Members Trick Fall Posted October 18, 2015 Members Share Posted October 18, 2015 Post a random power pop song for Phil. I'll start with this.[video=youtube_share;HEwwc1Vovkk] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratStevo Posted October 19, 2015 Members Share Posted October 19, 2015 Tsukiko's bass player rules.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I do love me some good powerpop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted October 19, 2015 Members Share Posted October 19, 2015 Protip: to embed YouTube videos, remove the "s" from the "https" in any YouTube links you wish to embed. [video=youtube_share;HEwwc1Vovkk] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trick Fall Posted October 20, 2015 Author Members Share Posted October 20, 2015 Thanks for the tip and here's another.[video=youtube_share;9VyNrn-rp24]http://youtu.be/9VyNrn-rp24?list=PLz-jdeOn1ekD641NhvpWfJM2_EVoUYXcO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I'm a big Matthew Sweet fan. Girlfriend is one of my favorite albums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trick Fall Posted October 21, 2015 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2015 I'm a big fan of that album as well. Robert Quine's guitar playing is just incredible on that record. I've loved this song for years, but never watched the video before. Some good studio shots. [video=youtube_share;Sc4l5EpCMEc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Get The Knack is a powerpop masterpiece. Of course the lyrics are a bit out there at times, and that, and the fact it got played to death by radio really led to a big backlash against the band, and unfortunately, I think against powerpop in general too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted December 20, 2015 Members Share Posted December 20, 2015 Random power pop? Ok, maybe Visqueen...great videos but I dig the tracks themselves. The Capitol Ward Hand Me Down (Fan Video) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 This thread needs some XTC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Old Fart Rocker Posted December 22, 2015 Members Share Posted December 22, 2015 Here you go Phil. One of my favorite power pop bands from the early 90's. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Here you go Phil. One of my favorite power pop bands from the early 90's. Enjoy! Classic powerpop! There was a nice little renewing of interest in the genre in the early 90s, wasn't there? Too bad it didn't really take off... but there was some good powerpop stuff released in that decade IMO. A few examples: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trick Fall Posted December 23, 2015 Author Members Share Posted December 23, 2015 Some good stuff posted. I've really been digging this song I heard recently [video=youtube_share;Xb01W5niQbg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trick Fall Posted December 23, 2015 Author Members Share Posted December 23, 2015 Oh and Bandwagonesque is probably my favorite power pop album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Oh and Bandwagonesque is probably my favorite power pop album. It's a great record IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Awww, what the heck - here's the whole album - enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98T3lkkdKqk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted December 24, 2015 Members Share Posted December 24, 2015 I am a huge fan of Power Pop Rock. I actually played in an originals power pop band back in the day. That's another story I guess. Fountains of Wayne, The Cars, and so many others. I also dig the Madchester scene from the late 80's to the early 90's. Here's a couple of my picks, not mentioned I believe Tommy Keene is still around and actively gigging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted December 24, 2015 Members Share Posted December 24, 2015 I have plenty of rejection letters from record companies, include one for Geffen, CBS and a many others Geffen said they signed a couple of bands that sounded like the band I played in. One band was called The Posies, and another up and coming act, some guys that called themselves Nirvana. I was who the hell are these bands. I ordered both cd's from a local shop here in the area. We didn't sound anything like Nirvana, but had a little bit of the Posies happening. I did it all with the other guitarist for 5 years, from PR, to booking shows, song writing, record studio bookings, 1 LP and 1 ep cassette. I got burnt out not from working, but from listening to the bass players and drummer piss and moan about money or lack of making money. I had a part time jobs to fund a bit of it all and any money we would make would get pumped back into the biz. We never had to reach in our pockets for recording, or van rentals, or PR stuff. The other guy had a fulltime job. The drummer was in the process of getting married, and the bass player was in the process of knocking up his girlfriend. Both are divorced now