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| From | DanAbnrml9@aol.com |
| Subject | Tributes? |
| Date | Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:58:29 EST |
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Awhile back there was discussion of what artists, if any, were deserving of
one of the fantastic power-pop tributes that this community is known for.
After much thought, I nominate the following three:
The Cars
Marshall Crenshaw
Hall & Oates
I absolutely love all three, and all three wrote some killer, absolutely
classic pop tunes. The Cars in particular are more or less the root of all my
personal tastes--if you can trace the sound of a band back to them somehow,
I'm probably going to like that band. Hall & Oates would simply benefit from
having their songs taken out of their marginally-dated '80s production; and
pound for pound, I think Marshall Crenshaw has one of the most consistently
well-written catalogs in "power pop". I find that years after hearing all of
his stuff it still sounds as catchy as that first time.... and that's a rare
feat.
--Jason
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