Long time listener, first time caller, loved the book, bla bla bla.. 
but if the Bangles record All Over the Place isn't (great) Power Pop, 
what the dickens is it?

----- Original Message -----
From: Popdude@aol.com
Date: Thursday, January 3, 2008 8:46 pm
Subject: Re: Shake Some Action - Too Few Women In Power Pop, Gadzooks!
To: audities@smoe.org

> B. Brodeen:
> 
> <<I'll speak for John here....>>
> 
> How I love when Bruce speaks for me...  :-)
> 
> Anyway, yeah, there aren't many female popsters covered in the top 
> 200 
> section of the book.  Also missing are Serbo-Croatians, kids under 
> the age of 9, 
> Haitians, midgets and Sloan, Frisbie and Human League records.  
> 
> Honestly, when I ranked the top 200 I didn't think to look at who 
> was doing 
> the singing; I simply chose records I felt were the best, most 
> representative 
> and most "definitive" within the power pop genre.  And while I 
> certainly 
> respect female pop artists such as Paula Kelley, Mary Kate O'Neil, 
> Wendie Colter, 
> Astropuppees, Wendy Ip and others (and that's just a few off the 
> top of my 
> head), none of them has ever fashioned a truly killer album from 
> beginning to end.  
> In my opinion.  Great songs, yes.  Great albums?  Nope, not to me.
> 
> I've heard the Expressos "Promises and Ties" and re-listened to it 
> again 
> before I did the rankings for the book.  While it's certainly 
> decent, I don't like 
> it early as much as Aaron does (obviously).  And I mention in the 
> book that I 
> absolutely love The Muffs' "Happy Birthday to Me," but found it a 
> bit more 
> punk than straight pop.  Jale?  Never heard of her (them?).
> 
> And to address Mr. Segarini's Bangles comment, good gosh golly, I 
> love 'em, 
> too. Excellent band.  I also mentioned in the book that their 
> releases - like 
> The Go-Go's and Blondie - didn't quite hit the power pop nail 
> quite squarely 
> enough for me.  Having said that, Volume 2 of Shake Some Action 
> (yes!) will 
> include a bountiful essay on major label stuff that skirted the 
> boundaries of 
> power pop, but that every pop fan should own (ie, some Tom Petty, 
> Lindsey 
> Buckingham, Blondie, Go-Go's, Bangles, Ramones, Muffs, Undertones 
> and others).
> 
> Thanks to everyone who's purchased the book; I truly appreciate it 
> and love 
> hearing the feedback (both positive and negative).  I'd love to 
> hear your 
> thoughts on the CD, also....
> 
> John B.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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