Power pop recommendations

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:34 am

Obs at large,
Anyone out there recommend me some lesser-known but quality power/retro pop that I can put on my radio show in a couple weeks?
I'm thinking Sloan, Moods For Moderns, The Sights, Fletcher Pratt, Cheap Trick... crap like that.

I might even do an all power pop show if I can scrounge up enough to fill 2 hrs.

Toss me band names, record names, track names or any combinations thereof.

You alls rock.

Natural Mike · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:39 am

The Waxwings
The Plimsouls
The Grip Weeds

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

The Damned "Dozen Girls"
Pete Shelley "Telephone Operator"
The Yachts "Look Back In Love Not In Anger"
The Records "Rock And Roll Love Letter"
Cowboys International "Thrash"
Red Guitars "Good Technology"
The Monochrome Set "Ten Don'ts For Honeymooners"
The Donkeys "No Way"
The Vapors "Prisoner Number One"
The Hoodoo Gurus "Kamikaze Pilot"
Adam Ant "Beat Your Guest"

HideousLump · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:49 am

Wondermints

Finch Platte · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:50 am

Something off the Tories' first disc, "Wonderful Life." http://www.djangomusic.com/item_music.a ... mediatype=

Marvelous Three?

The Knack (maybe a tune from their way-overlooked "Serious Fun"?) http://www.djangomusic.com/item_music.a ... mediatype=

Jellyfish?

fp

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:52 am

Helicopter Helicopter :: Wild Dogs With X-Ray Eyes | 2003
The Posies :: Frosting On The Beater | 1993
The Posies :: Amazing Disgrace | 1996
Superdrag :: Regretfully Yours | 1996
Nada Surf :: Let Go | 2002
Sugar :: Copper Blue | 1992

Big Star, Teenage Fanclub of course; Chris Mars' solo album, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades isn't bad, but nothing great either; maybe the Only Ones? I'd also throw the Oranges Band in there, too.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:56 am

Oh, one more:

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

The dB's
Shoes
Game Theory
Let's Active
The Bongos

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:59 am

And two more, even though they have horns there's some good shit in there:

Less Than Jake :: Losing Streak | 1996
Mighty Mighty Bosstones :: Question the Answers | 1994

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

Hootie sans Blowfish Wrote:

Less Than Jake :: Losing Streak | 1996
Mighty Mighty Bosstones :: Question the Answers | 1994

ska is now power-pop?

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:05 am

Hootie sans Blowfish Wrote:

Helicopter Helicopter :: Wild Dogs With X-Ray Eyes | 2003

Dude! "Talented Socialites" is a key track on one of my favorite mixes ever.
And the rest of your suggestions (save for Hootie) ... NOICE!

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:07 am

Z Wrote:

Hootie sans Blowfish Wrote:

Less Than Jake :: Losing Streak | 1996
Mighty Mighty Bosstones :: Question the Answers | 1994

ska is now power-pop?

Have you ever listened to these two? Yes, there are some horns, but they tend to be a little stronger and hooky tendencies in both.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:07 am

Gin Blossoms, Matthew Sweet...

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

matthew sweet - "sick of myself"
the only ones - "another girl, another planet"
20/20 - "yellow pills"
the motors - "dancing the night away"
graham parker - "discovering japan"
the undertones - "teenage kicks"
wreckless eric - "whole wide world"
the db's - "love is for lovers"

material issue
fountains of wayne
rockpile
nick lowe

i'm on a roll...

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:12 am

Talk about poppy stuff with horns, throw on "Scream Dracula, Scream!" by Rocket From The Crypt. Holy crap, that whole thing is a sing-along. I know it's a good deal more produced than anything else they did, but that's just fine with me.

And, I agree on that LTJ album - poppy as all getout.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

Hootie sans Blowfish Wrote:

Z Wrote:

Hootie sans Blowfish Wrote:

Less Than Jake :: Losing Streak | 1996
Mighty Mighty Bosstones :: Question the Answers | 1994

ska is now power-pop?

