trust me- im not fooled by most of the pop rubbish-
the earliest pop music i have is from the 20s on 78's- its pretty bad- some of the melodies COULD be good (if reworked by jim hall, etc)
30s, 40s- Bad
50s- really really bad (eg. 'how much is that doggie in the window')
now between early 1962 and cutting off right at april '67, we have the greatest years of pop music, im particualy talking about the beach boys and the ronnettes but really the beauty of it all was there were dozens of lesser known groups in the same style etc which might not of been able to have more than one hit single (ie. '1 hit wonder)- but neverteless after 67 psych came in and really destroyed pop music.
im talking about gross misue of the sitar that would piss even Gabor Szabo off. (he used the sitar on his more pop oriented lps but when he did it, it was amazing)
anyways pop music was SOooooooooooo bad thru the 70s, eg: SEVENTY THREE MEN SAILD ON, ON THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY, AND HERES WHAT THEY HAD 2 SAY: RIDE CAPT'N RIDE, UPON YOUR MYSETERY SHIP, ......etc
..or even worse, theres always-- BRANDY, YOUR A FINE- YOUR A FINE GIRL- that is the worst
but pop got really good again in 1980 and stayed good till exactly the summer of 1987 when everything when downhill again where it remained last month when goldfrapp released SUPERNATURE in north america.
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THAT REMINDS ME, U KNOW WHAT A GOOD ALBUM IS THATS REALLY UNDERRATED- 'THE POWER STATION" THE DRUMMER FOR CHIC + 2 MEMBERS OF DURAN DURAN + ROBERT PALMER. IT IS REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD.