― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 5 December 2003 14:25 (twenty years ago) link
― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 5 December 2003 14:38 (twenty years ago) link
Yo La Tengo - Bitter EndMagnapop - Lay it Down
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 5 December 2003 14:48 (twenty years ago) link
― willem (willem), Friday, 5 December 2003 14:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Kingfish Beestick (Kingfish), Friday, 5 December 2003 15:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 December 2003 15:51 (twenty years ago) link
see also: "September Gurls," "In The Street," and "Back Of A Car."
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 5 December 2003 15:55 (twenty years ago) link
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Friday, 5 December 2003 16:00 (twenty years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Friday, 5 December 2003 16:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 5 December 2003 19:45 (twenty years ago) link
why not some current: The Exploding Hearts - 'I'm a Pretender', The Star Spangles - "Which One of the Two Of Us Is Going To Burn This House Down"
― brent_D, Friday, 5 December 2003 20:34 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 December 2003 20:36 (twenty years ago) link
Second (or third) the Big Star suggestions
― webcrack (music=crack), Friday, 5 December 2003 21:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:07 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:07 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:13 (twenty years ago) link
"Can't Hardly Wait" by The Replacements.
― Alex Pittman (Alex Pittman), Saturday, 6 December 2003 00:31 (twenty years ago) link
Sounds a lot like it to me.
― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Saturday, 6 December 2003 00:33 (twenty years ago) link
― kinski (kinski), Saturday, 6 December 2003 00:57 (twenty years ago) link
Like all Posies albums, it falls about after the first five songs.
― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Saturday, 6 December 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 December 2003 04:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Burr (Burr), Saturday, 6 December 2003 05:12 (twenty years ago) link
― ModJ (ModJ), Saturday, 6 December 2003 05:17 (twenty years ago) link
1. The Who: I Can See For Miles2. Nazz: Open My Eyes3. Badfinger: No Matter What4. The Raspberries: Go All The Way5. Todd Rundgren: Couldn't I Just Tell You6. Blue Ash: Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her)7. Big Star: September Gurls8. Dwight Twilley: I'm On Fire9. The Flamin' Groovies: Shake Some Action10.Pezband: Baby It's Cold Outside11.Cheap Trick: I Want You To Want Me12.Fotomaker: Where Have You Been All My Life13.The Rubinoos: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend14.The Records: Starry Eyes15.The Knack: My Sharona16.Shoes: Too Late17.20/20: Yellow Pills18.The Romantics: What I Like About You19.Phil Seymour: Precious To Me20.Rick Springfield: Jessie's Girl21.Marshall Crenshaw: Someday Someway22.The Plimsouls: A Million Miles Away23.The Spongetones: She Goes Out With Everybody24.The dBs: Love Is For Lovers
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 6 December 2003 06:49 (twenty years ago) link
― particlewave, Saturday, 6 December 2003 17:12 (twenty years ago) link
― hr`, Saturday, 6 December 2003 18:53 (twenty years ago) link
― particlewave, Saturday, 6 December 2003 19:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Colin O'Neil (kurdtkobain205), Sunday, 7 December 2003 00:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 7 December 2003 00:27 (twenty years ago) link
Of course Big Star--Back of a Car and the inevitable September Gurls are essential; also In the Street and When My Baby's Beside Me
The Move have to be in there somewhere too:Flowers in the Rain; Wild Tiger Woman; Wave Your Flag and Stop the Train; Omnibus; Hello Susie; Fire Brigade
Easybeats are pretty proto-powerpop too:
Sorry; Remember Sam; Bring a Little Lovin'; Friday on My Mind; Heaven and Hell; Wait a Minute.
Cheap Trick--If You Want My Love
Diesel Park West--All the Myths on Sunday, the greatest Big Star rip ever
Records--Teenarama
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Sunday, 7 December 2003 01:26 (twenty years ago) link
Pursuit of Happiness - "Shes So Young"
Jellyfish - "The King Is Half Undressed"
Big Star - "Daisy Glaze"
Elliott Smith - "Son Of Sam"
― David Nolan (David N.), Sunday, 7 December 2003 03:18 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Sunday, 7 December 2003 10:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Sunday, 7 December 2003 23:08 (twenty years ago) link
Sparks - "Amateur Hour", "Tips for Teens"Cheap Trick - "Surrender"
― Curt (cgould), Monday, 8 December 2003 00:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt (cgould), Monday, 8 December 2003 00:17 (twenty years ago) link
I'm quite sure you guys know this band. But I thnik we don't speak a lot about it. "Only Forever" is a wonderful album, one of my favorite of the 90s.
That's all I wanted to say :)
― C11 (C11), Monday, 8 December 2003 00:18 (twenty years ago) link
― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Monday, 8 December 2003 00:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Seb, Monday, 8 December 2003 08:16 (twenty years ago) link
Liquor Giants...just from the s/t album:Chocolate ClownFake Love100 Dollar CarAwful GoodHideous PleasureHereJerked AroundAll I Get
Gawd, how did Ward Dotson go so ignored?!?
