Favorite power pop song

[mvd]

We've done favorite power pop artists before - now favorite power pop song. I'm just going to list my favorite, because if I made a list, I'd leave too many out. I choose Badfinger's "Baby Blue," also re-made solidly by Mary Lou Lord. I heard that Aimee Mann also did a version. BTW, I think I'll have to buy a Badfinger CD.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. 'I Should've Known' - Aimee Mann.

Of course, I have about six thousand faves, but that's a starter.

[mvd]

2. I'll check that one out

Big Aimee Mann fan here.

[mac56]

11. Also "That's Just What You Are"

She recorded it with Difford and Tilbrook from Squeeze.

[MissMillie]

9. I love EVERYTHING that Aimee does

But I think Voices Carry is a pretty good choice as a "power pop" song.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. Yeah, definitely.

[JanMichael]

66. BIGG Aimee Mann fann

She's one of the best.

[jpgray]

3. Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You

Kicks my ass every time I hear it. :)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

73. I love that song too-and I love Robyn Hitchcock

[CanuckAmok]

92. "Listening to the Higsons" is great power-pop.

n/t

[bubblesby2002]

98. Hey haven't seen you in a while

Are you doing okay? I've been thinking of you a bit and wondering if you were getting better. Hope so.:hi:

[CanuckAmok]

109. Hangin' in there. Ms. B...

I'll be in Vic on Monday, doing a preliminary apartment shop...

But I don't go back to work in Victoria until the 19th now!

[BurtWorm]

97. Okay, I'll pick The Yip Song by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians

I didn't even know it was power pop! :thumbsup:

[lwcon]

4. Greatest Power Pop Song: "No Matter What"

I'd go with Badfinger, too, but "No Matter What" is my pick, pure joy from the first pop-power chord to the last. Hand-claps, great falsettos, the works.

While you're in the market for a Badinger CD, note that there's a best-of, which has many essential songs, but if you've got more power-pop bucks in your pocket, I'd suggest getting "Wish You Were Here," their last album before the first of two bandmember suicides -- no chart hits on it, but their finest work overall. 2nd best is "Straight Up," which features the hits "Baby Blue" and "Day After Day."

Other great song choices would be "Dangerous Bacon" by Stackridge, "Days of the Broken Arrows" by Idle Race (pre-ELO, pre-Move Jeff Lynne), "Found a Girl" by Shoes (a slow ballad, but definitely Beatlesque), "Sabrina, Paste, and Plato" by Jellyfish, "Brainiac's Daughter" by The Dukes of Stratosphear (really XTC), and almost any song off of "Emitt Rhodes" (s/t), e.g., "She's Such a Beauty." More mainstream choices would include "Magic" by Pilot and , and more recent ones would include "Tympani Heart" by Sun Sawed in 1/2 and "Only Love" by Martin Luther Lennon.

[mvd]

6. Thanks for the advice

And welcome to DU. :hi:

[Skittles]

5. Baby Blue always makes me want to blubber

Peter Ham had such problems with depression; his wife left him and took their kid and he ended up hanging himself.

[johnnie]

14. Yeah....

Pete Ham is/was a huge influence on my music. I have limited numbered prints hanging in my studio of Pete and one of Tom Evans. Tom was the other great writer in the band, who unfortunately also hanged himself a few years after Pete did.

[Skittles]

36. such a tragic band

they were very good. I lived in England in the early seventies and was a major fan. I was heartbroken when Peter and Tom committed suicide. I understand a lot about depression because my dad eventually also lost his struggle with it.

[Ricdude]

7. Oh, Kitty! by Racey remade as...

...Oh, Mickey! by Toni Basil.

The original was by some two bit australian band that only I have ever heard of (it seems that way anyway...)

[MissMillie]

8. Aimee Mann used to do Baby Blue live

but I don't know that she ever did a studio version.

[mvd]

15. I see she did a 3 song collection

That it was on -

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008F81Y/qid=1081447072/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/002-4480656-9925621?v=glance&s=music

[mac56]

10. Now you're talkin' MY language, baby!

Oh, god, way too many to list.

EVERYTHING by the Spongetones!

