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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: power pop / garage |
| Date | Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:01:42 -0500 |
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At 11:16 AM 8/18/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Bobby Fuller Four = power pop
This mailing list had a long discussion a few years ago about "what was the
first Power Pop single?" (general consensus: The Who's "I Can't Explain")
but I
argued that USA bands like the New Colony Six and The Choir made power pop
singles in the mid 60's too.
But looking back now I was wrong - while those groups made singles that had
the
right requirements of classic Power Pop (hooks galore, love songs, vocal
harmonies, upbeat tempo) those groups didnt just have the firepower (marshall
stacks) to really kick out the power chords like the Who, Kinks and Small
Faces
did.
I characterize those singles now as Garage-Pop: bands that didnt quite have
the
slick professionalism or success of the huge USA groups but recorded melodic
pop (Beatles, Hollies, Searchers - some later experimented with Psychedelia
and Soft Pop) instead of angry (Stones, Animals, Them) blues-based garage
rock.
Bobby Fuller - who tried to mate Buddy Holly's songwriting with the
instrumental force of the early Beatles, Hollies and even Surf/Car rock I feel
fits in pretty well with this catagory.
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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