It's Power Pop Week!
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Power pop is a popular
musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American
pop and
rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong
melodies, crisp vocal
harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are usually kept to a minimum, and
blues elements are largely downplayed. Recordings tend to display production values that lean toward
compression and a forceful
drum beat. Instruments usually include one or more
electric guitars, an electric
bass guitar, a drum kit, and sometimes electric keyboards or
synthesizers. While its cultural impact has waxed and waned over the decades, power pop is among rock's most enduring subgenres."