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britpop… a reminder

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Started by not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) in Other Bands & Artists

for some strange reason i seem to have been listening to a lot of old britpop stuff recently. i’m talking “parklife” era blur, menswear, my life story, kula shaker (who are apparently in the process of reforming, you have been warned). anyway, i dismissed most of this britpop stuff years ago but some of it is actually still rather good.

Posted on Fri, 13 January 2006 at 00:24

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#1

Isness wrote:

Kula Shaker have indeed reformed.
I love britpop. Brilliant era. Although hated Menswe@r (and still do).
But yeah. Blur, Pulp, Suede, The Divine Comedy, The Bluetones, Elastica and Sleeper were - and are - fantastic. The Lightning Seeds were a bit of a guilty pleasure, and Supergrass were kind of nifty too.

Posted on Fri, 13 January 2006 at 13:50

#2

Taunty Dan wrote:

supergrass are superb, so underrated.

Posted on Fri, 13 January 2006 at 14:08

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realityfuck (Richard Splash) wrote:

Taunty Dan wrote:

supergrass are superb, so underrated.

Here, here. Saw them live a few months back. Very impressed. It was a semi-acoustic gig and they did indeed rock da momafocking house.

Blur, Oasis and Pulp all produced good music during the whole Britpop scene.
Anyone remember Salad? They had a couple of good singles. ‘Your ma’ was a good song. Plus singer Marijne Van Der Vlugt had a good British name to help fit into the Britpop scene.
Always quite liked Shed Seven, even though they were always slated by the magazines. Good mid-nineties student jukebox songs.

Posted on Sat, 14 January 2006 at 23:39

#4

fatboy wrote:

As good as some of those bands were, I was never into that scene. I’m not slagging the whole period by any means, but for me it wasn’t anything original other than a nod to the 60’s.

Posted on Sun, 15 January 2006 at 19:54

#5

Isness wrote:

To be fair, not that many bands made many nods to the 60s. Pulp and Suede were far more lodged in 70s and 80s glam and pop influences, Elastica and Sleeper had more to do with punk and The Divine Comedy took equally from 60s pop, classical and folk music.

Posted on Sun, 15 January 2006 at 23:50

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viking_pooh wrote:

I still love Dodgy, nothing puts a smile on my face like classics such as “Staying Out For The Summer”, “In A Room” and “Good Enough”

may have to get my copy of the album “Free Peace Sweet” out as the whole britpop thing is pretty important as its what eventually lead me to the dark side though bands like Ash.

also great were

The Divine Comedy (who funnily enough came up in conversaton earlier today) and My Life Story

so much better than the chart filling pop, dating from a time when being number 1 still meant somethig more than the best marketing of utter shite.

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 01:12

#7

Nath (Nathan) wrote:

Isness wrote:

Sleeper

I used to have a massive thing for Louis Wener. Couldn’t stick the band though.

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 01:38

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

So did my friend’s boyfriend of the time. Once she went round to his house and stabbed the eyes out of all his Louise Wener posters. I think they split up soon after that.

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 06:33

#9

buffalo-boy wrote:

Ah Britpop. What a shit era to come of age. Crap bands, lads mags - i wish i had been born in any other era! Lookin back tho some was ok. Blur were good, Pulp were listenable, Slight Return by the Bluetones was great.

I FUCKING HATE KULA SHAKER THOUGH!!! PLEASE CRISPIAN - DON’T RETURN - I HATE YOUR GUTS!!!!! You can’t have ‘rockstars’ middle class with names like Crispian, that just sucks!!! I’m dreading it already! And Menswear, OCS, and Changing man by Paul weller were all dogshit!

Lets get the cool bands from the era back up there - Supergrass, Wildhearts, Skunk Anansie, Baby Chaos. They were acually good!

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 09:02

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

Blur I still really like but I didn’t listen to there pop albums till later and still am more of a fan of Blur and 13 which are just fantastic then when graham left they went shit. Most of the other “brit Pop” bands bypassed me, but I love Supergrass as they make great albums and i have good memorys for working for them top blokes. Divine Comedy i give a spin now and again, but i was off on a Electro and punk kick when the brit pop thing kicked off.

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 09:58

#11

Taunty Dan wrote:

Divers wrote:

Divine Comedy i give a spin now and again .

oh man, “something for the weekend”, what a fucking great tune!

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 12:05

#12

Isness wrote:

buffalo-boy wrote:

You can’t have ‘rockstars’ middle class with names like Crispian, that just sucks!!!

What in God’s name?

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 13:42

#13

Divers (Simon) wrote:

i thought all the rolling stones were middle class, and with a drummer called Charlie Watts i don’t know if i quite agree with the statement.

@TD i have all the divine comedy albums just not something i have played rescently:)

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 13:54

#14

Taunty Dan wrote:

i remember the Divine Comedy singles, never heard one of the albums. Thats what i remember mostly abot Britpop: Great singles. I don’t think i actually own any albums from that era. Apart from Oasis and supergrass, really.

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 14:40

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

I really Liked the DC album Regeneration which was panned by everyone. But Casanova is a good one and it has the father ted theme tune one it:)

Sleeper, Elastica and bands like that i was never into and found them very dull. I was very surpried when i found out the chap from the lightning seeds produced the first three coral albums as i love them, so he is better when he isn’t doing his own music.

