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Perfect Pop Songs

Those with the kind of music, lyrics, performance, arrangement and production that you could easily repeat all day.

How about starting with this one? Somewhat outside of her usual cannon and none the worse for it. Perhaps also a contender for the sexiest vocals ever?

Louie Louie  by Julie London
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reubent
7,076 posts
 
My today's offering:

Freedy Johnston - "Bad Reputation"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQBuFNt65U
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fuzztone
5,638 posts
 
Ooh Ooh Child
by The Popdudes  
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOJ5XMQOGSsHLdkSsX0XHnIxdvcTG6EbY

RIGHT NOW

As far as hisorical PowerPop I’m going with
I’m Alive by The Hollies
https://youtu.be/i0KykiHXhB4
dorkwad
548 posts
 
Janis Ian songs on her earlier albums are very well recorded and the music is very nice.  

Rickie Lee Jones' first album titled the same is just fantastic sounding and musically.

Bob
glupson
7,842 posts
 
"I always found it a little odd that my audiophile friends would tend to look down on pop."
I have no idea if it is pop, or not, but my system-testing track is Victims by Culture Club. Drum around 2:15 is make-it-or-break-it moment. I compare everything to the way it sounds in my 
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emrofsemanon
292 posts
 
"don't touch me there" by The Tubes, perfect mix of stereophonic sound and "wall of sound" production technique. 
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