Genres you are feeling
JLR
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Andean folk, my new psych.Inti Illimani, chilean band. 
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Hawaiian Folk (Shitzr-related)
Iranian Psych/Funk
Eastern European Funky Rock
I wish I had a good in to get into middle eastern psych and stuff... I really enjoy whatever i hear. I just hate googling "Iranian Psych" to figure shit out.
If it's still there I highly recommend it.....curried goat & oxtail soup!!
Cool....let me know what you think of it.
for serious.
sorry.
funky big band
funky/soulful shit that defies genres.
Will post tomorrow. En route to BBQ now...
Always dug it, but have been actively seeking out good
records lately. I like how, as with any genre once you
start to really get into it, the line between real/fake
and good/bad is so thin, but each time you hear "your
sound" on a new find, you feel closer to refining what
that sound is and what you are really looking for.
Power pop is definitely one of those genres where you can
buy 10 singles before you find one you like, even though
they will all look virtually the same. But when it's good,
it's great.
same here. this comp is killing me at the moment:
What would be considered the "golden age" of power pop?
Thanks for posting this. Going to try and find it, been on the look out for something a long these lines. Any other recommendations?
The Millennium
Lesley Gore ??? The Bubble Broke (Mercury)
Tommy Roe ??? Misty Eyes (ABC)
Janis Ian ??? Sweet Misery (Verve)
Millennium ??? Prelude/To Claudia On Thursday (Columbia)
Cast of Thousands ??? My Jenny Wears a Mini (Tower)
Sundowners ??? Sunny Day People (Decca)
Merry Go Round ??? Time Will Show The Wiser (A&M)
Association ??? Come On In (WB)
Kingsmen ??? Little Sally Tease (Wand)
Paul Revere & the Raiders ??? Louise (Columbia)
JK & Company ??? Crystal Ball (White Whale)
Blood Sweat and Tears ??? Smiling Phases (Columbia)
Kaleidoscope ??? Pulsating Dream (Epic)
New Zealand Trading Company ??? Oh What a Day (Memphis)
Rugbys ??? You I (Amazon)
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Speaking for myself, there is no real "golden age," in my opinion. The good shit just happened when it happened, with no timeline.
That said, I'd add that my favorite power-pop was recorded pre-'77, before the genre was really defined: Raspberries, Big Star, Blue Ash, Emitt Rhodes, Artful Dodger, Badfinger, the Sidewinders, Cargoe, Dwight Twilley, Greg Kihn's tracks on Beserkley Chartbusters and even the odd '70s hit that could loosely fall in that genre: Wadsworth Mansion's "Sweet Mary," the Jaggerz'"The Rapper," Crabby Appleton's "Go Back," Bullet's "White Lies, Blue Eyes." These bands/records I'm talking about fall roughly between 1969-76.
There was still some good stuff after that (I'm like a one-man fan club for the Cretones' Thin Red Line album, still a dollarbin common), but by the time the Knack hit, it started parodying itself a little, depending on the band. You started seeing bands falling into cliches: the skinny ties, the girl's name songs (usually about unrequited love), the pseudo-Beatles melodies, etc. But there were still some treasures to be heard, here and there.
Don't know if Soul On Ice would agree with that assessment. However, like he said, the good/bad line can get mighty thin, but when you've found The Sound, you know it.
You got a quality rip of this? Mine is at 128.
I dont mind a 128k rip anyway. I think it's good quality.
Yeah, I'm definitely on more of a circa 1978-1982 kick, post-Nerves stuff and
kind of crossover new-wave or whatever. Local to me bands like the Neighborhoods,
the Outlets, Real Kids ... major label stuff like 20/20 and the endless 7"
stream from bands like The Go, The Scruffs ... one of my favorite finds of
the past couple of years was the Crash Street Kids LP from Minneapolis, early
80's. also lots of great stuff from across the ocean, I like how the same sounds
were being worked around the world. Protex out of Belfast for one. And, although
he became so huge he probably transcends genre, Joe Jackson made a couple of
the greatest power pop albums of all time. "Look Sharp" is eternal.
The problem with being a power pop fan is, Rick Springfield is power pop, too.
Kareem Isaaq: "Besasha" (mostly for the intro)
http://www.divshare.com/download/7839028-d81
Ray Barretto- "Cocinando"
http://www.divshare.com/download/7839048-9db
peace, stein. . .
While we're talking about Boston power-pop, are you familiar with the Road Apples? This was their one minor hit:
This was from 1975 - pre-new wave - but I understand that one of them (Mike Finnerty) resurfaced in 1980 with a band called the Jackals, on a local indie label called Deli Platters. I wouldn't be surprised if they were on the pop kick as well.