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rashiedgarrison wrote:"Rush Hour" - Jane Wieldin

- and when those cars start hitting each other, there's 'Crash' by The Primitives.

"Try Again" by Aaliyah (except for the dude talky part)
"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak
"In Your Wildest Dreams" by the Moody Blues
any Falco song (better in German)

There are more but I have embarrassed myself enough.


Jon

Barbo wrote:any Falco song (better in German)

'Manner de Westens', complete with rap about 'Western stuff' in the middle - "you got rocket power, got Kennedy, got James Bond got Muhammed Ali". THE ROCK IS ON! ROCK ON NEO-ROCKERS, ROCK ON!

Lush - 'Single Girl'.

Cor, after seven hours in a council planning meeting this afternoon I was in a right old grump; not no more. Salut, the internet's Premier Pop Forum!

I'd like to also contribute the following:

The Flaming Lips - Satellite of You

One of the most beautiful songs ever written. You can't go wrong with x-amount of key changes to end a song.

Shellac - The Billiard Player Song

I hears 'em likes I hears 'em, and this is a damn fine pop song.

ctrl-s wrote:Dazz Band, "Let It Whip"
Neneh Cherry, "Buffalo Stance"
Rihanna, "S.O.S." and "Pon De Replay"
Amerie, "1 Thing"

OMG all of these are on constant replay in my house.

"S.O.S.", sure, it relies on that "Tainted Love" sample, but hell, I can't stop singing it.

ctrl-s wrote:Neneh Cherry, "Buffalo Stance"

Usher - Yeah
Britney Spears - Toxic
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Christina Aguilera - Dirrty
Outkast - Ms Jackson

burun wrote:"S.O.S.", sure, it relies on that "Tainted Love" sample, but hell, I can't stop singing it.

Lalala lalala lalalalala OH! So addictive! Glad to see the love for "1 Thing" too -- the drums!

John plz photoshop Adolf & Neneh together kthxbye.

ctrl-s wrote:Dazz Band, "Let It Whip"

Ooof! You nearly smuggled that one by me. I often try to convince people that it is better than 'Whip It' by Devo.

(I can be irritating).

Also - 'Whip It' by Devo.

I'd like to vote again for 'Break Out' by Swing Out Sister. Closer viewing of the video has revealed perhaps the highest concentration of fun in any pop video of the eighties. Best bit is where the one fella is in a swing drinking a mug of tea and reading a magazine, while the other two hula-hoop around him - then the girl goes and makes some strangers dance in the park. This is after they've been messing around in a carpet warehouse!

daniel robert chapman wrote:And jeezus, 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' by Kylie Minogue is amazing.

Cathy Dennis wrote this song. She also wrote 'Toxic' for Britney Spears, which even I thought was a pretty amazing song at the time. However, Spears turned down another Dennis composition called 'Sweet Dreams My LA Ex', which was instead recorded by Rachel Stevens. For some reason that song really sticks in my head. If Britney had recorded it, they would have spent a lot more money on it and it could have been a really incredible pop song.