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| From | Kevin Mathews <kevin@powerofpop.com> |
| Subject | Re: quintessential power pop |
| Date | Wed, 20 Aug 2003 02:07:10 -0400 |
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Greg wrote -
>I love the Beach Boys, but to me they're a pop band, not a
>power pop
>band. Power pop may chime, jangle, and soar, but it's gotta
thump as well.
Granted. But Townshend used "Fun Fun Fun" as a reference
point - which is an excellent example of the Boys' Chuck
Berry-Four Freshmen hybrid - for "power pop".
In any case, Big Star/Badfinger/Raspberries had many songs
that did NOT have the thump (because they were not one-note
wonders) so where do you draw the line. For eg. would you
consider "Thirteen" power pop?
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