# help me find some more cute music.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 7, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048 "2003-04-07T13:09:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/41 "2003-04-10T17:29:31Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Linty Fresh \*
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> I’m more of a jazz/Neil Young fan myself, but there’s ONE cute band I like: Dressy Bessy. As far as “cute” bubblegum pop goes, they’re actually pretty good, and the tunes are catchy as hell. I listen to them when Neil Young begins to sound too whiny.
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> Here’s their website. \*\*
Oh, and I almost forgot. Along the lines of **Shonen Knife** , **Dressy Bessy** has also written a song for the Powerpuff Girls.
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### Author:  [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/42 "2003-04-10T17:40:26Z")
Frente!'s first album, from back when the “!” was still part of their name.
The Cardigan’s first album, the only good one they ever made, sadly.
Danielson Famile are pretty cute, though they’re kinda spooky, too.
Mates of State are very cute.
But something makes me feel like I’m off the mark here somehow.
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### Author:  [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/43 "2003-04-13T05:51:14Z")
Nearly a whole page of replies and no one’s mentioned **The Pooh Sticks** yet? _Million Seller_ is about as cute as it gets.
Though **Shonen Knife** was the first thing that came to mind for me as well. And my nominee for cutest Jonathan Richman song is still “Not Yet Three”.
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### Author:  [@Salty\_Captain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salty_Captain)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/44 "2003-04-13T11:22:07Z")
If you want some nice indie music you should check out **Easyworld**. They’re a British band i’ve been into for about a year and they have some really nice happy songs. I recommend **Try not to think** , **Junkies and Whores** (if you want something thats just gorgeous), **Bleach** , **You and Me** , **Everyone Knows** and **Better Ways to Self Destruct**.
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### Author:  [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/45 "2003-04-13T15:26:17Z")
Shonen Knife is great…my favorite song of theirs is “Cookie Day”…“cookie day, cookie day, it’s a beautiful cookie day…” 🙂
Also, I would go see Jonathan Richman in concert if all his tour dates weren’t in Italy. rrrr.
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### Author:  [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/46 "2003-04-13T16:11:02Z")
Sixpence None the Richer
Bel Canto
The Rembrandts
early Cindy Lauper
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### Author:  [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/47 "2003-04-13T16:17:56Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Linty Fresh \*
> \*\*Dressy Bessy has also written a song for the Powerpuff Girls. \*\*
OK, I have to ask… I have a Powerpuff Girls song that’s tagged as Apples in Stereo. It’s calle “Signal in the Sky (Lets Go!)” Is this by the Apples, or is it mistagged and actually by another band?
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### Author:  [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/48 "2003-04-13T19:44:57Z")
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> OK, I have to ask… I have a Powerpuff Girls song that’s tagged as Apples in Stereo. It’s calle “Signal in the Sky (Lets Go!)” Is this by the Apples, or is it mistagged and actually by another band?
[There’s a whole recordful of Powerpuff Girls-themed songs by different artists.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004TZZO/qid=1050263207/sr=8-23/ref=sr_8_23/104-7767360-2362323?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) The Apples in Stereo song, the Shonen Knife song and the Dressy Bessy song are all included. There’s also a Frank Black song and many others.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/49 "2003-04-13T20:08:01Z")
Lemme just chime in with a couple addendums…
**The Vaselines** - These guys fit your description, and IMHO, are required for the completion of any decent record collection. They become somewhat popular in their own right, but their fame was accentuated by Kurt Cobain’s heavy praise for them, and the inclusion of two Vaselines covers on Incesticide (“Molly’s Lips” and “Son of a Gun.”)
**All Girl Summer Fun Band** - Name says it all. Their web site has several mp3s to check out.
Also, it’s worth having a look at [allmusic.com](http://allmusic.com) and searching on “twee pop” in the musical styles category. If you didn’t know already, that’s what this sort of indie bubblegum pop is generally called. It’ll refer you to a lot of cutesy artists, most of which have probably been already mentioned.
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### Author:  [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-more-cute-music/167048/50 "2003-04-14T03:01:41Z")
I must also recommend [**Shonen Knife**](http://www.shonenknife.com/mainpage.html). Their version of the Carpenters’ “Top of the World” will make you giggle, as will the entire album _Let’s Knife_. Also recommended and not yet mentioned is [**Morning Musume**](http://www.jpopmusic.com/mmusume/), a group of 13 young girls in a sort of Japanese Menudo. Extremely poppy, extremely catchy, and very good for making you smile when you feel down.
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