Anyone else dig the Flamin Groovies?

[Dr Fate]

http://www11.brinkster.com/groovies1/Groovies.html

[mitchum]

1. Absolutely!

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.

[Dr Fate]

2. People call them "Power Pop"- but they sound like Rock & Roll to me.

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...

[enigmatic]

3. Absolutely

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..

[Dr Fate]

4. I guess I'll have to buy that song from I-tunes...

All I have is the "Teenage Head" CD...

Their stuff is nearly impossible to get on vinyl w/o paying a bunch...

[RandomKoolzip]

5. I'm a huge Power Pop fan, but...

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")

[Dr Fate]

6. I guess that is the only era of theirs I'm familiar with.

I just have "Teenage head"- I have not gotten their 70's new-wave era stuff yet...Holding out for vinyl...

[enigmatic]

7. The Roy Loney era

Very underrated, I agree.

[RandomKoolzip]

8. YEah....and fortunately, the studio production style of the early

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.

[mac56]

9. "Shake Some Action" is great.

If I recall, it was produced by Dave Edmunds.

[Dr Fate]

10. That is correct, per the website...I need that tune.

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