Name a perfect pop/rock song

Fischer Z- So Long

 

Roxy Music-Over You
Buddy Holly- Look At Me pop/rock 50s style
Everly Brothers-Love Is Strange

 

upbeat melody
impossible high notes
hopeful lyrics about love
guitar riffs that serve the song

plus a lame pun on your original question?

... It's Got To Be Perfect by Fairground Attraction

 

My list

The Beatles - In My Life
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Carole King - It’s Too Late
Elton John - Daniel
ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You
Billy Joel - Movin’ Out (Anthony‘s Song)
Christopher Cross - Sailing
Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Everyday I Write The Book
The Style Council - Shout To The Top
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

 

What a great song that Carole King one is !

 

One that always puts a big grin on my face and makes me want to run around in public naked ...

Mr Blue Sky - ELO

 

Cheap Trick - Southern Girls

 

In My Mind I am Going to Carolina

 

"Guess You Had To Be There", Kacey Musgraves, on Brian Wilson's 2015 album No Pier Pressure


< C-G-F, still getting it done

 

For straight Pop, any of the hit singles from about the mid to late 60's written by Bacharach-David. Besides just being incredibly melodic with lyrics which, phonetically, fit the songs perfectly (and MAKE SENSE)they all have the most natural sounding bridges you could hope for in a Pop song.

 

Robyn Hitchcock agrees about “Over You” as he recorded a versi0n

 

Rooney - "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?"
The Knack - "My Sharona"
Raspberries - "I Wanna Be With You"
Cheap Trick - "Surrender"

 

Wichita Line Man

 

Great call on I Wanna be With You!!

 

Here’s something a little different: “Come On and Kiss Me” by Sun 60.


Besides Joan Jones’ delicious voice, check that arpeggio break where time...slows....down..... like you’re actually leaning in to that perfect kiss. Then, back to real time like a breaker hitting the shore! Ahhh.

 

First to come to mind...

Something to Fall Back On - Todd Rundgren
Broken Flowers - Danny Harle
The Sound of Crying - Prefab Sprout
Spacer - Sheila and B Devotion

Crocodile Tears - Grades

 

"The Promise" by When In Rome.

 

Well sheesh, might as well cut and paste from the other defunct thread:

All I Have to do is Dream - The Everly Brothers
Runaway - Del Shannon
My Girl - The Temptations
Laugh Laugh - The Beau Brummels
Wouldn't it Be Nice - The Beach Boys
Can't Take My Eyes off of You - Franki Valli
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
No Matter What - Badfinger
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
You're so Vain - Carly Simon
Sweet Talkin' Woman - ELO
Heart of Glass - Blondie
That's All - Genesis
Rosanna - Toto
Take on Me - Aha
Fu%$ and Run - Liz Phair
Least Complicated - Indigo Girls
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
Time to Pretend - MGMT

 

There's tons....

Off the top of my head....

Hall and Oates - Say It Isn't So
STP - Interstate Love Song
The Bangles - In Your Room
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
New Young Pony Club - Get Lucky
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
MGMT - Kids

This song always takes me back to being 3-4 years old riding around in the foothills with my dad and grandpa in my grandpa's Datsun pickup.

 

Sam Phillips "I Need Love'

Sam Phillips - I Need Love - Bing video

 

Climax. Precious and Few
Sweet. Fix on the Run

 

The Stones - Gimme Shelter
Tears For Fears - Swords & Knives
ABBA - Waterloo

 

Abba. Waterloo. Knowing Me Knowing You

 

Chuck Berry. Johnny be Good and so many more

Little Richard. Ready Teddy. Tutu Fruti and more

Sam Cook. Cupid. She was only sixteen. And more

the 4 Tops. Reach out I’ll be there