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― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:18 (five years ago)
I don't know, but I know that it was definitely written by Jim Steinman
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:24 (five years ago)
otm
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:30 (five years ago)
Thought this was a poll >:(
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:32 (five years ago)
don't be so...!!
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:35 (five years ago)
'Total Eclipse of the Heart', no?
― pomenitul, Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:36 (five years ago)
No one mentioned it so far.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:37 (five years ago)
This is the answer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D24yIYiVBc
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:42 (five years ago)
Death pop from the early '60s--"Leader of the Pack," "Endless Sleep," that kind of thing.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:46 (five years ago)
Last Night I Dreamt... ain't no slouch
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:47 (five years ago)
That's the good answer; the bad answer is bombast like "MacArthur Park."
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:47 (five years ago)
xxp Yeah, I was gonna offer “Dressed in Black”
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Sunday, 31 May 2020 01:50 (five years ago)
Born To Run
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:06 (five years ago)
Skeeter Davis — The End of the World
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:31 (five years ago)
Celine Dion "Power of Love"
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 31 May 2020 06:45 (five years ago)
Marc Almond & Gene Pitney - something's gotten hold of my heart
― meisenfek, Sunday, 31 May 2020 07:07 (five years ago)
Meatloaf - pretty much anything but especially I'd Do Anything For Love
― or something, Sunday, 31 May 2020 07:57 (five years ago)
"Alone Again Naturally", surely. There's suicidal ideation in the opening line and it's all downhill from there.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 31 May 2020 08:05 (five years ago)
MacArthur Park is the correct answer. Why can't a song be both bombastic and melodramatic?
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Sunday, 31 May 2020 08:18 (five years ago)
Johnny Ray's "Cry."
― Leftee, Sunday, 31 May 2020 08:39 (five years ago)
Roy Orbison - It’s Over
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 31 May 2020 08:49 (five years ago)
Bobby Orlando - I Cry For You
The Babys - Isn't It Time
― soref, Sunday, 31 May 2020 10:43 (five years ago)
Dusty Springfield, "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 31 May 2020 10:44 (five years ago)
24 Hours from Tulsa
― Mambo Number 5 was a number one jam (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 May 2020 10:45 (five years ago)
Shakespears Sister - "Stay"
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:38 (five years ago)
Dr Hook and the Medicine Band, "Sylvia's Mother"
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:43 (five years ago)
UK melodrama ca. 2007:Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love”Amy Winehouse, “Back to Black”
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:19 (five years ago)
Is country not allowed? I guess not, or the replies would just be a list of Tammy Wynette and Red Sovine songs.
Little Rosa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iOiVh0kuaQ
― punning display, Sunday, 31 May 2020 17:32 (five years ago)
Something by Depeche Mode, like "Somebody" or even "Blasphemous Rumours"?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 May 2020 17:38 (five years ago)
"An American Trilogy" by Elvis Presley - he released it as a single so I think it counts as pop
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone
― Josefa, Sunday, 31 May 2020 17:39 (five years ago)
"never tear us apart" was my first thought before reading the thread
― ciderpress, Sunday, 31 May 2020 19:13 (five years ago)
came here to say MacArthur Park, if we're talking songs that are infamous for being such
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Sunday, 31 May 2020 19:14 (five years ago)
but Alone Again Naturally is also a great answer. those are two sides of the same coin. (I love AAN)
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Sunday, 31 May 2020 19:15 (five years ago)
Paralyzed, obv
― imago, Sunday, 31 May 2020 19:16 (five years ago)
I think Orbison/Gene Pitney/Del Shannon would be the male equivalent of the Shangri-Las/girl-group kind of melodrama (the best kind, I'll again add).
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 May 2020 19:16 (five years ago)
Party Fears Two
― AJD, Monday, 1 June 2020 09:51 (five years ago)
For emotional masculinity
James Brown - It's a Man's Man's Man's WorldJacques Brel - Dans le port d'Amsterdam / Ne me quitte pas
Both with tears and sweat running down their faces live
― Nabozo, Monday, 1 June 2020 10:22 (five years ago)
And in the most positive way, Nina Simone ?
― Nabozo, Monday, 1 June 2020 10:25 (five years ago)
Isn't 'melodramatic' a negative term per se?I've seen songs in this thread that i love (resp. can't hate) along with others i hate, like Shakespears Sister - "Stay" (which is a good call though).
