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| From | "Matt Carlson" <mattsoncarlhew@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Best Power Pop Records Ever? |
| Date | Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:07:23 -0500 |
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How anyone cannot "get" The Beat, in particular their debut album, is
totally abso-$%$#ing-lutely beyond me. What do you normally listen to?
On 2/12/08, Josh Chasin <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I've been dipping into the power pop canon based on the SSA book. And I'm
> shocked by the extent to which I'm wholly unmoved by records that are
> apparently consensus great albums of the genre. Some of the things I've
> picked up I've liked but they sounded a little too generic to me to be
> considered great (a.g. the Adam Schmidt, although I do like it.) Others,
> I just totally don't get (Paul Collins Beat.)
>
> Not a criticism, just interesting the extent to which one's mileage may
> vary.
>
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