tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post7450138715849509753..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Sincerest Form of Flattery Video Edition)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-61062302326273886062008-10-04T09:26:00.000-04:002008-10-04T09:26:00.000-04:00"Crazy On You" by Heart is one of the be..."Crazy On You" by Heart is one of the better Led Zep songs ... <BR/><BR/>http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=4gpNqB4dnT4&feature=relatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76601976646937652122008-09-21T01:29:00.000-04:002008-09-21T01:29:00.000-04:00dave™© said...Actually, the first few times I hear...<I> dave™© said...<BR/>Actually, the first few times I heard "Reeling in the Years," I thought it was by (wait for it) -- Chicago!<BR/><BR/>Honest to God!</I><BR/><BR/>I can get that ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-64995941979238751622008-09-20T16:58:00.000-04:002008-09-20T16:58:00.000-04:00Player's big hit was "Baby Come Back".Which was a ...<I>Player's big hit was "Baby Come Back".</I><BR/><BR/>Which was a dead ringer for Hall and Oates.dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67603560623580740392008-09-20T13:29:00.000-04:002008-09-20T13:29:00.000-04:00Player's big hit was "Baby Come Back". Cliff - I s...Player's big hit was "Baby Come Back". <BR/><BR/>Cliff - I saw Starcastle open for Boston in 1977. (Steve - I'm old too!) They were, indeed, very Yes-like, but on a budget...their big lighting effect was: a mirror ball. No shit.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-34828520277932461782008-09-19T23:46:00.000-04:002008-09-19T23:46:00.000-04:00Noam Sane said... This Time I'm In It For Love by ...<I>Noam Sane said... <BR/>This Time I'm In It For Love by Player. Kind of obscure 70's hit. Dead ringer for the same-period Steely Dan, at least until it gets to the ultra-lame chorus.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Don't now that one but it sounds interesting.<BR/><BR/>And of course whoever said the Goo-Goo Dolls. "Long Way Down" sounds EXACTLY like the Replacements...<BR/>:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-18181319170840271852008-09-19T22:31:00.000-04:002008-09-19T22:31:00.000-04:00Arcade Fire's anthemic "Keep the Car Runn...Arcade Fire's anthemic "Keep the Car Running" sounds like it could have been written by Springsteen:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEZockGkEyY<BR/><BR/>Apparently, Springsteen thought so himself:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsukSiGcUng&feature=relatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-18242577376727780172008-09-19T22:25:00.000-04:002008-09-19T22:25:00.000-04:00Actually, the first few times I heard "Reeling in ...Actually, the first few times I heard "Reeling in the Years," I thought it was by (wait for it) -- Chicago!<BR/><BR/>Honest to God!dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67656576720718240602008-09-19T20:37:00.000-04:002008-09-19T20:37:00.000-04:00Come to think of it Cliff, the GvB song "A Portrai...Come to think of it Cliff, the GvB song "A Portrait Destroyed by Fire" from "Devil Between My Toes" is a killer Wire rip.Kid Charlemagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109953353900729258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67457541967159975172008-09-19T19:04:00.000-04:002008-09-19T19:04:00.000-04:00"The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory" by Gui..."The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory" by Guided By Voices, featuring an uncanny John Cale impression by Robert Pollard.<BR/><BR/>There was a midwestern band called Starcastle that for all intents and purposes was a Yes tribute band.<BR/><BR/>And then there were The Goo Goo Dolls, whose whole schtick was Westerberg-lite.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335930826622472231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-16821680036001953472008-09-19T17:16:00.000-04:002008-09-19T17:16:00.000-04:00Bruce Springsteen- "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"...Bruce Springsteen- "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" could be a Magnetic Fields songpreznithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112468490241139292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-16875195260112536132008-09-19T16:36:00.000-04:002008-09-19T16:36:00.000-04:00The Who - Bucket T (Jan & Dean, who may have d...The Who - Bucket T (Jan & Dean, who may have done the original)<BR/><BR/>The Kinks - Wicked Annabella (The Who)<BR/><BR/>The Jam - In The City (The Who)<BR/><BR/>Donavan - Catch The Wind (Dylan)<BR/><BR/>Springsteen - E Street Shuffle (James Brown)<BR/><BR/>Arthur Conely - Sweet Soul Music (Otis Redding)<BR/><BR/>The Hounds - It's A Crime (Jefferson Airplane)<BR/><BR/>ROT(Plumber)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-45812265617606075202008-09-19T14:54:00.000-04:002008-09-19T14:54:00.000-04:00In the day, Little Boy Sad -- with an actual riff ...In the day, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq9_GoP-eO0" REL="nofollow">Little Boy Sad</A> -- with an actual riff & all -- surprised me when it turned out to be by the boys who did Henry VIII. Although as I think it was Simels who pointed out earlier, No Milk Today actually showed HH was lots more capable of sounding like a rock band than one might have thought.Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-35205462615826408832008-09-19T14:30:00.000-04:002008-09-19T14:30:00.000-04:00DOH! The Ruttles!TreyDOH! The Ruttles!<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-25459740822582036672008-09-19T14:27:00.000-04:002008-09-19T14:27:00.000-04:00This Time I'm In It For Love by Player. Kind of ob...