smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: top ten p pop artists of 90s/2000s |
| Date | Thu, 4 Jan 2007 19:11:07 +0000 |
[Part 1 text/plain ISO-8859-1 (1.3 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
My initial top ten.
Jellyfish
Paul McCartney
The Nines
Fountains of Wayne
Splitsville
The Wondermints
The Merrymakers
Sugarbomb
Bleu
David Doll
On 04/01/07, Seaman, Dave <seamand@upmc.edu> wrote:
>
> Recent postings RE: power pop gem albums of the past 4-5 yrs got me
> thinking, what would the group think be on the top ten power pop
> artists/bands of the past 15 or so years? I have my faves, as does
> everyone -- probably wildly different lists from person to person. But
> I'd be curious who other folks might put on that pedestal, nonetheless.
> I think for consideration the artist should have at least 2 notable
> regular releases. In no particular order, here are my choices:
>
>
>
> Top 10:
>
>
>
> XTC
>
> Crowded House
>
> Fountains of Wayne
>
> Greenberry Woods/ Splitsville
>
> Barenaked Ladies
>
> Jellyfish
>
> Gladhands
>
> Matthew Sweet
>
> The Wondermints
>
> Aimee Mann
>
>
>
> Honorable mention:
>
>
>
> Cockeyed Ghost
>
> Myracle Brah
>
> Cotton Mather
>
> The Nines
>
> Cloud Eleven
>
> Susanna Hoffs/ Bangles
>
> The Merrymakers
>
> Linus of Hollywood
>
> Mark Bacino
>
> Bill Lloyd
>
>
>
> I know I'm forgetting some, this is all off the top of my head. And I'm
> sure many of you wouldn't consider BNL or Aimee Mann power pop, or might
> consider XTC and Crowded House for pre 90s...
>
>
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.