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| From | jchasin@nyc.rr.com |
| Subject | Re: Shake Some Action - Too Few Women In Power Pop, Gadzooks! |
| Date | Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:19:28 -0500 |
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Long time listener, first time caller, loved the book, bla bla bla..
but if the Bangles record All Over the Place isn't (great) Power Pop,
what the dickens is it?
----- Original Message -----
From: Popdude@aol.com
Date: Thursday, January 3, 2008 8:46 pm
Subject: Re: Shake Some Action - Too Few Women In Power Pop, Gadzooks!
To: audities@smoe.org
> B. Brodeen:
>
> <<I'll speak for John here....>>
>
> How I love when Bruce speaks for me... :-)
>
> Anyway, yeah, there aren't many female popsters covered in the top
> 200
> section of the book. Also missing are Serbo-Croatians, kids under
> the age of 9,
> Haitians, midgets and Sloan, Frisbie and Human League records.
>
> Honestly, when I ranked the top 200 I didn't think to look at who
> was doing
> the singing; I simply chose records I felt were the best, most
> representative
> and most "definitive" within the power pop genre. And while I
> certainly
> respect female pop artists such as Paula Kelley, Mary Kate O'Neil,
> Wendie Colter,
> Astropuppees, Wendy Ip and others (and that's just a few off the
> top of my
> head), none of them has ever fashioned a truly killer album from
> beginning to end.
> In my opinion. Great songs, yes. Great albums? Nope, not to me.
>
> I've heard the Expressos "Promises and Ties" and re-listened to it
> again
> before I did the rankings for the book. While it's certainly
> decent, I don't like
> it early as much as Aaron does (obviously). And I mention in the
> book that I
> absolutely love The Muffs' "Happy Birthday to Me," but found it a
> bit more
> punk than straight pop. Jale? Never heard of her (them?).
>
> And to address Mr. Segarini's Bangles comment, good gosh golly, I
> love 'em,
> too. Excellent band. I also mentioned in the book that their
> releases - like
> The Go-Go's and Blondie - didn't quite hit the power pop nail
> quite squarely
> enough for me. Having said that, Volume 2 of Shake Some Action
> (yes!) will
> include a bountiful essay on major label stuff that skirted the
> boundaries of
> power pop, but that every pop fan should own (ie, some Tom Petty,
> Lindsey
> Buckingham, Blondie, Go-Go's, Bangles, Ramones, Muffs, Undertones
> and others).
>
> Thanks to everyone who's purchased the book; I truly appreciate it
> and love
> hearing the feedback (both positive and negative). I'd love to
> hear your
> thoughts on the CD, also....
>
> John B.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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