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Postby savethewave » Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:08 am

There are so many good songs listed on here!!!

These are the kind of songs I always come up "goose eggs" on when I look for them online. I have a couple for the list:

"Party of the Mind" by the Sound

and especially:

"Office Love" by Sue Lynch
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Postby i_like_lectric_motors » Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:41 am

[quote]Originally posted by Otters Walk Among Us
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Anyway, the only song I can specifically remember thinking "this should be hu
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Postby schwenko » Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:19 pm

Nova Heart-Spoons (except in Canada)
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Postby hexicon » Sun Aug 22, 2004 2:45 pm

Anything by Marshall Crenshaw.

--Hex, always a fan of the power pop end of the NW spectrum.

And speaking of which--the Seattle band The Heats ("I Don't Like Your Face," "Ordinary Girls," "Remember Me") never saw the success they deserved. They're
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Postby unguarded moment » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:20 am

[quote]Originally posted by hexicon
[br]Anything by Marshall Crenshaw.

--Hex, always a fan of the power pop end of the NW spect
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Postby schwenko » Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:20 am

Spoons- Nova Heart
great synthpop; as far as I can tell, pretty much ignored outside of Canada-a shame- I saw them do it in concert last week in Vancouver
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Postby hexicon » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:44 pm

ElectricLash, I got to see the Heats live around a dozen times. I was WAY underage, around 14-16 during the Heats' heyday, so there was no question of getting into clubs like Astor Park, etc. We were able to persuade my friend's sainted mother to drive
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Postby Bellingham Girl » Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:51 pm

"I May Hate You Sometimes" on Failure by The Posies.

I could never figure out why these guys, Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, weren't HUGE. So young, such smart lyrics, great singers (especially Ken) and amazing musicians (Jon could do it all).
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Postby Quite Life » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:20 pm

Robert Siedler--Christian Boy (I am surprised that wasn't a bigger hit)
The Mutants--Oposite World
The Mutants--Lesson in Time
NY Citizens--D.A.N.C.E.
The Offs--Zero Degrees
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Postby bullyclyde » Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:55 pm

[quote]Originally posted by devildog
[br]Endgames-Building Beauty. How this album never made it big in the USA is beyond me. All catchy blue-eyed soul/synthpop. If ABC and Duran Duran made it, these guys should have too! This should have been
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Postby swerve » Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:55 am

There's a ton of them, here are only a few, this list could go on forever. Thanks CFNY http://spiritofradio.ca/ for playing these, the best radio station ever circa 1978 to 1987.

Fiction Factory - Time Is Right
Boys Brigade - Into The Flow
National P
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Postby romanticide » Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:10 pm

Not to mention Boys Brigade "Passion of Love" ...
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