Brit Pop

[caremum]

I was always more a Jarvis and Brett (Anderson) girl. Am so secretly pleased to see Brett Anderson live as he really gives a spectacular show and seems so healthy and happy. I also loved Radiohead but Tom Yorke wore thin on me, Always strikes me as a guy who thought he was more of an intellectual then he was in reality.

 

[markcorriganscrisps]

Christ on a bike I bet it takes like pish as well. £22, get the fuck out

 

[kiiwiih]

I am so excited to have found this thread! I've been binge-reading the Primrose Hill Set thread and couldn't believe my luck when I saw someone had started this thread! I'm a bit too young to remember the Britpop era (I was born in 1989 and in Iceland no less so wouldn't even have gotten to experience any of it first-hand anyway), but my brother used to work at Kaffibarinn back when Damon used to "hang there" and my claim to fame is that I once met him there (I was like 8, and yes it's also a coffeehouse not just a bar ), and I've basically been obsessed with him since then. Sad I know He was incredibly nice to me, and I kinda just took that and ran with it for the past 25 years

Sad to hear the rumours about his relapse and the demise of his relationship with Suzy.

 

[Nadia Vulvokov]

Its Blur night on BBC 2 tonight, including a set from Glasto 2009
Been playing them non stop since I saw them at Wembley. This middle aged woman's inner 16 year old is absolutely buzzing about their comeback and Wembley was incredible, and the new album is great, but Modern Life will always be my favourite. Like someone said upthread, my teenage daughter is jealous I was a 90s kid.
Graham was very funny on the Off Menu podcast this week too.

 

[Oh bra wind free]

Select Magazine Scans | A website dedicated to the 90s music magazine Select

selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk

How many of these can you remember?

 

[CarmenGhia]

There was Select magazine as well, which was glossier than NME and Melody Maker and took itself less seriously than Q. And Vox, which I think was a glossy spinoff of NME for a while.

Music shows on terrestrial TV were also much better. TFI Friday seems really dated now, but you could usually count on a good band being on. The White Room with Mark Radcliffe had a wider range of bands and it was still great, if sometimes a bit weird. I remember Iggy Pop performing on there in see-through PVC trousers, which wasn't pretty.

ITV had The Beat with Gary Crowley, which you had to tape because it was on in the early hours of the morning.

 

[TheRockingReverend]

And what would be great is for Shane Meadows to finish off his 'This is England' anthology with 1996 (perfect logical choice) as the sounds, fashions and sights of Britpop play out against that amazing Euro 96 summer - oh and so we may find out what happened to Combo.

 

[markcorriganscrisps]

I'm going to see Pulp next week and am v v excited as I only managed to see them post 90's. Blur would have been amazing too, am v jealous of that one.

I am also not ashamed to admit that my main Britpop regret is not seeing Menswe@r

 

[Oh bra wind free]

I've only met one member of Blur, the drummer Dave Rowntree. He spoke at a conference for me on the subject of social housing a few years ago. I can't speak highly enough about the fella.

He currently has a Ukrainian family staying at his home in Godalming, Surrey. Admittedly he has the space, but what a lovely thing to do.

 

[digsydelilah]

Anyone remember Cast? Found the single guiding star in my old cd stash….Ah memories.

I loved Cast! I wish I had caught them live. I listen to their Mother Nature Calls album quite often, it's so beautiful. I bought tons of cds at that time and ended up selling or donating most of them apart from Oasis, Blur and Supergrass (SG whom I love, no regrets there), I should have kept the more singular, interesting stuff. A lot of packed, sweaty gigs, smoking, drinking, reading the music papers and magazines, watching and recording music tv, wild adventures where your feet didn't touch the ground for 48 hours...it was a great time, I look back and it was like I was another person. Happy I had the chance!

 

[Silverback]

I saw dodgy at the Brixton academy. They were amazing.

I have such a soft spot for Dodgy

The Britpop era was while I was at school and uni. There’s a photo of me somewhere in an original Oasis baby tee aged about 15. Started going to gigs a couple of years later, saw a lot of Primal Scream, Underworld, Manics, SFA, Blur, and Oasis at Wembley. Great times.

SFA were great when I saw them live- bouncing in the mosh pit to The Man Don’t Give a Fuck was a highlight. Pulp were fab too.

I loved SFA at the time but I think they were definitely of the time and I’d never listen to them now.

I’ve loved reading about everyone’s 90’s fashion! I had cords and Acupuncture trainers- remember those?!

Oh and by the way re Graham Coxon- he’s a total shit bag. Shagged young fans in his house while his wife and small child were out. Left his wife in America during covid and fucked off back to England alone. Left her with fuck all money and PTSD. She has photos on her insta of her with bruises which seem to be due to him.

 

[orpheus]

It was so shitty of Damon to insinuate that he got addicted because she started doing it first. Grow up and take responsibility for your actions

 

[Carefree]

Well he's just split with his partner of 25 years so you might be in with a chance!

He does live locally to me too... But the whole pocket rocket, possible junkie and neck tattoo makes it a no from me. (I know, he'll be devastated).

I once saw Divine Comedy at V Festival, in Chelmsford, and Neil covered Maneater by Nelly Futardo. He dedicated it to the crowd, with some chat about it being appropriate for an Essex crowd, and you could have heard a pin drop. I was almost wetting myself with laughter, mind

 

[jazzmonster]

Man, I didn’t nearly get to see as many gigs as I should have done, but I feel so privileged to have seen Blur, Suede, the Manics, Radiohead, The Divine Comedy and some others before mobile phones were a thing.

 

[Peonyrose]

Does anyone remember free cd’s being given away with magazines back in the 90’s? They usually had songs from the lesser known Britpop bands…that’s how I got to know the smaller bands. I vaguely remember one that had Elastica and Mansun on it. It’s probably still in my childhood bedroom, if my mother hasn’t thrown it out along with everything else I owned from that time.

 

[Boogs]

I did get my old dog a Parka that made her look like she should be back in the 90’s and mad for it (shit pic to crop out child)

 

[Boogs]

Just in case anyone is tempted by Solovair boots I only ordered them on Thursday and they are here already.

They do feel stiff so I’m wearing them tied loosely with thick socks around the house to try and break them in. Excuse the mid yawn dog who clearly finds them boring.

 

[Boogs]

The bored/not cute dog ate a hole in the pocket of my waterproof coat today as there were treats inside. Free to a good home

 

[GossipMongoose]

When you think about it, it’s really distasteful that Popbitch have presented a story about statutory r*pe as if it‘s just another of their “nudge nudge, wink wink” stories.

It goes without saying that if true, the guy is the real sicko here, but it’s still really grim from Popbitch.

And used ‘green bananas’ as euphemism for a young black girl, given the dog whistle racist connotations. Not even dog whistle. It’s blatant.

 

[caremum]

Dog man star holds up to the test of time. Jarvis I adore. I also love Divine Comedy. Music was so diverse I the 90s. I love it all