MeFi Music songs tagged with powerpop

Haunted Mansion (demo) by uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:15:00 -0800

Synthy nerd rock about goth kids who find love at the happiest place on Earth.

Forget Regret by nutate

nutate — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:21:02 -0800

song about drugs & cops &tc

Open Your Eyes by grubi

grubi — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:51:18 -0800

Another Geese song, this one's new. Wrote it this afternoon. Sounds like I stumbled into a Pearl Jam/Stone Temple Pilots song, circa 1992. Ah, well. Enjoy.

Song for Summer by hillelc

hillelc — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:18:16 -0800

As I was noodling around with these chords, beautiful summer has arrived here in Seattle. I couldn’t help but look out the window of our little music room at the gorgeous weather, flowers, blue skies, and people having fun on the water and asking myself, what am I doing inside on such a lovely day? And the answer is, writing a song about how I love the summer months as long as I’m safely ensconced indoors and out of the sun. It’s not my fault that I’m borderline translucent and in danger of melting in summer sun like a chocolate bar on the backseat of a car in July. But keep in mind, those of us who prefer it inside, aren’t necessarily anti-summer. We love watching it from the safety of air-conditioned shade.

My Chemical Brain by hillelc

hillelc — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:05:42 -0800

I don’t know crap about this topic but it hasn’t stopped me from having my interest piqued. Specifically, I’m talking about brain chemistry. Both the mechanics of it and the way we manipulate what those mechanics do these days are super interesting. Even more amazing to me is how people’s emotions (usually negative emotions) can be a simple result of a chemical imbalance in their brain. Wow. I realize the drugs we have today are both amazing relative to nothing and very blunt instruments relative to what we’ll have down the road. And while I haven’t tried any of them, I sometimes wonder what people did before they existed. Mostly suffered I suppose. :|

Seven Nation Army [White Stripes cover] by grubi

grubi — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:38:46 -0800

Thanks to the inspiration from a terrific link about this song today, I decided I'd give this bad boy a try for myself. Let me know if you like it. And rock on!

Spring (like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers) by Jon_Evil

Jon_Evil — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:43:52 -0800

I made some power-pop. It's crunchy.

Where the Nest Goes by grubi

grubi — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:17:22 -0800

A resurrected ditty from more than a decade ago -- finally retooled it and recorded it properly. Another Geese tune. I originally wrote it for my then-infant son Mikey (who was heard on other recent tunes I've submitted to MeFi Music). I think it has an old-school flavor (with a pinch of the Monkees and ABBA). Enjoy.

Son of a Gun [Vaselines cover] by grubi

grubi — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:13:48 -0800

A song made famous by Nirvana, I recorded it this afternoon with my son Mikey on the lead vocals. It's fun, bouncy, and it even rocks. Mikey's almost 13 and I think, despite having a rough little voice, he can hit the notes and maybe even could be a heck of a singer one day if he so chose. "Let's rock!"

An Edwardian Approach by grubi

grubi — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:53:45 -0800

For the RPM Challenge.

Ask For Me By Name by uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:09:02 -0800

A little alterna-power-pop from the 90s.

Truth Is (billy won't you smile) by grubi

grubi — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:53:10 -0800

This one I did for the musical version of NaNoWriMo (aka RPM). It's part of a planned concept album/musical (in the vein of Tommy or The Wall) called Comeuppance by my band Ready Demolition. This is the third demo I did tonight. Lemme know whatcha think.

Say Deny by chococat

chococat — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:42:03 -0800

In the mid-to-late '90's I was in a band called Gleaner. Kind of a "Power Pop" thing, which I always hated calling us as it was such a buzz-term of the time.

People Know by sourwookie

sourwookie — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:18:45 -0800

From an all-original Power-Pop group I'm currently in called The Rugs. I played bass and keys (Hammond, Wurlitzer, Synth) in the studio but just play the keys on stage. Our longest song clocks in at under three minutes.

Twist and Shout [The Beatles] by grubi

grubi — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:07:45 -0800

Continuing with the theme from yesterday, (and as promised), here's my version of "Twist and Shout." Is it any good? That's for you to decide. I hope it is. Perhaps "I'll Get You" is next?

Hold Me Tight [The Beatles] by grubi

grubi — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:32:11 -0800

In hono(u)r of the anniversary of the nucleus of the Beatles coming together, I bring you a cover of a song that both Lennon and McCartney derided as not all that good, but I always kinda liked. Maybe tomorrow, I'll upload my version of "Twist and Shout." :-)

Aquamarine by grubi

grubi — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:13:20 -0800

Another Geese song. I wrote this for my wife, who was meeting her father for the first time at age 36. Hope you like it!

The Way I Feel by grubi

grubi — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:05:50 -0800

Another Geese song! I wrote this song a little more than ten years for the woman who eventually became my wife. My original recording was simply me and a guitar, neither sounding particularly good. I recently re-recorded it, and, well, hear what happened. For more, you can go to my music site (forgive my self-promotion). Enjoy!

New Jersey Girls by grubi

grubi — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:27:33 -0800

This is a nearly-completed song I wrote for a couple of friends who are about to move to northern New Jersey (I'm originally from there) but my wife and I will miss them once they leave. As a going-away present, I wrote and recorded this. They don't know about it yet. It's meant to be a driving-down-the-highway-top-down-car-full-of-girls-all-singing-the-catchy-rock-chorus sort of power pop song. Throw me some feedback.

Threshold (demo 5) by the Geese by grubi

grubi — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:52:58 -0800

I've been working on this song for 18 months -- sort of. I have had the whole thing essentially finished that whole time... except for the verse tune. Tonight, I finally got it. Power pop complete with organ solo!

Nothing Left to Apologize For (demo) by the Geese by grubi

grubi — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:36:21 -0800

This is a little something I did (obviously unfinished) that I'd liek to get some reaction for. Any thoughts? It's a pretty straightforward power pop/rock song, complete with ahhs, claps, shakers, and tambourines. Rawk.

No Title by mexican

mexican — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:56:23 -0800

This is a live version of a song I did with Video, a band I'm no longer in.

That Letter by litlnemo

litlnemo — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:53:22 -0800

To celebrate my 7th MetaFilter Birthday (yay!) here is another track from the band I was in in 1991. This is a cover of a Young Fresh Fellows song. It's a little rough. There's another thing we cover during the intro part before I start singing -- see if you recognize it.

Regicide Solution by joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:14:19 -0800

Here's an unfortunately prescient political power-pop tune I penned in '02, as recorded by Detroit's own rock foursome LISBOA at our (then) modest home studio in our first collective foray into DIY recording. RIFYL: The New Pornographers and dudes/lady-dudes in that vein. Honky tonk piano (emphasis on the "honky"), a Hammond, some e-Bow, a little vibraphone, and a few too many "nah-nah-nah-nahs," but whaddya gonna do, right? Hope you dig it, friends.

Take It From Me by joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:12:23 -0800

The Archers of Loaf meet the Bay City Rollers in this humble contribution to the grand tradition of cheeky break-up tunes. Terrible puns abound, but you've been warned. From LISBOA's 2003 EP Either Origami, available here for five lousy clams. Crank it up, friends.