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Genrepalooza - Whoa oh ohhh, Listen to the music (1 Viewer)

JZilla said:
The definition was refined in the early to mid-eighties, which leads to the always entertaining "Is ________ a metal band?" thread.  I think prior to that it's somewhat looser. The bands who influenced what we know as metal.  Anyway I'm not going to be any more of a hardass than anybody else is.. if you don't know, listen to my first pick, try to think of stuff like that..
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Is it limited to pre-'82 or whatever?  Or is all-time acceptable?  

 
Didn't realise that one of my favorite albums qualifies as Prog Rock. Invisible in the US, this album (War of the Worlds) was huge in the UK and Australia. It's one of the top 10 selling albums of all time in New Zealand and sold well in Europe. Record company eff ups, meant it didn't really get off the ground in the US, even though the lead track Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward was charting well.

I'm going with the first track, with commentary by Richard Burton and Justin Hayward chiming in on the singing bits.

Took forever to find the full 9 minute version, that youtube hasn't restricted.

13.07 - Jeff Wayne feat Richard Burton and Justin Hayward - Eve of the War - Prog Rock

 
So for genrepalooza II I suggest each genre be picked each round. Three picks at once! I'm loving the power pop and surprised a song gets picked, like all over, and someone feels sniped and I'm all huh what's that song I don't even know it.

Here's two I like a lot that I think work great with the growing lists.

Power Pop 

12 Wild Cub - Thunderclatter

Funk

13 Trombone Shorty - For True

li'l something extra follows that second one. Also use the studio version for For True on the playlist. I just like linking to live stuff.

 
Power Pop round 12

The Neighborhoods - The Prettiest Girl

Going off the reservation with this pick . Love this song , it screams Boston to me  , the city not the band . Not sure it was ever played outside of Bostons airwaves. 

You know that feeling of thinking you pretty much have it together and then something comes along to knock you on your can. That was the impact "Prettiest Girl" had on me.

I still remember the 45 so well: the roller coaster cover and the yellow label with the circus tent and the capital A on top, the logo of Rick Harte's Ace of Hearts imprint.

I was playing in what was to become a fairly successful rock band at the time and had a certain mindset that punk's time had come and gone. Without the feel of revolution in the air things in 1980 felt more grounded in just music. The notion that you didn't really have to know how to play your instrument or how to sing or how to craft a song had worn thin - at least for me. So you know, a cynic is born.

And then comes along this record. The double intro - a mid-tempo rhythmic thumping of drums and muted guitars that seem to be slowing down as it lumped along followed by the big and gnarly guitar chords from a chorus laying in wait. The verse is sung, not snarled, but still has an urgency to it - telling the story about the every day goings on of a pretty girl. Pushing into the big chord chorus and the lyrics resolve with the cliché that behind the beauty there is loneliness - but then comes the kicker. 

You know what? Who (expletive) cares?! Your still the prettiest girl! 

That's the punk ethos and it's the big payoff. It felt like Chrissie Hynde when she pleaded "Stop sniveling! You're gonna make some plastic surgeon a rich man!" I love that.  And when we get to the guitar solo, with David Minehan's gripping "You're still the prettiest girl, you are!" lead in — holy crap! Melodic and nasty (very Bruce on the Darkness record I might add, which was released the year before. Listen to his solo on Badlands) with an absolutely killer tone. It remains goose bump inducing to this day.

The song is over in 3 minutes and 47 seconds and leaves me scratching my head on how this craft was pulled off by kids in their early 20s. The single sold 10,000+ copies and it's no wonder. It's a remarkable piece of work and an iconic Boston record if ever there was one. 
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Chaos Commish said:
never heard it!  :(

this hasn't happened to me in other categories much but power pop!>? wth? 
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I've never heard it before now, either. I won't lie. 

Just a great power pop song. HT has his power pop and punk dialed in, and this is no exception.  

 
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Oh and btw, that ain't complaining. I'm here for the stuff I don't know. Something has me bored with the all too familiar stuff. Not criticizing anything because music, but the stuff I've never heard draws me in for a few listens, the stuff I know by rote, I'm not listening to unless it's been a long long time. :shrug:

 
I've taken this band before and I'll take them again, these guys are the kings of power pop in my book and it's my civic duty as a Canadian to spread the word far and wide. I usually go with "Coax Me" for these guys but lately I'm really feeling this one. Apparently all the lyrics to this song are excerpts of fan mail sent to Nirvana (who were somehow label mates with Sloan in 1994 when this was released)

13.17 - Sloan - Penpals - Power Pop

 
Northern Voice said:
I've taken this band before and I'll take them again, these guys are the kings of power pop in my book and it's my civic duty as a Canadian to spread the word far and wide. I usually go with "Coax Me" for these guys but lately I'm really feeling this one. Apparently all the lyrics to this song are excerpts of fan mail sent to Nirvana (who were somehow label mates with Sloan in 1994 when this was released)

13.17 - Sloan - Penpals - Power Pop
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Never heard Sloan before . Almost gave up at the vocal intro but glad I didn't . I get a serious Ian Brown vibe from the singer , I wonder if he listened to a lot of Stone Roses

 
Spreadsheet is updated to here :blackdot:

Missing 13th rounders from Karma Police and Mister CIA.  Otherwise the pot's right after 330 some odd picks.

