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| From | synthhtnys@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: My all-time Power Pop top 20 |
| Date | Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:50:50 +0000 |
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Count me in as a huge Ambrosia fan. Love the first two albums the best but each one had some gems.
I have to agree it's not really Power Pop in the classic sense, but there's plenty there that should appeal to Power Pop fans. I always felt the second album was almost a template for Jellyfish... I got to see them in a "reunion" show in Portland a few years back (In fact I seem to remember them saying it was their first show outside of LA for decades...) when it was the full lineup icluding David Pack. It was a great show and they were all in top form. They played Drink of Water which, for my money has one of the best B3 solos ever. I was disappointed when I found out Pack had left... His replacement "Shem" (I think) was good, but it just didn't seem to have the same spark... (YMMV)
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From: "Cornely, Michael" <michael.cornely@sap.com>
> Mike Hodges wrote:
>
> >16. Life Beyond LA - Ambrosia
>
> Hersh Forman then wrote:
>
> >I love Ambrosia, but I've never thought of them as power pop.
>
> I love them too. In fact, the only other list that I'm on is Ambrosia's
> "Travellers" (although that's near dormant these days). I think the
> closest they came to power pop was parts of ONE EIGHTY, with the trio of
> songs that start that album - "Ready", "Shape I'm In" and "Kamikaze".
> That album is my favorite of theirs - just edging out their self-titled
> debut. I put "Shape I'm In" on a SOTT a few years back.
>
> They are headlining a prog-rock festival called RoSFest in May here in
> the Philadelphia area, and I'm looking forward to that. David Pack has
> left the group, but I've always enjoyed Joe Puerta's songs just as much.
> I think they are an underrated, overlooked band - mostly because of
> their big MOR hits "You're the Only Woman" and "Biggest Part of Me",
> also both from ONE EIGHTY. I've only seen them once, about 10 years
> ago, right before Pack left, and they put on a very good show.
>
> Mike
>
> np - SHOW WORLD - Redd Kross (kinda forgot about this one, but was just
> browsing SSA and saw it's entry and popped it on. I forgot how much I
> liked this.)
>
>
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