Dr Fate
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Tue Sep-20-05 07:06 PM
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Anyone else dig the Flamin Groovies? |
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Edited on Tue Sep-20-05 07:10 PM by Dr Fate
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mitchum
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Tue Sep-20-05 07:42 PM
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Those guys were retro before anyone ever thought of being retro. The Rolling Stones of the past 30 years would be hard pressed to write a song as good as "Slow Death" And I'm a confirmed power pop hater, but "Shake Some Action" is one of the finest songs ever recorded.
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Tue Sep-20-05 07:46 PM
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2. People call them "Power Pop"- but they sound like Rock & Roll to me. |
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To me, Power Pop would be more like Big Star or The Naz- The Groovies have more of a "Sun" or blues thing mixed in...
But I see how they get the label- some tunes have a counter culture Paul Revere & the Raiders sound with Stonesy hooks mixed in...
I like Power Pop, incidentaly...
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Tue Sep-20-05 07:48 PM
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Cyril and Roy are another ying/yang of songwriters, but both were brilliant. And "Shake Some Action" is one of the greatest songs of the last 40 years..
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Tue Sep-20-05 08:20 PM
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4. I guess I'll have to buy that song from I-tunes... |
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All I have is the "Teenage Head" CD...
Their stuff is nearly impossible to get on vinyl w/o paying a bunch...
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Tue Sep-20-05 08:23 PM
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5. I'm a huge Power Pop fan, but... |
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Aside from "Shake Some Action," I liked them better when they were like a cruder, heavier version of the Stones (cf. their cover of Randy Newman's "Have You Seen My Baby")
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Tue Sep-20-05 08:26 PM
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6. I guess that is the only era of theirs I'm familiar with. |
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I just have "Teenage head"- I have not gotten their 70's new-wave era stuff yet...Holding out for vinyl...
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Tue Sep-20-05 08:38 PM
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Edited on Tue Sep-20-05 08:39 PM by enigmatic
Very underrated, I agree.
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Tue Sep-20-05 08:51 PM
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8. YEah....and fortunately, the studio production style of the early |
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seventies was perfect for the Flamin' Groovies' sound back then.
When they switched to power pop, the production suffered; if they'd been recording it during the 60's, the move would have made sense. Today, those mid-late 70's records don't hold up so well, IMO, because it sounds like the studio sheen then prevalent choked the life out of the material.
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Tue Sep-20-05 09:02 PM
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9. "Shake Some Action" is great. |
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If I recall, it was produced by Dave Edmunds.
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Tue Sep-20-05 10:03 PM
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10. That is correct, per the website...I need that tune. |
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