I discovered "Slipping Away" back in the mp3 blog days. Dave Edmunds had a lot of really good, overlooked music. And you can’t go wrong with The Cars. They're one of those rare bands everybody can agree on.
these songs are also some of my favorites, and what i like best about whatever power pop is. my lifelong goal will be to write a song as good as "Little Mascara," or at least capture the feeling i get when i hear it, in one of my own songs. i remember hearing "Love is for Lovers" the first time when Andy Creighton from the brilliant power pop band The World Record, covered it at an acoustic show. check that band out, if you're unfamiliar.
Excellent selections! With your (very reasonable) litmus test of a sense of want, I guess "I Want You to Want Me" is the platonic ideal of a power pop song since it has double the want.
and the difference between power and jangle pop is?
Imo, The amount of power chords
my guys! some of my favorite songs are in here
also: every single one of these songs both is and isn’t power pop
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Lol. This is the beauty of Power Pop!
Power Pop = Lead Singer + Crunchy Guitars. Think: Matthew Sweet, XTC (Mayor of Simpleton / Earn Earn Enough for Us), The James Gang
I discovered "Slipping Away" back in the mp3 blog days. Dave Edmunds had a lot of really good, overlooked music. And you can’t go wrong with The Cars. They're one of those rare bands everybody can agree on.
This is great! Is there a BPM factor that plays into the Power aspect?
these songs are also some of my favorites, and what i like best about whatever power pop is. my lifelong goal will be to write a song as good as "Little Mascara," or at least capture the feeling i get when i hear it, in one of my own songs. i remember hearing "Love is for Lovers" the first time when Andy Creighton from the brilliant power pop band The World Record, covered it at an acoustic show. check that band out, if you're unfamiliar.
Nice framing. My defining artist is Matthew Sweet. He absolutely owned the field from late '80s through mid-90s.
Excellent selections! With your (very reasonable) litmus test of a sense of want, I guess "I Want You to Want Me" is the platonic ideal of a power pop song since it has double the want.