with a bunch of kids. Even if you don't have a cd out you need to sell stuff at shows. Some folks will not pay 5 bucks for a cd, but will shell out 20 bucks on a tee shirt. I love them people. The sad part is nobody would have worked harder to make this a reality. I even remember every person at the record labels I spent time with on the phone or had meet. I ended up walking out of a rehearsal one day and then regrouped with another drummer, and I took over on some of the bass duties as a 3 piece. We never sounded better or fresher. My grandmother would try to hand me money every week when I went to see her, and tell me to get a nice hair cut. She also would send me away with a home cooked meal. Some other people would tell me to get a real job. I told them I have a full time job and a part time one. I learned a lot early on, Colleges and Universities pay big, but you need to have someone pulling for on there activities board. You can get the gig, but sometimes there will be 50 people at shows like that cause the rest of the campus is pissed off that there band didn't get the gig. The moneys there. Take out insurance on a rental van. I almost totaled a van once. The 3 dollars was well spent. My brother worked for the van rental company, the woman that ran it was pissed, cause the actually didn't insure the vans, but pocketed the 3 bucks. Springsteen might be able to go 3 plus hours, but when you play out of town, grab a local band and have then warm you up. They bring people in. Give them 45 minutes to and hour to play and then take over from there. Anyway I love the Posies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trick Fall Posted December 25, 2015 Author Members Share Posted December 25, 2015 I have plenty of rejection letters from record companies, include one for Geffen, CBS and a many others Geffen said they signed a couple of bands that sounded like the band I played in. One band was called The Posies, and another up and coming act, some guys that called themselves Nirvana. I was who the hell are these bands. I ordered both cd's from a local shop here in the area. We didn't sound anything like Nirvana, but had a little bit of the Posies happening. I did it all with the other guitarist for 5 years, from PR, to booking shows, song writing, record studio bookings, 1 LP and 1 ep cassette. I got burnt out not from working, but from listening to the bass players and drummer piss and moan about money or lack of making money. I had a part time jobs to fund a bit of it all and any money we would make would get pumped back into the biz. We never had to reach in our pockets for recording, or van rentals, or PR stuff. The other guy had a fulltime job. The drummer was in the process of getting married, and the bass player was in the process of knocking up his girlfriend. Both are divorced now with a bunch of kids. Even if you don't have a cd out you need to sell stuff at shows. Some folks will not pay 5 bucks for a cd, but will shell out 20 bucks on a tee shirt. I love them people. The sad part is nobody would have worked harder to make this a reality. I even remember every person at the record labels I spent time with on the phone or had meet. I ended up walking out of a rehearsal one day and then regrouped with another drummer, and I took over on some of the bass duties as a 3 piece. We never sounded better or fresher. My grandmother would try to hand me money every week when I went to see her, and tell me to get a nice hair cut. She also would send me away with a home cooked meal. Some other people would tell me to get a real job. I told them I have a full time job and a part time one. I learned a lot early on, Colleges and Universities pay big, but you need to have someone pulling for on there activities board. You can get the gig, but sometimes there will be 50 people at shows like that cause the rest of the campus is pissed off that there band didn't get the gig. The moneys there. Take out insurance on a rental van. I almost totaled a van once. The 3 dollars was well spent. My brother worked for the van rental company, the woman that ran it was pissed, cause the actually didn't insure the vans, but pocketed the 3 bucks. Springsteen might be able to go 3 plus hours, but when you play out of town, grab a local band and have then warm you up. They bring people in. Give them 45 minutes to and hour to play and then take over from there. Anyway I love the Posies Great post, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danhedonia Posted January 5, 2016 Members Share Posted January 5, 2016 Thread is meaningless without Green Pajamas (or Shoes, but I'll ... meh). [video=youtube;KGAQJI-BBs0] [video=youtube;-qETOxgS4rc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phil O'Keefe Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Doughboys: Shine... Hey Matt - good to see you! Here...let me embed that for you / me. I hadn't heard that previously - I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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