"Day After Day" - Badfinger
"September Gurls" - Big Star
"Don't Wait Up For Me" - Paul Collins' Beat
"Run Now" - Tommy Keene
"Your Number Or Your Name" - The Knack
"Tonight" - The Raspberries
"You're My Favorite Waste Of Time" - Marshall Crenshaw
"Surrender" - Cheap Trick
"Cruel To Be Kind" - Nick Lowe
"That Thing You Do" - The Wonders
"Survival Car" - Fountains Of Wayne
"Untangled" - Shoes
"What I Like About You" - The Romantics
"Good Reason" - Jules and the Polar Bears
"Strangers When We Meet" - The Smithereens
"Cheri" - 20/20
"Strangelove" - The Elvis Brothers
"Picture Book" - Young Fresh Fellows

so many more

[mvd]

22. "Surrender" by Cheap Trick - great choice!

There are great ones by New Pornographers (including "The Laws Have Changed" and "All For Spinning You Around,") Kay Hanley (including "Veda Very Shining" and "Here And Now,") Barenaked Ladies (including "Maybe Katie" and "It's All Been Done,) Bangles (including "In My Room" and "Everything I Wanted,") The Corrs (including "Breathless" and "Secret Life,") The Cars (including "Just What I Needed" and "You Might Think,") Blondie (including "Call Me" and "Undone" from the new album,) Fountains Of Wayne (including "Stacy's Mom" and "Bright Future In Sales") and lots of others.

[GOPisEvil]

23. Big Star and Badfinger are power pop classics!

[bif]

12. "Can't Explain" The Who

What a tune! And then there's "My Generation."

[Pillowbiter]

13. Dir en Grey - Yokan

er, frig, no one ever knows the music I'm talking about here...

Bleh.

PB

[ButterflyBlood]

16. Weezer - My Name Is Jonas

n/t

[XNASA]

17. "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet

"Baby Blue" - Badfinger
"Tonight" - The Raspberries
"Dream Police" - Cheap Trick
"Couldn't I Just Tell You" - Todd Rundgren
"Teenage Kicks" - The Undertones
"September Gurls" - Big Star
"No Language in Our Lungs" - XTC
"He's a Whore" - Cheap Trick
"No Matter What" - Bandfinger

[Screaming Lord Byron]

20. Good call, I'll add.

Back of a car - Big Star
Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub
Great Fire - XTC
Burning with Optimism's Flames - XTC
Rollercoaster - Jesus and Mary Chain
Celebrated Summer - Husker Du
Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds
Couldn't I Just Tell You - Todd Rundgren
Lady Friend - The Byrds

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

18. Judy In Bloom - by the 8th Grade

Sheer Gold

http://www.the8thgrade.com/

[RandomKoolzip]

68. I'm always late for these damn threads......

Thanks, man!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

75. No - thank you Paul!

Oh, and you

[RandomKoolzip]

86. Oh, yes yes!

And Paul.


(No one knows what the hell we're talking about; this is awesome)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

113. Yeah! That's what's great about driving a 1973 Dodge Honeybee

You know - as in Samuel L. Jackson Johnson Jr.

[GOPisEvil]

21. Built In Girls by The Wrens. (more inside)

A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls
Tired of Sex - Weezer
Blood and Roses - The Smithereens

[mvd]

24. Yep, I thought I'd see a Weezer choice

From my limited experience with them, I love "Don't Let Go" and "Knock Down Drag Out."

[tigerbeat]

25. "Surrender" - Cheap Trick, "Go All the Way" - The Raspberries......

"Oblivious" - Aztec Camera
"We Got the Beat" - The Go-Go's
"Cruel to Be Kind" - Nick Lowe
"The Ghost at Number One" - Jellyfish
"Baby Blue" - Badfinger
"I Will Dare" - The Replacements

no particular order

[Screaming Lord Byron]

26. Oblivious is a great song. I'll add...

Pulling Mussels from the Shell - Squeeze
Faron Young - Prefab Sprout
Mersey Paradise - Stone Roses
Now She Knows She's Wrong - Jellyfish
Changes - Sugar

[tigerbeat]

29. oh YEAH sugar....

i'd have to put "If I Can't Change Your Mind" into that list.
and for good measure: "See A Little Light" from "Black Sheets of Rain"

also, i neglected XTC because....well......ok i have no excuse:

"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
"Burning With Optimism's Flame"
"Toys"
"The Man Who Murdered Love"
"Earn Enough for Us"

really not sure it qualifies as "power pop" but the dukes' "Pale and Precious" is the best song the beach boys never recorded.

