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horse

gringopig said:

horse said:

Beyond the big star influenced bands, I think of this type of thing as power pop too - strong pop melodies with a bit of chunk behind it - might not be proper power pop though I'll admit:

All good though!

Yeah - I like that type of thing when I get started on my drunk track browsing on a weekend evening!

Grocer_Jack

gringopig said:

It's a sort of made up definition but I know it when I hear it. The Chime, the melody and the lack of blues rock content. Sort of Byrds with additional OOOMPH.

Yes Byrds/Beatles with more oomph and/or The Who with a bit less oomph and bigger harmonies was kind of the starting point for the early 70s power pop bands. A lot of the bands that I listed upthread took it forward later in the 70s and were mainly a bit more garagey and often got lumped in with new wave. It's all a continuum anyway. 

Grocer_Jack

gringopig said:

I remember my first exposure to pop with bite was this:



1970. The point where The Beatles and the Byrds had passed the pop melody onto the kids. I like Power Pop because it has a groove and melody and it didn't  come back until The Stone Roses.

I think the missing link between the 70s and the Stone Roses is early Creation records. It's a bit of a stretch because a lot of the bands were pretty amateurish, but the likes of The Bodines, Revolving Paint Dream, The Jasmine Minks etc led towards the Stone Roses in many ways. 

strumjoughlamps

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nmtbEK7Q4uA