POX: tweepop/cutie/indiepop

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from C86 and so on to the present day...

also: suggestions for a non-patronising name for this genre!

Petra Star, Thursday, 2 December 2004 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Somebody around here called Camera Obscura "Scarf Pop" which cracked me up.

darin (darin), Thursday, 2 December 2004 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i could be lazy and say "the first ten sarah releases" but it's not strictly true.

the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 2 December 2004 01:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Moshi Moshi: Pop International Style(comp)

tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 2 December 2004 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll just take 10 Rocketship songs.

Magic City (ano ano), Thursday, 2 December 2004 03:00 (twenty-one years ago)

i would include at least one heavenly song, one razorcuts song, and something off the first three aberdeen singles.

the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 2 December 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

ten is too hard. here is a quick list. with more thought i'm sure i'd come up with something completely different.

rocketship - hey hey girl
another sunny day - anorak city
radio dept. - i don't need love i've got my band
belle and sebastian - sleep the clock around
the magnetic fields - 100000 fireflies
television personalities - the glittering prizes
young marble giants - final day
the cat's miaow - third floor fire escape view
tiger trap - supercrush
the pastels - truck train tractor

Ryan WS (fffv), Thursday, 2 December 2004 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Quick selections from 10 more post-86ers probably warranting a mention:

Talulah Gosh - "Steaming Train"
Brilliant Corners - "Teenage"
Primal Scream - "It Happens"
Sugargliders - "Ahprahran"
Chesterfields - "Ask Johnny Dee"
Beat Happening - "Other Side"
Sea Urchins - "Summershine"
McCarthy - "The Enemy Is At Home (For The Fat Lady)"
Shop Assistants - "Safety Net"
Siddeleys - "Are You Still Evil When You're Sleeping?"

Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Thursday, 2 December 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

OHHHHHH
X as in 10, gotcha
songs, gotcha

Elks Skiffle Group - Beep Beep Cyberbaby
Belle and Sebastian - Ease your Feet in the Sea
Le Mans - Balada de la Primavera
April March - Garden of April
Pipas - Wells Street
Rocketship - I love You Like the Way That I Used To
The Lucksmiths - The Year of Driving Languorously
Lady & Bird - Stephanie Says
Ladybug Transistor - The Swimmer
Aislers Set - Sara's Song


tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 2 December 2004 06:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Talulah Gosh - Beatnik Boy/My Best Friend/Way of the World
Razortcuts - I Heard You the First Time
Siddeleys - What Went Wrong...
Field Mice - Sensitive /When Morning...
Soup Dragons - On Overhead Walkways
B&S - Waiting For the Moon To Rise
Apples In Stereo - Tidal Wave
Choo Choo Train - FLower Field

Jez (Jez), Thursday, 2 December 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

10 others-

rocketship'your new boyfriend'
pooh sticks 'on tape'
hal 'election day'
magick heads 'the back of her hand'
hopkirk and lee 'i free arthur lee'
orange peels 'every single thing'
groovy little numbers 'happy like yesterday'
baxendale 'battery acid'
pipas 'jean c'
close lobsters 'in spite of these times'

keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 2 December 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

hard...

cat's miaow "seventeen"
divine comedy "daddy's car"
secret stars "shoe in"
katerine "Parlez-Vous Anglais Mr Katerine"
damon and naomi "ETA"
trembling blue stars "what can i say to change your heart?"
montgolfier brothers "even if my mind can't tell you"
holiday flyer remixed by Junior Varsity KM "California" (in the middle of nowhere mix)
unrest "teenage suicide"
outrageous cherry "every time i fall in love"

again, really hard... for every one, there was at least one other...
m.

msp (msp), Thursday, 2 December 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

ok, let's narrow it down a touch. this could make it easier or harder, given the genre: 'Pick Only Ten Tweepop Songs For Dancing To'.

if you can describe the accompanying dance that's even better!

Petra Star, Thursday, 2 December 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

Isn't there only one accompanying tweepop dance? (You know the one)

flowersdie, Thursday, 28 February 2008 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

five gooduns from the last couple of years:

tegan & sara 'back in your head'
feist '1234'
el perro del mar 'i can't talk about it'
pipas 'basements'
camera obscura 'lloyd i'm ready to be heartbroken'

blueski, Thursday, 28 February 2008 17:28 (eighteen years ago)

1-9 pooh sticks "the great white wonder" lp
10 the wake: "major john"

Thomas, Thursday, 28 February 2008 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

tigertrap: supercrush
heavely: p.u.n.k. girl
tv personalities: the prettiest girl in the world
tv personalities: look back in anger
girls atour best: im beautiful now
unrest: cherry cream on
kicking giant: shes real
versus: tin foil star
tattletale: little silver hands
beat happening: that one about the new boyfriend wearig his sweater
tuscadero: the one about nancy drew books

to keep it really girlie and twee

i mean a random selection of sarah, minty, k, krs, yo-yo, chemical underground, and teenbeat singles gets you there...oh and simple machines

bb, Thursday, 28 February 2008 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

20 major ones that come to mind, in no partic. order:

1) Rocketship - Hey Hey Girl
2) Beat Happening - What's Important
3) Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes - The Rain Fell Down
4) Tiger Trap - Supercrush
5) Cub - Go Fish
6) Belle & Sebastian - Stars of Track & Field
7) Orange Juice - Felicity
8) The Cannanes - Go and Tell Your Father
9) Aislers Set - I've Been Mistreated
10) The Softies - Charms Around Your Wrist
11) Go Team - Outside
12) The Besties - Bone Valley Deposit
13) Aztec Camera - Walk Out to Winter
14) Honeybunch - Mine Your Own Business
15) The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
16) Melody Dog - Futuristic Lover
17) The Pastels - Truck Train Tractor
18) The Receptionists - Soren Loved Regina
19) The Smittens - The Garden
20) Shop Assistants - Somewhere In China

mike a, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to make an iTunes playlist of all of the above...

mike a, Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:04 (eighteen years ago)


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