[Commendatori]

27. Rainbow's Joe Lynn turner era

churned out nothing but power pop. It wasn't very good but it was tolerable; I could pick any one at random. Doesn't matter which one, really.

[AntiCoup2K4]

48. Nah, that was just a bad Foreigner clone

How many bands has Joe Lynn Turner ruined now anyway?

[Commendatori]

85. Well, he destroyed Rainbow,

almost brought down Deep Purple (who got wise and fired him), and God knows how many others. He must be stopped.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

28. Costello is a master in this field.

Accidents Will Happen
Oliver's Army
Crimes of Paris
Next Time Round
Veronica
The Other Side of Summer
Sulky Girl
and many, many more.

[tigerbeat]

30. "(I Don't Wanna Go to) Chelsea" nt

[Screaming Lord Byron]

31. SLOAN!

Come on, we've gotta have some Sloan. Specifically....
Coax Me
The Good In Everyone
Money City Maniacs
Losing California
The Rest of My Life.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

32. Come on, the racism thread gets to 308 and this stalls at post 31?

THAT'S NOT ON!

Outtasite Outtamind - Wilco
Definite Door - The Posies
Solar Sister - The Posies

[fudge stripe cookays]

33. Byron, if I weren't married, you'd be the guy for me. {{{sigh}}}

Anybody who names 2 of my favorite Posies songs and other power pop classics is on the same cosmic plane. I'll buy you a beer next time we get to Calgary.

Or something like that.

For me, definitely add:
* Go All the Way - Raspberries
* Rollers Show - Nick Lowe
* Breaking Glass - Nick Lowe
* Surrender- Cheap Trick
* Time To Win - Gary Myrick
* Guitar Talk, Love and Drums - Gary Myrick
* Anything by the Plimsouls
* Anything by the Producers
* Never Say Never- Romeo Void
* Bye Bye Love - The Cars
* Driver's Seat- Sniff n the Tears
* Baby Blue- Badfinger
* Day After Day- Badfinger
* Respectable Street- XTC
* What About Love- Til Tuesday

Crap, I know there are others, but having trouble concentrating.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

34. Aw, Shucks.

We could pretty much put the whole of Black Sea up there, couldn't we.

[tigerbeat]

52. "Grant Hart" - The Posies

"Stacy's Mom" - Fountains of Wayne
"Could Be Worse" - Bleu
and i might be going out on a precarious limb here but: "Limelight" - Rush

[Fenris]

35. "Life From A Window" by the Jam

[Screaming Lord Byron]

38. Beat Surrender, Eton Rifles, Going Underground.

[Fenris]

41. "A" Bomb in Wardour Street.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

42. Pretty Green, Town Called Malice, Down In The Tube Station at Midnight.

[mac56]

60. Running On The Spot, The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong

nm

[Screaming Lord Byron]

37. How about some Welsh power pop?

Herman Loves Pauline - Super Furry Animals
Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals
Venus and Serena - Super Furry Animals
Stay - 60Ft Dolls
The Girl Who Wanted To Be God - Manic Street Preachers
Motown Junk - Manic Street Preachers
The Masses Against The Classes - Manic Street Preachers
Sweet Catatonia - Catatonia
You've Got A Lot To Answer For - Catatonia
Bleed - Catatonia

39. What? No T Rex?

or do I not understand what powerpop is?

Metal Guru
Twentieth Century Boy

etc.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

43. Jeepster, Telegram Sam, Get it On (Bang A Gong)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

40. The Love Parade - The Undertones, Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin

44. Five Eight

the Angriest Man

[Feanorcurufinwe]

45. Could you define 'power pop' for me?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

46. Skyscraping pop melodies over supercharged guitars.

alternatively - Candy wrapped in barbed wire.
Jet by Wings is a good textbook example.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

49. We Will Rock You - Queen

[Screaming Lord Byron]

50. Yeah, Queen had Power Pop tendencies.

[tigerbeat]

53. if you're going with Queen....

i'd say:

"Killer Queen" or maybe even "Don't Stop Me Now"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

55. Like I said yesterday..."You're My Best Friend"

[mac56]

57. If you're going with Queen -

it's gotta be "Need Your Loving Tonight". A power pop classic.

