Editing Power pop (section)

===Characteristics===
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Power pop is a more aggressive form of [[pop rock]] that is based on catchy, melodic hooks and energetic moods.{{sfn|Borack|2007|pp=7–8}} [[AllMusic]] describes the style as "a cross between the crunching [[hard rock]] of [[the Who]] and the sweet melodicism of [[the Beatles]] and [[the Beach Boys]], with the [[jangle|ringing guitars]] of [[the Byrds]] thrown in for good measure".<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/power-pop-ma0000002793 |title=Power Pop |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-date=September 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919062543/http://www.allmusic.com/style/power-pop-ma0000002793 |url-status=live }}</ref> Virtually every artist of the genre has been a rock band consisting of white male musicians who engaged with the song forms, vocal arrangements, [[chord progression]]s, rhythm patterns, instrumentation, or overall sound associated with groups of the mid-1960s [[British Invasion]] era.{{sfn|Cateforis|2011|pp=136, 138}}

An essential feature of power pop is that its cheerful sounding arrangements are supported by a sense of "yearning", "longing", or "despair" similar to formative works such as "[[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]" (the Beach Boys, 1966) and "[[Pictures of Lily]]" (the Who, 1967). This might be achieved with an unexpected harmonic change or lyrics that refer to "tonight", "tomorrow night", "Saturday night", and so on.<ref name="Chabon">{{cite web|last=Chabon|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Chabon|title=Tragic Magic: Reflections on Power Pop|url=http://michaelchabon.com/uncollected/musical/tragic-magic/|access-date=March 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411092844/http://michaelchabon.com/uncollected/musical/tragic-magic/|archive-date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> Power pop was also noted for its lack of irony and its reverence to classic pop craft.{{sfn|Cateforis|2011|pp=145, 149}} Its reconfiguration of 1960s tropes, music journalist [[Paul Lester]] argued, could make it one of the first [[postmodern]] music genres.<ref name="Lester">{{cite web |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |author-link=Paul Lester |title=Powerpop: 10 of the best |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/feb/11/power-pop-10-of-the-best |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 11, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2018 |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010111532/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/feb/11/power-pop-10-of-the-best |url-status=live }}</ref>