Bubblegum pop songs you're not afraid to love.

[Pale Blue Dot]

I have an XM satellite radio, and while flipping channels this week I heard Hanson's "MMMBop" twice. Each time I found myself singing along. To me, it ranks right up there with Abba's "Dancing Queen" for great pop songs that make me happy.

So come on, don't be afraid to admit it. What's you favorite? Don't worry, you're among friends, and if there's one thing the Lounge is known for, it's for tolerance to other people's musical tastes.

[lavenderdiva]

1. anything by the Partridge Family...

'I think I love you'..... for example.

[bertha katzenengel]

4. so what am i so afraid of?

;)

LOVED David Cassidy when I was a kid. But that hid my secret crush on Shirley Jones...

[TheMightyFavog]

10. From what I've heard from people in the radio biz,

David Cassidy is a 100% USDA Prime-Grade Asshole of the First Degree.

[GalleryGod]

24. My experience was 100% positive. He was having drinks at the

St. James Hotel and I went up to him,we chatted, he posed for pictures with my wife. Cool guy.:shrug:

[Droopy]

2. I like hard liquor pop songs

"Nth Degree" by Morningwood comes to mind. I love that band's name and would really dig hearing a commercial radio DJ say it.

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. I've heard a commercial DJ say it. So there!

:D

[Droopy]

5. lol!

They're too wimpy to play that song around here. I have to wait to hear it on XM. Do you know if that song charted?

[Pale Blue Dot]

6. It did. Lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100.

:thumbsup:

[hyphenate]

7. Buttercup

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
But you're late, I wait around and then (bah dah dah)
I run to the door, I can't take any more
It's not you, you let me down again

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time, and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

You were my toy but I could be the boy you adore
If you'd just let me know (bah dah dah)
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
Why do I need you so

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

I-I-I need you-oo-oo more than anyone, baby
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart
{fade}

[lavenderdiva]

9. I LOVED this song!

for many years this was my favorite bubble gum song.... its one of those songs, that once you hear it, you just replay it over and over--

[scoey1953]

20. here ya go

http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/audio/Build%252Bme%252Bup%252Bbuttercup/1/-/1/-/-/-/1/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/417/top/-/-/0
The first one works...just click it.

[lavenderdiva]

21. thank you very much!

:hi:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

18. awww you picked mine dammit and it's the only pop song I liked

[blue neen]

8. Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves.

I sing and dance around every time I hear it. :)

[WCGreen]

11. They were great un concert....A lot of power pop...

It's too bad that song overshadowed everything else they did....

[GalleryGod]

25. Tore-Up CBGB's the Summer of 1985

Brought the house down on a sweltering July night !:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[Aristus]

12. MMMBop by Hanson.

I state unashamedly that I love that song.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. Daydream Believer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jh__S9dtp4&search=daydream%20believer

[GalleryGod]

22. Neil Diamond's only #1 hit.

Good bar question. He wrote it. Brill Building Days.

[Lex]

14. "Be My Baby" by the Ronnettes.

Best one of all time (just imho).

[Pale Blue Dot]

16. Hard to argue that one. nt

[GalleryGod]

23. Pardon me for being annoyed,but, Phil Spector's cutting edge

arrangements and "wall of Sound" were anything BUT "Bubble Gum" :wtf: *








*Being loyal to the OP:evilgrin:

[Lex]

36. A little research on the topic will uncover that it is in fact

entirely acceptable to include it in the genre. I certainly am not the first to do so, and people will often debate about what bubblegum pop is precisely anyway.

[GalleryGod]

44. The Archies, Ohio Express, Andy Kim,Hansons,Cowsills...etc.

In the Summer of 1965, the Ronettes opened before a packed crowd at the Bergen Armory....in the midst of their first number, Ronnie Spector's gown split up the side causing a RIOT.

Notihng about Ronnie and her Ronettes tasted like double bubble...they were pure SEX on stage.:evilgrin: :smoke:

[Random_Australian]

15. The Hallelujah Chorus.

"For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth"
"The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord"

:thumbsup:

What is 'bubblegum pop'?

