I have no idea exactly who came up with that (or when) and, sure, obviously, there are probably lots of others I'm forgetting that are arguably as good.
That said, it sprang to mind this week after I discovered Vampire Weekend's sublimely upbeat and simultaneously melancholy 2019 song "This Life." (Here's a great in-concert version of it, if you missed the official video I posted on Tuesday).
Anyway, I was somewhat non-plussed to disover that I couldn't immediately come up with another example that embodied the definition as aptly, at least by my lights.
In which case, I will award a coveted PowerPop No-Prize© to the first reader who nominates one I agree with.
Maybe a bit of a stretch, but The Kinks' Better Things?
ReplyDeleteThat works for me.
ReplyDeleteAs does The Tremeloes Here Comes My Baby.
It The End Of The World by REM, and It's My party by Leslie Gore
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ReplyDeleteSong writing duo of Glenn Tilbrook & Chris Difford from Squeeze practically specialize at writing happy songs about sad stuff.
DeleteMy definition of rock and roll comes from these lines from Richard Thompson's "Night Comes In":
ReplyDeleteDancing till my feet don't reach the ground
i'll loses my mind and dance forever
I'll loses my mind and dance forever
Turn my world around
Turn my world around
What do you think?
Captain Al
it's got two big horns
ReplyDeleteand a wooly jaw....
I gotta go with "Marie Provost" here.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-Gxl1iSL4