Have you ever listened to these two? Yes, there are some horns, but they tend to be a little stronger and hooky tendencies in both.

uh, yeah... question the answers is one of my all-time favorites. i know what they sound like; i just never thought of them like this before, but i guess i hear it.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:14 am

swiateck Wrote:

Talk about poppy stuff with horns, throw on "Scream Dracula, Scream!" by Rocket From The Crypt. Holy crap, that whole thing is a sing-along. I know it's a good deal more produced than anything else they did, but that's just fine with me.

And, I agree on that LTJ album - poppy as all getout.

Damn, I was just about to throw in RFTC.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

This mix.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

You need to start your set with one of these, and end with the other...

Raspberries - Go All the Way
Jellyfish - Joining a Fan Club

As long as you do this, we can be friends. 2 hours of power pop is easy.

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

epa Wrote:

You need to start your set with one of these, and end with the other...

Raspberries - Go All the Way
Jellyfish - Joining a Fan Club

As long as you do this, we can be friends. 2 hours of power pop is easy.

I don't consider most of what's in this thread power pop, but those are two great power pop songs. How about these artists:

Big Star
Badfinger
Teenage Fanclub
Owsley
The Posies
Supergrass
Frisbie

Oh, and Material Issue, Nick Lowe, and Matthew Sweet are good power pop recommendations too.

Idiotjed · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:08 am

First and foremost, this:

The Katies - S/T

I can't pimp these guys enough. Any tracks on it would do
but these are my fav.

"Powerkiss", "Drowner", "Miss Melodrama, Girl", "Tappin' Out" and "Jesus Pick".

They have a new band When Breathing Stops and from that the
track "Freeway".

http://artists.iuma.com/site-bin/mp3gen ... reeway.mp3

Rubyhorse : "Fell On Bad Days"
Bleu : "I Won't Go Hollywood" - "Somebody Else"
Superdrag : "Bright Pavilions"
Starling : "If I Could Do" - "Die Hard Crush" - Happy Together"
The Carnations : "I've Got Spies"
Campfire Girls : "Pedestal" - "Imcomplete"
Pris : "Doobie Down Down"
The Posies : "Definite Door"
Teenage Fanclub : "Sparky's Dream"
Man Of The Year : "Silver Dollar"
Two Minute Miracles : "Rayon Queen, Nylon Dream"

The Rest:

Favorita : "Seven Comforts"
Owsley : "I'm Alright"
Starkicker : "Neil Armstrong"
Pluto : "Paste"
The Special Guests : "Out Of This Dream"
The Mustard Seeds : "Coming Up Roses"
The Incredible Moses Leroy : "Anthem"
Kent : "If You Were Here"
Skycycle : "God Only Knows"
The Weakerthans : "Exiles Among You"
Buffalo Tom : "Summer"

I got so much more but these are the essentials for me.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Marshall Crenshaw

bort · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:39 am

BORT COMPILATION # 26
POWER POP MADNESS

1. weezer - holiday
2. second saturday - let's run away
3. candyskins - europe + japan
4. frogpond - i did
5. ridel high - as if the sky were on fire
6. splitsville - yearbook
7. fountains of wayne - sink to the bottom
8. zolof the rock'n'roll destroyer - super ok
9. chopper one - free lunch
10. figgs - said enough
11. moods for moderns - only on a saturday night
12. bleu - i won't go hollywood
13. muffs - crush me
14. fiendz - fax
15. self- borateen
16. german art students - civil was reenactor
17. rich creamy paint - you're a ten
18. ze malibu kids - don't go
19. posies - solar sister
20. redd kross - any hour any day

Diggity Dawg · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:39 am

I've hyped these albums a gazillion times before, but since I didn't see them mentioned...anything from :

TSAR : self-titled debut album

Damone : "From The Attic"

I also 2nd the Knack, Material Issue, & Marshall Crenshaw nods.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:29 pm

Damone, mos def.

and you need some REDD KROSS. old school baybee.

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