Power pop is a genre of popular music that emerged at the junction of pop and rock styles in the late 1960s and combined melodiousness, vocal harmony and riff song structure in which instrumental soloing is minimized. Power pop songs are usually compressed and controlled by the powerful work of the rhythm section.
History
The term Power pop was first introduced by Pete Townsend, The Who guitarist: this is how he defined his band’s style in 1967. Things like “I Can't Explain”, “The Kids Are Alright”, “Substitute”, “I'm a Boy”, “Happy Jack”, “So Sad About Us”, “Pictures of Lily” are considered early classic power pop.
