slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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It's a great song........but it isn't exactly a bundle of laughs, is it? I can't see the TOTP tribe jigging about to it.
Your best pop song ever, and why.
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It's a great song........but it isn't exactly a bundle of laughs, is it? I can't see the TOTP tribe jigging about to it.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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Drago
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My Sharona must make my top 3. I defy anyone not to not their head in time with the choon.
One recording I will never tire of is 'Feel Alright' by the Wailing Wailers. I like that tuning is a bit off, the bass is great, the performance and production is shonky and sounds great because of it (not despite it), the la-la-la-la backing vocals give me chills. Perfect.
View: https://youtu.be/J5dYvn7KBl0?si=HSzZCtqOtZK0Smil
View: https://youtu.be/J5dYvn7KBl0?si=HSzZCtqOtZK0Smil
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Profpointy
Legendary Member
Don't think I've heard this before, and I've got quite a lot of Marley records. Good one !
OP
OP
All uphill
Still rolling along
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@Drago
No! Just no. I know musical taste is a personal thing, but on this one you are objectively, factually and absolutely wrong.
Seeing as we have already had Teenage Kicks how about Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand
View: https://youtu.be/RDHjeiys3a0?si=vRhjAsVmjhtCRwVf
Or Ever Fallen in Love by the Buzzcocks
View: https://youtu.be/51OB2YoC4sg?si=sSQCtllfb6uDh9GE
View: https://youtu.be/RDHjeiys3a0?si=vRhjAsVmjhtCRwVf
Or Ever Fallen in Love by the Buzzcocks
View: https://youtu.be/51OB2YoC4sg?si=sSQCtllfb6uDh9GE
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
How about some Europop? We had Barbie Girl above but there's a rich seam of catchy pop from our little Euro chums.
Off hand...
Ace of Base - I Saw the Sign
Nena - 99 Red Balloons/99 Luftballons
Plastique Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
Edit: Blimey, @richardfm posted Plastique Bertrand while I was typing this. Synchronicity.
Off hand...
Ace of Base - I Saw the Sign
Nena - 99 Red Balloons/99 Luftballons
Plastique Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
Edit: Blimey, @richardfm posted Plastique Bertrand while I was typing this. Synchronicity.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I prefer the German version, not because I understand it (I don't) but I like the way she says "Cap'n Kirk"
AndyRM
XOXO
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If we're on a Euro trip...
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Ylvis - What Does the Fox Say
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400
I'm purposefully not linking these to preserve your sanity.
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Ylvis - What Does the Fox Say
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400
I'm purposefully not linking these to preserve your sanity.
gbb
Squire
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If you look at it in purely statistical terms, the song that had had the most success, ever, on TOTP is surely THE best pop song ever.
Trouble is, most of them were never my kind of music anyway, let alone after umpteen weeks at No1, when they became the WORST pop songs ever (IMO of course)
Trouble is, most of them were never my kind of music anyway, let alone after umpteen weeks at No1, when they became the WORST pop songs ever (IMO of course)
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Finnish group Eppu Normaali covering Wreckless Eric's Whole Wide World ("Nuori Poika" = "Young Boy")
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jITh8-Utr5g
lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
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Ylvis were certainly odd.
But weird s##t has been around for decades.
I was utterly bamboozled by Laurie Anderson's "O Superman".
matticus
Guru
two absolute crackers there, but how ON EARTH did that Ace of Base song ever sell so manys?? It's almost a dirge. Only slightly more fun than "All that She Wants"; at least that sounded like it meant to be downbeat. But I never understood its popularity ...
Sorry, that was negativity creeping into a happy thread. I should banish myself to the "Singers You Really Hate" thread ...