<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23hCd5YS8V8" REL="nofollow">This Time I'm In It For Love</A> by Player. Kind of obscure 70's hit. Dead ringer for the same-period Steely Dan, at least until it gets to the ultra-lame chorus.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-13918024002485678172008-09-19T14:16:00.000-04:002008-09-19T14:16:00.000-04:00Soul Survivors "Expressway to Your Heart"...Soul Survivors "Expressway to Your Heart" sounding like the Rascals<BR/><BR/>Ides of March "Vehicle" sounding like B, S & T.<BR/><BR/>But Lies is the best! My favorite song on Nuggets!MJConroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372576965208949072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-51233369126648919292008-09-19T13:40:00.000-04:002008-09-19T13:40:00.000-04:00The Hollies - Long Cool Woman in a Black DressJell...The Hollies - Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress<BR/><BR/>Jellyfish - Joining a Fan ClubKid Charlemagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109953353900729258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-12986708256683083562008-09-19T13:10:00.000-04:002008-09-19T13:10:00.000-04:00thats BEAVER ON THE EDGE OF BROWN !thats BEAVER ON THE EDGE OF BROWN !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-75003185920047477502008-09-19T11:52:00.000-04:002008-09-19T11:52:00.000-04:00"Dark Side" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown ..."Dark Side" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - the most blatant Springsteen ripoff ever.Feralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110786176703420978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-39393435892374347702008-09-19T11:33:00.000-04:002008-09-19T11:33:00.000-04:00Just about anything by John Wesley Harding sounds ...Just about anything by John Wesley Harding sounds like an audition tape for an Elvis Costello tribute band. Several tracks on Robyn Hitchcock's I Often Dream of Trains could pass for what Syd Barrett might have sounded like if some of his sanity had returned to him during The Madcap Laughs sessions. Wire's "Ahead" from The Ideal Copy could pass as the great lost New Order single. <BR/>And Steve, I have to quibble with the Pumpkins song. It's not that they don't have musical antecedents, it's just that it's hard to hear the Beatles or much of anything else when Billy's signature adenoidal petulance is front and center. You can acknowledge the influence of the Beatles (and Sabbath) when you hear the SPs, but it doesn't jump out at you the same way as when you hear Rod Stewart in Bonnie Tyler or Aretha in Fontella Bass or even Van Morrison in that guy from Counting Crows. (And what about Meatloaf's uncanny impersonation of Phil Rizzuto?)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-31878440538913947272008-09-19T10:06:00.000-04:002008-09-19T10:06:00.000-04:00"Bohannon's Beat" by Bohannon is the best song tha..."Bohannon's Beat" by Bohannon is the best song that the Talking Heads never recorded for More Songs About Buildings and Food.The Kenosha Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033456113843929721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48381339980028168412008-09-19T09:37:00.000-04:002008-09-19T09:37:00.000-04:00I mean, Lies rocks harder than And Your Bird Can S...<I> I mean, Lies rocks harder than And Your Bird Can Sing.<BR/><BR/>Trey<BR/><BR/>9/19/2008 9:28 AM</I><BR/><BR/>Hmm...not sure I concur on that one.<BR/>:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-57553469052138144172008-09-19T09:28:00.000-04:002008-09-19T09:28:00.000-04:00Rod is playing on my iPod as I type this, and man ...Rod is playing on my iPod as I type this, and man he sounds like Sam Cooke. Even when he is not singing a Sam Cooke song!<BR/><BR/>Like our typical coveted prize winner, when I saw the topic I was thinking Lies. In some ways, it is better than the Beatles because it is such strong powerpop. I mean, Lies rocks harder than And Your Bird Can Sing.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-19146990427380175072008-09-19T09:26:00.000-04:002008-09-19T09:26:00.000-04:00"Lies" and "Public Execution" - I was introduced t..."Lies" and "Public Execution" - I was introduced to both of those by the Nuggets collection, still love'em today-- great choices.<BR/><BR/>Mike, I always thought "Stuck in the Middle with You" sounded most like a lost solo John Lennon song!<BR/><BR/>Speaking of which, Julian Lennon's only hit, Much Too Late or whatever, sure sounded like Dad.<BR/><BR/>And someone whose name I won't mention - *coughMrs.Gummocough* - told me she thought for years that "Lay Lady Lay" was a Mac Davis song.<BR/><BR/>And didn't Dylan once say that "Heart of Gold" was Neil Young doing Dylan?<BR/><BR/>And there was a group called "Flash" made up of some ex-Yes members whose first album is indistinguishable from early era Yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-10152751507326458372008-09-19T09:17:00.000-04:002008-09-19T09:17:00.000-04:00When they first came out, I thought both "Stuck in...When they first came out, I thought both "Stuck in the Middle With You" and "Sultans of Swing" were new Dylan songs. <BR/><BR/>Also, I recall at some point a Beatle's bootleg, which had a song on it called "L.S. Bumble Bee," that was actually a prank pulled by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-53062134452989704952008-09-19T07:44:00.000-04:002008-09-19T07:44:00.000-04:00dave™© said...Waitaminnit, I thought the Beach Boy...<I>dave™© said...<BR/>Waitaminnit, I thought the Beach Boys were on "Rock and Roll Lullabye"...</I><BR/><BR/>No, I had the album back in the day so I know the credits, and no -- they're not on it. Actually, I just checked..the Chiffons are, and some LA studio singers. But nary a Beach Boy. That is Duane Eddy playing the twangy guitar on the intro, however.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.com