[AntiCoup2K4]

56. Don't Stop Me Now was more like a showtune or something!

Only Freddie & Queen could have pulled that off, and still had credibility as a rock band.

[tigereye]

87. wow you should write rock crit

nice description!

[mac56]

63. Melodically-driven rock music, usually with a prominent "hook".

Gained prominence in the 70s as part of the "new wave". Pete Townshend of The Who actually coined the phrase. Their song "The Kids Are Alright" is an early example.

[AntiCoup2K4]

47. Skinny tie relapse coming on.......

Admit it. If you were old enough to listen to music in 1979, you loved this record. I still do :evilgrin:

[mac56]

59. oh yeah

A classic of the genre. The Knack got a seriously undeserved rash of shit from the music press when they made their debut.

[Bossy Monkey]

51. Gotta go with "Peace, Love & Understanding," the Elvis Costello edition

unless you're allowing pop that was not in fact popular, in which case I switch to my favorite overall, "When You Make Up Your Mind" by Gutterball or "Even The Queen" by Too Much Joy.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

54. I'm gonns be deeply obscure here - 'Come out tonight' by Kenickie.

[mac56]

58. I'll see your Kenickie

and raise you "What Do All The People Know" by The Monroes. If you wanna go obscure.

[tigerbeat]

61. "Erica's Word" - Game Theory nt

[mac56]

62. "This Year's Jessica" - The Beatifics

nm

[mitchum]

64. I agree with you about "Baby Blue"...

Sweet's "Fox On The Run" is a close second

[mvd]

65. I can't forget the Go-Go's

"We Got The Beat" and "Vacation" are among my favorites. I tend to love female singer/songwriters, though my favorite artist is the Beatles. Jimmy Eat World has a great one named "The Middle." Cheap Trick has a lot - "Dream Police" is forgotten sometimes. And some of the Beatles' songs straddled the border of power pop - like "Paperback Writer." I could go on..

[Nailzberg]

67. Anything by Material Issue, but most notably "Valerie Loves Me"

They were pretty much a power pop factory. Surely thier biggest hit belongs on this list.

[RandomKoolzip]

69. Dammit! Why are all the best threads posted on days I have to work?!!

I'm late, but here's my list:


The Wrens: Built in Girls, Pretty OK, North to Nothing, This Boy is Exhausted
The Jam: In the City, When You're Young, Town Called Malice
Kiss: Flaming Youth, Do You Love Me, Calling Dr. Love
Cheap Trick: the entire first album, Oh, Caroline; So Good to See You
XTC: The first five albums
Lotion: Dear Sir, The New Timmy, Rich Cop/Poor Cop, Drop Dead
Senator Flux: Grey-Eyed Athena
The Stereo: Devotion, She Would Never
Shudder to Think, the "50,000 BC" album
My Favorite: Go Kid Go
Guided by Voices: Echoes Myron, I Am A Tree, Teenage FBI, Glad Girls, Best of Jill Hives, thousands more....
Chris Bell: I am the Cosmos
Joe Jackson: first two albums
Five-Eight: You Never Look in My Eyes, Lemon Love Drops
Elvis Costello: the albums "This Year's Model" and "Armed Forces," scattered examples afterwards
Green: first album; Elaine Mackenzie album, My Tears Are Dry Now
Squeeze: all the non-filler they ever recorded (about 26% of their work)
Matthew Sweet: I've Been Waiting, Girlfriend
Tommy Keene: Until We started Over Again
The Who: Pictures of Lily, dozens of others (I believe they invented the shit, unless a lil group called the Beatles count)
Zumpano: both albums
The Sweet: Ballroom Blitz, Love is like Oxygen, Little Willy
T. Rex: Jeepster, Bang a Gong
Jason Falkner: entire body of work (includes The Greys)
Brendan Benson: entire body of work
The Pop: Down on the Boulevard
Swervedriver: Mustang Ford
The Records: Starry Eyes
The Jags: Back of my Hand
Bram Tchaikovsky: Girl of my Dreams
Pixies: Here Comes your Man
The Kinks: passim, but especially "Village Green-" era stuff
Any Trouble: first album
The Embarrassment: Elizabeth Montgomery's Face
Ben Folds: passim
Game Theory: passim
Cotton Mather: passim
Freedy Johnston: passim
The dB's: Bad Reputation, Big Brown Eyes, Judy, many others
Nirvana: Sliver ("Grandma Take Me Home")
The Diodes: Tired of Waking up Tired
The Nerves: Hanging on the Telephone
Mission of Burma: Academy Fight Song
Husker Du: Hate Paper Doll, Turn on the News, Could You Be the One?, I Apologize, many many others
The Posies: entire corpus of work
Sparks: This Town ain't big Enough...., passim
Ted Leo: Ballad of the Sin Eater
Chisel: passim
The Gas: Emotional Warfare
Squirrel Bait: Kid Dynamite, Choose Your Poison, many others
Chainsaw Kittens: Kick Kid, Silver Millionaire, Justine Find Heaven
Fastball: The Way, You're an Ocean
Harvey Danger: Flagpole Sitta
Jellyfish: passim
The Mommyheads: At the Mall, Time Bomb, etc.

