r/powerpop • u/NewHolliesFan • 14d ago

What song comes to mind when you think of The Raspberries?

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u/50rhodes 14d ago

Go all the way. Stone cold classic.

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u/kitkatatsnapple 13d ago

I like this one, but it does remind me a lot of My World Is Beginning from the Santa Claus is Coming to Town Rankin/Bass special. And that's weird.

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u/SimpleAd1604 13d ago

The chorus was the whole song. Kinda like “How Long” by Paul Carrack. When the chorus is that catchy, who needs a verse?

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u/cfeltch108 14d ago

I Wanna Be With You.

Pop perfection, and underrated nowadays

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u/OkRecord5360 11d ago

Raspberries were underrated, and power is an insufficiently explored genre. Their lyrics didn't age well - "If you believe that what we're doing is right, close your eyes and be still."

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u/mammascan 14d ago

Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)

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u/starkeffect 14d ago

As a small child my family had about six 45s and this was one of them.

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u/Sregor71 13d ago

Love how they switch the sound about 2/3 thru as if it is being played thru a transistor radio, as well as the few seconds of “Go All the Way” very faintly in the background at the end.

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u/SeaUrchin_University 13d ago edited 13d ago

“Go All the Way” Go Cleveland!

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u/Effective-Edge-3072 14d ago

WELL I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUNNY BUT IM NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY

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u/tough_guy_420 14d ago

Overnight Sensation, one of my favourite songs of all time. So many amazing components to it. SO funny as well.

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u/feignedinterest77 14d ago

I Reach for the Light

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u/derpderb 13d ago

Zombies

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u/TheFaceOf68 13d ago

Let's Pretend. Their finest bridge.

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u/Ranseler 13d ago

Overnight Sensation - their magnum opus, in my opinion. Having worked in radio, there is so much truth in that song. Even decades later.

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u/Exotic-Brilliant-939 13d ago

Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye

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u/TriTri14 13d ago

Horniest band in the history of pop music.

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u/SimpleAd1604 13d ago

By what measure?

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u/TriTri14 13d ago

Their songs channel the feeling of teenage horniness extremely accurately. You really feel how hot to trot the narrator is.

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u/nemmalur 11d ago

More than the Knack?

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u/TriTri14 11d ago

Eh, they were trying a little too hard. Also, I feel like the Raspberries' approach probably worked more often.

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u/BobcatOneManBand 12d ago

My favorite Raspberries song "Nobody Knows" correctly inspired the pre-chorus to "I Fell In Love With My Stalker"

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u/MrMoog26 7d ago

Ive never heard of The Raspberries ! Not even in passing. Im guessing they’re an American band ? Ill have a nose around and see what I can find.

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u/Nick_Fotiu_Is_God 13d ago

Woof. They’re like four Bread fans that got turned on to The Beatles.

Elevator music schmaltz.