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"I'll Stop World Melt w/ You" - Greatest Pop Song Ever?

  • Guys don't stop the world to melt with chicks. The most we'll do is pause the DVR for a fuck - and only if she can see the TV from her vantage point.

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  • Servo said...

    Two way tie between the Cure and the Cure for me, Friday, I'm in Love or Just Like Heaven

    +1

    Friday I'm In Love is amazing, probably my favorite song by the Cure.

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  • It's a great song, and it's definitely one of those songs that can just hit you.

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  • I am disappoint. Good discussion so far of 80s pop songs, but not one mention of Depeche Mode. So many good choices there - Blasphemous Rumors, Personal Jesus, People are People, Just Can't Get Enough, Enjoy the Silence, etc. Those guys are the fucking kings of pop, with The Cure in a solid 2nd place.

    A few others:

    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
    Duran Duran - Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf
    Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Head Over Heels
    Outfield - Your Love
    a-Ha - Take On Me

    80s > any other decade

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by Ted Brogan on 6/25/2012 at 2:50 AM

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    Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Remaster...

    © 2006 WMG Enjoy The Silence (Remastered Video)

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  • Ted Brogan said...

    I am disappoint. Good discussion so far of 80s pop songs, but not one mention of Depeche Mode. So many good choices there - Blasphemous Rumors, Personal Jesus, People are People, Just Can't Get Enough, Enjoy the Silence, etc. Those guys are the fucking kings of pop, with The Cure in a solid 2nd place.

    A few others:

    Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Duran Duran - Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Head Over Heels Outfield - Your Love a-Ha - Take On Me

    80s > any other decade

    Solid post, but, in my opinion, The Cure >>> Depeche Mode.

    http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/essay.htm

    iCameron

  • iCameron said...

    Solid post, but, in my opinion, The Cure >>> Depeche Mode.

    Haha thanks. I wouldn't disagree with putting The Cure on top. They and Depeche Mode are top 2 easily. I tend to prefer Depeche Mode's brooding melancholy to the generally more upbeat tunes of The Cure, but I love them both.

    Some may disagree but I love these kinds of threads. Not sure why sometimes tHaters crap on gHost for creating these discussions. It makes the board more entertaining, and I'm a sucker for nostalgia.

    Also, how did I forget Situation by Yaz? Pure 80s.

    Ted Brogan ●

  • iCameron said...

    Solid post, but, in my opinion, The Cure >>> Depeche Mode.

    Haha thanks. I wouldn't disagree with putting The Cure on top. They and Depeche Mode are top 2 easily. I tend to prefer Depeche Mode's brooding melancholy to the generally more upbeat tunes of The Cure, but I love them both.

    Some may disagree but I love these kinds of threads. Not sure why sometimes tHaters crap on gHost for creating these discussions. It makes the board more entertaining, and I'm a sucker for nostalgia.

    Also, how did I forget Situation by Yaz? Pure 80s.

    This post was edited by Ted Brogan on 6/25/2012 at 4:17 AM

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    Yaz - Situation [AUDIO ONLY]

    Yaz - Situation. From the album "Upstairs at Eric's" (1982). (C)Copyright 1982 Sire Records Company. All rights reserved.

    http://www.youtube.com/v/LVQnFzZUITM

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  • "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson is the greatest pure pop song ever in my opinion.

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  • Billie Jean and Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson are better.

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  • Maybe if we agree with gHost he'll stop posting?

    Just a thought. I mean we've tried EVERYTHING else haven't we?

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  • I considered that this might be fishing, but decided to downvote the OP just to be safe.

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  • I enjoy a good fart. The ones that sort of express how you are feeling about certain subject matter. For example, if your are in an elevator and the two people next to you carry on a conversation with one guy name dropping who he had lunch with for the envy me effect, I let out a slow sbd, wait until I'm positive it won't follow me out and then remove myself from the elevator.

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  • Ted Brogan said...