Thousands of others I'm too tired to mention, too....(watch this be the last post on this thread.....d'oh!)

[Dogmudgeon]

83. Jeeze Louise!

That's half my collection!

Guadalcanal Diary also did a lot of good power-pop. Especially Pillow Talk and most of the Jamboree album.

How 'bout The Polecats, Make A Circuit With Me ... ?

Julian Cope -- St. Julian era stuff, like World Shut Your Mouth.

The Three O'Clock did a fair amount of power-pop, like Jet Fighter and Her Head's Revolving which got them banned from MTV.

Voice of the Beehive -- ?

There's been a lot.

--bkl

[Screaming Lord Byron]

94. Definitely Cope. I would add Reward.

Maybe too soul to be Power Pop, but it's fantastic.

[JanMichael]

70. Thin Lizzy "The Boys Are Back In Town"

And most of the other suggestions. Great thread!

[Whitacre D_WI]

71. YES!

Well played, old chap!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

79. Rocking with the Black Irish, yeah!

Phil Lynott rocks!

[Whitacre D_WI]

82. If you Stevie Wonder, tell him I see.

I don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me.
I don't want no songs for plants, I want liberty.

[JanMichael]

93. I think I'll try to find a Thin Lizzy CD this weekend.

Had one a few years ago but it vanished...

[AntiCoup2K4]

72. And lets' not forget a long lost Pacific Northwest classic

"I Don't Like Your Face" by the Heaters.

Anybody else remember that one? ;)

also there's some early Nirvana songs that fit the Power Pop genre "Spank Thru", "About A Girl", etc.

[MAlibdem]

74. 12:51 by the Strokes.

I would argue it falls under that category

[blondeatlast]

76. "Back on the Chain Gang"/the Pretenders

[Screaming Lord Byron]

80. Talk of the Town and Kid. They get my vote.

[mac56]

88. and their cover of "Stop Your Sobbing"

nm

[DS1]

77. is that anything like a nuclear-tipped pillow?

[Norbert]

78. I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles

More of my Favorites

September Gurls - Big Star
Live - The Merry-Go-Round
Fresh as a Daisy - Emmitt Rhodes
Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan
Go All the Way - The Raspberries
Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
No Myth - Michael Penn
Lust to Love - The Go Gos
Life Begins at the Hop - XTC
Earn Enough for Us - XTC

Absolutely everything Badfinger EVER did.

God I love power pop.

[darkstar]

81. late, late,late

Lots a gooduns so far. Some early fave (I don't *think* any of these got mentioned yet):

And Your Bird Can Sing--Beatles
Open My Eyes--Nazz
Do Ya--The Move

[Screaming Lord Byron]

95. I was thinking about what the original Power Pop song might be.

I think it might be AYBCS. There were songs before that had some of the traits, but I think that was the blueprint.

