Pagliaro’s “Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy” is slated for a future episode of 1,000 Greatest Misses podcast . “I’ve never concerned myself with who is. It’s always been what is.” Same!
I am so honored to have joined the IIPP community. Thanks for inviting me. This was a real blast and I cannot wait to see who and what else you have in store for this run!
Thanks for joining the party! Your song choices (and write ups) are fantastic. I think you are going to help a lot of RTL music-lovers (re)discover songs and artists.
Love this deep dive into late 80s/early 90s power pop right before grunge shifted everything. The Voice of the Beehive pick is spot on, that album captures something most bands werent even attempting at the time. The focus on hooks as "almost consuming the entire song" is the kind of specificity that gets lost when ppl talk about power pop too broadly tbh.
Pagliaro’s “Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy” is slated for a future episode of 1,000 Greatest Misses podcast . “I’ve never concerned myself with who is. It’s always been what is.” Same!
Emm nailed it with that quote.
I am so honored to have joined the IIPP community. Thanks for inviting me. This was a real blast and I cannot wait to see who and what else you have in store for this run!
Thanks for joining the party! Your song choices (and write ups) are fantastic. I think you are going to help a lot of RTL music-lovers (re)discover songs and artists.
I know the other contributors have done the same for me. It's heartening to see the community forged through this series.
Sam Phillips has perhaps the most surprising movie role of all time—the power popper playing the sociopathic mute in Die Hard With a Vengeance.
I had no idea!
Such an odd choice for her.
It made me laugh when I saw the movie. I thought she would follow it up with other big screen villains. But i will settle for more albums, even now
Yes!
Awesome! Such an under-appreciated era of power pop. And Voice of the Beehive is an inspired choice!
Love this deep dive into late 80s/early 90s power pop right before grunge shifted everything. The Voice of the Beehive pick is spot on, that album captures something most bands werent even attempting at the time. The focus on hooks as "almost consuming the entire song" is the kind of specificity that gets lost when ppl talk about power pop too broadly tbh.
Glad you dug it! Power pop conversations go off in so many different directions and it's not always easy to pinpoint why.