Name a perfect pop/rock song

Pop? Just one: Daydream Believer. Rock? Too many to name.

 

Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations

 

Comedy is so important on a forum.

 

Perfect Pop/Rock song and hit:

 

I love the Grass Roots' version on their "Lovin' Things" album.

 

This one is pretty perfect:

 

Dance the night away- Van Halen ... it’s perfect

 

Joe Jackson- It's Different For Girls

 

Pop perfection (in no particular order):
Take a Chance on Me - ABBA
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Take on Me - A-ha
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
California Dreaming - Mamas & Papas
You Make Lovin' Fun - Fleetwood Mac
Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth - Sparks
Makes No Sense at All - Hüsker Dü
1999 - Prince
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff
Dream Land - Bunny Wailer
While You See a Chance - Steve Winwood
Rio - Duran Duran
20th Century Boy - T. Rex
Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground

 

The Kinks - Strangers
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
The Beach Boys - Heroes And Villains
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
The Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion


Really I could have stopped after Strangers, as that's THE SONG I think about when I imagine a great pop song.

 

Tonio K. - H-A-T-R-E-D

 

Two:

"If I Had You" by the Korgis


and "It's Cold Outside" by the Choir
The Choir - It's Cold Outside.wmv

 

"Matilda Mother"~~Pink Floyd

 

And another from my long list of offerings...a song that gives me chills every time I hear it, and a snapshot of everything that makes not only music what it is, but the wonder of everything in life that is both good and unknown...

“Make a promise, take a vow,
and trust your feelings, it’s easy now...”

 

And one of my all-time favorite love songs...a beautiful song in every way...pop perfection..

Not to overuse an already overused cliche, but the bottom line holds...they don’t make them like this anymore...

 

And not to be outdone by the one above, this beautiful fellow #1 hit from the very same year...



I think I already posted the two above on here before, but shame on me if I didn’t!

I was too lazy at the moment to check...

 

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We talk endlessly, don't get anywhere
Born in reality, cradled in care
If you needed me or mistreated me
Won't you still be there ?

And those lonely nights, when you find it hard
Losing your appetite, breaking apart
If you needed me or mistreated me
Don't break my heart

 

Otis Redding's "Dock Of The Bay" IMHO is just about perfect. Percy Sledge singing "When A Man Loves A Women" is my close second!

 

Boston- More Than A Feeling. How could anyone not like that song?? It has everything, great guitar, great vocals, hooks. I was hooked from the first time I heard this song in 1976.

 

Born To Run by The Boss. Always invigorates me whenever I hear it!!