― meisenfek, Monday, 1 June 2020 10:46 (five years ago)
Lorraine Ellison - 'Stay With Me'(which, although unquestionably OTT, I love a great deal)
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 June 2020 11:06 (five years ago)
I don't think it's negative, you can exaggerate emotions and delivery and make something great out of it. It's like an effect. A sense of grandiose, pompousness.David Bowie - Five Years / Heroes for other familiar examples.
― Nabozo, Monday, 1 June 2020 11:40 (five years ago)
“over the top” (Old Lunch just used it) works like that as well
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 1 June 2020 11:42 (five years ago)
All the Things She Said?
― chap, Monday, 1 June 2020 11:55 (five years ago)
Or Bring Me to Life?
― chap, Monday, 1 June 2020 12:00 (five years ago)
I don't think Spector's been mentioned yet: "River Deep, Mountain High," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," many others.
― clemenza, Monday, 1 June 2020 12:17 (five years ago)
Yeah, Spector definitely came to mind. 'Try Some, Buy Some' is another.
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 June 2020 12:27 (five years ago)
ABC - 'Look of Love'
HEAVENS ABOVE!!!
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 June 2020 12:28 (five years ago)
To me 'Look of Love' is the Excalibur of pop songs ("a sword that could only ever fight on the side of love and truth"). Yes, you could call that melodramatic.
― meisenfek, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:13 (five years ago)
...while not being whiny-voiced.
― meisenfek, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:17 (five years ago)
nothing compares 2u
― kinder, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:57 (five years ago)
“The Beautiful Ones”
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:13 (five years ago)
Tom Jones - Delilah
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:13 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BGL-a_FrHk
This particular rendition. I know it's a show tune, but it's also a pop song, I'd say.
― Josefa, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:46 (five years ago)
air supply, making love out of nothing at all (written by jim steinman)
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:55 (five years ago)
this version w/ the tinkling flourishes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUrhDaWSMQM
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:06 (five years ago)
Total eclipse of the heart
― calstars, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:10 (five years ago)
If we go this ridiculous route then we might as well mention Con te Partirohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0i7Arjep4
― Nabozo, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:15 (five years ago)
Vienna
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:23 (five years ago)
Annabelle Fox - “Lonely Girl”
https://youtu.be/vOJFfkfiwbY
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:23 (five years ago)
The Pussycats' rendition of 'Dressed in Black' is one of my favorite pop songs of all time, amplifying mild adolescent drama into the grand and insurmountable tragedy which rages inside the teenaged heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xINB45xdVkg
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:43 (five years ago)
thats the 2nd vote for “dressed in black” — lock thread, Old Lunch and I win :)
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:46 (five years ago)
Ah, didn't even see! TBF, I'm aware of at least a half dozen renditions.
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:51 (five years ago)
whoa that is a great record!
― visiting, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:52 (five years ago)
I do think the best melodrama is found in girl-group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nCMfoefQBY
― clemenza, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:53 (five years ago)
xxp Yeah, had the original in mind, but a song is a song... glad we’re reaching consensus on SOMETHING around here
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:55 (five years ago)
Just had a flashback to this exemplar of early video meme culture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysUjYAi0WcQ
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:55 (five years ago)
Whyte Boots - “Nightmare”
The sirens in the last verse really get me.
https://youtu.be/78_6pE-r0g0
― JoeStork, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:01 (five years ago)
Have we not had any Kate Bush yet?
― kinder, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:45 (five years ago)
The ending of "He Stopped Loving Her Today" feels hyper-melodramatic given the relative reserve of the first half
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 1 June 2020 18:27 (five years ago)
I was thinking "Frankie Teardrop", but it might be the most anti-melodramatic.
― punning display, Monday, 1 June 2020 18:38 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h27rFCiL96Y
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 June 2020 19:01 (five years ago)
(xp) Also the most anti-pop.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 1 June 2020 19:04 (five years ago)
SEASONS IN THE SUN
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 June 2020 19:15 (five years ago)
The Walker Brothers - My Ship Is Coming In. Especially Scott's vocal towards the end.
― kitchen person, Monday, 1 June 2020 19:21 (five years ago)
Scott's cover of Jackie could also be a contender here.
― kitchen person, Monday, 1 June 2020 19:22 (five years ago)
'My Ship Is Coming In' is a good call even when there's quite a lot of SW to choose from!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 1 June 2020 19:37 (five years ago)
"He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)" by The Crystals popped into my head
― (so serious) (DJP), Monday, 1 June 2020 20:10 (five years ago)
A couple of similar late 60s standards translated from French into English:
"If You Go Away" (covered by SW, etc.)"It Must Be Him" (Vicki Carr)
― punning display, Monday, 1 June 2020 20:13 (five years ago)