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who were the best POP bands of all time ?
By best i probably mean your favourite (s) ... for me it's got to
Duran Duran Pet Shop Boys ABBA ELO Roxy Music |
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ABBA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. everyone else
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Madness, without a shadow of a doubt. they were fun, funny, didn't/don't take themselves serioulsy, had great videos, great songs and their music is loved by people across every generation.
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By best i probably mean your favourite (s) ... for me it's got to
Duran Duran Pet Shop Boys I'd also add: Depeche Mode (although they are pop/rock) FGTH OMD Madness Soft Cell Spandau Ballet Culture Club Wham! Backstreet Boys Take That |
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The Beatles
T Rex Blondie Count me out of the Madness fan club. I really couldn't stand them. |
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Abba & Spice Girls in my opinion are the best "pop" groups that ever were
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The Beatles
T Rex Blondie Count me out of the Madness fan club. I really couldn't stand them. |
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Abba,
Boney M, ELO, Pet Shop Boys, Bee Gees. |
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By best i probably mean your favourite (s) ... for me it's got to
Duran Duran Pet Shop Boys ABBA ELO Roxy Music In their primary incarnation (albums 1-5) Roxy were an Art Rock band who help defined that genre. |
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In terms of bands in the 90s/00s (I wasn't even born in the 80s I am not familiar with many of the bands mentioned above).
I am going to put the Sugababes forward, I know a lot of their music was electro pop and dance but they still released some very good pop tunes. I am probably in the minority but Atomic Kitten too. It was pure pop thats what I loved about them. |
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I also notice that many of you don't have memories that start before the 70s.
Before ABBA there was The Beach Boys, The Monkees, The Seekers, The Hollies, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Sly and the Family Stone, The Mamas and The Papas.....amongst others. |
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I also notice that many of you don't have memories that start before the 70s.
Before ABBA there was The Beach Boys, The Monkees, The Seekers, The Hollies, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Sly and the Family Stone, The Mamas and The Papas.....amongst others.
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This won't go down very well but... Girls Aloud.
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Stricking to the genre of Pop
The Beatles Abba ELO The Bee Gees.... are all untouchable |
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Abba
Bee Gees The Carpenters |
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S Club 7
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This won't go down very well but... Girls Aloud.
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Fair enough, some good alternative choices you've made there though. What was it about Madness you didn't like?
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I suppose there were several reasons: part of it was simply the style of music and because I found their wackiness contrived, but also, I couldn't identify with their adopted personas and I didn't like Sugg's singing style. Their initial association with far-right skinheads didn't exactly help, even though I'm sure it was unjustified.
I'm not sure their wackiness was particularly contrived either. It may have been exaggerated for their vidoes, but if it was contrived, then they've done a remarkable job of keeping it up for the last 30 years. I think they'e just a genuinely funny bunch of blokes and that comes across in their music and in interviews and other appearances. Still, if you don't like ska, and you don't like Suggs' voice, nothing else is going to make you like them I guess. Thanks for explaining why you don't like them though. |
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Since the mid 90s
Take That Spice Girls Steps S Club 7 Girls Aloud Sugababes One Direction Backstreet Boys N Sync Pussycat Dolls Just thinking of pop groups with big sales, longevity, record holders etc. |
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Bananarama!
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Bananarama!
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This won't go down very well but... Girls Aloud.
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sly and the family stone 'pop'?...
![]() I was thinking about when soul music really became mainstream in the 60s, 70s with Motown in the forefront. The Supremes or The Jacksons would have been a better choice. |
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Yes, their association with the NF lot certainly wasn't something they ever wanted, they were very unhappy that the racist skinheads latched on to them. They were a ska band, they embraced Jamaican music by working in that style, and were heavily involved in the Red Wedge movement of the 80s so were the polar opposite of the far right.
I'm not sure their wackiness was particularly contrived either. It may have been exaggerated for their vidoes, but if it was contrived, then they've done a remarkable job of keeping it up for the last 30 years. I think they'e just a genuinely funny bunch of blokes and that comes across in their music and in interviews and other appearances. Still, if you don't like ska, and you don't like Suggs' voice, nothing else is going to make you like them I guess. Thanks for explaining why you don't like them though. certainly one of our best pop bands. Quote:
I would argue that what constitutes pop music as a genre is defined as what is popular music at the time, e.g. Rock n' Roll was the pop music of the 1950s.
I was thinking about when soul music really became mainstream in the 60s, 70s with Motown in the forefront. The Supremes or The Jacksons would have been a better choice. |
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