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From: "Jocelyn Geboy" <smussyolay@yahoo.com>
> > ~~~~~~~~~~yes, yes, ohhh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
> jocelyn, who thinks this why the beatles DEFINITELY
> count as power pop.

When my wife asked me to define Power Pop, I declined, opting instead to
make her a mix CD for her car that would define it for her.  I did it in
chronological order.  The first two songs on it are "The Kids Are Alright"
and "Ticket to Ride."

(No Beach Boys; she gets enough of that in the house.  But if I did, I would
probably have included their "Girl Don't Tell Me", which was brilliantly
covered by Ken Sharp on Happy Accidents,  an indisputable power pop album.)