----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Seaman" <seamand@upmc.edu>
> Robin Hitchcock, there's someone I need to listen to.  I really love 
> his
> song "Baloon Man" - has he done much of anything that's as "catchy 
> pop" as
> this cut?

Tons.  From the days of the Soft Boys:

I Wanna Be An Anglepoise Lamp
Leppo and the Jooves
I Wanna Destroy You
Kingdom of Love
Positive Vibrations
Old Pervert
Underwater Moonlight
Only the Stones Remain
Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole
Have A Heart, Betty (I'm Not Fireproof)
He's A Reptile

And just from the first decade or so of his solo career:

The Man Who Invented Himself
Brenda's Iron Sledge
Do Policemen Sing?
Acid Bird
Love
The Cars She Used To Drive
Egyptian Cream
My Wife and My Dead Wife
The Man with the Lightbulb Head
Heaven
If You Were A Priest
Ted, Woody and Junior
Airscape
Vibrating
Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis)
Madonna of the Wasps
One Long Pair of Eyes
Beautiful Girl
So You Think You're In Love

Basically, buy the Soft Boys' UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT and the solo 
FEGMANIA! and move on from there if they appeal.

S