021 5:41pmPop Corn by Hot Butter! Pop it.

Hot Butter - Popcorn - YouTube

Great song. Almost a bookend set with Wipe Out .. but it has to be (for me), the Surfaris.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR5XjdLm4T4

Regarding Stayin' Alive, from the American Heart Association website...

Elowson recognized that Maimone was in cardiac arrest, pushed hard and fast on Maimone's chest, and hummed a familiar tune:

Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive.

Elowson had learned my technique from watching a demo on a morning news program. Why "Stayin' Alive"? We wanted to get the word out that pushing hard and fast on the center on the chest to the beat of the song the Bee Gees made famous in the 1970s classic movie "Saturday Night Fever" could give a victim of sudden cardiac arrest a fighting chance.

Helping people 'Stay Alive' is easy with Hands-Only™ CPR | American Heart Association