It's Britpop Week!
As you all know, britpop is a name associated with the British alternative scene of the 90s. It emerged somewhere in the late 80s, early 90s, only then it was more of a phenomenon than a genre, an influx of fresh sounding British bands and a kind of reaction to grunge in US. It's usually said that britpop was heavily influenced by 60s British pop, but influences from glam, punk and 80s guitar pop music were just as prominent. In the early 90s the scene was more varied than later when it became a mainstream genre.
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Britpop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As for me personally, I never fully, deeply explored britpop, mainly because in the 90s, along with grunge, I was sick of it. But I did and do like some stuff, and maybe even a lot of it, if I go beyond the generic genre. And so, I'll post some of it: The Stone Roses - 'I Wanna Be Adored' (S/T, 1989) This is simply an amazing song from a great album. If I would to make a list of my all time favorite pop songs, this one would be pretty high The Boo Radleys - 'Barney (...and Me)' (Giant Steps, 1993) Not sure if this is considered britpop. But why not? It's from the 90s, it's British and it's guitar pop. They were initially a shoegaze, dream pop, psychedelic band, but this album has some great, catchy pop songs Teenage Fanclub - 'December' (Bandwagonesque, 1991) I still remember how hard for me was to get into this album initially, and then it just clicked. Listening to it now is like a time trip Suede - 'So Young' (S/T, 1993) I was never really a Suede fan, but I like their first album |
This band should have been huge :( |
Any album recommendations for britpop? I've never been a huge fan of the genre, but I should at least give it a chance.
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The Auteurs & Delicatessen are 2 bands who were great but never get the credit they deserve.
So get New Wave & After Murder Park by The Auteurs & Hustle Into Bed by Delicatessen. |
Here's a lost gem, as is their self-titled album:
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The song that pretty much started it all. Modern Life Is Rubbish is my favourite Brit album of the 90s. |
No britpop thread is complete without...
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Belle & Sebastian were never as good as when they made britpop.
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Ahhh, The Life Pursuit. Been listening to that a lot lately.
As well as a shameless bit of Britpop revival. |
Few more underated bands....
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So underrated. |
A couple of bands in here I haven't heard before. Good call.
A couple from myself: A little too abrasive to be classed as Britpop but a class band not talked about a huge amount. Love 'em or hate 'em, they are always entertaining. Great live too. |
Shamefully Nuisance was the first c.d I ever bought. It's still a guilty pleasure. |
Love this! From the great Dog Man Star. The first two albums are good, but I was never really into the Post-Butler Suede. The UK version of this video. Oasis' first album still has a cool for me after all these years. Quote:
A little late for the party, but still sounding good to me. Their first album still gets played every once in a while (Sadly, I have to go to You Tube to hear the other, but at least it's there). |
Well you know me I'm going to mention more mainstream type bands but I really like these two.
I really love Bloc Party. I have all of their albums but I really want to go purchase their physical CDs Arctic Monkeys |
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Possibly their finest single. I think Elvis Costello liked this if memory serves right. That nagging Casio Synth brings me back to The Early 80's. Here's something from Britpop's baby brother, The New Wave of the New Wave (NWFTNW, or something like that...). ...and something form a very overlooked album from '97. I was surprised when I heard Accident and Emergency, but it still gets plays in my player every now and then. A taste of Creation before Oasis crashed the party. Adorable may not have been top level, but they had some good moments. a bit before the scene's height, but some of the best moments were there. One of the leading lights of Pre-Oasis Creation (along with The Primals and TFC)...RIDE! The full live version of the epic classic. The single version. |
THE best Oasis song.
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^ Very good call!
The Inspirals with Mark E. Smith on this one... |
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A classic from Pulp. Many have left, the bar was shut, but still there was one final great album to be made. If "Common People" was an apex of Britpop, "This Is Hardcore" soundtracked the closing of it just as great. |
This may not be the video to it, but I have to mention Gene's standout moment in my opinion. |
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Damn, I still have Birdland's album, which was something I traveled with for a while. I always like going back to the early days of the whole thing...and while I'm on that chapter, here's 5:30.
I think their first breakthrough... Their "funky Fools Gold wanna-be" happening, with I think a bit of attitude that makes it stand out. ...and possibly my favorite song from Bed. |
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