Howard Jones – In the Running (1992) purchase this album (Amazon) To type these words pains me more deeply than words can say, but it’s altogether likely that many of…
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Jeff Giles is the founder and editor-in-chief of Popdose and Dadnabbit, as well as an entertainment writer whose work can be seen at Rotten Tomatoes and a number of other sites. Hey, why not follow him at Twitter while you're at it?
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Welcome to the Popdose Guide to the Call, a semi-forgotten group that had a couple of hits in the ’80s, but has seen its catalog fall out of print and…
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Michael W. Smith – I Will Be Here for You (1992) What? Stop looking at me like that. You think I want to write about this song? Of course I…
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Al Anderson – Love Make a Fool of Me from After Hours (2006) Tom Waits – Goin’ Down Slow from The Early Years, Vol. 1 (1991) Aztec Camera – Safe…
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This wasn’t part of our official launch announcement, but as some of you may remember, Jason’s site had a patron saint before he merged it with Popdose — and since…
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Mr. Mister – I Wear the Face (1983) purchase this album (Amazon) Well, well, well. If it isn’t Mr. Mister. First things first: I have to give credit where it’s…
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This is a series I’ve always been a little ambivalent about. Even when it was running at Jefitoblog — a site that still carried the faint odor of its LiveJournal…
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Chynna Phillips – Naked and Sacred (1995) Bet you didn’t even know this thing existed, did you? Don’t feel bad. Chynna’s post-Wilson Phillips coming out party, Naked and Sacred, was…
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Mr. Encrypto – Silver Chain from Secret Identity Crisis (2003) Eugene Edwards – It Doesn’t Get Better Than This from My Favorite Revolution (2005) Harry Nilsson – Don’t Forget Me…
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Chuck Mangione – Love Notes (1982) purchase this album (Amazon) In all the months since Jefitoblog bit the dust, I don’t think a week has gone by that I haven’t…
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Greetings, Videots! Apologies for the long delay between transmissions, but apparently, some strange things were afoot at Mission Control — the S.S. M.T.V. wasn’t able to raise anyone at the…
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It’s here! It’s finally fucking here! Hello and welcome to the official launch of Popdose, the site some of you have been waiting for/predicting would never happen for almost a…
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Nothing wrong in Blog-land, folks:at least not here:at least not that I’m aware of. I just kinda ran out of time this weekend, for everything, and wasn’t able to pull…
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Oasis – D’You Know What I MeanThe Innocence Mission – My Sisters Return from IrelandZZ Top – Woke Up With WoodThe Supernaturals – It Doesn’t Matter Any MoreBeach Boys –…
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Watch the new Willie Wisely video, starring the always-lovely Jenna Fischer: Pitchfork interviews Daryl Hall, and the results are fascinating; MamaPop links to a compilation of Alex Trebek’s saltier moments;…
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Here it is: The song that killed the power ballad. There were bands who had hits with power ballads after Steelheart killed the genre to death with “I’ll Never Let…
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If it’s Friday, it must be Bootleg City Á¢€” and this week, our show comes to us courtesy of our good friend Old Davy, who had the foresight to record…
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Criminy, it’s already the 22nd? I’ve still got a list of power ballads a mile long. Where did the time go? Well, I promised some controversial picks, so here’s one…
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Pseudosix – Pseudosix (2007)purchase this album (Sonic Boom) Review by Matt Keeley Pseudosix is a band out of Portland Á¢€” apparently, they started as a one-piece, but grew into a…
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Last Friday’s Matt Nathanson-themed Power Ballad post has got me flashing back to my introduction to his music Á¢€” which, unsurprisingly, coincided with my introduction to one of the Girls…
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Any month-long discussion about power balladry would be incomplete without some mention of today’s pack of melodic rockers. Night Ranger did, after all, help bring the power ballad to the…
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I’ve received a lot of wonderfully unexpected links in my time, but this one, I think, makes me happiest of all.
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[Jefito’s Note: She’s been a critic’s darling for most of her career, but the public at large has always been mostly unaware of Sam Phillips’ music, which is why I…
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Speaking of John Kalodner John Kalodner, here’s a band he entered in the American power-ballad sweepstakes at exactly the right moment. We all like to think of David Coverdale (and…
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(For more information on the 2 Meter Sessions, see 2 Meter Sessions: Volume One) Deus – Little ArithmeticsYoussou N’Dour – Shakin’ The TreeNeil Finn – She Will Have Her WayEels…
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[Jefito’s Note: This week’s Cassingle Vault comes to us courtesy of The Big Takeover’s Matthew Berlyant, whose past guest posts have included comprehensive Idiot’s Guides to Joe Jackson and Graham…
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Popular rock mythology says the great shift from hair metal to grunge happened the week Nevermind knocked Michael Jackson’s Dangerous out of the top spot on Billboard’s Top 200, but…
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Marty Willson-Piper – All That RemainsElla Fitzgerald – Old McDonaldBob Marley – Stop That TrainSpin Doctors – Here Comes The BrideBrooks Williams – JaguarThe Smithereens – In A Lonely PlaceEric…