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Post by hi224 on Jan 5, 2020 18:53:37 GMT
I'll say Blur.
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Post by sostie on Jan 5, 2020 20:05:44 GMT
It might be easier for me to name favourite Britpop albums..
Pulp - His'n'Hers
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Elastica - Elastica
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Post by hi224 on Jan 5, 2020 20:12:24 GMT
It might be easier for me to name favourite Britpop albums.. Pulp - His'n'Hers Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish Elastica - Elastica I should listen to more regarding Elastica.
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Post by driftin on Jan 5, 2020 21:12:04 GMT
Pulp for making some genuinely great songs, The Manic Street Preachers for scaring all the nans at home during their balaclava'd performance on TOTP, and Kula Shaker for "Govinda".
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Post by Dayodead on Jan 5, 2020 22:13:00 GMT
Pulp, for their four album run of Separations (1992), His 'n' Hers (1994), Different Class (1995), This Is Hardcore (1998)
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jan 6, 2020 2:14:54 GMT
Saint Etienne if they count, if not maybe Suede
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Post by darknessfish on Jan 6, 2020 9:56:35 GMT
Drugstore, if they count. Certainly wikipedia adds them into the genre, and they were around at the right time, though they did have a Brazillian singer. They were more Mary Chain influenced than the major players in the scene, so had a bit of texture around the guitar, and probably weren't concerned with haircuts and union flags at the time.
Anyway, this is the opening track to their debut album, which I think is a lovely thing:
If we're talking only the major players, Pulp were the best by a long shot, if just for "Common People" and "Babies". I couldn't sit through a full album of theirs, but at least they aren't Blur or Oasis.
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Post by sostie on Jan 6, 2020 11:58:51 GMT
What started as a sound that evoked British music from the past Britpop started to include almost any band that wasn't "grunge". The likes of Ash, Manics even Radiohead never quite fell into that category, but at times were included. Bands like Teenage Fanclub (and almost anything else on Creation) were lumped in there as well.
Sadly it was a little too late for The Boys Wonder, who would have been massive had they not changed their direction and become Corduroy. Denim were criminally ignored. As was Edward Ball. I also had a soft spot for the much derided Menswear...probably because they sounded like a Secret Affair tribute act.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jan 6, 2020 13:50:30 GMT
This is the only thing that qualifies as Britpop that I've rated on RYM, and I've rated a lot of stuff.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Jan 6, 2020 14:51:53 GMT
Probably Suede or Pulp.
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Post by cypher on Jan 6, 2020 15:04:29 GMT
Cast
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Post by Zos on Jan 6, 2020 17:39:48 GMT
Auteurs. Great group and Luke Haines is a wonderfully grumpy individual in print. His first book on the Brit Pop period is hilarious. I have seen him solo countless times and always a good night out. Had the pleasure of speaking to him once in a pub before a gig and he was charm personified.
21st Century Man is a classic solo album.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jan 6, 2020 19:32:01 GMT
Echobelly or Lush
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Post by theravenking on Jan 6, 2020 20:28:58 GMT
Rialto
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Post by sostie on Jan 6, 2020 23:08:01 GMT
Loved both. Lush moreso as I'd been a fan pre-Britpop, but still liked their new direction. On a shallower note, the scene did have plenty of pinups - Lush, Echobelly, Saint Etienne, Powder, Sleeper, Salad
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jan 7, 2020 3:59:54 GMT
I went through the majority of these bands' discographies years ago and finished feeling really underwhelmed. Especially after exploring a lot of 80s post-punk, late-80s/early-90s Brit-pop seemed like a such steep downward step. Still, I'd say I enjoyed Suede the most. I also had some pretty fond memories of Oasis, mostly hearing Champagne Supernova and Wonderwall as a kid.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 7, 2020 4:33:22 GMT
It might be easier for me to name favourite Britpop albums.. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish Elastica - Elastica . Not a single bad track on that album, crowned by the magnificent Chemical World. It wouldn't be long before Parklife (still a great album mind) would surface and suddenly Blur became a band followed by teenage girls. I went to see them live on The Universal Tour (The Great Escape tour basically) in a vast arena full of screaming teenagers. They were superb but you could see that Albarn wasn't impressed with the way that things were going, and I remember saying that the talent on the stage deserves a better audience than this. There was even girls outside trying to get people to sign a who is best petition - Oasis or Blur! WTF. Thankfully in 97 the self titled album saw them back to where they should be at. Elastica - accomplished but there's no getting away from the plagiarism of The Stranglers and Wire (out of court settlements of course).
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 7, 2020 4:42:32 GMT
Ocean Colour Scene of course - great live band as well.
It was an important movement in Britain, the music scene had become dreadful, people had stopped playing instruments and "computer" music was filling out the charts. Then suddenly Blur and Oasis arrived and bands got back to playing guitars and stuff, and all these British bands surfaced with guitars and lyrics to sing along to, good times, much needed in the UK at the time.
I'll give a shout out too Sleeper, also superb live band in the right venue (none arena type with good acoustics), and also Shed Seven, who wouldn't like to be called a Brit Pop band but the movement definitely aided their career and gave them a fan base they deserved.
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Post by sostie on Jan 7, 2020 10:49:57 GMT
It might be easier for me to name favourite Britpop albums.. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish Elastica - Elastica . Not a single bad track on that album, crowned by the magnificent Chemical World. It wouldn't be long before Parklife (still a great album mind) would surface and suddenly Blur became a band followed by teenage girls. I went to see them live on The Universal Tour (The Great Escape tour basically) in a vast arena full of screaming teenagers. They were superb but you could see that Albarn wasn't impressed with the way that things were going, and I remember saying that the talent on the stage deserves a better audience than this. The first time I saw Blur was supporting a band I knew at the old Marquee. For a band playing in front of about 8 people they certainly put a lot of energy into the set...but were basically crap. As was the case the next few times I saw them in support slots. Then they did the Rollercoaster tour with Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine & Dinosaur Jr. It was a set that included back projection of a band member taking a crap on a carpet...in reverse, and Damon dropping his trousers and treating us to the sight of his member. It was the usual shambolic mess. But then they finished with the latest single Popscene and it was monumental. Only saw them once after that (outside of a festival) headline some X-FM or NME sponsored show. I went to see the supports - Mega City 4 and Suede. But Modern Life... had just been released and at last they finally seemed to get their act together...the new material of course helped, but never seen them so good up til that point. That they had cut down on the drinking may also have helped.
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Post by The Lost One on Jan 7, 2020 10:57:01 GMT
Suede by far
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