Pop Songs

There will always be problems in clearly defining the arts of one's own times. What makes a pop song is no different. "Pop" is not just "popular"- as many, many songs are popular and have almost no relationship to a traditional use of the term. For our purposes we mean: compact, tuneful pieces of music with a decided emphasis on melody and "catchiness". A song of this type will have very strong vocal presence and a limited range of mood- usually joyous and often tinged with melancholy. There is often surprising variety in a very short period of time, as well as very clear verse-chorus structure.
All the music we listened to today was interesting, but only some of it was "pop" by the the terms above. Please bring in more. But choose carefully.