    Haha thanks. I wouldn't disagree with putting The Cure on top. They and Depeche Mode are top 2 easily. I tend to prefer Depeche Mode's brooding melancholy to the generally more upbeat tunes of The Cure, but I love them both.

    Some may disagree but I love these kinds of threads. Not sure why sometimes tHaters crap on gHost for creating these discussions. It makes the board more entertaining, and I'm a sucker for nostalgia.

    Also, how did I forget Situation by Yaz? Pure 80s.

    No offense, but I've got a few issues with this post:

    1) The discussion wasn't supposed to be about 80s pop, the thread was supposed to only be about one song, "I'll Stop The World and Melt With You" which I think is the greatest pop song ever recorded.

    2) There is no question in my mind that The Cure was and is a better band that DM. Sure, DM is up there, but The Cure was just way more dynamic and Robert Smith was IMO way more creative. The Cure also released a lot more material.

    3) DM isn't necessarily "more upbeat" than The Cure. It's a completely different style of music. "17 Seconds" "Faith" "Pornography" and "The Top" are for the most part downers, but The Cure's bread and butter is extremely upbeat, "Head On The Door", "Kiss Me", etc...

    BACK to the original post: I still think you'll struggle to find a song so well known and so absolutely perfect than "I'll Stop The World and Melt w/ You" - it really is quite a remark able song and unlike other one hit wonders it still sounds great today.

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  • Pylon St8ofmind said...

    Maybe if we agree with gHost he'll stop posting?

    Just a thought. I mean we've tried EVERYTHING else haven't we?

    Who are you?

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  • Count gHostula said...

    Who are you?

    So are you voting for the Who, Spandau Ballet, or 'melt with you' ?

    I'm St8ofmind, just like I have been since 2002. How's the whiffle ball going?

    This post was edited by Pylon St8ofmind on 6/25/2012 at 8:40 AM

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  • No - Good Loving by the Young Rascals is the best pop song ever.

    I don't really have a problem with the original premise - IE - melt - but its just not uptempo enough - its got that dark 80's English vibe that made growing up in the 80's so lame.

    This post was edited by Spartytruth on 6/25/2012 at 8:43 AM

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  • Has anyone seen the movie 'I Melt With You'?

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  • Spartytruth said...

    No - Good Loving by the Young Rascals is the best pop song ever.

    I would be even more old school and say some of those 1968ish pop songs like Time of the season or Live for Today or Bus Stop. Those are all painfully catchy.

    Marriage is like flying with kids, if the flight had 500 connections, never ended, Ted Striker were your pilot and you ate the fish.

    Pylon St8ofmind

  • Pylon St8ofmind said...

    Maybe if we agree with gHost he'll stop posting?

    Just a thought. I mean we've tried EVERYTHING else haven't we?

    He's also viggio. Fwiw.

    Keeping the sunshiners in check since 2000.

    Tanfan

  • Tanfan said...

    He's also viggio. Fwiw.

    Interesting disclosure....do you keep a line-up card with a list of the names/schticks grouped together?

    "Leave the gun.....take the cannoli" "It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel."

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  • Tanfan said...

    He's also viggio. Fwiw.

    Hi Nucky

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  • The "best pop songs ever" discussion begins and ends with the Beatles. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, All My Loving, Eight Days A Week, I Will, Yesterday... Those and many more are head and shoulders above the rest.

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  • Tanfan said...

    He's also viggio. Fwiw.

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  • Count gHostula said...

    I was floating around in the pool earlier today reading my book with the radio on and that song came on the radio. I paused, placed my book on my dry chest, and enjoyed the song, which I hadn't heard in a while. I gotta say, I've heard a lot of music over the years and I honestly can't think of a better pure pop song. It's sincere, fun, a little dark, fast, and lyrics and music are perfect compliments to one another. I think it's the greatest pop song ever recorded and still sounds fresh and great 20+ years later.

    I am assuming you are talking about the version recorded by "Bowling for Soup." whistling

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