Pop Faves III

The pop I knew as a child meant artists like Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna but now means something else, something I usually find unlistenable. The traditional pop music with which I am familiar goes down easy, cuts across generations and cultures, and often makes boat loads of money. It can be a hit from an artist known for producing hits; a crossover hit; or a one hit wonder; but what pop cannot be is ignored. Pop superstar songwriter/performers like the Bee Gees and Neil Diamond worked their tails off for each and every hit and have long, deep music catalogues in which one can find great pop songs that were not hits; and while pop doesn’t need to be a hit, a hit by definition is pop. Here are some of my favorites. Enjoy some summertime pop!

Bee Gees

01. Neil Diamond – “Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show” (1969)

02. Bee Gees – “Sun in My Morning” (1969)

03. Bee Gees – “Turn of the Century” (1967)

04. Bee Gees – “Had a Lot of Love Last Night” (1974)

05. The Peppermint Rainbow – “Pink Lemonade” (1969)

06. Elton John – “Little Jeannie” (1980)

07. Bee Gees – “Tomorrow Tomorrow” (1969)

08. Bee Gees – “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)

09. Neil Diamond – “Brooklyn Roads” (1968)

10. Jackson Browne – “Sky Blue and Black” (1993)

11. Don Henley – “The Boys of Summer” (1984)

12. Bee Gees – “Heartbreaker (Live)” (1997)

13. Billy Joel – “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (1989)

14. Costantino Carrara – “Orphans” (2019)

15. Katie Melua – “If You Were a Sailboat” (2007)

16. Katie Melua – “Nine Million Bicycles” (2005)

17. Costantino Carrara – “This Is Me” (2019)

18. The Peppermint Rainbow – “Don’t Wake Me Up in the Morning, Michael” (1969)

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