And what better band to look at than Badfinger, an early 1970s power pop band that paved the way for the power pop sound that would dominate the genre in the late 1970s to early 1980s? No band, I tell you. No band at all...
Okay, let's stop Beatling around the bush and look at one of Badfinger's biggest hit's, "No Matter What".
"No Matter What" is a definitive power pop song. Everything on the record is clear, crisp, and fresh. There's minimal extended solos, and the whole thing is upbeat. It's maybe a little gritty to get too excited over finding the power pop song, but this is a pretty good effort.
It's just a lot of fun to listen to. My favourite part of the song is actually the false ending, where it ends abruptly and then starts just as abruptly as it ended. That's the kind of carefree attitude the song takes, even in the lyrics:
No matter what you are
I will always be with you
Doesn't matter what you do, girl
Ooh girl, with you
It doesn't matter what she is or what she does. It may come off as a little too carefree for its own good, but you know what? Power pop is best when the subject matter is direct. And that's what we have here. No ifs, ands, buts, or maybes. No matter what she is or what she does, he will always be with her. Simple song. But simplicity is not always bad. In this case, it works really well.
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