'Boys Of Summer' by Don Henley just never gets old for me. I have heard it so many times but it always sounds fresh. It is not too heavy going either so works in any location. Baker Street to me whilst OK feels like it needs to speed up a bit and the sax solo pales in comparison to the guitar solo in Goodbye To Love by the Carpenters IMO because it is all in one style.
Is Baker Street the perfect pop song?
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I'd like to nominate both Foreigner's mainstream songs- Waiting For a Girl Like You and I Wanna Know What Love Is. Both fantastically powerful songs
Originally Posted by mgvsmith:
“Funny I always thought the production on that a bit heavy handed.
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“Funny I always thought the production on that a bit heavy handed.
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how, how...HOW DARE YOU SPEAK OF SAINT PETER LIKE THAT!
It is the epitome of the over produced, but as a style its done perfectly. I agree too many copied it (badly) thus making it annoying. Like how everyone loved the guitar solo, until the 80s hair metal scene and shredders had 9 minute shred wank fests to the point we needed grunge to cleanse out pallet of the self indulgent masturbation.
Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“thank goodness im not the only one who thinks like this....
i always thought it was music for 'squares', falling in between the cool sounds of punk/new wave, of no interest to the disco dancers, too bland for the rockers, and too 'adult' for pop lovers. so who did like it?.... think it was mums n dads or christians (lol) who had little interest in what was going on in the bigger scene.”
“thank goodness im not the only one who thinks like this....
i always thought it was music for 'squares', falling in between the cool sounds of punk/new wave, of no interest to the disco dancers, too bland for the rockers, and too 'adult' for pop lovers. so who did like it?.... think it was mums n dads or christians (lol) who had little interest in what was going on in the bigger scene.”
I think that one song which fits into the category of music for "squares" is Bill Withers Lean on Me. Maybe its just because we used to sing it at my primary school which was a Christian school, but it strikes me as a very Christian song
Baker Street's a great song, but not the perfect pop song for me.
Here's my submission for that crown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ApstMKNEMI
Here's my submission for that crown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ApstMKNEMI
Sorry, but no.
The legendary Neil Sedaka's "Love Will Keep Us Together" is the most perfect pop song of all time.
The legendary Neil Sedaka's "Love Will Keep Us Together" is the most perfect pop song of all time.
Originally Posted by jake_moore08:
“It's one of my favourites, and I think the Foo Fighters version is also good.”
“It's one of my favourites, and I think the Foo Fighters version is also good.”
Oh yeah - I love the FF version too
Originally Posted by barbeler:
“Almost any single by Blondie is streets ahead of Baker Street.”
“Almost any single by Blondie is streets ahead of Baker Street.”
If you'll pardon the pun!
Another fantastic solo is the violin solo in Ultravox Vienna
Originally Posted by djfunnyman:
“If you'll pardon the pun!
Another fantastic solo is the violin solo in Ultravox Vienna”
“If you'll pardon the pun!
Another fantastic solo is the violin solo in Ultravox Vienna”
...or was it a synth?
for me probably the best violin solo in a pop song would be in slades 'cos i luv u'
id also suggest this is the perfect pop song ... following the death of dozy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsExj_0IHEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsExj_0IHEs
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