With all the punk stuff going on and with the ripped clothes and spiky dyed hair and so on it was few and far between old school music making much of a dent. But a new sound(but kind of old sound) was raising. Power pop bands were really starting to deliver the goods. These bands didn't look all that cool but their sound was often glorious. All chiming guitars and rich harmonies.Short sharp songs that blasted out of the radio. One of the big ones for 1978 was Surrender by Cheap Trick. Loved it from the moment it came on the radio. The band looked weird in photos with two pretty boys and two slightly eccentric other guys. But Rick Neilsen had a certain charisma with his flashy guitar and wrote some great pop. 1978 was the start of a great pop renaiscance in the singles market. And the songs climbed the charts and held number one spots.And they were all over the radio. Sadly power pop seems to be a bit of a niche these day. I don't know why. Listen again...it's glorious.
Howdy, Griffo56. I've just discovered your blog and am perusing my way through the tracks you've chosen so far for your "thousand little kicks". I like most of what I've found in the time I've been zooming around your list.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including "Surrender". And I couldn't agree more: Glorious!
Now back to the perusing...