Cruel You - Shoes

Name: Cruel You - Shoes
Uploaded: 1979-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Shoes' 'Cruel You' exists at a pivotal intersection of American music history: it is a product of the late-1970s power pop underground — a movement indebted to Beatles-era British Invasion melody, Big Star's cult introspection, and the DIY ethics of the emerging indie rock scene — that crossed over into Elektra Records major-label…

1979 · Late-70s American Power Pop / Early MTV Era (1979–1981) · music video

1979Late-70s American Power Pop / Early MTV Era (1979–1981)American Power Pop / DIY Indie Rock (Late 1970s Midwest)

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Shoes' 'Cruel You' exists at a pivotal intersection of American music history: it is a product of the late-1970s power pop underground — a movement indebted to Beatles-era British Invasion melody, Big Star's cult introspection, and the DIY ethics of the emerging indie rock scene — that crossed over into Elektra Records major-label distribution in 1979. The band's home base in Zion, Illinois, reflects the Midwestern…

Why it matters

As a performance clip from one of the foundational power pop albums of the late 1970s, 'Cruel You' represents the genre's characteristic blend of British Invasion melody, jangly guitar textures, and lovelorn lyrical introspection. Shoes' DIY ethos — home-recording pioneers who predated the bedroom…

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