[mac56]

99. How about "If I Needed Someone"? Or "Nowhere Man"?

AYBCS is one of my favorite Beatle songs, but I think those two may actually be the blueprint.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

101. I think AYBCS perfected the Power Pop dynamic.

Those songs were (If I Needed Someone particularly, maybe even She Loves You) what I was thinking of as archetypes, but AYBCS has harder instrumentation. It's in George's Bach-like guitar arpeggios that I hear Power Pop defined.

[mac56]

84. Kick for the day shift

And a new nomination -

"I'm Not Myself" by Henry Gross (yes, of "Shannon" fame).

[CanuckAmok]

89. WHAT?! No Jam?! How about "News of the World"???

or "All Around the World", "Start" (I know it's just "Taxman", but it's still great power pop). "Eton Rifles". "Funeral Pyre"...


I could go on. I can't think of a Jam song which isn't perfect power pop.

[CanuckAmok]

90. Also "Fast Cars", "Boredom", and "Sixteen" by Buzzcocks.

And Orgasm Addict. And "Oh Well" by the Demics (from Toronto).

[CanuckAmok]

91. And "The Day My Baybee Gave Me A Surprize" by Devo. Perfection.

n/t

[Screaming Lord Byron]

96. Look up. Fenris and I have been representing Weller.

Like we'd leave that guy out.

[XNASA]

100. Some of you seem unaware about what 'Power Pop' really is.

The All Music Guide at allmusic.com defines 'Power Pop' as: "a cross between the crunching hard rock of the Who and the sweet melodicism of the Beatles and Beach Boys, with the ringing guitars of the Byrds thrown in for good measure."

I'd define it as any guitar-oriented pop that has a catchy melody
and makes you feel good inside.

Prime examples are bands like 'Bandfinger' and the 'Raspberries' and 'Big Star'.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

102. I think we're allowed some lee-way here.

I think people are allowed their own definitions of what they consider Power Pop, that's one of the joys of being a music fan. I would consider Husker Du / Sugar, XTC and The Jam to be as valid as power pop as Big Star.

[XNASA]

103. Me too.

But not Devo, or the Go-Go's or the Pretenders.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

104. No, they're not Power Pop, but that's OK

You know how our music threads are here, we get off topic, but that's OK. As long as it's good music we're talking about, it's OK.
What about Rush Hour by Jane Wiedlin? there was a band from Northern Ireland called Joyrider who did a fantastic souped up version of that.
For pure Power Pop obscurity, there were some great bands coming out of the UK in the 90's like Silver Sun, Eighteenwheeler and Ash. Ash had serious power pop tendencies, particularly with Kung Fu, Angel Interceptor and Jack Names The Planets.

[tigerbeat]

107. i was looking more at songs than entire band oeuvre...

....because i believe the go-go's songs that were mentioned do indeed fall under the power pop category even though the entire band's work may not. i placed a rush song as a power pop track even though quite clearly the band could not be considered a power pop band (same goes for queen)

so that's the distinction for me. otherwise we would stuck exclusively with badfinger, the flamin' groovies, cheap trick, big star, the posies, etc......

[mvd]

108. That's how I see it

Some of the Go Gos songs have those chords and catchy melodies that we talk about. :-)

[CanuckAmok]

110. Ash's "Girl From Mars" was a great example of P.P.

n/t

[Screaming Lord Byron]

111. Yeah, Ash really capture it. They had a run of singles from

'Jack Names The Planets' through to 'A Life Less Ordinary' that were fantastic Power Pop.

[TexasBushwhacker]

105. Anything by the Goo Goo Dolls

They finally got noticed with "Name" and "Iris" was THE power ballad of 1999, but my real favorites are We Are the Normal, Naked, Slide, Dizzy, Black Balloon, All Eyes on Me, and just about anything off of Gutterflower.

[mvd]

106. Another good choice IMO

I've heard they were influenced by the Replacements, but I've never heard the Replacements as far as I know. How good are they?

[yorgatron]

112. anything by the cars

elliot easton always had great solos on those songs...

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

114. Theme for the Funky Viking - by the Tranqs

Subtle at first - creamy goodness in the nugaty center - fist pumping fury at the end - kind of like how I like my lovin'!

[Westegg]

115. Cheap Trick's "Hello There" For its brevity and its genius.