{"id":6577,"date":"2024-09-26T18:20:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=6577"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:29:57","slug":"exclusive-shindig-qobuz-playlist-17-try-it-crunchin-bubblegum-photo-powerpop-heavy-glam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=6577","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Shindig! Qobuz playlist #17: Try It \u2013 Crunchin&#8217; bubblegum, proto-powerpop &#038; heavy-glam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We\u2019re very excited to be media partners with the truly\u00a0unique online streaming platform and\u00a0download store\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qobuz.com\/\">Qobuz<\/a>. This month, the 17th of our monthly bespoke playlists, which take in all manner of genres and sub-genres, scenes and beyond, then and now, focuses on a blinding mix of late \u201960s and early \u201970s sounds that cast a different light on these well-known genres<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Qobuz-InstagramTry-It-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i>Play <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/open.qobuz.com\/playlist\/24214941\">here<\/a><i> or use the scrollable frame with\u00a0tracklist the bottom of the page. You can sign up for a free trial today. Plans start from \u00a310.83 per month. For more on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qobuz.com\/gb-en\/discover\">Qobuz<\/a><i> read our interview with MD Dan Mackta <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5784\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.qobuz.com\/playlist\/24458896?zone=GB-en\" width=\"378\" height=\"390\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span>Your browser does not support iframes.<span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>&lt;\/ifram<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bubblegum. It was always something of a dismissive term, even then; music aimed at kids and the hit parade, ultimately disposable. There\u2019s the whole Super K story (read the article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverbackpublishing.rocks\/product\/shindig-155\/\"><em>Shindig!<\/em> #155<\/a>) and myriad spin-offs, all vying for attention during the final throes of the \u201960s by pre high schoolers buzzing on candy. However, as any fan of vital music forms from the late \u201960s will know, a lot of the \u201cbubblegum thing\u201d stemmed from confused garage bands in search of late in the day fame, happy to be exploited (see The Shadows Of Knight and The 1910 Fruitgum Company). But let\u2019s face it, so much of the contrived music compiled on copious \u201cbubblegum hits\u201d is pretty icky, deserving of the sneers. I guess the bands had no illusions of grandeur either when cutting this flash in the plan stuff, but the ones gathered here all display ambition. This playlist goes someway to separate the wheat from the chaff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The Shadows Of Knight perennial \u2018Shake\u2019 should be no stranger to fans of the bubblegum genre, but it\u2019s also something of an outlier. Jim Sohns maintains the same snarl and attitude that marked his earlier garage-punk smashes. Likewise, the late in the day Tommy James &amp; The Shondells\u2019 belter \u2018Gotta Get Back To You\u2019 is a far cry from \u2018Mony, Mony\u2019. And what about the album cuts from Ohio Express, Crazy Elephant, and The Lemon Pipers? All of these \u201cbands\u201d sought credibility. The 1910 Fruitgum Company clearly wanted to be brass-rock and progressive by the time of their very unbubblegum fifth album. Backtracking, cuts from We The People, Paul Revere &amp; The Raiders and the UK\u2019s Love Affair all offer tough garage-punk that had enough chewiness about them to excite the kids. Even the utterly fabricated Archies step it up a gear with \u2018You Make Me Wanna Dance\u2019. Bubblegum was an evolutionary progression from garage anyway. The tinny combo organ, fuzztone riffs and repetitive grooves, which had been the staples for so many a few years before, remained. It was a throwback to simpler times. The Jimmy Radcliffe penned \u2018I\u2019m Gonna Find A Cave\u2019 was decidedly tough in the hands of The Banana Splits. Fuzztone stomp made be men in animal costumes. This was a unique byproduct of the counterculture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cowsills were bubblegum by nature, but as the siblings matured they wanted to be taken seriously. \u2018Signs\u2019 from 1969\u2019s excellent <em>II x II<\/em> album sank without a trace. Shame, as although no serious scribe could take once toothy kids seriously, their blend of folk-rock and Beatles-tinged pop was excellent. And, if talking about kids with pearly white teeth, The Osmonds were the antithesis of the long-haired rock scene of 1972, but \u2018Hold Her Tight\u2019 does new things with \u2018The Immigrant Song\u2019, and it rocks like hell. The three albums the family band made over this period were genuinely great. The kids of the \u201960s were now teenagers and the vestiges of the bubblegum explosion was rapidly adapted into now sounds. Todd Rundgren could never ever be considered a part of the teenybop scene of the late \u201960s, yet his first band Nazz were signed to Screen Gems Columbia, a record company tied to Colgems who were in search of another Monkees. The young modish looking moptops had teenage appeal and pop tunes, but they did it their own way. \u2018Forget All About It\u2019 would have been a great choice for any teenager moving towards something more grown up. Todd also produced The American Dream, who like Nazz stemmed from Philadelphia. The powerpop-ish \u2018Big Brother\u2019 would satiate the needs of those not quite ready for the Dead but wanted something a bit hippie. Elektra\u2019s Crabby Appleton fit in this camp too. \u2018Go Back\u2019 was even a minor hit in 1970, reaching #36 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100. Soon to be hunk Don Johnson fronted the Los Angeles band Horse, who were put together by John Carter and Tim Gilbert following their Strawberry Alarm Clock success. Horse were on the face of it cool, but clearly aimed at the hit parade, as all bands were at that time, even the weirder ones. Take The Stalk Forrest Group, who would soon become Blue Oyster Cult. \u2018Arthur Comics\u2019 straddles eccentric Who-ish pop with Grateful Dead guitars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even moving into what would become glam (bubblegum\u2019s next step) and \u201cpowerpop\u201d, the market was young and constantly adapting to new trends. Slade were very much a singles band, and even at the height of their fame they cast off some incredible flipsides, such as the excellent \u2018Candidate\u2019, a track that harked back to their mod-ish roots. Sweet, before becoming glitter legends, were Brit-league bubblegum controlled by Chinn &amp; Chapman. \u2018Spotlight\u2019, penned by drummer Mick Tucker, shows what the band could do when left to their own devices. And it really is rather good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As always, quite a bit of ground is covered here. Anyone seeking \u2018Simon Says\u2019 and \u2018Yummy Yummy Yummy\u2019 may be a bit surprised, but for me the winning parts of a genre are always the neglected areas, and even the bits that don\u2019t quite fit. There is a clear link between bubblegum, glam and powerpop, even psychedelia and funky-rock. 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