I have never heard of the Raspberries
t Boggles
You've probably heard them. It's nigh on impossible not to have heard "Go All the Way."
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DXMachina - Feb 29, 2004 4:04:47 pm PST #1276 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
DavidS - Feb 29, 2004 4:54:08 pm PST #1277 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have never heard of the Raspberries, and my dBs knowledge is pathetic. I see a lot of pleasure in my future. What should I get of these two oft-mentioned bands?
The first two dBs records (Stands for Decibels and Repercussions) are classic. Though I think of them more as quirky pop than power pop. Will Rigby (Amy Rigby's ex) was one of the more distinctive drummers of the era. You can often find both albums on one CD. It's where we get the jolly, funny, suicide song "Amplifier": "Dave went home and killed himself last night / she'd taken everything." Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple were the two key songwriters.
Raspberries were a major AM radio force in the early 70s. Grab a greatest hits, or if you want an album, try either Fresh or Starting Over.
Michele T. - Feb 29, 2004 5:56:25 pm PST #1278 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
"She doesn't have to have her dB's records back now But there's not a lot of things that she'll take back."
RobertH - Feb 29, 2004 8:46:17 pm PST #1279 of 10003
Disaffected college student
I'm not going to be quite as caustic as Steve Albini about it, but even with my limited musical knowledge, reading that list doesn't exactly improve my understanding of just what, exactly, power pop is.
Jon B. - Feb 29, 2004 8:55:23 pm PST #1280 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I think it's whatever the interviewees want it to be.
And the dB's Black and White is a much better song, and more power pop, than Amplifier.
So says I.
erinaceous - Mar 01, 2004 4:53:14 am PST #1281 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Misha! Ha! That's the only thing I know about the dBs! That, and weren't they involved with Mitch Easter somehow? </used to live in Winston-Salem>
amych - Mar 01, 2004 5:07:10 am PST #1282 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That, and weren't they involved with Mitch Easter somehow?
Sneakers - Mitch Easter + Peter Holsapple = dB's
(and Easter also did sound stuff for them after they'd become the dB's)
(most of which I get from Google and not some strange North Carolina osmosis thing)
msbelle - Mar 01, 2004 7:40:02 am PST #1283 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Gordon Lightfoot earworm? Yes, blame erinaceous.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2004 8:32:53 am PST #1284 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sneakers - Mitch Easter + Peter Holsapple = dB's
Heh, look at amych with the musical know-how! Exactly right. They were all part of the North Carolina pop mafia, or what was called (in my just after college days) The Pop Triangle (Hoboken - NC - Athens, GA).
erinaceous - Mar 01, 2004 10:16:33 am PST #1285 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Gordon Lightfoot earworm? Yes, blame erinaceous.
My work here is done.