Guest hectorp2 Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 My candidate:My T-62 that has been modded by BCR with a Rio mid-bottom set.Midnight blue metallic.A thing of Beauty
SteveB Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 there's something Tres Aard hears from me all the time:"which of my guitars is best for PowerPop"?NOT!
paults Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Mine would be a Phantom A5 - 12. Power pop needs a 12-string : )
Tres Aardvarks Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 there's something Tres Aard hears from me all the time:"which of my guitars is best for PowerPop"? NOT! yeah funny, I usually get shit for listening to that stuff. I use my iri cali with a push-pull to split the bridge humbucker. I'd love to use a 12ver but I don't have one. Hmm, wonder how the Scepter Vee would do?
salem Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 I would recommend the Artist P-90, jazzburst, a nice, light, clear tone. It's a real songwriter's guitar, and it's easy to come up with pop chord riffs.
Craig Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 My Special has a JB & '59 combo if I remember correctly, and it does just about anything well.
serial Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Personally, I like a Tele for that stuff. I think that the longer scale is better for chord definition and the Fender-styles are brighter. Of course, I have an '81 Sunburst that I dig for that stuff too.
BTMN Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Pick one! If ya can. Edited to note: Rick can't either!
serial Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 DavidE:How can I count the ways?Lessee...Badfinger, the Posies, Material Issue, Gigolo Aunts, Cheap Trick, Jellyfish, Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, Fuzbubble, phew, I'm tired of typing and I ain't even scratchin' the surface!
Mike_C Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Well I would say a Rickenbacker 330 but since I know you mean Hamer's a sustain block special or a double cut eight string bass.
DavidE Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 DavidE:How can I count the ways?Lessee...Badfinger, the Posies, Material Issue, Gigolo Aunts, Cheap Trick, Jellyfish, Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, Fuzbubble, phew, I'm tired of typing and I ain't even scratchin' the surface! Ok. I've only heard Cheap Trick. Well, maybe a Badfinger song or two. Never got into that stuff. Actually never heard of most of the groups you cited.
jwhitcomb3 Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 As a big power pop fan myself I think the Newport with both Phatcats opened up gives that big, chimey, jangly sound.Other great power pop acts include the Grip Weeds, Pernice Brothers, Squeeze, Bram Tchaikovsky, Poundcake, Matthew Sweet, Lloyd Cole, the Cavedogs, the Grays and Fountains of Wayne. Even the first two Joe Jackson albums (and the first three Elvis Costello albums) come under the power pop banner in my book. Oh, and how about the Raspberries?Now, that's the stuff!Here's a power pop song from my band's latest album featuring two Newports (a 6 and a 12):http://www.e-misery.com/audio/mp3/06_Anna_Noone.mp3-Jonathan
Citrus Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Hey Johnathan, Pretty cool, sounds like some early Squueze
cmatthes Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Ditto on the Newport with Phat Cats. Make it a Newport 12 if you really want to go all out Power Pop.I have never gotten a better early WHO Jangle/Power Pop Clean than from the time I had extended use of a borrowed Newport named "Julius".
BigWhiteB12a Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 My metalflake baby blue(yes) '59 double cut LP junior. All original but the paint and the "Batmobile" pickguard. Kerrrrrraaaaaaang Baby!!!!!!
RJoseph133 Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 How can I count the ways?Lessee...Badfinger, the Posies, Material Issue, Gigolo Aunts, Cheap Trick, Jellyfish, Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, Fuzbubble, phew, I'm tired of typing and I ain't even scratchin' the surface! We're on the same page here, bud...this is my knid of music...Also; more commonly heard "Power Pop" would be The Knack, Marshall Crenshaw, The Romantics, Elvis Costello (Late '70's), The Cars, Shoes, Off Broadway, The Kind, Blondie...It is a shame that this type of music reached a saturation point in the early '80's...I have yet to figure out just why it gets such a bad name. I mean, christ, why would anyone want to listen to a great sing along song that has lots of guitar work in it????
