Brit Pop

[markcorriganscrisps]

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A Nike jacket isn’t working class, a no brand copy is. A Nike jacket is ‘street wear’. Certainly the case in the 90’s.

Go tell my mum.

Tell my mum too I absolutely nagged mine for a Berghaus jacket and mine were absolutely skint but just saved for them as they were value for money but super dear then. I'm in my forties now and still have the waterproof outside bit (it is *snug*)

 

[The Yoko Ono of GY]

Trainspotting was probably as Britpop as it gets.

In „A life less ordinary“ there is this scene, in which Ewan blasts out an oasis-song really loudly. Might has been Round are Way. Sountrack-wise, The Beach is also very britpoppy.

 

[this_n_that]

I was in absolute LOVE with the whole 80s/90s shoegaze era that preceded Brit Pop. Ride, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins and The Jesus and Mary Chain to name a few. They just don't make music like they used to

I absolutely love My Bloody Valentine, the Loveless album is one of my favourites. Its interesting how none of those bands tried to cash in on people's nostalgia like Blur, Primal Scream, Oasis etc etc. They were a bit too good and pure.

 

[Stripper Vicar]

The Holy Bible was Richey’s masterpiece. I don’t know what you mean by “He had to go”

One thing is for sure and that’s if Richey had stayed in the band, they wouldn’t have made 14 albums. They would have crashed and burned. He was so fragile and unwell. He just wasn’t cut out for fame and touring.

I’m convinced he was autistic. Would never have been diagnosed back then of course.

The Holy Bible is a masterpiece for sure

I would have given anything to see them back in the day with Richey

 

[Heyholetsgo]

Saw Blur about 13 years ago in Hyde Park in the first kind of "reunion" shows. Would have loved to have seen Pulp the other week. Love the Divine Comedy too, always makes me smile when I hear the National Express! Didn't they do the Father Ted music too? Or I might have made that up!

When I stayed in Iceland we were staying next door to Damon Alburns bar and it was always packed out! We didn't go in though as I was pregnant and knackered

 

[flap a doodle dandy]

I live in Austria, so I didn‘t experience britpop as a brit. So I‘m very curious about your insights!
I recently had a relapse for all things britpop-related, since I was in London and saw blur in Wembley, which was fantastic.
Do we wanna discuss more gossipy stuff here, or the music as well? I’m here for both.
When in London, I saw some people with oasis-shirts with the classic logo, and also some Spice Girls-shirts. Who does sell good bandshirts in your opinion?

Depop or Ebay for originals but some of the prices are crazy now. I am going to cash in and sell a lot of my 90s originals soon as they are all seem to have mysteriously shrunk over the years

 

[Stripper Vicar]

Coachella isn’t really the target audience for Blur though

 

[Sure…Media!]

Wow. This thread has me spinning my dusty old cds… and not regretting anything

 

[Skinnylike]

all the comments under a news story of it on facebook were saying “everyone deserves a second chance” which is fine but keep that attitude for everyone.

seems only men have this luxury

 

[Carefree]

brett anderson was a crack addict. i think he did do a lot of heroin as well. a lot of people blame justine for their addictions but both of them would have been addicts without her

There's also the tired narrative that a woman is to blame. As though a junkie wouldn't be able to get it without her. Jesus

 

[mee43]

Actually the rumour was discussed on the Celeb gossip thread and I seem to remember that some posters suggested that it fitted one of his band mates.
But I’m always a little wary of those kind of blinds - they’re always so very vague.
If they know something as serious as that has happened, they should be working on exposing the pedalo, not writing it up as if it’s in some way funny

 

[LittleMissOnions]

Nah, they’ve K by Kula Shaker down as a one song album, so I fundamentally disagree. Also, not sure I’d class The Charlatans as Britpop? They were one of the first bands I saw live, just after their second album and Weirdo had come out. They were brilliant. I think Liam Gallagher nicked the way he sings into the microphone off how Tim Burgess did it back then (also it boggles my mind a bit that TB is now dating Sharon Horgan).

Completely agree Charlatans not Britpop, they formed back in the 80s and well established by the time all those lesser bands came along, did not know that TB was with Sharon Horgan tho, odd combination. The first dance at our wedding was Charlatans much to our grannies disgust!

 

[Sideboard Bob]

There were many rumours of some of the Oasis songs being ghost written. Personally speaking, they were shite anyway.

Were they fuck ghostwritten
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Sorry, my one golden rule as an Oasis fan is that I don’t need to defend them on the internet, because I know they don’t give a shit, but that is just too funny,

 

[Peonyrose]

Wait. So Damon is single again, yeah?

It seems that himself and Suzi have split and he is back on the gear. The more I read about him the less my attraction is becoming. He comes across as unlikeable. An absolute musical genius and I adore his music but as a person I might have to give him a miss. Teenage me is like ‘who even IS she?’

 

[markcorriganscrisps]

I think Blur were as 'laddy' as I got tbh . All about the androgyny here so it was Suede and Mansun all the way until I discovered early Manics through Design for Life era Manics.

 

[Peonyrose]

I find Liam Gallagher hilarious with his absolute no nonsense one liners on Twitter.
He is also so nice to people back in the provinces of Ireland, aka Mayo. ‘Are you Liam Gallagher, I am yeah, alright how are you?’ Etc etc.
He is there about five times a year, and the local pub owner treats him the same as everyone else.

 

[Cáca_Milis]

Off topic but Sinead O'Connor has died.

 

[Sideboard Bob]

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

That’s really sad, I didn’t realise they’d been together for so long.

I don’t mean this in a flippant way, but I find it interesting that the songs he’s written during what must be a really emotional, hard time, found their way to a Blur album, as opposed to a solo record. Maybe the familiarly and long term friendship within the band was a source of comfort?

 

[PinkandTwinkly]

An old BF used to make me compilations on minidisc, which shows how bloody old I am as they were only really popular for about 30 mins

 

[The Yoko Ono of GY]

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.

Maybe not a coincidence, that Dave always kept a bit distant to the other 3. Iirc, Alex James wrote in his autobiography about Dave, he‘d barely know him, or sth like that.