Power Pop - A Thread

[lewdd]

the dam has been broken

[scannest]

the dam has been broken

Here's the best Clash song by an ex-member of the Byrds, with lead guitar by an ex-Spider from Mars:

[jaybird]

In that spirit of goodwill, here's the greatest Power Pop song by a non-power pop band.

It's up there for me, too. I always liked that Dolls/Pistols riff. To be fair, though, there are about a half dozen Poison songs I really enjoy, though none more than that one and "Nothin' But a Good Time."

I also enjoy that first Poison album as a guilty pleasure... I was also a big fan of CC's 90s glam-garage-punk-POWER-POP band Samantha 7:

[Markonomicon]

A few of many...












From the 90s, but one of the best:

[version sound]

This is something that I actually like that was described as “power pop.” Not to be sexist, but it sounds like a French Go-Go’s to me:

https://aliensnatch.bandcamp.com/album/alvilda-n-gatif

[JGJR]

This is something that I actually like that was described as “power pop.” Not to be sexist, but it sounds like a French Go-Go’s to me:

https://aliensnatch.bandcamp.com/album/alvilda-n-gatif