# Absolutely perfect Pop Muzik Masterpieces **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097 "2018-05-29T23:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/1 "2018-05-29T23:07:23Z")
Yeah, there’s always a song. It’s what I do. My nominee is Tracey Ulmann’s [They Don’t Know.](https://youtu.be/f9un119lq4c) A classic doo-wop girl tune + a real-life doo-wop girl’s baby daddy + you don’t have to ask which Paul to know? Classic! ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/2 "2018-05-29T23:33:46Z")
Pretty catchy. That guy in the video looks like a less cool Gunther. I’m not sure if this is pop enough - George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day” [George Michael " The Video Mix Waiting For That Day " By SANDRO LAMPIS.MP4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/TH_mhWVadEA). ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/3 "2018-05-30T00:55:47Z")
Brian Wilson didn’t know everything, but he knew a good thing when he heard it, and apparently thought [The Ronettes’ _Be My Baby_](http://youtu.be/ZV5tgZlTEkQ) was pretty much the perfect pop song. I won’t say it’s not… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/4 "2018-05-30T01:37:11Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Brian Wilson didn’t know everything, but he knew a good thing when he heard it, and apparently thought [The Ronettes’ _Be My Baby_](http://youtu.be/ZV5tgZlTEkQ) was pretty much the perfect pop song. I won’t say it’s not… And Brian created a stereo masterpiece with one good ear! [https://youtu.be/Eab\_beh07HU](https://youtu.be/Eab_beh07HU) ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/5 "2018-05-30T01:46:52Z")
I nominate You Get What You Give by the New Radicals. I love this song. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DL7-CKirWZE/maxresdefault.jpg "New Radicals - You Get What You Give (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7-CKirWZE) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/6 "2018-05-30T01:49:40Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Brian Wilson didn’t know everything, but he knew a good thing when he heard it, and apparently thought [The Ronettes’ _Be My Baby_](http://youtu.be/ZV5tgZlTEkQ) was pretty much the perfect pop song. I won’t say it’s not… And if eyeliner could kill it would be even more perfect. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/7 "2018-05-30T01:49:42Z")
Most perfect pop song ever: [The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MqfF0WBsU) Strong contenders: The Beatles - I Feel Fine Big Star - [September Gurls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA) Teenage Fanclub - [Ain’t That Enough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHFHrICFGP4) Sugar - [If I Can’t Change Your Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8rmOX0H44M) There’s more, much more, but I’m off to bed. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/8 "2018-05-30T01:54:22Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Pretty catchy. That guy in the video looks like a less cool Gunther. > > I’m not sure if this is pop enough - George Michael’s “Waiting for that Day” [https://youtu.be/TH\_mhWVadEA](https://youtu.be/TH_mhWVadEA). Gunther? Never mind. George Michael and “pop song” were created by God to be together. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/9 "2018-05-30T02:26:30Z")
Go ahead, dear., but save the last dance for me… …slut. 😉 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-GrNdDGj9M) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/10 "2018-05-30T04:19:29Z")
[“Hello, It’s Me”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeCB7Kn-VE) by Todd Rundgren is pop perfection. So is [“Vehicle”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJFjO4Skgo) by Ides of March. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/11 "2018-05-30T04:39:44Z")
Pretty much anything off of _Look Sharp_ by Joe Jackson, but I’ll offer [Sunday Papers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7n_dto4kws). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/12 "2018-05-30T04:52:04Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Go ahead, dear., but save the last dance for me… > > …slut. 😉 > > [https://youtu.be/g-GrNdDGj9M](https://youtu.be/g-GrNdDGj9M) Huh? Was that in the right thread? Right forum? Right plane of existence? Or did you mean to post this in your world, where Nelson Mandela died while watching the ending of “Big” (where Sinbad played the giant floor piano with the Monocled Monopoly Man). ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/13 "2018-05-30T05:45:41Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Huh? Was that in the right thread? Right forum? Right plane of existence? Or did you mean to post this in your world, where Nelson Mandela died while watching the ending of “Big” (where Sinbad played the giant floor piano with the Monocled Monopoly Man). I dunno but i dig me some Lindsay Ellis. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/14 "2018-05-30T06:22:57Z")
David Bowie and Paul McCartney in the same thread. Where’s my fainting couch, I may swoon. But, if you’re talking about pop songs you must include the King of Pop. The Jackson 5 when Wacko was a boy were very pop-ish. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/15 "2018-05-30T12:45:45Z")
I’ll go with Emitt Rhodes’s “[With My Face on the Floor.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADK3RAtveY8)” or “[Fresh as a Daisy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFOA4URZFVQ)” or, really, anything else on the album. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/16 "2018-05-30T13:42:38Z")
I’d like to submit for your consideration Godley and Creme’s “Wedding Bells” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j63pgYe6K7M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j63pgYe6K7M) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/17 "2018-05-30T14:40:16Z")
A few that I keep coming back to: The 77s - [Film at 11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YFUvqwuLk) Something Fierce (the 1980s-90s Minnesota band) - quite a few, but one of the only ones I could find online: [My Hands Are Tied](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9g7evsimAw) Trip Shakespeare - again, quite a few; e.g. [Bachelorette](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PvyrRupOf0) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/18 "2018-05-30T14:46:00Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Most perfect pop song ever: > > [The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MqfF0WBsU) > > Strong contenders: > > The Beatles - I Feel Fine > > Big Star - [September Gurls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA) > > Teenage Fanclub - [Ain’t That Enough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHFHrICFGP4) > > Sugar - [If I Can’t Change Your Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8rmOX0H44M) > > There’s more, much more, but I’m off to bed. Ooh, I agree with all of those. I’ve long said “September Gurls” is my typical “perfect pop song” example, but all those work for me, especially “Waterloo Sunset.” How about [“There She Goes” by The La’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX9TDQcCyVE)? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/19 "2018-05-30T15:19:54Z")
[ABBA - SOS](https://youtu.be/cvChjHcABPA) Pete Townshend claimed S.O.S. was maybe the best pop song ever written. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097/20 "2018-05-30T16:22:54Z")
> [@blob](#): > > I’d like to submit for your consideration Godley and Creme’s “Wedding Bells” > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j63pgYe6K7M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j63pgYe6K7M) Wow. A little Smokey Robinson influence, you think? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolutely-perfect-pop-muzik-masterpieces/815097.md?page=2)