crazy that only 3 tracks by Cheap Trick are listed here! i mostly know the first two albums so these are all just from those records:
"ELO Kiddies""Taxman, Mr. Thief""He's a Whore""Big Eyes""Downed""I Want You To Want Me""Oh Caroline""Southern Girls"
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 7 July 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
"Downed" is probably my favorite
I want to live on a mountainway down in AustraliaIt's either that or suicideIt's such a strange strain on you
hearing this the first time unlocked some hidden level in my mind completing the gap between The Beatles and Nirvana
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 7 July 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
Wait a second, there's a list of great Cheap Trick songs from the first two records that omits Oh Candy? What the hell is going on?
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 7 July 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
help me list tropes of the genre. I'll start:
Jesussuperstition
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 8 July 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
This is the best power pop song of all time:
DWIGHT TWILLEY - LOOKING FOR DA MAGICZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xq0ykm_SrM
― Moka, viernes 12 de diciembre de 2014 0:25 (three years ago)
This is still my answer.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 8 July 2018 01:26 (five years ago) link
Link has died so new link
https://youtu.be/Voa_7sLL7dQ
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 8 July 2018 01:27 (five years ago) link
Ron Howard directed this made-for-TV film called Cotton Candy in 1978. That thing is the ultimate power pop movie!
― timellison, Sunday, 8 July 2018 03:18 (five years ago) link
This is the best power pop song of all time:DWIGHT TWILLEY - LOOKING FOR DA MAGICZ📹― Moka, viernes 12 de diciembre de 2014 0:25 (three years ago)This is still my answer.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 8 July 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
Looking for the Magic is perfect. Adam the next two CT records are great too
― albvivertine, Sunday, 8 July 2018 05:37 (five years ago) link
On the Cheap Trick front, I saw Over the Edge for the first time tonight (in a theatre).
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 July 2018 05:56 (five years ago) link
the next two CT records are great too
i've ordered Heaven Tonight and Dream Police both VG+ used vinyl for under $10
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
weird al does a surprisingly good cover of Hello There.What's the best power pop song from a decidedly non-powerpop band?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
Power Pop is probably not the first thing you think when you think NRBQ, but they had a number of great moments in that vein ("I Want You Bad", "Green Lights", "Me and The Boys" etc.).
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
Paperback Writer
― mick signals, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
A number of songs on the Ron Goedert solo album!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQDhavk4oh4
― timellison, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
Is Hey Ya power pop or bubblegum?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9DBXoBrNk
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
What's the best power pop song from a decidedly non-powerpop band?
Either 'Drill Sergeant' by N*E*R*D or 'Here Come July' by Scritti Politti
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
"My Sharona" for song structure alone.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
Simon Turner - (Baby) I Gotta Go
― flopson, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
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this is the jamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssd3U_zicAI
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
the beat - rock n roll girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cEvEUKN4Fw
― flopson, Saturday, 21 July 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
pure bliss
― niels, Saturday, 21 July 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
https://youtu.be/gkSy-6ij76k
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 22 July 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
help me list tropes of the genre. I'll start:Jesussuperstition
pedophilia
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 22 July 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
Some later era cheese
DM3 - Road to Rome album
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlt545QqLBKV4GK9CjjTfZX2YzEpIsqoi
Lolas - Something You Oughta Know album
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOYnBR8tMVojkgcIMG53yG4S4-Hw9U0SE
The Candyskins - Never Will Forget You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT1jh97FsXI
Flashing Lights - Where Do the Days Go? Heard this one in between sets at a Sloan show but doesn't appear to be available streaming anywhere.
― skip, Sunday, 22 July 2018 04:47 (five years ago) link
California Boy by Lil B came to mind, but then I remembered that song was terrible.
― MarkoP, Sunday, 22 July 2018 05:56 (five years ago) link
controversial opinion: almost all of the 90s power-pop revival stuff is trash
― flopson, Sunday, 22 July 2018 07:13 (five years ago) link
not controversial, just rong
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Sunday, 22 July 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
controversial opinion: some of the aor/power pop crossover stuff from the early '80s (balance, martin briley) is fucking good
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Sunday, 22 July 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
i have a hard time getting past the production. what’s the best 90s stuff iyo?
― flopson, Monday, 23 July 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
jellyfish
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Monday, 23 July 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
also cotton mather
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Monday, 23 July 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
i think there’s something too formally dramatic and muso to make jellyfish powerpop for the most part and i really like both things. Jellyfish are just fucking awesome.
― Hunt3r, Monday, 23 July 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
what’s the best 90s stuff iyo?
Red Kross, Lady in the Front Row & Jimmy's Fantasy
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 23 July 2018 02:24 (five years ago) link
SloanThe GraysThe Loud Family
Never could get into Jellyfish. Too close to psychedelia I guess.
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 July 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
I have a soft spot for Buffalo Tom, but never loved the Posies or the Gin Blossoms
― rip van wanko, Monday, 23 July 2018 02:52 (five years ago) link
(and I absolutely adore TFC but they transcend "power pop")
― rip van wanko, Monday, 23 July 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
I love Buffalo Tom but never really thought of them as power pop. I suppose if jangle is a major component of the genre, they do have plenty of that.
Their 2018 album is pretty solid, btw.
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 July 2018 02:59 (five years ago) link
The track listing for Rhino's Poptopia! Power Pop Classics of the '90s (released, rather prematurely, in 1997):
Matthew Sweet - "I've Been Waiting"Jellyfish - "That Is Why"Ride - "Twisterella"Gigolo Aunts - "Cope"The Rembrandts - "Rollin' Down the Hill"Tearaways - "Jessica Something"The Posies - "Solar Sister"The Wondermints - "Proto-Pretty"The Lemonheads - Into Your Arms"Redd Kross - "Lady in the Front Row"The Grays - "Same Thing"The Rooks - "Reasons"The Greenberry Woods - "Trampoline"Velocity Girl - "I Can't Stop Smiling"Velvet Crush - "Hold Me Up"Zumpano - "The Party Rages On"P. Hux - "Every Minute"Idle Wilds - "You're All Forgiven"
I know a few of those artists but I honestly can't recall any of those specific songs offhand aside from "Same Thing."
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 July 2018 03:14 (five years ago) link
the first jason falkner solo album is also top notch
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Monday, 23 July 2018 03:21 (five 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