[Lex]

19. Bubblegum pop . . .

A little background:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_pop

[scoey1953]

17. Andy Kim- Baby I love you....

Song by Andy Kim called Baby I love you-

http://www.bookaband.com/mp3s/AndyKim-BabyILoveYou-9228.mp3


When I first heard that song I had a crush on this cute NYC girl who I met at a campsite in
upstate NY near Lake George. She had cute pigtails..and very dark brown hair. A bunch of kids from
the different camp grounds would get together and hang out at this place we called "The Shack"
and listen to a juke box they had there. I think that song may have been on it...I later bought
the 45 rpm. I did write to her and she wrote back to me, after we left those camp grounds but
then we stopped writing. There was no chance either of us would be spending another summer up
there. I think we spent a week there just after Memorial Day. I don't even recall her name.
I think at the time I had been in the 6th or 7th grade. She was a year younger than me, and she and her sister had come up from the Bronx to spend a week there as well. I think she knew how I felt about her, as she felt the same about me..but ya know, being kids and all. I do know that song carried
me though a few good years of memories and emotions. I suppose its occasionally played on an
"Oldies station"..but I don't listen to the radio too much these days, not with having an Ipod
and access to the internet.

[Cruzan]

26. Do The Carpenters count?

I've always liked Superstar, We've Only Just Begun, and Rainy Days And Mondays

[blondeatlast]

29. There is a smallish, but devoted Carpenters" following here in the Lounge.

The other day there was a thread about musicians who died before their time and Karen's name came up with many loving responses.

I will echo your vote for The Carpenters and simply add if she was that good with his bland choices (I give Richard credit for being a risk-taking arranger, though), imagine what she could have done with riskier material or the standards like Cole Porter...

[Deja Q]

27. This one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5254170
(the video, oh yeah!)

Now let me holla at you for a minute
‘Cuz I just got somethin’ that I need to say
You ever heard about that thing?
I mean that reeeal thing?
I mean sometimes when you just can’t even sleep, you can’t think
You just lose yoself, wrapped all up in it
Hmm, baby, you got me mesmerized
Let me sing it for you


You don’t know
What you do to me
Let me tell ya
How ya make me feel
I need yo lovin’
It’s so good to me
I can’t even sleep (Oh!)
Boy, you got me weak (Yeah!)
My heart is on fire since you put that thang on me, ooh
You put that thang on me, that thang, baby


Ooh baby, baby, baby, baby mesmerized
(I said 1…2…3…4 hit it, uh!)
Ooh baby, baby, baby, baby mesmerized


You got me mesmerized
I don’t know what to do
Baby got me hypnotized
I think I’m in love with you
You got me so caught up
Baby, I’m spellbound
I’m floatin’ on cloud nine
And I don’t think I’m comin’ down
Don’t you know
What you do to me?
Baby, baby, it’s like ecstasy
I can’t even sleep
Boy, you got me weak
My heart is on fire since you put that thang on me, ooh!


Ooh baby, baby, baby, baby mesmerized (Ooh baby)
(I said 1…2…3…4 hit it, uh!)
Ooh baby, baby, baby, baby mesmerized
(Baby, I’m hypnotized, yeah)


I just can’s understand, I can’t understand
You got me lookin’ so crazy, baby
You got me lookin’ so crazy right now
Make me wanna clap my hands (My hands)
Make me wanna stomp my feet (My feet)
Make me feel real, real good (Real good)
When you put that thang on me
Let me tell you now


I can’t even sleep
Boy you got me weak
Your love is so sweet
Said you knock me off my feet


Ooh baby, baby, baby, baby mesmerized
(I said 1…2…3…4 hit it, uh!)
Ooh baby, baby, baby, baby mesmerized

You’ve got me mesmerized
Don’t know just what to do, I’m hypnotized
Oh you got me, oh you got me, yeah, yeah, yeah
C’mon! Ain’t it funky now!


You got me mesmerized
I don’t know what to do
Baby got me hypnotized
I think I’m in love with you
You got me so caught up
Baby, I’m spellbound
I’m floatin’ on cloud nine
And I don’t think I’m comin’ down
Don’t you…

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5254170

[AccessGranted]

28. LaLa by Ashlee Simpson

I love that song and not ashamed to admit it.

[NaturalHigh]

30. Same here...

even though I'm not a big fan of Ashlee Simpson in general.

[NaturalHigh]

32. Oops...

Wrong spot. Never Mind.

[mvd]

48. Yeah, it's one of a few songs I like from..

Autobiography. Her latest CD, I Am Me, didn't even have any bubblegum pleasures.

