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| From | Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com> |
| Subject | Darkpop (was Re: Coulda Been a Power Pop Contendah) |
| Date | Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:48:44 -0500 |
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Greg Cagle wrote:
> I have a theory that a lot of country songs could easily be
> power pop songs with a little tweaking of the instrumentation
> and tempo.
I listen to a lot of goth and industrial music, and have really taken to
terms like "darkpop" because so many of these songs are essentially
power pop at heart. Mike Smith of Fiction 8 says as much (like "Let Go,"
which is here - http://www.myspace.com/fiction8), and when you hear them
covering a tune by The Cars, it starts to make sense. This is especially
true when you listen to bands (and there are a lot of them) for whom New
Order was a big influence.
--
Sam Smith, PhD
1805 Brantley St.
Winston-Salem NC 27103
336.480.6179 /m
sam@lullabypit.com
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...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the
lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in
strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing
behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice
kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch,
and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
from your heart.
- John Millington Synge
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