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re: The Perfect Power Pop song
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:06 am to FearlessFreep
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:06 am to FearlessFreep
I realize this is Fleetwood Mac, but the song is from the writers of Seven League Boots(Southern Cross)
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Posted on 8/15/25 at 4:24 pm to AlxTgr
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:46 am to Kafka
quote:
The Clique - "Superman"
They were mostly from Beaumont but at least one member was from Laffy
Have you ever heard of this 70s Laffyette band, Zuider Zee? They moved to Memphis because their manager heard about Big Star (who were mostly a studio band so there was no live power pop scene there for them to fit into)... they did get a record contract later but the label made them sound like Firefall, just in time for that to go out of vogue... the singer, Richard Orange, later wrote "Hole In My Heart (That Goes All The Way To China)" for Cindy Lauper. One of them found the tapes of the record they made that nobody wanted to put out a few years ago and had it mixed and found a label to put it out... great stuff...
This post was edited on 8/17/25 at 2:47 am
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:20 am to FightinTigersDammit
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I would say "The Kids are Alright" fits in the power pop vein
prototypical! "I Can't Explain," "Pictures of Lily," and "I Can See For Miles," too... among a lot of others!
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:39 am to Kafka
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quote:
Power Pop
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Huey Lewis
I give up
The first Huey Lewis & The News record was quasi-new wave/power pop (with a touch of the J Geils Band stuff that flirted with that, too)... and a little bit of the second one, maybe...
but "Power of Love" is not power pop... or ant of his other big hits
trivia: Huey's previous band - Clover, a country rock band a la The Eagles who were a bit too late for that here so they moved to England - backed up Elvis Costello on his debut record, "My Aim is True," sans Huey. That band's guitarist, John McFee, joined The Doobie Brothers shortly after that...
This post was edited on 8/17/25 at 3:43 am
Posted on 8/19/25 at 12:56 am to AlxTgr
Jellyfish - "Joining a Fanclub"
Teenage Fan Club - "Ain't That Enough"
Teenage Fan Club - "Ain't That Enough"
Posted on 8/19/25 at 8:21 am to HamTheOtherPinkMeat
quote:That's the song that really hooked me on the band.
Teenage Fan Club - "Ain't That Enough
Posted on 8/19/25 at 2:29 pm to AlxTgr
Posted on 8/19/25 at 2:40 pm to Mizz-SEC
Great song.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 6:37 pm to Kafka
Prix - "Love You Tonight (Saturday's Gone)"
For some reason Memphis was a power pop hotbed in the '70s
Clockwise from top left: Tommy Hoehn, Jon Tiven, Alex Chilton, Chris Bell
Jon Tiven intereview
For some reason Memphis was a power pop hotbed in the '70s
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Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who also played guitar and sang backup vocals. Prix is also famous for its use of banjo. Alex Chilton also participated in the recordings, along with session drummer Hilly Michaels.
Clockwise from top left: Tommy Hoehn, Jon Tiven, Alex Chilton, Chris Bell
Jon Tiven intereview
Posted on 9/10/25 at 8:38 pm to Lee B
If I remember correctly, Huey is credited on that album as "Huwey"
Posted on 9/11/25 at 1:49 am to AlxTgr
Huey Lewis and the News: "The Power of Love"
EOT.
EOT.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 3:10 am to KCRoyalBlue
quote:Why does this keep happening?
Huey Lewis and the News:
Posted on 9/11/25 at 12:25 pm to AlxTgr
And now a shot of Power Pop to cleanse the palate from the Huey Lewis discussion...
Posted on 9/11/25 at 2:18 pm to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 9/11/25 at 2:56 pm to rebelrouser
Never heard this Left Banke song until yesterday:
Posted on 9/11/25 at 5:27 pm to AlxTgr
Great song Alx!
Are you familiar with Matt Williamson of Pop Goes The 60's? This showed up in my YouTube queue and afterward I went down a Left Banke rabbit hole of "Walk Away Renee" covers.
Are you familiar with Matt Williamson of Pop Goes The 60's? This showed up in my YouTube queue and afterward I went down a Left Banke rabbit hole of "Walk Away Renee" covers.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 5:41 pm to Mizz-SEC
I posted "She May Call You Up Tonight" earlier in the thread. I guess people skip over my posts.
quote:I've listened to a few; should start listening to more. The one on The Nazz was very interesting.
Matt Williamson of Pop Goes The 60's
quote:My fave - w/a qualification, The vocal is terrible. But I love the country-rock arrangement.
I went down a Left Banke rabbit hole of "Walk Away Renee" covers
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:40 pm to AlxTgr
I have no argument with that list.
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