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| From | "Tiny Volcano" <tinyvolcano@charter.net> |
| Subject | Re: Sounds like... |
| Date | Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:18:37 -0800 |
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I think they
> > symbolize the type of power-pop I like best--up-tempo and well-written
> with clever
> > lyrics and a clean mix that really "pops" when you put it on, plus their
> songs ....
For that matter I think you would love "The Arguments" new CD.
Which has been posted many times on this site ....
It's great up tempo pop with outstanding production ala Owsley design.
Tiny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DanAbnrml9@aol.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:23 AM
> Subject: Sounds like...
>
>
> > Okay, here's a general music question:
> >
> > Obviously this list has given me--and many others--tons and tons of
great
> > music recommendations. It's given me so many that I've either forgotten
or
> missed
> > a bunch that I probably would've loved.
> >
> > Every springtime, I invariably get in the mood for more good power-pop,
> and
> > this springtime is no different. So I'm going to ask a sort-of-specific
> > question that will seem silly initially: What bands do you guys like
that
> sound like
> > Fountains of Wayne?
> >
> > That's a ridiculous question, obviously, so it makes me feel a little
like
> a
> > junkie looking for his fix. Let me explain--I think I've disliked more
> "sounds
> > like" recommendations than any other type, because I think those bands
are
> > too often playing imitator and lack any personality of their own. It
also
> > reinforces the notion that power-pop fans are just looking for the same
> thing over
> > and over.
> >
> > BUT I love FOW, I fail to get sick of their records, and I think they
> > symbolize the type of power-pop I like best--up-tempo and well-written
> with clever
> > lyrics and a clean mix that really "pops" when you put it on, plus their
> songs
> > seem to possess a magic that makes them seem effortlessly propulsive, as
> if
> > they're completely natural in their construction. They never seem to be
> forcing
> > that big anthemic chorus. I also think that a tasteful use of
synthesizers
> is
> > about as addictive as heroin.
> >
> > I'm not looking for that, obviously. But in looking for "sounds like"
FOW
> > bands before, I've found: Candy Butchers, Bleu, Ice Cream Hands, ANY of
> the
> > various John Faye projects, The Davenports, The Rosenbergs, Paste, the
> dB's,
> > Owsley/Semantics, Splitsville, and probably some more that I can't think
> of right
> > now. I wound up liking these bands almost as much, even though many of
> them
> > sound somewhat drastically different from FOW. I can't explain why a
> "sounds like"
> > recommendation was even attached to some of them (Candy Butchers? Ice
> Cream
> > Hands? dB's?) but it did the trick anyway. In short, asking the "does it
> sound
> > like Fountains of Wayne?" question has quite often given me a bunch of
> bands
> > that sound nothing like Fountains of Wayne but who I wind up loving in
> their
> > own right. Funny that.
> >
> > So if anyone thinks they might know something to offer in this realm,
> offer
> > it up! I'm eager for some new stuff. --Jason
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