Guilty Pleasures: Throwaway Pop


Time to get off our "high horses" and to admit to cheap thrills in our collections...stuff that is instantly disposable...but never sounded so good...I vote the Sweet,the Babys,the Romantics,the Knack, and the Cars...hopefully I havent tarnished my impeccable music reputation(ha!)...add Cheap Trick....
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Never feel guilty! Don't throw anything away! Great pop, although a relative rarity these days, is one of life's *genuine* pleasures! Savor it!
Just wanted to add a few artists from another genre, New Age and Electronic: Enya, Kitaro, Tangerine Dream I'm sure many of you have heard, but what about Mark Dwane, Michael Stearns, Patrick O'hearn, Constance Denby, etc.

Two things I've noticed about some of the above is excellent base and the overall sound is usually beyond reproach.

Jim
Zaikesman is spot on! The ability to write a truly great three-minute pop song is a rare and undervalued talent. Technical proficiency on a particular musical instrument is far more common. How many people do you personally know, on a first name basis, that are, to cite one example, amazingly skilled guitarists? I suspect that many of you, like myself, count several among your friends and acquaintances. I must confess though, that no one within my circle of friends has ever composed a truly memorable three-minute pop song.

Rarest of all is the group that puts out an entire album wherein every single track could/should be a great pop song. In this elite and righteous rank, I would include the Rubber Soul era Beatles, the Bee Gees, The Hollies, The Kinks (at least in the 60's and 70's), The Ramones, The Buzzcocks, The Stone Roses, The Primitives, The Jam, Simon & Garfunkel, The Everley Brothers, Toots & The Maytals, The Honey Cone, and The Chi-Lites.

I have no guilty pleasures. If the voice of intellect asks me to look askance at some bit of music that is otherwise giving me pleasure, I just tell the voice of intellect to shut up.
Hail to the Tweak..I also have friends that went to music school but couldnt write a decent pop song to save their life...there is something to be said for the "less is more vision"...I would rather hear something simple and well done....over a complex, pretentious failure...I also am a huge fan of the many bands you listed...great singles bands who made great albums...also add Dave Clark FIve(great production) and the Rascals.....