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bsjezz
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...I'm possibly misappropriating that as a genre label (from Mike Scott's description of his early stuff with the Waterboys in the 80s). Basically I'm getting right into upbeat, rising / climaxing pop-rock and I'm greedy for suggestions. I guess examples are the best way to demonstrate what I'm talking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7AR0-FRro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxmg_YmUJvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPIe28JJHGM
Some more modern examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zdNdjF-htY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLOg252KRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5gUsnJX2oA
I need old vinyl LPs to add to my wishlist as well as new albums to stream, so if you have ideas from any era I'm all ears!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7AR0-FRrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxmg_YmUJvMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPIe28JJHGMSome more modern examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zdNdjF-htYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLOg252KREhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5gUsnJX2oAI need old vinyl LPs to add to my wishlist as well as new albums to stream, so if you have ideas from any era I'm all ears!
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New stuff:
Old stuff:
The B-52's
Simple Minds
a-ha
OMD aka. Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark
Midnight Oil
but they're listening to every word I say
Maybe these classics...?
This is a kinda obscure one I found like a decade ago. Apparently the band is still making music and touring, but I don't know much else about them. Awesome track, though:
If you are okay with lady pop rock, you can't get much better than Roxette's "Listen To Your Heart".
Fuck yes, I said Roxette
This one isn't really pop rock I don't think, but it's one of my favorite crescendo tracks in all of music. Listening to this song while cruising the interstate at night is a god damn spiritual experience:
check this one out!
Hm... didn't like most of the beginning part, but that swell right at the end was very nice!
I'm gonna queue up the rest of the suggestions in a playlist today and see what sticks - thanks guys! My examples were thrown together a bit quickly and probably didn't help - maybe just listening to more of this Waterboys record would help:
The Cars debut album.
Duran Duran best of.
Early U2 is really good.
Here are some examples that I want to share video-wise:
https://play.spotify.com/user/12147246592/playlist/2q11eV6Ew0VNcJK8LHiKv6
It's a good 26 hours long, I figure there's more than enough there.
edit: oo what about Florence and the Machine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Sound
That wikipedia might have links to other older bands that represent that style, but I mostly think or more modern stuff.
This is the band and the specific song I think of when I hear your description
Here is some other similar stuff
Well on the poppier side you have Coldplay:
On the rockier side there's Kasabian:
Alternatively if a lean more towards EDM wouldn't hurt:
And there's always poppier hip-hop too: