tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post7451444376154236100..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Hanging on the TelephoneNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-90836780912911447722009-11-04T16:04:25.033-05:002009-11-04T16:04:25.033-05:00I've been a huge RT fan since "Across A C...I've been a huge RT fan since "Across A Crowded Room" (Ahem, thanks to a rave write-up in Stereo Review years back by someone who writes frequently on this blog) and have a shelf filled with his stuff. Hearing him do this song is a real pleasure, and I'm ashamed to say that, other than Walk Away Renee, I'd never even heard of The Left Banke. Live still has its little pleasures. :-)<br />Thanks!<br />PKWalking Oliver Productions, Ltdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338802740758456928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-61702269014213911012009-10-31T11:05:33.698-04:002009-10-31T11:05:33.698-04:00Who Am Us Anyway:
The deal with Dayton is obvious...Who Am Us Anyway:<br /><br />The deal with Dayton is obviously kind of an in-joke; the short version is that it involves a real shithead who posts over at a political blog I hang out at.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-79020013539293163702009-10-31T10:18:55.546-04:002009-10-31T10:18:55.546-04:00You want RT playing power pop? Check this out:
ht...You want RT playing power pop? Check this out:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtyCsSkIALkMBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4928783015509474702009-10-31T10:09:07.377-04:002009-10-31T10:09:07.377-04:00Dad's Gonna Kill Me is as Power Pop as it gets...Dad's Gonna Kill Me is as Power Pop as it gets, in all the right ways.<br /><br />And how can we overlook his cover of Ooops, I Did It Again;>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603596119806351725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44203863863473679752009-10-31T09:07:51.640-04:002009-10-31T09:07:51.640-04:00Actually, there's a couple of RT things that i...Actually, there's a couple of RT things that impinge on power pop. Some of the stuff on "Amnesia" in particular.<br /><br />But he's such a doom and gloom from the tomb kind of guy normally...<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-85410266372111934832009-10-31T04:16:32.326-04:002009-10-31T04:16:32.326-04:00Richard Thompson's "Valerie" (from t...Richard Thompson's "Valerie" (from the Mitchell Froom-produced <i>Daring Adventures</i> in 1986 is a definite slice of power pop... so much so that Marshall Crenshaw covered it on his '89 album <i>Good Evening</i>.<br /><br />Okay, I'm done name-dropping now. :)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-69429512513524666362009-10-31T01:02:49.837-04:002009-10-31T01:02:49.837-04:00I most sincerely second what John Fowler said.
An...I most sincerely second what John Fowler said.<br /><br />And Steve, sometime can you give up the backstory to the Dayton, Ohio, thing. I know it's got to be a good one & must involve some dingbat somewhere somehow but ... what?<br /><br />Or but if giving up the backstory would RUIN the backstory (a circumstance I could imagine), never mind!Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-83705489473005223212009-10-30T18:10:45.743-04:002009-10-30T18:10:45.743-04:00Steve,
Powerpop does it again! Thank you so much...Steve,<br /><br />Powerpop does it again! <b>Thank you so much</b>, that is =wonderful=! <br /><br />I was unaware of this song, and now am having a great Friday afternoon, merely due to this 2+ minutes of notes strung together...<br /><br />How did I survive for years without this blog?John Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640694304430187948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-19287789081858731122009-10-30T11:41:04.071-04:002009-10-30T11:41:04.071-04:00TKK --
Coincidence, actually. Great minds -- or b...TKK --<br /><br />Coincidence, actually. Great minds -- or bald pates -- think alike...<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-21798571975827631812009-10-30T11:38:56.243-04:002009-10-30T11:38:56.243-04:00NOW I understand the look you are going for.NOW I understand the look you are going for.The Kenosha Kidhttp://thekenoshakid.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9057736893124734732009-10-30T11:38:53.331-04:002009-10-30T11:38:53.331-04:00Steven, your absence from RT's recent all-requ...Steven, your absence from RT's recent all-request show in NYC is excusable--your commute would been transatlantic. Je regret I have no excuse.fmcgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-11111847937764618682009-10-30T08:29:47.151-04:002009-10-30T08:29:47.151-04:00No Listomania? I'm going into withdrawal...
E...No Listomania? I'm going into withdrawal...<br /><br />Enjoyed the Dayton Diaries all the same, and a previous post gave me a possibile future Listomania idea - artists or bands you totally had a crush on.Feralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110786176703420978noreply@blogger.com