Scary, isn’t it?
Photo deleted to avoid further offending of delicate sensibilities of some on this forum.
Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles.
I actually have an a cappella version (by the Bangles) on a “modern a cappella” sampler CD. I like it better than the instrumented version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIJ7OQOrIQk
Amazing song…it always gets stuck in my head…
Justin’s got nothing on Jay Kay..that guy can move and sing.
No, it’s not just you. I don’t see it either, emm. In my (not always so humble) opinion, he’s right up there with Mr Flatley 
I do love 80’s pop.
The Outfield - Your Love
The Hooters - And We Danced
The song that made me buy a melodica.
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Mr. Mister - Kyrie
Men At Work - Down Under
Pat Benatar - We Belong
…and this song always makes me happy:
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Is this second page waaaaaaaaaaaaay too wide for others? really weird
Tyler…whaddaya do
Okay, I’m another who’s been known to enjoy Herman’s Hermits (Anyone else see Peter Noone on Idol last week?), and I believe I married into the Monkees’ greatest hits on vinyl.
I haven’t seen the Rascals mentioned:
People got to be free
Easy Rollin’
Groovin’
Good Lovin’ (They loved apostrophes)
How can I be sure
(the list goes on and on)
I identify the Rascals with summer every bit as much as I do the Beach Boys. Whom I love, too.
Hmmmm, pop songs??? These are one’s that from the first hearing, I went- Whoa! I LIKE that!
in some vague chronological order…you know this is kinda hard, when I get to thinking back, and try to get the “fluff”, or sappy stuff, that for some twisted reason appeals to me…
Shakira- Hips Don’t Lie- what a great dance tune!!!
Gwen Stefani-Hollaback Girl
Eminem- Without Me
Lifehouse- Hanging by a Moment
Lady Marmalade- all incarnations
Outkast- Hey Ya
Dave Matthews Band- Space Between
B52’s - Love Shack
REM- Shiny Happy People
Seal- Kiss From A Rose
Edwin McCain- I’ll Be
C&C Music Factory- Gonna Make You Sweat
Sinead O’Connor- Nothing Compares to You
Men At Work- Who Can It Be Now
Rick Springfield- Jesse’s Girl
Christopher Cross- Ride Like the Wind
Eddie Money- I Wanna Go Back
yeah… after editing, I can live with this list. These are all tunes that still bring a smile to my face, a bounce in my step, or sometimes I just have to DANCE! 
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Yellow Balloon-Yellow Balloon
Bus Stop- Hollies
Kind Of A Drag- Buckingham
I’m You’re Puppett- James and Bobby Purify
Oogum Boogum Song- Brenton Wood
I just realized I have a bunch of these ya’ll have listed from the 60s in my stack of 45s that are stowed away upstairs.
I’s allus partial to “Red Rubber Ball”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cxx2fvcpWE&mode=related&search=
(and I am deeply offended-creeped by the posted pictures of Justin Timberlake-eeeewwwwwww-bleeeaaahgh)
Woah, you were around in the 60s!? Oh that’s right I was too- I just don’t have any memory of it! Actually I think Red Rubber Ball (The Cyrkle, so much for my memory claim) was the first single I bought. I remember earlier than that though going across SF to the Richmond to visit our cousins and my cousin showing us the single she had just gotten ‘Devil Woman’ by Marty Robbins.
…or how about Dear Delilah by The Grapefruit which supposedly was George Harrison.
moved to it’s proper place on youtube thread
Thanks for calling my attention to my mistake. I fogot what thread I was on(thought it was the youtube one). You are quiet right, and I’d just edited out a bunch of really great stuff on my list of “pop” tunes. Gee, I guess it was a combination of too late at night, too tired, and the wine.
who in their right mind would put them in the same category as “Pop Music” ?
No right mind was involved…CSN&Y and “pop”… I am officially brain dead.
…or how about Dear Delilah by The Grapefruit which supposedly was George Harrison.
I sure don’t remember that one- or the Marty Robbins, but then I don’t do country music…
Ah yes, the wonderful 60s, was there, 50s too…
I don’t remember the first single I bought. But I do remember the first album I bought. Paid $3.50 for The Beatles (the “brown” album). I still have it. 
I tried to find a picture of the album cover but no luck…
The first songs I can remember litterally hearing on the radio were- Catch a Falling Star by Perry Como, Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, and One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater. How sad is that?
cowtime, You don’t do country music. You mean ya’ll don’t do country? ok, sorry.
…but I was just going to post:
Playing solitaire till dawn - with a deck of 51
Smokin’ cigarettes and watchin’ Captain Kangaroo
Now don’t tell me…I ain’t got nothin’ to do.
I think some people are still missing the point here. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is far, far too respectable for this thread.
Think of it as 2 definitions of pop music. There’s pop music as a whole, as in popular music. This is basically anything that charts or is a big hit, we’re not interested in that.
Then there’s pop music the genre. By using examples the US might recognise, think of Spice Girls, New Kids On The Block, Tiffany, Justin Timberlake or the seemingly countless roll call of teen actresses that double up as singers. Pop music is cheesy, bouncy and throwaway. It’s not stuff you’ll generally buy, but when you hear it you can’t help but smile and then you’ll be humming it for the rest of the day.
You’ll also never admit to your musical peers that you like it
That’s the stuff.
If anyone mentions “Billy Don’t Be a Hero” by the Heywoods - I’m gonna slap them!!!
(the Heywoods were from Cincinnati, so we were inflicted with that song a whole lot more than anywhere else was).