KIDS JUST WANNA DANCE! Even More Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s

Can't stop the pop!

We've already followed the announcement of the British Big Beat Records label's forthcoming (and cool) real-world '70s and '80s power pop compilation Come On Let's Go! with my own fictitious sequel It's Cold Outside! That was fun! Let's do another!

Kids Just Wanna Dance! Even More Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s imagines another 24-track collection of North American cuts from that area. The title tune is an effervescent, Who-influenced 1977 B-Side by The Fast (and we're definitely using the single version here; the group's subsequent Ric Ocasek-produced version sounds less like power pop and more like The Cars). The rest? The rest rocks! To overstate the obvious: THIS COMPILATION IS FICTIONAL! It doesn't exist. But it should! As always, I invite Big Beat Records to just send me my finder's fee and take it from there. 

Kids Just Wanna Dance! Even More Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s

1. THE FAST: Kids Just Wanna Dance [first version]
2. PHIL SEYMOUR: Let Her Dance
3. PEZBAND: Love Goes Underground
4. THE MOSQUITOS: I Know A Secret
5. BLUE ASH: Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her)
6. THE RASPBERRIES: I'm A Rocker [single version]
7. THE GO-GO'S: We Got The Beat [first version]
8. BULLET: White Lies, Blue Eyes
9. THE RAMONES: Babysitter
10. PIPER: Drop By And Stay
11. NEW MATH: Die Trying
12. FOOLS FACE: Nothing To Say
13. GREG KIHN: Hurt So Bad
14. SCREEN TEST: Sound Of The Radio
15. THE MARSHALLS: AM
16. NIKKI & THE CORVETTES: Just What I Need
17. ARTFUL DODGER: Follow Me
18. QUINCY: Turn The Other Way Around 
19. THE DIODES: Tired Of Waking Up Tired 
20. VANCE OR TOWERS: Do Whatever We Want
21. THE SCRUFFS: Revenge
22. THE POPPEES: Jealousy
23. THE NERVES: Hanging On The Telephone
24. CANDY: Whatever Happened To Fun

Power pop compilations! One real, two fake. AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH! Let's do one more North American set, and then...well, rule Britannia!

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