Definitely my favorite. I don't know why anybody would ever think of covering such a horrible song. Makes me laugh. ixnayray said:

HA HA!!!

I must admit, I only got this album recently. Its absolutely genius!

At the moment m fave would have to be... The Final Countdown. Although right now i'm diggin' the whole thing!

We could really be onto something here!!! Mina a.k.a. psycho -a said:

Well perhaps it's time to learn some foreign languages! :O
Oh and also: try to improvise, it doesn't matter what lyrics you use. Maybe you should try to take a whole 'nother lyric from a completely different song :D

Well i'm afraid i don't speak any other language... i can barely speak my own! Hey... maybe i'll just try singing along with a foreign accent! ;) Mina a.k.a. psycho -a said:

You know what's even more fun? Sing it in a different language.. :D I always sing a long in Dutch :O

Yeah i can see me listening to this for a long time. Very addictive and i don't think there's a bad song on there! I will take your advice and crank up the volume next time i wash the dishes! "I found my blue... on blueberry blue..." HA HA! Mina a.k.a. psycho -a said:

The more you listen to it, the more you will like every song on it ;-)
I don't know if you ever do the dishes or do some housecleaning... excellent record! :O

HA HA!!!

I must admit, I only got this album recently. Its absolutely genius!

At the moment m fave would have to be... The Final Countdown. Although right now i'm diggin' the whole thing!

For those who have no clue who, what or when Die Zorros is or was --> http://bit.ly/9ITHPa

YEAH! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

I was kidding... and having a little fun myself. I thought i was just answering your question. :S Personally i go out of my way to check out cover versions. I love the individual touch a band/artist can add to a song. I think the Die Zorros album is a perfect example of this - I don't think any other band could make me think that Europes "Final Countdown" was such a cool song! OOPS - i guess i may be sending this topic off on a tangent... sorry! ;) Mina a.k.a. psycho -a said:

Does it matter who "the man" was/is..? ;-)
Sometimes humor and having fun with friends is more important than being 'the man'... ;P

Like the version by the Blue Crystals on Garage Punk Unknowns for instance. It's guys having fun. Like the version of Hanky Panky by the Sonics...why bother when Tommy James is pretty cool. Well the Sonics were goofing and having fun and I laughed. That's why.

Yeah i'm a fan of the Die Zorros version BUT... c'mon, Gene Vincent was the man. Mina a.k.a. psycho -a said:

Actually the version of Die Zorros is pretty good too :-)

The original of course ....it's one of those songs that is just pointless to cover ...you could not possibly better Gene's version . ?;0)

Ah ha....well...there was a Cliff Simmons who was in the Blue Caps during the Be Bop A Lula days (found that out when I googled Gene Simmons and Be Bop A Lula in the same search). Also kept getting info about Gene Simmons and Vinnie Vincent(one of those later Kiss guys after they unmasked).

No question. Can't beat the original. I've got it on 45 b/w "Woman Love", and it always makes me wanna dance!

So when you say Gene Simmons has a version of Be Bop a Lula, are you talking about the Kiss musician or Jumpin' Gene Simmons of "Haunted House" fame?

Well I just looked at the trailer at indb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266029/ and it already looks like I prefer the NBC movie that came out sometime in the last ten years. The guy playing Lennon looks more like Pete Best. Have no idea if they embellished so I'd actually like to see this if it comes out on DVD. But the choice of actors already turns me off.

Anyone know anything about the Lennon ( early years ) bio pic ' Nowhere Boy ' ?

I just saw the soundtrack cd in ameoba , haven't heard anything about this one ?

I would like to hear other people's stuff. I dont use it that often, but its a cool idea. http://blip.fm/CivilWarSyndrome

Once I heard 70s power pop (like in 1991 or something) I totally forgot that it once applied to groups like the Who and the Easybeats.

I've got tp side with Rod on this one. Eddie & The Hot Rods& DR. Feelgood are definitely Pub Rock. I saw Eddie & The Hot Rods at Max's in around 76. That's what they were being called. I did not start hearing the phrase "Power Pop" until the 70's and that would be the late 70's. A few bands of the genre I left out of my earlier post are Milk N Cookies,The Marbles, The Quick,& the Sneakers The best place to discover forgotten Power Pop Chestnuts is the Power Pop Label Radio Heartbeat. They put out The Speedies record, as well as one by the Quick, Milk N Cookies & others. Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I guess if you had started your forum as "I really like what I think are the original power pop bands, groups like the Who, Creation, Easybeats, and even the Byrds. Can anyone think of others?" I wouldn't have been so confused.

Again...I'm not trying to be a jerk. I blame it on Asbergers.

I have a book called Rare Records: Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures by a guy named Tom Hibbert. It came out in 1982 and has a chapter on sixties power pop. Some of the early Pink Floyd singles (Arnold Layne, See Emily Play) and Les Fleur De Lys are considered examples.

I guess if you had started your forum as "I really like what I think are the original power pop bands, groups like the Who, Creation, Easybeats, and even the Byrds. Can anyone think of others?" I wouldn't have been so confused.

Again...I'm not trying to be a jerk. I blame it on Asbergers.

I have a book called Rare Records: Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures by a guy named Tom Hibbert. It came out in 1982 and has a chapter on sixties power pop. Some of the early Pink Floyd singles (Arnold Layne, See Emily Play) and Les Fleur De Lys are considered examples.

I'm happy for them to get something back and they are what they are. The new album is still underwhelming and I'm stuffed if David Fricke's review of the first comeback disc isn't way over the top. There's a Live at the Fillmore thing that rips along fairly well with lots of the original songs in the set list.

Having grown up in NYC I saw the original Dolls. They had more stage presence than any band I've ever seen, before or since. When the original band broke up, David & Syl carried on till late 1976 as "The Dolls" until David signed a solo deal with Blue Sky records & Syl signed with RCA. Instead of hiring another guitarist, they had a piano player. It was not the NY Dolls I remembered, but they were great.

I also happen to know Sylvain for a very long time, having played bass in his solo band & on his albums Sleep Baby Doll, & New York's Au Go Go.

You have to look at this from his point of view. Drugs broke up the Dolls. Everybody knows that, but aside from that simple fact, a lot of people do not realize that they sold their publishing. In other words, in all these years they made nothing off their legacy. Till now. Syl drove a cab. When I started playing with him, he had been installing carpet for a living.

Forget whether the original Dolls were cooler or not. I know how Syl struggled for years. I played gigs with him at little dive bars in LA that he clearly out-classed. To see him up on the big stage with a shiny new Gretsch Guitar, happier than a pig in shit is unbelievable. He gave so much to Rock N Roll, it's great to see him get something back.

Not even a whole day later and i picked up a new follower.
Was it because of my post on this forum? Who knows.
The internet is a mysterious place.

Hey Ted, this page should hopefully answer all your questions:

http://garagepunk.ning.com/page/podcast-guidelines

If not, then post your followup questions below and we'll try to help as much as possible. Good luck!