On a Britpop trip...

darthed1981

Paul_C said:

Aww, the underrated Gene, my favourite band Ash, and Sleeper...Louise Wener was always a hottie...

Paul_C

Paul_C

Paul_C

and much, much more

Teyeplayer

Did anyone else have the Jules Holland ‘Brit pop special’ recorded on vhs? Watched that show so many times.

underdog

My lasting memory was one of the best albums of that time was Moseley Shoals by Ocean Colour Scene.

Placidcasual79

Teyeplayer said:

Did anyone else have the Jules Holland ‘Brit pop special’ recorded on vhs? Watched that show so many times.

Would love to see that....

Heartfeltdawn

Freebird said:

Was this song the beginning of Britpop?

No. The beginning of Britpop came in the months before The Drowners in the form of the live dates and the reaction of media and crowds to them. John Harris touts Popscene but that sounds like any number of scwuffy guitar bands of the time. Suede opened the door and people like Saint Etienne, Pulp, and especially Blur followed (buy Love and Poison and you'll see what a jealous twat Damon Albarn was with other bands). 

For me, a 14 year old rather introverted self-destructive type living in the South West countrylandia (sic), Suede and the Manics were inspirational in a different way to Oasis. Rock n' roll was great but bands that talked about different ways of living, art and philosophy, sexuality, were just as important and vital. I doubt many bands full stop have inspired as many people to seek out specific books as the Manics have done: their album sleeves were virtual bibliographies. 

Generally though, I preferred the more exotic regions of music in the 1990's. The best Britpop bands were excellent but there were some real dregs. Shed 7 were a bowel movement in tight corduroy trousers: Kula Shaker an embarrassment led by an arse (who tried to stiff a friend of mine financially after she appeared on his solo record).

Instead of the lumpen clones, I had the Boo Radleys with Giant Steps (still my favourite record ever), Super Furry Animals, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, the Beta Band's first three EPs, and then the electronic world. To me, Britpop means Portishead and the Prodigy as much as it means Oasis and Blur. 

1994: that's a pretty fucking outstanding top 10 NME albums year. 

http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1994-2-1045370

1993 to 1997: some fucking great musical years  

Iamnobody

Some good shouts here - OCS I’d consider a bit more than meat and potatoes! Cradock has some big riffs and Fowler’s voice was special. I bet 90% of guitarists wished they could write a tune as solid as The Riverboat Song. 

Great live as well...

https://youtu.be/VTeAqZ6fzeE

Iamnobody

Ultrasound?

A bit late to the BP party but a great band.

https://youtu.be/lwLVRiEn2b4

I can’t seem to embed YouTube links anymore - sorry.

Placidcasual79

A rare almost forgotten gem of Bolanesque glam fuzz - 

Any one remember 'Sleep Freak' by Heavy Stero.....

Or what about Space Hog?

Alnico

If you use Spotify, HERE'S the start of a playlist...

darthed1981

Alnico said:

If you use Spotify, HERE'S the start of a playlist...

Bonus points for including the Stereophonics best song. They have done about a dozen albums now and never topped Local Boy, IMHO.

CHRISB50

This is still the era I spend most of my time listening to. It was a wonderful time for British music. 

My Mrs at the time wrote for a fanzine so I used to go to a lot of gigs. Many an evening spent in Charing Cross either at the Astoria or the LA2. I really miss them. Both great venues. 

My favourite bands were:

These Animal Men

Gene

Bluetones

Elastica

OCS

Manics

S*M*A*S*H

Senseless Things

Sleeper

Echobelly

I was always more of a Blur man than Oasis. I only saw them live once at the NME awards though when they did a secret set (it was only Graham and Damon doing a short acoustic thing). I always preferred Modern Life to Parklife though.

UnclePsychosis

Never mind Blur vs Oasis.

Pulp were the one band that justified the whole sorry enterprise. 

:-)

CHRISB50

UnclePsychosis said:

Never mind Blur vs Oasis.

Pulp were the one band that justified the whole sorry enterprise. 

:-)

I liked the odd song off the album (the obvious ones) but have never been able to stand Jarvis Cocker. That kind of tainted Pulp.

I'd agree though that neither Blur or Oasis were the highlight of that era.

Iamnobody

CHRISB50 said:

UnclePsychosis said:

Never mind Blur vs Oasis.

Pulp were the one band that justified the whole sorry enterprise. 

:-)

I liked the odd song off the album (the obvious ones) but have never been able to stand Jarvis Cocker. That kind of tainted Pulp.

I'd agree though that neither Blur or Oasis were the highlight of that era.

I think Jarvis is a great frontman and Pulp are one of the highlights!

djspecialist

Alnico said:

If you use Spotify, HERE'S the start of a playlist...

Nice work.  Just about to start on some tedious crap in the office.  Should be much more bearable now I've whacked this on! 

Musicman20

Basically, anything Suede, Sleeper, Blur, Oasis, Shed Seven, OCS, Elastica, Bluetones and so on....I still love it.

Recent albums by Suede/Blur/Shed Seven are very strong.

A fantastic time for music.

Musicman20

SUPERGRASS!