the greatest pop song ever?


apropos of absolutely nothing, i just listened to the song "five o clock world" by the vogues for the first time in perhaps 20 years. i heard it on a really good lexus (levinson) sound system and have concluded that it's arguably the greatest pop production ever--the damn thing's incredible. in the space of a quick two minutes you get 12 string guitar, marimba, horns, incredible drumming and a really wild honky-tonk piano, all on top of those weird doowop harmonies. add to the mix a really tight melody and sorta meaningful lyrics and you have something that makes phil spector look unambitious and timid.

also from left field, i've been touting a song called "i can see you" by someone or something called june and the exit wounds as the single most beautiful tune ever written. as far as i know, it's only been released on a sampler by parasol records (an indy label out of urban il). this song sounds like some lost brian wilson masterpiece and is well worth finding for those in search of audio nirvana.
loomisjohnson

Showing 5 responses by czarivey

Mapman, Thanks for bringing Metallica onto the pop song list! +1Like! GOOD ONE!
"Thriller" is still largest sold album. After Mike's death the sales of this album increased to the size of volcano.
Every song from this album was literally "Thriller" to the huge public.
Schubert, I happen to possess the 1st press vinyl of "At Last". It's definitely a great song, but I don't think it's a popular song. The number of releases of that particular album and that particular song were very limited and finite.
it's today Schubert and her reissues came in fairly recently I believe just a year or couple ago.