This weekend is Valentine’s Day, so I have decided to do something a little bit different for this week. Instead of writing about new releases I dug (Junior Boys, Deftones, Eagulls, Rihanna, etc.), I put together a love-themed playlist of power pop (and power pop-adjacent) gems. Hope you enjoy.
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: TIMELY TUNES, VOL. 13
Tracklist:
- Big Star “Thirteen” (Alternate Version from “Nothing Can Hurt Me”; original can be found on “#1 Record”)
- Badfinger “Love Time” (From “Wish You Were Here”)
- Todd Rundgren “Couldn’t I Just Tell You” (From “Something/Anything?”)
- Fotomaker “Where Have You Been All My Life” (From “Fotomaker”)
- Blue Oyster Cult “Burnin’ for You” (From “Fire Of Unknown Origin”)
- The Cars “Just What I Needed” (From “The Cars”)
- Teenage Fanclub “What You Do To Me” (From “Bandwagonesque”)
- The Lemonheads “Into Your Arms” (From “Come On Feel The Lemonheads”)
- Matthew Sweet “Your Sweet Voice” (From “Girlfriend”)
- The dB’s “I’m In Love” (From “Stands For Decibels”)
- Marshall Crenshaw “When You’re On My Mind” (From “Marshall Crenshaw”)
- The Velvet Underground “She’s My Best Friend” (From “V.U.”)
- The Modern Lovers “Girlfriend” (From “The Modern Lovers”)
- T. Rex “Jeepster” (From “Electric Warrior”)
- R. Stevie Moore “You And Me” (From “Phonography”)
- The Replacements “Valentine” (From “Pleased To Meet Me”)
- Yo La Tengo “Did I Tell You” (From “Fakebook”)
- Ryan Adams “Stay With Me” (From “Ryan Adams”)
- Fleetwood Mac “Everywhere” (From “Tango In The Night”)
- The Magnetic Fields “Strange Powers” (From “Holiday”)
- Billy Bragg “Must I Paint You a Picture” (From “Worker’s Playtime”)
- John Cale “Andalucia” (From “Paris 1919”)
- The Beach Boys “Baby Blue” (From “L.A. (Light Album)”)
- Randy Newman “Marie” (From “Good Old Boys”)
- Daniel Johnston “True Love Will Find You In The End” (From “1990”)
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