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Good modern (preferably international) pop music
Inlander:
While we're in the 80s, also check out two more terrific bands: the Housemartins, of England, and the Go-Betweens, of Australia.
The Housemartins are probably better known these days for the two acts they spawned: their singer and chief songwriter Paul Heaton went on to form the Beautiful South, while their bassist, Norman Cook, would in the 90s become much better known as Fatboy Slim. But when they were the Housemartins they wrote a bunch of terrifically catchy yet surprisingly caustic pop songs such as Happy Hour and Sheep.
The Go-Betweens were a band from Brisbaned formed by two friends, Robert Forster and (the late, lamented) Grant McLennan, who were also the group's principle songwriters. The Go-Betweens sound is split pretty evenly between songs that could tick any number of critical buzz-words ("arty", "angular", etc.) and unabashedly gorgeous guitar-pop classics. YouTube has a wealth of Go-Betweens videos; here for your listening pleasure are a few of their most loved songs:
"Bachelor Kisses".
"Bye Bye Pride".
"Cattle and Cane".
The 80s really did produce some fantastic pop in among all the dross. Later I'll see if I can dig up some videos from two more personal favourites, the Sundays and the Waterboys, for you.
JD:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 23 Oct 2009, 22:25 ---
--- Quote from: Zombiedude on 23 Oct 2009, 14:03 ---VV Brown?
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This man less so, VV Brown is just not rocking it.
Speaking of the unassailable Ms Bush, British pop has had a serious obsession with her of late. Florence And The Machine are alright in places, but this is the good shit.
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Odd video
a pack of wolves:
Yeah, she's a peculiar one. I find this one even odder.
Since I'm currently lying in her old bed I feel I should give some time to a nice song about the curative powers of movement.
JD:
Ok Bats for Lashes totally reminded me of this
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: the_pied_piper on 23 Oct 2009, 09:16 ---America has a hell of a lot of good pop music if you just brush away the charts from the top
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you people are going to drive me insane
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