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by **SallyLightfoot** » Fri May 10, 2013 2:50 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by deevo0[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by WoodlandParkPunk[/i]
<br>How in the hell was My Sharona NOT the #1 power pop song?
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Overplayed song, overrated band (Dirty Looks do the same thing better). If it had been a relatively obscure single, then I'll bet it would have been higher.
[/quote]Agreed, Dirty Looks are great. You can purchase the "Complete Stiff Years - Dirty Looks / Turn It Up" mp3 on Amazon or iTunes.

Deevo0, thanks for all of those stats. Good stuff.
Only problem is I thought of about a dozen more favorites after I submitted my vote.

by **deevo0** » Fri May 10, 2013 4:02 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by SallyLightfoot[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by deevo0[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by WoodlandParkPunk[/i]
<br>How in the hell was My Sharona NOT the #1 power pop song?
[/quote]

Overplayed song, overrated band (Dirty Looks do the same thing better). If it had been a relatively obscure single, then I'll bet it would have been higher.
[/quote]Agreed, Dirty Looks are great. You can purchase the "Complete Stiff Years - Dirty Looks / Turn It Up" mp3 on Amazon or iTunes.

Deevo0, thanks for all of those stats. Good stuff.
Only problem is I thought of about a dozen more favorites after I submitted my vote.
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I have the Dirty Looks CD! If I had my picks to do over, I would have put one in. What are your other favorites?

by **SallyLightfoot** » Fri May 10, 2013 6:25 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by deevo0[/i]
<br>I have the Dirty Looks CD! If I had my picks to do over, I would have put one in. What are your other favorites?
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Some of these may be too mod or punk

Manufactured Romance - Time of My Life
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The Speedies - Let Me Take Your Photo
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Starjets - Shiraleo
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Rumour - Emotional Traffic
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The Interview - To the People
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( https://soundcloud.com/interview-1 )

The Invaders - Girl In Action
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The Look - Be With Me
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The Cleaners from Venus - Time in Vain
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999 - Boys in the Gang
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The Circles - Angry Voices
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by **deevo0** » Fri May 10, 2013 9:32 am

I didn't know any of those! Gotta love that. Here are some I would have included.

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by **SallyLightfoot** » Fri May 10, 2013 10:07 am

Good picks. Love that Dirty Looks song.
I like The Flys too.
Oh shoot, I totally forgot The Soft Boys... I might have considered Kingdom of Love or Queen of Eyes.

Power-pop is a great genre for crate-digging. So much good stuff never got much attention.

by **oldnewwaver** » Fri May 10, 2013 11:58 am

what about Zero Hour by the Plimsouls???

by **deevo0** » Sat May 11, 2013 12:48 am

"Zero Hour" is a great song. It definitely deserves a place.

p.s. Did you submit a top 10? If not, think about doing it. The more results, the better.

Sally, you sound like a PP expert. And I totally agree about the crate-digging. In my experience, there are more never-on-CD records in power pop than in any other 80s new wave/postpunk subgenre. I have a Bram album that I'm thinking of ripping and sharing.

by **SallyLightfoot** » Sat May 11, 2013 2:32 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by deevo0[/i]
<br>Sally, you sound like a PP expert. And I totally agree about the crate-digging. In my experience, there are more never-on-CD records in power pop than in any other 80s new wave/postpunk subgenre. I have a Bram album that I'm thinking of ripping and sharing.
[/quote]I'm not a PP expert by any stretch. Probably 90% of the people who frequent this site are bigger music nerds than me. If you stick around here long enough, you'll find lots of rare gems. For PP, there have been a handful of blogs which I've followed which have done most of the crate-digging for me.

The Bram album sounds great. I remember having to order Strange Man, Changed Man through the mail a decade ago.

by **SallyLightfoot** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:45 am

I forgot to mention another great power-pop band out of Canada that I only learned about last year. The band is Klaatu, and they put out a handful of records in the mid 70's and early 80's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_(band)

Their first release 3:$7 EST is absolutely worth checking out (the follow-up Hope ain't bad either).

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by **deevo0** » Mon May 27, 2013 9:22 am

by **deevo0** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:04 am

Another good one: The Letters "Nobody Loves Me."

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