heyday of powerpop. 1972-86

[Mr_Bojangles]

New Pornographers are my second favourite band, if you're looking for some present day stuff. Electric Version and Twin Cinema are pretty much a tie for their best, but they're all great.

Some other great power pop albums from the last few years -

Title Tracks - It Was Easy
The DBs - Falling Off The Sky
Gentleman Jesse And His Men - Leaving Atlanta
Kurt Baker - Rockin For A Living
fun. - Aim And Ignite
Mother Mother - Eureka

I loved Electric Version and it was through them that I discovered Neko Case.

 

[mansize rooster]

Am eagerly awaiting the next Under the Covers installment with Sweet and Susannah Hoffs. First one was outstanding, second one not as good with some boring and dodgy song choices (although the 'Willin' cover was as good as it gets). Tracklisting for Vol. 3 looks the goods:

1. Sitting Still (R.E.M.)
2. Girls Talk (Dave Edmunds)
3. Big Brown Eyes (The dB's)
4. Kid (Pretenders)
5. Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
6. Save It For Later (The English Beat)
7. They Don’t Know (Kirsty MacColl)
8. The Bulrushes (The Bongos)
9. Our Lips Are Sealed (The Go-Go’s)
10. How Soon Is Now (The Smiths)
11. More Than This (Roxy Music)
12. Towers of London (XTC)
13. Killing Moon (Echo and the Bunnymen)
14. Trouble (Lindsey Buckingham)

Bonus Tracks on iTunes Deluxe Version:
* Train in Vain (the Clash)
* You’re My Favorite Waste of Time (Marshall Crenshaw)

* I Would Die 4 U (Prince)

shit!
guy has killer taste!

 

[Plugger35]

The Church are guns in terms of powerpop, they wrote the book on powerpop.




The Panics aren't too shabby in the powerpop stakes either, they supported the Church at the Fremantle Arts Centre back in 2003.



By the end of that gig I'd almost overdosed on powerpop.

 

[huh what?]

plimsouls!

 

[mansize rooster]

The Church are guns in terms of powerpop, they wrote the book on powerpop.




The Panics aren't too shabby in the powerpop stakes either, they supported the Church at the Fremantle Arts Centre back in 2003.



By the end of that gig I'd almost overdosed on powerpop.

Good calls there
That church song is great.

those early panics tunes certainly have that power pop punch
they got a little to sombre after that though

 

[mansize rooster]

pixies could do it as well as anyone


same with any frank solo

 

[mansize rooster]

plimsouls!

^
This kid knows whats up!

 

[mansize rooster]

crazy how this guy right here is pretty much an unknown
tried out to replace chris bell from big star in 1974...
didn't work out so he did his own thing.

and his own thing aint to ****ing shabby!
if you like early todd rundgren you will enjoy this

 

[Stone in sock]

Velvet Crush . pretty much all members of Matty Sweet's backing/studio/touring band .



Brendan Benson awesome power pop artist


And of course the fountains of wayne must be included on any power pop list

 

[Plugger35]

Not sure if it counts as powerpop but this song is one of the best pop songs I've heard.

 

[Contra Mundum]

A band from Perth that didn't go the places they might have.

They were outstanding. - the self titled album was all killer no filler - Dave Mccomb would sing this when the triffids had their long residency at the captain Stirling in nedlands. I am so ****ing old

 

[Contra Mundum]

Thanks to the Kinks and The Who for starting the ball rolling.



The best powerpop song from the best powerpop band (imo).

Surely Blondie are the very apogee of power pop - hanging on the telephone and union City blue for starters

 

[Gus Poyet]

Surely Blondie are the very apogee of power pop - hanging on the telephone and union City blue for starters

Hanging on the Telephone doesn't have the same power pulsating through it as Going Underground does.

The Jam had more driving basslines and deliverance of lyrics than Blondie managed. The Tide is High, Denis Denis, Rapture aren't much in the power pop stakes.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Hanging on the Telephone doesn't have the same power pulsating through it as Going Underground does.

The Jam had more driving basslines and deliverance of lyrics than Blondie managed. The Tide is High, Denis Denis, Rapture aren't much in the power pop stakes.

It was all over when they made tide is high. Denis Denis is not either - rapture is crapture but parallel lines is pure power pop

 

[Iskender Time]

Another great Perth band.

 

[UpForGrabs]

Hanging on the Telephone doesn't have the same power pulsating through it as Going Underground does.

The Jam had more driving basslines and deliverance of lyrics than Blondie managed. The Tide is High, Denis Denis, Rapture aren't much in the power pop stakes.

Here's where I go all music snob and say that the Blondie version of 'Hanging on the Telephone' has nothing on The Nerves' original version:

 

[mansize rooster]

its gotta be a power pop top tener does telephone!

 

[mansize rooster]

Another great Perth band.

i dig the scientists and all but i think their dirty swap rawk is a little to loud to be placed in the power pop circle

 

[Iskender Time]

i dig the scientists and all but i think their dirty swap rawk is a little to loud to be placed in the power pop circle

I reckon "Last Night" is right in there while I'll grant "Frantic Romantic" could be seen as a bit too swampy to be called power pop.

How about this one?

 

[mansize rooster]

i dont know anything about this band
but i instantly love this tune

and it made me think of this thread.
so here ya go. perfect power pop!

 

[lewigie]

A band from Perth that didn't go the places they might have.

Classic! I've got the original tape of their self titled album.

It's actually a very good album. The guys from the band still get royalty cheques from it.

 

[mansize rooster]

I reckon "Last Night" is right in there while I'll grant "Frantic Romantic" could be seen as a bit too swampy to be called power pop.

How about this one?

wow!
i aint heard that one.. that must be real early on yeah?
sounds like early jam, buzzcocks..
very britishy post-punk. its got them nu-wave sounding drums to..
yep,accepted!

 

[mansize rooster]

Classic! I've got the original tape of their self titled album.

It's actually a very good album. The guys from the band still get royalty cheques from it.

could see Blur covering this
loved it.

 

[Iskender Time]

Classic! I've got the original tape of their self titled album.

It's actually a very good album. The guys from the band still get royalty cheques from it.

It is. I bought it on CD in the 1990s.

 

[mansize rooster]

well i have a good one here peeps.
1979.
the only ones.
there is some probs with the board at the moment so you will just have to click this link