― john. a resident of chicago., Friday, 23 April 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
A non-complete list of some of the best from the Yellow Pills comps...
The Rock Club - Time Will Tell on YouThe Flashcubes - It's You TonightChris von Sneidern - Call Out My NameKyle Vincent - Just a Matter of TimeShoes - A Thing of the PastBlack and Blonde - Just in TimeJohn McMullan - Taking Me SomewhereThe Beat - I've Always Got You on My MindDM3 - Show YouJason Falkner - My Home Is Not a House
Anyone like Adam Schmitt?
― skip, Friday, 23 April 2010 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Another Girl Another Planet - Only OnesMarie Provost - Nick LowePeace Love & Understanding - Elvis CostelloRemember the Lightning- 20/20September Girl - Big StarNo Matter What - BadfingerI Think We're Alone Now - Tommy JamesLet It Be Me - Dum Dum GirlsTake the Cash - Wreckless Eric
― ImprovSpirit, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Dum Dum Girls???
Cotton Mather - the entire Kontiki album
― skip, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Aww man, "Whippings and Apologies" by Sparks as well, totally righteous.
― grandavis, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
putting this here for future generations:
this video by THE COLORS never fails to make me happy (1980 power pop stuff if you ain't never heard them)
― scott seward, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
the stiv bators album is terrible/great.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 23 April 2010 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
need more 80s power pop:
Scruffy the Cat - My Baby, She's AlrightLet's Active - Every Word Means NoThe Bongos - Bulrushes
― that's not my post, Saturday, 24 April 2010 06:43 (fourteen years ago) link
The fucking Toms record is rocking my shit right now.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
There was a cool book that came out a couple of years ago, "The Ultimate Power Pop Guide" which selected the 200 best power pop albums of all-time. If you google that name you'll find some industrious fellow took one song from each album and put together a series of compilations. Quite nifty! 200 power pop songs in a row is a bit much for me, though.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link
The Modernettes -- Little Girls
― Chonus, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
there's a KEXP version of Twisteralla I've watched at least a dozen times, what a band what a song. (Wouldn't consider it power pop though??)
― rip van wanko, Monday, 23 July 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
by the way he took the '90s off but the toms put another record out last year and it's fucking great
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Monday, 23 July 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link
I saw the Sugarplastic once in the '90s - they seemed like an actual power pop band.
― timellison, Monday, 23 July 2018 03:28 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8HVyrkwc88
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Monday, 23 July 2018 05:58 (five years ago) link
90s power pop I like (not in any order): Spongetones, Sneetches, Perspex Whiteout, Teenage Fanclub, Posies, Velvet Crush, Fountains of Wayne
didn't really like Buffalo Tom. Gigolo Aunts were OK
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 23 July 2018 08:24 (five years ago) link
Velvet Crush's first two albums are essentialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqD6Z8KYUGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHSMg0oGsII
― PaulTMA, Monday, 23 July 2018 09:52 (five years ago) link
I've never really been able to get into Matthew Sweet or Redd Kross bar a few songs here and there.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 23 July 2018 10:44 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKsxO9FfxLg
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 23 July 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRHBMypKSFQ
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 23 July 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
Velvet Crush's first two albums are essential📹📹
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 12:20 (five years ago) link
Gentle Breeze ended up recorded again on the fourth album though
Could never get into Heavy Changes. Found them sometimes good but not so great after Teen Symphonies
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
Not mentioned and underrated: Chainsaw Kittens
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 31 July 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
Gentle Breeze ended up recorded again on the fourth album thoughCould never get into Heavy Changes. Found them sometimes good but not so great after Teen Symphonies
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
It's a bit better than I remember it. Listening to Heavy Changes again today and it's just so bland, dunno what happened
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
I always post Mayflies USA on power pop threads becz their first two albums are some of my favorites from the '90s/'00s and they never got a lot of attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dZhmS0zWwM
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
Frisbie! I remember buying that record based on a breathless review on salon.com
For me their bid for power pop immortality is Vertigogo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7v0y0o0kVc
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
"Might Be Right" by White Reaper might be in my all time top ten. Has any power pop song in recent years come close, or eclipsed it? I'd love to know.
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Friday, 15 May 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
powerbump
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
it's really, really good.
i'm gonna go looking for some recent tunes that i think are in the same ballpark. i'll be back!
― alpine static, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
that whole album (all 29 mins of it) kills imo, as does the previous one
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
In the meantime, this recently compiled mix by one of my favorite music websites is an absolute treasure trove of garage-y power-pop:
http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/mixtape-young-hearts-unite/
― alpine static, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
for recent stuff, I absolutely love the Number Ones (from Dublin), this is the lead track from their last single, they haven't released that much recently but are still active afaik:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svYD_siFuXw
this is my fave song off their album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeJdW9-urUk
they are a lot of fun live
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
I'm not sure if powerpop is exclusively a boys club, but this song by The Beths seems to fit the genre pretty well:
https://thebethsnz.bandcamp.com/track/lying-in-the-sun
― enochroot, Thursday, 21 May 2020 00:45 (four years ago) link