HamerHokie Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 DavidE:How can I count the ways?Lessee...Badfinger, the Posies, Material Issue, Gigolo Aunts, Cheap Trick, Jellyfish, Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, Fuzbubble, phew, I'm tired of typing and I ain't even scratchin' the surface! Ok. I've only heard Cheap Trick. Well, maybe a Badfinger song or two. Never got into that stuff. Actually never heard of most of the groups you cited. Don't let him confuse you, Dave - Cheap Trick is rock n roll!!The Knack was power pop.
DavidE Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 "Don't let him confuse you, Dave - Cheap Trick is rock n roll!!The Knack was power pop. "Now, I've heard of The Knack. I think I still have the record on vinyl...Where do groups like Loverboy fit in?
DavidE Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 "Also; more commonly heard "Power Pop" would be The Knack, Marshall Crenshaw, The Romantics, Elvis Costello (Late '70's), The Cars, Shoes, Off Broadway, The Kind, Blondie...It is a shame that this type of music reached a saturation point in the early '80's...I have yet to figure out just why it gets such a bad name. Ok.... heard most of those. Loved The Cars. See my other Cars thread....Crenshaw was always cool. Saw Off Broadway open for somebody in NYC and they sucked. Maybe opened for UFO? I have a Blondie Live CD (fairly recent) here in the office that I listen to.Do the Pretenders fit in?
serial Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Wow, I was driving in this am, thinking about all of the names I left off and the Knack, Shoes and Off Broadway all popped into mind. I love the Pretenders (one of my all-time faves w/Honeyman-Scott and some post JHS stuff like "Back on the Chain Gang" that kind of captured some of that mood), but I don't know that I'd call them power pop. They had something darker and most power pop seems to focus on "sweeter" vocals. I don't think of Chrissie Hynde as a "sweet" vocalist. They were more post-punk Brit rock or something. Not really New Wave either. Hmmmm...
paults Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 This post got me thinking about old stuff, too.Here is a powerpop song that I did in 1992 (back in my original band days)http://home.insight.rr.com/paults/pictures/Deanna.mp3
jwhitcomb3 Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 allmusic.com categorizes power-pop as a sub genre of punk/new-wave:Power Pop is a cross between the crunching hard rock of the Who and the sweet melodicism of the Beatles and Beach Boys, with the ringing guitars of the Byrds thrown in for good measure. Although several bands of the early '70s -- most notably the Raspberries, Big Star, and Badfinger -- established the sound of power pop, it wasn't until the late '70s that a whole group of like-minded bands emerged. Most of these groups modeled themselves on the Raspberries (which isn't entirely surprising, since they were the only power-pop band of their era to have hit singles), or they went directly back to the source and based their sound on stacks of British Invasion records. What tied all of these bands together was their love of the three-minute pop single. Power-pop bands happened to emerge around the same time of punk, so they were swept along with the new wave because their brief, catchy songs fit into the post-punk aesthetic. Out of these bands, Cheap Trick, the Knack, the Romantics, and Dwight Twilley had the biggest hits, but the Shoes, the Records, the Nerves, and 20/20, among many others, became cult favorites. During the early '80s, power pop died away as a hip movement, and nearly all of the bands broke up. However, in the late '80s, a new breed of power pop began to form. The new bands, who were primarily influenced by Big Star, blended traditional power pop with alternative rock sensibilities and sounds; in the process, groups like Teenage Fanclub, Material Issue, and the Posies became critical and cult favorites. While these bands gained the attention of hip circles, many of the original power-pop groups began recording new material and releasing it on independent labels. In the early '90s, the Yellow Pills compilation series gathered together highlights from these re-activated power poppers, as well as new artists that worked in a traditional power-pop vein. Throughout the early and mid-'90s, this group of independent, grass-roots power-pop bands gained a small but dedicated cult following in the United States.
Guest Mike Lee Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 Dave E, Power pop is a type of music that allows leftward leaning men with TDS (Testicular Deficiency Syndrome) the opportunity to go ON AN ON AND ON INCESSANTLY about how much they prefer "good songwriting" to actual guitar players. There is no known cure.
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