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 14:50

#16

Taunty Dan wrote:

Divers wrote:

I really Liked the DC album Regeneration which was panned by everyone. But Casanova is a good one and it has the father ted theme tune one it:)

yeah…Regeneration, was that the one where he lost the suits and grew his hair? I remember him being panned for that. Didn’t he recently revert to the short hair ‘n’ suit formula?

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 16:30

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

Yep.

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2006 at 17:26

#18

Nath (Nathan) wrote:

hoochalobster wrote:

So did my friend’s boyfriend of the time. Once she went round to his house and stabbed the eyes out of all his Louise Wener posters. I think they split up soon after that.

Haha. I attempted to read one of her novels a couple of years ago but I just ended up staring at her photo on the inside cover. Saaaaad.

Posted on Tue, 17 January 2006 at 05:17

#19

Isness wrote:

Divers wrote:

I really Liked the DC album Regeneration which was panned by everyone. But Casanova is a good one and it has the father ted theme tune one it:)

Sleeper, Elastica and bands like that i was never into and found them very dull. I was very surpried when i found out the chap from the lightning seeds produced the first three coral albums as i love them, so he is better when he isn’t doing his own music.

I can’t stand Regeneration. Nigel Godrich managed to make it sound like a cross between the worst elements of Travis and Radiohead. I love all six of his/their other albums, though. One of my all time favourite artists.
Ian Broudie also produced albums by Echo and the Bunnymen and The Fall. His first solo album, Tales Told, is actually pretty damn good - I love the Seeds, but they definitely fall onto the ‘guilty pleasure’ side of things, but the solo album is REALLY nice. It’s more like the acoustic/folky side of The Coral’s material (perhaps unsurprisingly the instruments are played by members of The Coral and The Zutons).

Posted on Tue, 17 January 2006 at 16:32

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

I like all the DC albums but i did enjoy the change in that one, but that could have been more that i was into different things at that point and it fitted in. But i’m with you on Nigel Godrich, in honesty i’m not a massive fan of his production sometimes it works and other times it’s to compressed.
I didn’t know Ian Brodie did a fall album:D they are on of my favourite bands i will have to hunt it down which one was it? I loved the sound he got with the coral, might have to check out the solo album then but i just wasn’t a fan of the LS i wont go off saying they were shit they just didn’t do it for me:)

Posted on Tue, 17 January 2006 at 16:51

#21

Taunty Dan wrote:

i saw a video for a track off of his solo album. Can’t remember what it was called but i thought it was fantastic. Real simple acousticy type tune, but he’s got a knack of writing great ones.

Posted on Tue, 17 January 2006 at 16:58

#22

Isness wrote:

Yeah, his solo album is really lovely. Every Lightning Seeds album had a genuinely great slow track on, the rest is shameless sugarry pop. But that album is like all the best slow bits of the Seeds.

Can’t remember which Fall stuff he produced. Check on allmusic.com, he’s got a lot of credits to his name.

Posted on Wed, 18 January 2006 at 00:48

#23

Citizen Erased wrote:

Kula Shaker still sound muffled, as if the singer’s got his head up his arse.

Sleeper were overrated, Echobelly were better.

Elastica fucked up delaying their second album. First one hasn’t aged well.

Whatever happened to the Ned’s Atomic Dustbin revival? Kill Your Television is a classic!

‘Guilty Pleasure’ is an excellent description for The Lightning Seeds - well done that man!

Supergrass aren’t underrated. Having seen them a few times, I think its about right.

Posted on Wed, 18 January 2006 at 09:30

#24

Taunty Dan wrote:

Citizen Erased wrote:

Supergrass aren’t underrated. Having seen them a few times, I think its about right.

You don’t think they should have the status of, say, an oasis or blur?

Posted on Wed, 18 January 2006 at 09:51

#25

Citizen Erased wrote:

No, I’d put them in the Premiership to be sure (so waaaaaaay above Danny Goffey’s other half’s Britpoop band, Powder, but in the bottom half.

Republica seem to be on a lot of Britpop compilations*. Quite liked their signles but not enough to buy an album.

*I.e. the one I’ve got.

Posted on Wed, 18 January 2006 at 11:39

#26

Isness wrote:

Republica suffered from the problem of almost every song sounding exactly the same.

Posted on Wed, 18 January 2006 at 12:20

#27

Citizen Erased wrote:

Ah yes, there was that.

Posted on Wed, 18 January 2006 at 12:27

#28

joseph? wrote:

Supergrass are not an oasis or blur.

Posted on Thu, 19 January 2006 at 17:40

#29

Taunty Dan wrote:

nah, maybe i was overhyping them a little(!) They should still be seeling more and playing the bigger venues. Same with Spiritualized.

Posted on Thu, 19 January 2006 at 19:36

#30

buffalo-boy wrote:

Anyone who remembers this era fondly should read The Last Party, can’t remember the author’s name but its a doctrine on the politics and Britpop at the time. There’s some great behind the scenes stuff about the bands (esp Menswear - posers!) and Tony Blair. Thoroughly recommend it! :cool:

Posted on Mon, 23 January 2006 at 13:09

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