David Sylvian - "Pop Song"

[skouf007]

i have this on 12" vinyl. love it!

[farmyardflavours]

thank you !

[Auntkekebaby]

I feel some Scott Walker vocal phrasing. Super cool track.

[goodanswergoodanswer]

The most underrated talent in the music business. David, you're sublime!

[videocanone]

Eerie textures behind his voice ! fantastic ! oddball but sensible artistically ... wonderful ... what an ear for sound Dave has ... he paints with music ...

thanks for this sonic postcard from the past ... still art, still relevant.

[avishay9]

A lost gem indeed..

Love it

thank you so much

[burntoats]

This is one of my favourite pop songs... It's such a perfect thing and wonder why wasn't it included in a proper studio album... maybe cause it wouldn't have been matched by any other song, despite Sylvian has written loads of great material? Thanks for sharing

[jaysojdelius]

@burntoats From what I understand, this was written specifically for a compilation CD. Virgin asked for a single that could be used to promote it, and this is what Sylvian delivered. It's brilliant in its defiance - obviously this would never be a hit record and Virgin should have known better than to ask an artist with integrity like Sylvian to backtrack and go commercial.

[MisAnnThorpe]

@jaysojdelius That makes perfect sense to me, this track is willfully difficult. It took me a long time to finally "get" it. The B side if I remember correctly, was A brief conversation ending in divorce. It wouldn't surprise me if Sylvian recorded it to use as a bit of psychology. Can you imagine him play Pop song to the Virgin bosses for the 1st time. "What do you mean its not commercial enough. Have u heard the B side?"! Needless 2 say, I now love this song and wish I still had my 12" vinyl

[MrStuartbruce1]

@MisAnnThorpe Indeed. The A and B-side continue to raise eyebrows wherever they are heard........ You can still get them both on some of the compilations. Worth checking around as a new one seems to appear every couple of years.

[bemyart90]

Thanks for the info! I was always wondering what he was singing about in this song although I love it.

[bemyart90]

Hahaha, indeed, I really enjoy calling him Dave Batt =)) Don't care about Bono and Sting much.

[HALLAMA]

Japan were not 'New Romantics' they were futurists and their influence from punk was stronger than that of romanticism which was split once again by the breakdance movement and soul boys such as Wham and Duran Duran.

[HALLAMA]

So your alter ego is someone else's alter ego? Damn man go and get a passport???

[HALLAMA]

You mean David Batt

[cnairn]

I bought this when it came out and still love it very much. His voice sounds killer on this. Thanks, sfsindee. I'm lazy so I listen to it hear rather than break out my CD single.

[stephensingleton]

this is such a great pop song . should have been a massive hit .. this is, in fact what real pop is all about !

[MrStuartbruce1]

@stephensingleton Mr Singleton as I live and breathe. Glad you like this one. It was always a bit of a favourite of mine....... Hope the world is treating you well. All the best. Stuart ( the one from SARM!)

[ixceix]

did this ever make it to vinyl? the copy i have is a little 3" disc.

[blackcluck]

It did! I bought in 1991, still have it!

[silmalila]

don't be too surprised if this gets pulled too.

it seems that everything else is.

100 videos missing out of my favourites is a bit disturbing.

[konked]

This is available at least on collection Everything and Nothing published in 2000, which I have :)

[adripenelope]

one of my favourites... hypnotic!

[JIM2u007]

'Pop Song' certainly is a 'gem'. Amazing. Thanks for posting!

[NewCharlesTV]

@JIM2u007 I agree with you...Popsong superstar David the great singer!!!

[mantisEye]

available on Everything and Nothing too

[davestany]

TAKES YOU BACK, COOL SCHOOL!