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| From | Kevin Mathews <kevin@powerofpop.com> |
| Subject | Re: powerpop definition |
| Date | Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:27:11 -0400 |
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Spot on Stewart! Was about to chime in with that little
nugget meself.
Listen to "Queen of Eyes" - quirky 12-stringed majesty.
*Underwater Moonlight* is highly recommended listening.
cheers
>I kinda doubt Peter Buck has heard a single Searchers song
after "Needles
>and Pins" and MAYBE "Sugar and Spice." I also doubt he's
particularly into
>the Byrds. Early R.E.M.'s antecendents suddenly fell into
place for me a
>few years ago when Buck mentioned that his favorite album in
the earliest
>days of the band was the Soft Boys' UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT: I
put RECKONING
>on directly after that album and immediately thought, "Oh.
Of course."
>It's not an influence anyone would automatically pick up on -
- especially
>if like 98% of all their American fans, you discovered the
Soft Boys
>*after* R.E.M. -- but once you listen for it, it's obvious.
>
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Grace and peace
KEVIN
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