Greg wrote - 
>I love the Beach Boys, but to me they're a pop band, not a 
>power pop
>band. Power pop may chime, jangle, and soar, but it's gotta 
thump as well.

Granted. But Townshend used "Fun Fun Fun" as a reference 
point - which is an excellent example of the Boys' Chuck 
Berry-Four Freshmen hybrid - for "power pop". 

In any case, Big Star/Badfinger/Raspberries had many songs 
that did NOT have the thump (because they were not one-note 
wonders) so where do you draw the line. For eg. would you 
consider "Thirteen" power pop?