He was good on SNL.

In my opinion, the perfect pop lp is 'A Secret Wish', by Peopaganda:



And from it came the perfect (two-headed) pop single, 'Duel'/b-side 'Jewel' (this is the 12", as that's what I have):



PROPAGANDA
BIOGRAPHY
This Düsseldorf quartet comprised of vocalist Claudia Brucken, percussionist Michael Mertens, and keyboardists Susanne Freytag and Ralf Dorper. Moving to the UK in 1983, they were quickly signed by Trevor Horn to his fledgling ZTT label, and their first single appeared in February 1984. Dr. Mabuse gave these subversive popsters a UK top thirty hit, staying on the chart for an impressive nine weeks. It was more than a year before Propaganda released a follow up, but when Dual was finally issued in May 1985 it climbed to number twenty one.

Shortly thereafter, the group’s debut album A Secret Wish appeared, and a UK tour was arranged to promote it. With the addition of former Simple Minds rhythm section Derek Forbes (bass) and Brian McGee (drums), Propaganda were able to take their glacial pop to the people. The album itself was a twisted, Teutonic masterpiece, belonging to a lineage that can be traced back to David Bowie’s hugely influential foray into Germanic sub-culture, Low. By the ‘80s, Bowie had moved into new territory, but his creations bastard offspring were flourishing in British pop, as evidenced in the work of Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams), Simple Minds (New Gold Dream), Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (Architecture And Morality), Human League (Dare), and even the limp pop posturing of Duran Duran. Propaganda were several leagues ahead of their contemporaries, fashioning a cold yet beautiful work that was crafted by first generation Germans, and polished by Trevor Horn’s spirit of the age production.

Towards the end of 1985, ZTT released the remix album, Wishful Thinking. Don’t for one moment think that this was a cut’n’paste job akin to the type of slipshod exploitation proffered by today's young bucks. Rather, it was a genuine artistic venture, aimed at reshaping and remodelling Propagandas visionary work, with the group aided by Paul Morley and Bob Kraushaar.

Unfortunately, that was pretty much it...

Sorry for the rather large post, but I have to say that their brief but joyous and intelligent existence was pop perfection.

you people better like fucking duran duran, seeing as that's what rather ripped fucking sounds like.


i don't have mtv and i don't listen to normal radio stations so i don't know anything about new pop music anymore, i liked that tune by amerie did last year, and there's a song that i think is by kylie minogue and i think is called slow, but i'm not sure. missy elliot can be relied upon to be good too.

i don't know whether daryll hall and john oates are considered pop or adult contemporary, but i do know THEY RULE!!!

Yeah Hall & Oates...most of it was good except for that Big Bam Boom garbage, but they redeemed themselves in the end with the Motown homages.

& INXS were good...The Swing & Shabooh Shabah are pretty great
Listen Like Thieves & Kick are pretty good

Live & Bush = puke

inxs?! you mean generic watered down white boy funk/new wave?

Propaganda rule.Good taste above.

Justin rules the airwaves.He unites people.

But Sonic Youth are going to shred his arm in a meat grinder. :(

haha:D

May the gay remain that way.

That sooooo gives me the horns!

Oh good god, that's horrible. I'm off to the 'p' threa to look at Norbert again.

Eh, ah, green-eyed, uh, loco-man.

I dig me some Nelly.

And how could we have left out Janet Jackson?

Michael goes without saying. I'm surprised I just said it. I'm ashamed to have to say it. His supreme reign of coolness is far too grand to be lumped amongst other pop artists. He deserves his own universe, or at the very least, his own thread.

Oh, Michael. You are wayward, but you have a home in my heart.

Michael Jackson disguised as a Muslim woman...

''Thanks truncated.I am still the king of pop.I don't care what people say 'cause i'm kind and i love children.All of them.Yummy!''

I fell off my chair laughing at this!

Hmm... It really is him...

Every response I thought of to this would have gotten me virtually lynched.

But I assure you, they were all fabulously amusing. Highly offensive, grossly inappropriate, possibly depraved, a potential red flag to authorities...but funny.