Power Pop Rules!

[unguarded moment]

I've posted a few more power pop tunes for y'all to lend an ear to:

Sooner Or Later- THE INNOCENTS
http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2WH4 ... CPC5JQF6B2

Have You Ever Been Torn Apart - THE SPONGETONES
http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=23J2 ... C4NL6YEFBM

I'm Your Shadow - FLYING COLOR
http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=03QB ... 0BCTLXPK64

Violent Times - THE BARRACUDAS
http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MOB ... BYEK0O5DRA


Neon Lights - THE FIRE APES
http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1V39 ... RID67BRZQ4

Here Come The Lackeys - THE MOCKERS
http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02XM ... 7S841CQC5Z

[WolverineSyr]

Thanks for the heads up on the Atlantics tracks SomebodySomewhere. I liked One Last Night a lot. I also need to hear more from the Monroes.

Electriclash - loved the Innocents song, as well as the Fire Apes, Flying Colors & the Barracudas. Thanks for uploading them - great to discover some of these!

[WolverineSyr]

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
Also, the two Cretones albums are well-worth hearing. Lots of good love songs in there. "Real Love"... "Mad Love"... "The Cost of Love"... "Love Is Turning"... it's one big love fest.
[/quote]

I have a couple of Cretones songs. I am more familiar with them for playing on Linda Ronstadt's Mad Love lp where she covered a couple of their songs. I didn't think it was such a bad album.

[SomebodySomewhere]

The bit from "Empty Heart" on the Sampling the Rarities page is pretty representative of what they sounded like. I liked their versions better than Ronstadt's -- although Mark Goldenberg doesn't have as good a voice. To put it mildly.

If you have "Real Love," that was the chart hit, and probably their best song.

And, dude, did I say doo-wop up thread? That is NOT the word I meant! Well... now I'm not even sure what I did mean... but, you know, it was like a '50s rock pastiche.

[ekahob]

I guess many of you missed my Cretones - "Lovemix".

http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2F2T ... 2XLJ2G3BDK

This was given the thumbs up by Mark Goldenberg

http://lostbands.blogspot.com/2005/02/cretones.html

[ekahob]

And here is a favorite track from a great lost band from the 90's the Orange Humble Band. http://www.theposies.net/music/orangehumbleband.htm

http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=20Z9 ... VGG850BDRB

[djcraig]

I would Consider Elvis Costello great Power Pop.

As well as:

Cheap Trick

The Go Gos

Greg Kihn

The Knack (they other good songs besides the overplayed "My Sharona")

"Switchin' To Glide"- King's X

Tommy Tutone

The Jam ("Power Punk"?)


I always liked early 70's Power Pop too:

The Rasberries "Go All The Way", "I Wanna Be With You"

Looking Glass "Brandy"

Badfinger

ELO

And too many 1 hit wonders to count

[SubMassCon]

There's a new book coming out chronicalling the history of Power Pop. It's called "Shake Some Action" and it covers many of the bands discussed here. A CD of rare tracks from such artists as The Rubinoss, Shoes, and 20/20 is included. Go here for info:
http://www.notlame.com/Page_1/PBPOWERPOPBOOK.html

[mjlauf]

i've got lots of power-pop in my soulseek folder

user: mjlauf

[Mathman]

This site has lots of downloads covering from the 60's on up, with cover art and some info. Well worth checking out if you haven't seen it before:

http://www.littlehits.com



To have ambition is my ambition

[WolverineSyr]

Thanks mathman - that's an incredible site!

Here's another good one - It's a french site with tons of great stuff from all over the world (most in english.) Although the quality of some of the songs isn't that great - it's worth it just to hear some of this stuff!

http://punkmodpop.free.fr/