Britpop

Liljagare · 07-17-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TRa

No offense to any of the groups mentioned here... they're great.

But you cannot say that there is no quality music out there...

Adele, Eliza Doolittle, Coldplay and many more...

I don't think this thread is a knock on present British bands. Of course there is some good music being put out presently by Great Britain (it is the same thing with Sweden..the music scene here did not just die out after Abba and Roxette

)..but there was a time when there was a massive amount of really great music being put out in the 80's/90's from there..then it seemed to trickle down to a few...and hence bring back Britpop.

Bush recently put out a new single and is putting out an album in September. I don't know if it will be as good as "Sixteen Stone" but so far it doesn't sound so bad.

starrynight · 07-19-2011, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Liljagare

there was a time when there was a massive amount of really great music being put out in the 80's/90's from there

Much more the 80s than the 90s I'd say.

Liljagare · 07-19-2011, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by starrynight

Much more the 80s than the 90s I'd say.

Depends on what you were listening too and where you were (if that makes sense). The eighties had a huge amount of catchy synth pop coming out of GB (plus every other music genre). The 90s had a great amount of poppy/alternative tunes coming out of GB that seemed more influenced by grunge music than anything else. But I would not neccesarily say that there was any less coming out of GB in the 90s...although the eighties stuff imho was a lot more original sounding.

Not saying the 90s were any less in terms of likability though.