All Hook and No Fat

Power pop can be described as the merger of a hard rock sound with mainstream pop, and it is based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, The Kinks, Badfinger, the Byrds, The Raspberries, The Move, Big Star, Nazz, and followed by bands that came later like Cheap Trick, The Knack, The Romantics, The Cars, and The Smithereens.  Power pop is a harder type of pop-rock that combines classic rock band instrumentation of guitar, bass, drums, and occasional keyboards with catchy pop hooks highlighting the lead vocalist.  Power pop music is often recognized for its powerful lead vocals and recognizable guitar riffs.  Power pop is literally pop music with power, catchy tunes with an attitude.  It refers to an energetic interpretation of pop rock, based in equal parts on melodic hooks and killer instinct.  It typically incorporates melodic hooks, vocal harmonies, an energetic performance, and cheerful sounding music underpinned by a sense of yearning, longing, or despair.  Power pop emerged in the 1960s and still influences artists today.  Pete Townshend is credited as the originator of the name “power pop.”  He used the phrase to describe the type of music that The Who performed.

Last week we had Independent Music where the theme was to find Indie Rock or Indie Pop songs.  This week the theme is to find Power Pop songs.  Take some time to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this music challenge, and even better, read as many of them as you can as you will probably find many enjoyable songs and it is quite possibly that you will learn a thing or two.  Share your music with others and post a video, try do some research and let everyone know something about the song that you post.  Tell everyone why you like the song, whether it was a hit, or what you think the song is about.  Show the lyrics, let’s all listen to our favorite songs and explore some new music.  Try to find a song that fits the theme, then write your post and create a pingback, or you can just place your link in the comments section.

Suggestions
• Try to use the prompt words or at least conform to a general theme, as you see it.  If the song you select does not meet the criteria, then please explain why you chose this song.
• It would be good if you could post the lyrics to the song of your choice, as this is helpful for the people that want to follow along with the music.
• Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due. It would also be a good idea to give credit to the singer and the band associated with your song.
• Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be, but please try not to include too many videos as that just makes it take longer to look at all of the other posts.
• Link to the YouTube video, or you can pull it into your post, so others can listen to the song.
• Ping back to this post or place your link in the comments section below.
• Read at least one other person’s blog, so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process.
• Feel free to suggest future prompts.
• Have fun and enjoy the music.

This week I will be writing about the Avril Lavigne song ‘Girlfriend’, and next week, I will be writing about the song ‘Needles And Pins’ by The Searchers.  The upcoming prompts will be:
December 18, 2022 – Mersey Beat, or Mersey Sound or a band from Surrey or Liverpool will also work
December 25, 2022 – Punk songs
January 1, 2023 – Garage Rock
January 8, 2023 – Paisley Underground