<![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:09:29 EDT Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:09:29 EDT http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c5051703 wow puddle of mudd is still around?

f1sh3r

]]> 33:373986:c5051703 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:09:29 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4966006 @Al Shipley: You're welcome! I had to stop the song and let my brain drift through musical history before I could pin down the source. First I thought "Stray Cats?" but the vocals were all wrong. Then I thought "Modern Love" by David Bowie? But the beat was too slow. I got hung up on Huey Lewis and the News for a while, but that was really more of a similar aesthetic sensibility. I knew in my heart that there was one song from my youth, one single moment in time, that spawned the beat. And then, after several hours, it hit me: Part Time Lover! I'm glad I was able to soothe your musical itch as well.

saturn

]]> 33:373986:c4966006 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:06:29 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4961336 @saturn: Thanks, I just knew there was only ONE SONG EVER that had that backbeat but I couldn't figure out what it was.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:373986:c4961336 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:53:17 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4960625 The beat to this song is stolen from Stevie Wonder's "Part Time Lover"

saturn

]]> 33:373986:c4960625 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:59:13 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4956354 I actually fancy VW's "Ladies Of Cambridge," which is a non-album track.(I believe it's the B-side of the "Mansard Roof" single.) Their success IS a little inexplicable, to be sure.

Oldboy

]]> 33:373986:c4956354 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:39:38 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4954521 "Stealth"???? Are you fuckin' kiddin' me, or what???

owenmeany

]]> 33:373986:c4954521 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:22:43 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4953913 I wish I could pretend that I cynically inserted a tiny amount of Vampire Weekend content into an otherwise unrelated post just to goose comments/hits, just to say now that you guys fell for it.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:373986:c4953913 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:46:32 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4949231 @Airsank: Even better is the Marit Bergman version of "Walcott". I still don't care for VW, but now love the song...

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Thierry

]]> 33:373986:c4949231 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:48:19 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4948579 @Airsank: A-Punk is a decent enough introductory song. It's bright, poppy, and (as has been pointed out) incredibly short. M79 is a better song, but it's best to get everyone's attention first so they'll sit through the opening violins.

Halfwit

]]> 33:373986:c4948579 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:27:06 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4945533 A-Punk is a terrible choice for Vampire Weekend's radio single. M79, Wolcott or I Stand Corrected would have served them much better.

Airsank

]]> 33:373986:c4945533 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:27:33 EDT <![CDATA[Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio]]> http://idolator.com/373986/pop+punk-legends-drop-a-stealth-hit-on-rock-radio#c4945110 I should append, before anyone calls me on it, that The Network's album was also released on Reprise/Warner, but that was a re-release over a year after its independent release, and by that point it was firmly in the shadow of American Idiot.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:373986:c4945110 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:11:02 EDT