Music Banter Hall Of Fame: Nominations Thread

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by ToeAndno

Seriously though, barely any of them thought more of themselves than any popular act does, with the exception of Oasis.

No let's be fair, a lot of britpop bands have built a steady reputation of having trash talking douhebags for frontmen, Oasis weren't the only one.

Even as a Blur fan, Albarn has had his definitive assh*le moments, but at least he's talented, what the hell is Liam's excuse? And at least Jarvis is likable in his assh*le demeanor, I can't say that Earth Song incident didn't make me lol.

So I disagree about Oasis being the only jerks from that movement, but I will say they're the only ones I have a problem with.

I don't dislike britpop as much as I make out, I'm sure there were some more great bands that came out of it, but Blur were the only one of the big four I really care about, though I have some respect for Pulp and Seude too even though it's not my thing at all, they're talented musicians, Butler especially.

Britpop paved the way for a lot of music, which is mostly a good thing. But let's not forget that this is the movement that gave us f*cking Nicky Wire and Pete Doherty, so yeah, if I trash talk about britpop a lot, that's the goddamn reason.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by boo boo

But let's not forget that this is the movement that gave us f*cking Nicky Wire and Pete Doherty, so yeah, if I trash talk about britpop a lot, that's the goddamn reason.

No it didn't. The Manic Street Preachers had fuck all to do with Britpop. And the Libertines didn't come about until at least 6 years after it died.

[boo boo]

I know MSP aren't a britpop band but britpop was a contributor to their success was it not? That's when a lot of those kinda bands were breaking out and britpop at least deserves some of that credit. But I never mentioned MSP either, I really liked The Holy Bible, I'm just talking about Wire.

Somebody needs to take the blame for inspiring this sh*tstain to pursue a solo music career and no punishment no matter how brutal will ever seem fitting enough.

But whatever, you know more about this scene than I do, you lived it. And yeah, I guess it's a bit unfair to assume Noel, Damon, Graham, Bernard or Jarvis could have even anticipated something like this.



But hey, whenever horrible tragedies like this happens, somebody's gotta take the blame.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by boo boo

I know MSP aren't a britpop band but britpop was a contributor to their success was it not?

Not really seeing as though they were regularly getting hit singles 3 or 4 years before britpop broke.

And I don't know why you're so bothered about Nicky Wire's solo stuff. It only sold about 2 copies.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Not really seeing as though they were regularly getting hit singles 3 or 4 years before britpop broke.

And I don't know why you're so bothered about Nicky Wire's solo stuff. It only sold about 2 copies.

Yes I know and I want names goddammit and I want them NOW.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by boo boo

Yes I know and I want names goddammit and I want them NOW.

Nicky Wire's Mum

Nicky Wire's Dad

[Davey Moore]

I'm going to give the edge to a yes vote, because I think they are so-so, but the influence cannot be denied, also there are some songs of theirs I really like.

[scottsy]

I definitely agree that its more than likely that Damon Albarnn of Blur was as big an a$ehole as the Gallaghers... he was just different in his a$$hole - ness, Albarn came across as arrogant, superior, and the Gallaghers just crass potty mouths... different styles altogether... all the Britpop mob were basicallly a damn good soap opera...

[Molecules]

Hi, Dial-a-Vote service here again.

I voted sí because, personal history with the group aside, they were MAD influential in the development of British pop/rock of the 90's and beyond; taking influences from each decade previous (Kinks, Bowie, Wire) and giving the salivating music press a contemporary and spunky (and I emphasise the word spunky here) indie rock/pop outfit who with each release proved to be more diverse than most of their contemporaries; there is an audible progression from album to album (even between songs), making it very difficult to pigeonhole them.
Of course none of that would matter if the songs weren't great, the guitar sound (totally unique to G.Coxon) constantly inventive and astounding and the rhythm section very 70's in that super-tight and rarely-straightforward way.

I wouldn't play up the Britpop element too much... Although Blur (along with Suede) were undeniably at the forefront of the grunge/Americana backlash, which genuinely seems to have instilled a healthy demand for 'homegrown' music in the industry (even if 99.73% of it is horseshit). This inherent English shitness is something Blur started celebrating more as the early 90's wore into the mid - thus their 'Britpop' reputation. However they saw this indie-Kinks period through to embrace more styles from across the pond in the late 90's - some lo-fi here, some gospel there.

For ages I assumed that nobody outside of the UK and Europe had heard of Blur, or would be capable of enjoying them if they had; but the Last.fm figures were a big surprise and I've met lots of Young Americans online who are just getting into them, which perhaps shows that their appeal is not completely local.

If you don't want to vote for Blur for whatever deluded reason, fine... but if you give that vote to an Oasis nomination then... Jeebus help you, because you are a moron.

[gunnels]

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