[devilgrrl]

31. Check out my friend's blog devoted to Bubblegum Music :-)

http://www.bubblegum-music.com/categories/blogs/kim-cooper

She wrote a book too: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0922915695?v=glance

[blondeatlast]

33. Am I the ONLY DUer who has ever heard "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep?"

Nonetheless, that gets my vote.

Lyrics here if interested:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsm/middle.html

There are many others of which I can't think of right now.

[NaturalHigh]

34. When I think of "bubblegum rock"...

I think of Cheap Trick. "Woke Up With a Monster" is one of my favorites.

[mvd]

51. I LOVE Cheap Trick

I think of "Dream Police" a lot nowadays..

[Ediacara]

35. Steriogram's "Walkie-talkie Man"

Although it's more like bubblegum punk.

[Orsino]

37. ABC's "The Look of Love"...

...or just about anything on that first album.

[Mutley]

38. I'm not afraid to love any songs.

I like what I like and anyone who doesn't like it can GTH.

I like Neil Sedaka. :D

[Iniquitous Bunny]

39. Old Olivia Newton John.

Think Totally Hot and Grease.

:)

[Guava Jelly]

40. Complicated by Avril Lavigne

:)

[mvd]

49. That particular one is a bit bubblegum

Not sure Avril would be bubblegum like Christina Aguilera and Good Charlotte, but I'm a fan.

[xchrom]

41. anything by the ''archies''.

[Zhade]

42. Anything in the Karaoke Revolution games.

Man, I'm ADDICTED to singing/playing those!

[havocmom]

43. Dizzy by Tommy Roe

If you're out there, 'Shorty', big hug and kiss from 'Curly'. Those were the days, my friend...

And thanks for visiting my mom.

[mac56]

45. "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies

"1-2-3 Red Light" by the 1910 Fruitgum Company
"I Want You Back" by the Jackson Five
"Heartbeat, It's A Lovebeat" by The DiFranco Family

There's more...

[last_texas_dem]

46. Pretty much anything by Tommy James and the Shondells

(and TJ's early solo career as well...) They're the kings of the genre IMHO. Actually, I'm a big fan of most of the original era of stuff they call "bubblegum" (you know, Kasenatz-Katz/Buddah Records stuff and the like). I'm a big Monkees fan, too (a good deal of their stuff defies the label "bubblegum", though) and the musically sweet, lyrically dark Poppy Family as well.

[mvd]

47. I'm a big pop/rock fan, but..

There's a fine line between pop/rock and bubblegum pop. Certainly The Monkees, the Archies, The Click Five, and Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth fit the definition. All very enjoyable.

Some artists up for debate might be artists like Abba, The Ramones, The Veronicas and Hope 7. Hope 7 isn't very popular, and has clever lyrics - so that works against them being in the genre. These are brilliant artists regardless.

[mvd]

53. And here are a few bubblegum classic songs I like

"Yummy Yummy Yummy" - Ohio Express
"Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
"My Boyfriend's Back" - The Angels
"Hangin' Tough" - New Kids On The Block
"Straight Up" - Paula Abdul
"Do You Believe In Magic?" - Lovin' Spoonful and Aly & AJ

[RedStateShame]

50. I hate myself for this,

but I have an infection in my ears for Len's "Steal My Sunshine." I'm sure part of it has to do with the sample from "More More More," but it's a fun ass-shaker. Plus, if you ever want to annoy the person riding with you in a car, nothing tops that.

[patcox2]

52. Lightening Strikes, Ariel, Cry Like a Baby,

I love pop, is there a legitimate overlap between bubblegum and power pop? Howsabout The Raspberries? Please Baby Go All The Way?

[sarge43]

54. The Raspberries, Go All The Way

I love the energy.

[GalleryGod]

56. Fall of '72....pounding down the highway in the McGovern Campaign

Singing this tune at the Top of our lungs!

[sarge43]

57. Blasting it out a barracks window in Wiesbaden Germany n/t

[GalleryGod]

58. I am sure Eric Carmen knew he'd recorded an "Anthem"...

in a manner of speaking:evilgrin:

[Gatchaman]

55. I always thought "She Bangs" was a cool song

still do, even after that assclown parade, er, I mean, american idol, ruined it forever.