power pop
Hooky guitar genre
Power pop is a style of rock music combining melodic hooks and harmonies reminiscent of 1960s pop with the harder-edged guitars and energy of punk and rock.
The genre emphasizes catchy, radio-friendly songs with driving rhythms: Cheap Trick and Big Star defined the power pop sound.
The term emerged in the 1970s but describes music dating back to the Who and early Beatles.
Curved catching device
- chorusSingers performing together
- jangleDiscordant metallic ringing
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
singalong · earworm · tune · refrain · riff · crunchy · chiming · bright
Metered poetic passage
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- chorusSingers performing together
- hookCurved catching device
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
craftsmanship · arrangement · songwriting · production · radio-friendly · accessible · singable · memorable
Cheerfully optimistic
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- propulsiveCausing forward movement
- exuberantIntensely lively and cheerful
bouncy · spirited · kinetic · brisk · punchy · vigorous · dynamic · relentless
1970-1979 period
- eightiesYears from eighty-nine backward
- new-waveAvant-garde artistic movement
- post-punkExperimental rock after '77
- glamFlashy allure, abbreviated
garage-rock · mod · CBGB · indie · revival · underground · cult · overlooked
hook
Curved catching device
harmony · singalong · earworm · tune · refrain · riff · crunchy · chiming · bright · crisp
verse
Metered poetic passage
structure · craftsmanship · arrangement · songwriting · production · radio-friendly · accessible · singable · memorable · poppy
Badfinger
- WeezerCalifornian alternative rock band
upbeat
Cheerfully optimistic
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- propulsiveCausing forward movement
exuberant · bouncy · spirited · kinetic · brisk · punchy · vigorous · dynamic · relentless · charging
seventies
1970-1979 period
- eightiesYears from eighty-nine backward
- new-waveAvant-garde artistic movement
- post-punkExperimental rock after '77
glam · garage-rock · mod · CBGB · indie · revival · underground · cult · overlooked · reissue
- Pop MusicTaylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga
- rock genresalternative rock, classic rock, heavy metal, hard rock, indie rock
- Pop RockThe Beatles, Beatles, Coldplay, Maroon 5, OneRepublic
- Popboy band, girl group, soda, cola, root beer
- Alt Rockalt-rock, alternative metal, grunge, indie rock, post-grunge
- hybrid genresjazz fusion, rock opera, blues rock, folk rock, country rock
power popheavy metal
Aggressive amplified rock genre
death metal · thrash metal · grindcore · black metal · hardcore punk
power popnoise music
Cacophony as composition
musique concrète · drone · free jazz · atonal music · avant-garde
power, pop, powerful, empower, powerless, overpower, popped, popping, powerfully