Ten Great "Power Pop" Things, to See if Yer HiFi Rocks
Posted by: bhazen on 11 July 2004
1. "Tonight", the Raspberries
2. "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", the Who
3. "Afterglow", the Small Faces
4. "Do Ya", the Move
5. "No Matter What", Badfinger
6. "Surrender", Cheap Trick
7. "It Won't Be Long", the Beatles (gotta have one at least!)
8. "September Gurls", Big Star
9. "Cry To Me", Utopia
10. "Earn Enough For Us", XTC
Beat that with a Brik!
2. "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", the Who
3. "Afterglow", the Small Faces
4. "Do Ya", the Move
5. "No Matter What", Badfinger
6. "Surrender", Cheap Trick
7. "It Won't Be Long", the Beatles (gotta have one at least!)
8. "September Gurls", Big Star
9. "Cry To Me", Utopia
10. "Earn Enough For Us", XTC
Beat that with a Brik!
Posted on: 12 July 2004 by bhazen
Ah c'mon I'm not the only dad-rock fella here, am I??
Posted on: 12 July 2004 by ErikL
Algers,
Posted on: 12 July 2004 by bhazen
quote:
Originally posted by Nick Lees:
_The Yachts_ - Yachting Type
Great tune, one of the funniest of that period: "She's run away, with the yachting type"... great stuff.
Posted on: 12 July 2004 by Mark Dunn
'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors.
Best Regards,
Mark Dunn
Best Regards,
Mark Dunn
Posted on: 12 July 2004 by bhazen
I'm violating my 10 rule, but
11. "Not Where It's At", Del Amitri (Glasgow's Finest)
11. "Not Where It's At", Del Amitri (Glasgow's Finest)
Posted on: 13 July 2004 by Simon Perry
Let's haul this list kicking and screaming into the 21st century!
Idlewild - 100 broken windows
Idlewild - 100 broken windows
Posted on: 13 July 2004 by ChrisG
Paul
Cotton Mather, anybody who saw any of their gigs in the UK was truly privileged!
Cotton Mather are the band that Oasis could have been if they had the brains and the tunes!
It's all true!
Chris
Cotton Mather, anybody who saw any of their gigs in the UK was truly privileged!
Cotton Mather are the band that Oasis could have been if they had the brains and the tunes!
It's all true!
Chris
Posted on: 13 July 2004 by bjorne
Almost anything with The Ramones. Best popband ever?
Posted on: 13 July 2004 by Peter C
Start Me up- The Rolling Stones
Alright Now - Free
Top Gun - Kenny Loggins
Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
Fire Escape - Fastball
Jeepster - T Rex
Take Me Bak Home - Slade
Alright Now - Free
Top Gun - Kenny Loggins
Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
Fire Escape - Fastball
Jeepster - T Rex
Take Me Bak Home - Slade
Posted on: 13 July 2004 by bhazen
quote:
Originally posted by ChrisG:
Cotton Mather are the band that Oasis could have been if they had the brains and the tunes!
I've gotta get ahold of a copy of Kon Tiki, it's long deleted here.
I used to go see the Posies in clubs here; they were shambolic live, but oh those Holliesesque harmonies on record...
Posted on: 14 July 2004 by ChrisG
Bhazen
If you e-mail me chris@motech.demon.co.uk, I can help you with "Kontiki".
Chris
If you e-mail me chris@motech.demon.co.uk, I can help you with "Kontiki".
Chris
Posted on: 14 July 2004 by rod ayling
Here are 10 of my favourite 'power pop' records , off the top of my head !
19th Nervous breakdown- The Stones
Helter Skelter- Beatles
The boys are back in town- Thin Lizzy
Tailights fade - Buffalo Tom
Lust for life - Iggy Pop
The kids are alright - The who
Anything off Radio City- Big Star
Born to run - Springsteen
This is the one - Stone roses
Ever fallen in love - Buzzcocks
Enjoy,
Rod
19th Nervous breakdown- The Stones
Helter Skelter- Beatles
The boys are back in town- Thin Lizzy
Tailights fade - Buffalo Tom
Lust for life - Iggy Pop
The kids are alright - The who
Anything off Radio City- Big Star
Born to run - Springsteen
This is the one - Stone roses
Ever fallen in love - Buzzcocks
Enjoy,
Rod
Posted on: 16 July 2004 by Brian OReilly
quote:
Originally posted by Paul Darwin:
The La's.
Their "There she goes" just has to be one of the best "pop" songs of all time IMHO.
Paul.
Back to back with "She Bangs the Drum" from The Stone Roses.
What went wrong ?
Brian OReilly
Posted on: 16 July 2004 by ChrisG
Lest they be forgotten!
Brendan Benson, The Green Pajamas,
Jason Faulkner, Abuni, The Wondermints, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians (some of) and one last mention again for COTTON MATHER! Go buy their "Kontiki" album it's wonderful and Amazon have it in their "new and used" section at a very reasonable price.
Chris
Brendan Benson, The Green Pajamas,
Jason Faulkner, Abuni, The Wondermints, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians (some of) and one last mention again for COTTON MATHER! Go buy their "Kontiki" album it's wonderful and Amazon have it in their "new and used" section at a very reasonable price.
Chris
Posted on: 16 July 2004 by bhazen
Hey thanks ChrisG, I'm off (virtually) to Amazon...
I second the Stones Roses, the La's, etc...How about Nick Heyward's 90's stuff? I read once in a Q review of The Apple Bed that compared to him, Noel Gallagher doesn't like the Beatles that much!
I second the Stones Roses, the La's, etc...How about Nick Heyward's 90's stuff? I read once in a Q review of The Apple Bed that compared to him, Noel Gallagher doesn't like the Beatles that much!
Posted on: 01 October 2004 by Brian OReilly
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet.
I've just heard this again ! What a brilliant, brilliant record ! Definitely a time capsule recording.
Brian
I've just heard this again ! What a brilliant, brilliant record ! Definitely a time capsule recording.
Brian
Posted on: 01 October 2004 by MichaelC
It Bites - Calling All The Heroes
Posted on: 04 October 2004 by domfjbrown
Breakdown, Oh sh1t! - Buzzcocks
Teenage Kicks, What's with Terry? - Undertones
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Just dump me in a plastic bag and leave me on the pavement
A tribute to your modern world, your great society
I'm just another victim of your highrise fantasy!
Teenage Kicks, What's with Terry? - Undertones
__________________________
Don't wanna be cremated or buried in a grave
Just dump me in a plastic bag and leave me on the pavement
A tribute to your modern world, your great society
I'm just another victim of your highrise fantasy!
Posted on: 04 October 2004 by Ron Brinsdon
Flamin Groovies - Shake Some Action
Screaming Blue Messiahs - Bikini Red
Godfathers - Birth School Work Death
This could go on and on
Paul Darwin mentioned "Let's Active" - I remember seeing them on Whistle Test decades ago and the guitarist was going to be the "next Hendrix".
That was the sort of accolade that finished many careers before they really kicked off so what happened? (Not to Jimi before the wags reply)
Time to go home
Ron
Screaming Blue Messiahs - Bikini Red
Godfathers - Birth School Work Death
This could go on and on
Paul Darwin mentioned "Let's Active" - I remember seeing them on Whistle Test decades ago and the guitarist was going to be the "next Hendrix".
That was the sort of accolade that finished many careers before they really kicked off so what happened? (Not to Jimi before the wags reply)
Time to go home
Ron
Posted on: 04 October 2004 by BigH47
quote:
Rammstein - Herzleid
Took you long enough Tom.
Howard
Posted on: 05 October 2004 by Stewart Platts
If I feel like I need a good shakedown I'll try:
Whitesnake - Slow and Easy
Rush - Driven
Chris Squire & Billy Sherwood - Violet Purple Rose
I am totally energised after this workout.
Whitesnake - Slow and Easy
Rush - Driven
Chris Squire & Billy Sherwood - Violet Purple Rose
I am totally energised after this workout.
Posted on: 06 October 2004 by Mike Hughes
If I want to give my CDX2/XPS2 a loud workout then it's always Queens Of The Stone Age but I can also bear witness to
Cheap Trick - Live At Budokhan
The Posies - Frosting On The Beater
Big Star - Radio City
Now, can someone give me the lowdown on Brendan Benson. I got the album that NME raved about and I have seen other since but no reviews. Any help out there?
Mike
Cheap Trick - Live At Budokhan
The Posies - Frosting On The Beater
Big Star - Radio City
Now, can someone give me the lowdown on Brendan Benson. I got the album that NME raved about and I have seen other since but no reviews. Any help out there?
Mike
Posted on: 07 October 2004 by domfjbrown
Did Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy get mentioned???
__________________________
Don't wanna be cremated or buried in a grave
Just dump me in a plastic bag and leave me on the pavement
A tribute to your modern world, your great society
I'm just another victim of your highrise fantasy!
__________________________
Don't wanna be cremated or buried in a grave
Just dump me in a plastic bag and leave me on the pavement
A tribute to your modern world, your great society
I'm just another victim of your highrise fantasy!
Posted on: 07 October 2004 by Gunnar Jansson
quote:
Originally posted by domfjbrown:
Did Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy get mentioned???
__________________________
Don't wanna be cremated or buried in a grave
Just dump me in a plastic bag and leave me on the pavement
A tribute to your modern world, your great society
I'm just another victim of your highrise fantasy!
no, and "don´t believe a word" is not mentioned yet either.
But there are loads...
Iggy: I got a right
If one wants a serie of tracks on one album;
Iggy, new values album, the quartet:
tell me a story, new values, girls, I´m bored.
Television: marquee moon (well the entire album actually)
From Ziggy stardust: star, hang onto yourself, ziggy stardust and suffragette city.
more recently
smashing pumpkins mellon collie:
jelly belly, zero, here is no why and bullet with butterfly wings.
Just to mention a few.....
Posted on: 12 October 2004 by bhazen
quote:
Originally posted by NAIMGAIM:
Chris, I auditioned for Cotton Mather THREE times (drums). I thought for sure I was gonna play Glastonberry and Reading. They ended up going with their original drummer, DAMN! I was soooo close to being a RAWK STAR!
BrianBrian - I am not worthy. You must be a pretty good stixster! I just got their CD The Big Picture; GREAT group, and largely unheard in der U.S. I'm awaiting, on a LONG order time, Kon Tiki from Amazon.