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| From | Kevin Mathews <kevin@powerofpop.com> |
| Subject | Re: "Hard" Pop recommendations |
| Date | Wed, 2 Jul 2003 00:24:58 -0400 |
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Michael wrote: -
>From
>a later reading of British music history of the era the
word "pops up"
>more frequently. And of course Singapore is yet another
matter.
Yeah, exactly, having a British colonial past, it was always
pop in Singapore - y'know Top of the Pops etc Beatles and
other 60s British bands were all thought as pop bands. Sorta
became rock with Led Zep, Sabbath and Deep Purple in the 70s
>
>I do remember when bands began being called rock - like the
Kinks and
>the Who - and absolutely hating the term.
Interesting you mentioned the Who, as everyone on this list
knows, Townshend coined "powerpop" to describe what the Beach
Boys and Small Faces were doing in 1965. I think in the UK,
rock came to the fore with Jimi Hendrix and Cream...
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