Monday, July 26, 2010

That Reminds Me


Quick, New Guys (Matt, Eric)! Top ten fifteen favourite Power Pop tunes of all time! We all had to do it. So get on it, or wear the boots!

11 comments:

Matt said...

In no particular order

1) Pump It UP Elvis Costello
2) I will Dare The replacements
3) My Sharona The Knack
4) Pulling Mussles Squeeze
5) I want You to Want Me Cheap Trick
6) Mayor of Simpleton XTC
7) House That we Used To Live In The Smithereens
8) hold My Life The Replacements
9) Cruel to be Kind Nick Lowe
10) Hold My Life The replacements
11) I Got you Split Enz
12) Annie Get YOur Gun Squeeze
13) Turning Japanese The vapors
14) Dream Police Cheap Trick
15) Accidents Will happen Elivs Costello

thanks oyu sir may i have another!!

Matt said...

by the way, i'm not sure if all these qualify as power pop, but i was distracted by the super hot photo that goes along with this post...

Dave said...

Matt, your picks all pass my litmus test, especially # 1-15.

Eric said...

Please no pink boots. I'll comply.

1)Son of a Gun - The Vaselines
2)Everything You've Done Wrong - Sloan
3)Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies
4)You Said That Last Night - The Apples In Stereo
5)Can't Seem to Make You Mine - Alex Chilton
6)Teenage FBI - Guided By Voices [the non Ric Ocacified version]
7)Sing Me Spanish Techno - The New Pornographers
8)Train In Vain - The Clash
9)Singular Girl - Old 97's
10)There She Goes - The La's
11)Kids in the Hall Theme - Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet
12)Oh! - Sleater-Kinney
13)Keep Your Eyes On Me - The Len Price 3
14)Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub
15)She's Not There - The Zombies

Forthcoming apology to be issued from the Department of Redundancy Department for any overlaps. You bastards vacuumed up Squeeze, Elvis C. and the Mats pretty well.

Dave said...

Another fantastic list. Especially like the New Pornographers tune and a nice shout out to the Old 97s, a band I continue to be more and more impressed by.

Joe said...

Great lists! Matt, since we love the 'Mats so mcuh, we'll let you use Hold My Life twice. Eric, you must educate us (me, anyway) on Sloan and the Len Price 3. We need to combine these lists for an official Bastardo Approved Road Trip Mix.

Mike said...

Excellent lists, for sure! I would love to hear that Split Enz track, I don't know it. Haven't heard them in eons. Eric, I commend your inclusion of the Kids in the Hall theme, nice! Lots of unfamiliar territory you've covered, feel free to share generously.

Dave said...

Mike, I'll take care of your Split Enz ignorance later today or tomorrow. Face The Polyphonic glory that comes from native sons of New Zealand!

Matt said...

can anyone provide me with definition of "power pop". our lists are kinda all over the place. when i think power pop i think knack, elvis costello, replacements, and subteens. how does a bastard define this genre?

Mike said...

Thanks Dave!

Jay said...

Matt, take a look here.