| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? 14:24 - Jul 17 with 4301 views | Whos_blue |
Superb 8 part series available on BBC sounds.
Presented by Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq.
Love it or loathe it, you can't ignore how important this scene was at the time.
It's incredibly 30 years since the phrase was coined by Stuart Maconie.
I was 24 in 1995, so right in the thick of it.
There are two town links:
The 78 cup final gets a mention.
The series is produced by Town fan Paul Sheehan.
Available here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0ftp7pt?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-m
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| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 08:11 - Jul 18 with 818 views | Steve_M |
| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 07:31 - Jul 18 by WeWereZombies |
Surprised there has been no Suede on this thread yet, were they too early on the scene to be proper Britpop ? Or the technology that was better but got pushed aside by the easier to take, a Betamax to the VHS of Oasis and (early) Blur ? |
It's partly why the term 'Britpop' is so nebulous, they were undoubtedly part of that time and remain very good now (I was glad to get tickets for their gigs in December last week after the original Brixton dates got cancelled).
So much good music around in the 90s, much endures fairly well today although clearly not all and bands like Menswear were never taken that seriously at the time I don't think.
Also, on the wider movement, John Harris's 'The Last Party' is very good:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Party-Britpop-Demise-English/dp/0007134738 |  |
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| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 08:59 - Jul 18 with 784 views | thebooks |
| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 07:57 - Jul 18 by docklandsblue |
Weirdly one of the things I stumbled across whilst going through my loft before making the podcast was a poster I liberated from the Suede gig in Ipswich back in 93/94 (?)
Reminded me that at the time you could have seen Blur (I didn’t) Longpigs, Ash, Boo Radleys, Ocean colour scene, Embrace, Travis, Super Furry Animals etc (I did) in Ipswich. Made me very grateful for the work of The Brighten the Corners team in recent years in reinvigorating Ipswich as a place for live music. Perhaps The Murder Capital, Yard Act, Grove, Antony Szimerick etc will be those names for another generation. |
Ha, I was at that gig. Brett bemoaned the fact John Wark hadn’t turned up.
Suede weren’t part of that whole thing, if I remember rightly. Don’t mind them now, either. |  | | |
| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 09:37 - Jul 18 with 764 views | docklandsblue |
| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 08:59 - Jul 18 by thebooks |
Ha, I was at that gig. Brett bemoaned the fact John Wark hadn’t turned up.
Suede weren’t part of that whole thing, if I remember rightly. Don’t mind them now, either. |
Suede were 100% part of Britpop. They may not have been keen on it in the long term, but they are literally part of the genesis of the genre...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001n9dp |  | | |
| Their version of Dancing in the Moonlight…. on 11:55 - Jul 18 with 732 views | blueasfook |
| Their version of Dancing in the Moonlight…. on 17:17 - Jul 17 by Bloots |
….is one of the worst songs in the entire history of worst songs.
It makes me want to kill people |
It always reminds me of the Moonlight Bar in Tenerife. I was out there when this was a hit and they played it like all the time! |  |
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| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 12:05 - Jul 18 with 726 views | leitrimblue |
| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 16:15 - Jul 17 by baxterbasics |
I always found most of what came under the 'Britpop' tag pretty dull, even as a teenager in the 90s. I was listening to The Prodigy, Nirvana, Beastie Boys and Rage Against the Machine. Still am today pretty much. |
I think the clue to its dullness was in the word pop. I'd happily chose listening to the four bands you've listed over any of those ultra dry britpop bands any day |  | | |
| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 13:54 - Jul 18 with 687 views | soupytwist |
| Any Brit Pop alumni out there? on 20:53 - Jul 17 by olimar |
I saw this article earlier- never really liked Jo Whiley and the comment about "it was like they were our mates down the pub" seemed to summarise why for me. She has always come across as wanting to be mates of the band, wanting to be in the gang, never particularly challenging or critical.
Never more so than during Glastonbury each year where every band is one of her favourites, or did one of the best sets ever. Maybe thats a BBC thing, but Steve Lamacq doesnt have it. |
This is exactly why I find Jo Whiley rather annoying. |  | | |
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