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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: "garage rock"? "power pop"? |
| Date | Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:35:51 -0500 |
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Stewart --
Your definition is familiar to me too. Based on some comps I've bought and
essays I've read, it seems that Freakbeat actually was originally coined for
the bands whose music traversed the evolution from mod to psychedelia -- so,
I think combining what you wrote and David wrote probably covers the field.
This is an opportunity to recommend the Embrooks disc on Voxx that came out
a few years ago -- they are the best contemporary band playing Freakbeat and
if they ever come to a venue near you, by all means go.
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
Find out about Chicago shows:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/
>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org, "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: "garage rock"? "power pop"?
>Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:17:20 -0400
>
>At 09:28 AM 8/18/2004 -0700, David Bash wrote:
> >I agree with Mike Bennett's point about freakbeat falling somewhere in
> >between the two sub-genres, although I would add that freakbeat often
> >introduces a psychedelic element in the mix.
>
>I always heard "freakbeat" (which is a retroactive term -- it wasn't used
>back in the day -- that I *think* might have been coined by UK fanzine
>writer Phil Smee) as referring exclusively to UK bands who were active
>circa '66-'68. The idea as I understand it is that they had the same R&B
>influences as the Stones and that whole camp, but they added artsy and/or
>psychedelic elements as well: the Creation, John's Children, the Smoke,
>Tomorrow, that sort of thing.
>
>S
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