13.18---Binky the Doormat - UP NO CLOCK

13.19---dal_boys_phan

13.20---Waingro

13.21---OZ

13.22---Steve Tasker

13.23---Doug B

13.24---JZilla

13.25---Ramsey Hunt

13.26---Yo Mama

More squeezebox

 
I'm OK with the pace myself.  The thread has mostly stayed on the first page and it hasn't been crazy to keep up with the picks and skips.  I like having a night to study up on the next category.

We'll keep the same weekend rules and flip the draft order back on Monday.  We'll probably switch to untimed weekday picks at some point but I don't see any reason to rush into that while we still have nine untapped categories.

 
rockaction said:
Ilov80s said:
That song is on there. Wtf is the Nazz?
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i have no idea, but I know the song. Lord Buckley was a beatnik comedic act in the late '40s early '50s. I'd guess that the Nazz was Jesus of Nazareth, but I'd be wildly guessing at beatnik speak. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Buckley




 




 




 
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Nazz was an American rock band from the 1960s. The band was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1967 by Todd Rundgren (lead guitar) and Carson Van Osten (bass guitar). Thom Mooney (drums, formerly of the Munchkins), and Robert "Stewkey" Antoni (vocals, keyboards) joined before their first concert, opening for The Doors in 1967. The group's musical style primarily consisted of psychedelic rock,[1] garage rock[1] and power pop.[2]

Origin of the band's name[edit]

In 1952, the American comedian Lord Buckley recorded a popular monologue, "The Nazz", which is a re-telling of the story of Jesus of Nazareth.[5] Buckley's monologue inspired the song "The Nazz Are Blue" by British rock group The Yardbirds from their album Roger the Engineer. Nazz borrowed their name from the Yardbirds song. Todd Rundgren stated in an interview that the group did not realize the origin of the name.

The group's name on all records and press materials is simply "Nazz" (without the definite article). However, the group was also commonly known to fans as "the Nazz". A band member is known to have used this form of the name in a radio commercial from the late 60s. In the song "Loosen Up," belatedly released on Nazz III, they introduce themselves as "Hi everybody, we're the Nazz, from Philadelphia," but as a parody of "Hi everybody, I'm Archie Bell & the Drells, of Houston, Texas" from the 1968 song "Tighten Up."

A Phoenix, Arizona band was briefly called Nazz at about the same time that Nazz was formed in Philadelphia. This group released only one single before moving to Los Angeles and renaming themselves Alice Cooper.[6]

The word Nazz appears in David Bowie's song "Ziggy Stardust" recorded in 1971. "He was the Nazz, With God-given ###, He took it all too far, But boy could he play guitar". It is considered[by whom?] that he was referring to Lord Buckley's vision of Jesus Christ as the song is about a demi-Messiah. In addition, Bowie was influenced by the Yardbirds in the 1960s, as well as being a fan of Todd Rundgren.

The term "Nazz" was also used in the Blondie song, "Walk Like Me" on the album Autoamerican; "Tell that girl you'd like a dance, and tell that man that you're the Nazz; tell me that you're not the last walking in parade." The term "Nazz" is also slang for "fool" in Nadsat.

 
I guess I will double up on power pop since I have another song stuck in my head.  Was listening to this a lot lately, the whole album is fantastic of course, but I will take my favorite song off the album.  Surprised they haven't been taken yet...

Genre:  Power Pop

Selection:  13.xx:  WEEZER - IN THE GARAGE

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KarmaPolice said:
I guess I will double up on power pop since I have another song stuck in my head.  Was listening to this a lot lately, the whole album is fantastic of course, but I will take my favorite song off the album.  Surprised they haven't been taken yet...

Genre:  Power Pop

Selection:  13.xx:  WEEZER - IN THE GARAGE

LINK
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Maybe saving for another category?

 
Binky The Doormat said:
RD 12   GENRE:  Power Pop

Open My Eyes - The Nazz

Wait, what??  Todd in another form???!!!  Of course.  Formed in 1967, these guys were supposed to be a cute boy band with some fangs.  This song is a great example of early power pop as well as psychedelic rock.  Heavily influenced by The Who.  

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Sadly, this song has been removed from Spotify, it has been on there a long time.  Dammit.  

I still like this one a lot though.  

RD 12 Replacement   GENRE:  Power Pop

Joining a Fanclub - Jellyfish

song link

 
Eephus said:
I listened to the five minute version on Spotify.  There sure are a lot of versions of it.
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Yep. You have no idea how successful this album was outside the US. This 9 minute track opener set the scene perfectly. The radio edit ws nice and all, but not the same. The hundreds of remixes, covers and reinterpretations miss the point. 

 
Eephus said:
Spreadsheet is updated to here :blackdot:

13.18---Binky the Doormat - UP NO CLOCK

13.19---dal_boys_phan

13.20---Waingro

13.21---OZ

13.22---Steve Tasker

13.23---Doug B

13.24---JZilla

13.25---Ramsey Hunt

13.26---Yo Mama
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Binky is still up now, right?

 
Are we moving to a 30 minute clock? And how do I fit Chris Cornell into squeeze box, pre-1982 metal and drinking songs? The last one, I guess. 

 
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