Re: Powerpop

[Don Yates]

OK, I can't resist:

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Jerry Curry wrote:

> I also believe Miller is couching
> his opinion, not in terms of creative originality, but in terms of sonic
> originality (i.e. production). One would have to admit, that there is an
> awfully wide variation in the production of pop & powerpop music.  Thus
> generating terrific arguments over say, the dramatic differences between
> one Posies album to the next.  

Perhaps, but certainly no more so than the awfully wide variation between,
say, Afrika Bambaata's "Planet Rock," LL Cool J's "Rock The Bells," Run
DMC's "Sucker MCs," Public Enemy's "Rebel Without A Pause," and De La
Soul's "Plug Tunin'," just to name five early examples of the "awfully
wide variation" of hip hop production.

> Before I get into the ethnic *purity* arguement, let me address the
> same-old, tired-ass, application of the "wimp" label to powerpop bands.
> That's the kind of Bullshit that makes most popgeeks feel some kind of
> inferiority complex.

But they are inferior, aren't they?<g>--don