Pure Pop Bands

I realise that I'll probably be laughed at but I don't hear any pure pop groups . I loved the sound of groups like the Nolans, Brotherhood Of Man , Bananrama and so on.I wish those days would come back.:-(

Try Marianas Trench if you dare!!!

I'm a lover of good pop music but my tastes may be a bit older than yours - Buddy Holly, Beach Boys, etc but up to and including ABBA and Nick Lowe. I think most of today's pop comes out of Europe and is more electro-pop. I've been listening to a bit of Donkeyboy (Norway) and I like El Perro del Mar and Miike Snow (Sweden). Then there's Phoenix (France) and Grizzly Bear (ostensibly American although I think they live in three different countries). And from my home country (Australia) I like royalchord. They probably are a bit remote from the sounds you're talking about but the (good) thing about music is that it rarely goes backwards so just enjoy what you have of those artists you mention. I've often said before on these threads that pop music should be fun and I don't think there is too much music around today (at least in the charts) that you can say is just pure, good fun.

Coldplay?

Val, I wouldn't call Grizzly Bear pop at all. Quite challenging stuff to get into I've found.

What about Foster the People? MGMT?

Naked and Famous.

Right I'm done now.

RAB - I think "Veckatimest" can be listened to on a superficial level and just enjoyed as pop.

Still on electro-pop, Australia's Gypsy & The Cat also comes to mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioier5yELZw

I agree that good pop music is an art. There is plenty in Iberia but overall it is pretty dire (which is why so much UK and US music gets European airplay). The question posed is a good one suzie...I'll have a think on that over the next few days and post again. I must admit that the topic has been a conversation with friends a few months ago when relaxing over copious amounts of wine and good food. Trouble is I can't remember too much of what was said...;-)

I would say that Bruno Mars has done some pretty good 'pop' like songs.

I miss the pop songs of my youth too...bands like White Plains , Middle Of The Road, Pickettywitch and so on , who were good for a bit of harmless fun. very little like that around any more unfortunately.

Al - good call with Bruno Mars, and his mate Cee Lo Green also puts out very catchy stuff.

I miss The Beatles......

Cee Lo Green surely falls into the soul bracket rather than pop though Valerie ... I'd equate him to artists like Billy Ocean and Johnny Johnson , rather than the pop type things mentioned in the OP.

If he is pop though, I'd suggest Eli Paperboy Brown as retrospective souly/pop..

Cee Lo's pop with a Soul sound, I'd say.

Olly Murs does fairly carefree pop which is fairly listenable.

Val, there's a few songs like that on Veckatimist, but I imagine if you said to Grizzly and their fans that they're pop, they'd be offended.

Just thought of another. Best Coast.

Yes, John and George paticularly.

I got the Cee Lo Green album , but it's not pop to me even though I like it. Don't like Bruno Mars at all , and certainly not Coldplay.
Thank you for all your answers.

....wish I'd missed the Beatles too, Carra .......

Sorry, Kevin. Couldn't resist!

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Maybe not suzie but you have got to admit 'The Lazy Song' is pure pop!

li red al, agree re bruno mars ; his "you're amazing" gets plenty airplay here in france. as do keane, colbie caillat & 1 I quite like by lady antebellum, but don't know title of (sample lyric : "it's a quarter after 1, i'm a little drunk & i need you now"). suggest u sample some of these, suzie.

Spacepig - I've just tried Marianas Trench, but I'd rather not again. Were you joking?
Thanks for all your help.

Think that's Need You Now GAID. Perhaps just a step up from pop...IMO.

Marianas Trench are a bit of a joke around here suzie. No offense intended, can someone dig out the thread(s) for suzie, I am working just now and can't do it until much later on.

suziex, try Olly Murs, quite good pop, know what you mean though, good pop is a bit thin on the ground lately. I also love good pop music.

Kevin, loved Middle of The Road too

Bought Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep in Lloret in 1971 - smashed out of my box I was and that was all that was playing wherever we went! Nasally lead singer....