Brit Pop Nostalgia

[Bellycaster]

Man, where did the time go? It was great going out in the 94-98 period, it seemed everyone loved British music.

I'm sure some of you will remember these names.

Skunk Anansie

Space

Portishead (What is that sampled instrument on Sour Times?)

Carter U.S.M

Super Furry Animals

Echobelly

I liked Dubstar too, although I don't know if that was Britpop as such.

Ahhhhh memories!!!

[PhantomRouge]

Blur and Radiohead.

Also Muse.

Anything but Muse! Please!!! From the day I first heard them, I have never liked them.

In my playlist, I replaced Cast No Shadow with Live Forever. Seems appropriate.

Here's a documentary, just in case you all weren't nostalgic enough. It's a really good watch, I enjoyed it.
http://youtu.be/hpidIfXXx6k

[ICBM]

Anything but Muse! Please!!! From the day I first heard them, I have never liked them.

I didn't like them at first, but then I heard Absolution and was converted. Sadly it was all downhill after that.

They were never Britpop of any description though.

In my playlist, I replaced Cast No Shadow with Live Forever. Seems appropriate.

Replace it With D'You Know What I Mean and I could actually listen to it... The only Oasis song I actually like... through gritted teeth, but I admit I do .

Interesting that you picked High And Dry too - I don't like Radiohead, but that's one of the very few songs I do.

[HeartfeltDawn]

The best thing about the Britpop era? The goddamn diversity in the charts and on people's stereos and in clubs. Check out NME's top albums for 1995:

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1995.html

You had techno, guitar shit, indie gubbins, drum and bass, all manner of stuff going on, British hip hop was starting to really move on, the underground garage scene...

I've always been a believer that the arts are best when alternative meets mainstream. So it was in the 1990's. Now we have a mainstream where the major labels have drawn a super-tight X Factor barrier around itself and stifled the creativity, and an alternative scene that frankly sucks its own dick in self-praise.

Or something like that

[HeartfeltDawn]

Any favourites? Stories? Do you long for the good old days?

Stories? Nothing will ever beat telling Brian Molko to his face that he was a short arsed runt in a bar in London, thus making his bassist spit his drink out through laughing.

Dog Man Star by Suede is massively forgotten. Bernard Butler's guitar work on that is stellar. Someone mentioned the Manics with The Holy Bible which is superb.

[ICBM]

I've always been a believer that the arts are best when alternative meets mainstream. So it was in the 1990's. Now we have a mainstream where the major labels have drawn a super-tight X Factor barrier around itself and stifled the creativity, and an alternative scene that frankly sucks its own dick in self-praise.

Or something like that

And true.

Someone mentioned the Manics with The Holy Bible which is superb.

On the strength of this I bought a copy of The Holy Bible in a charity shop today... I wouldn't normally have done since I don't really like the Manics, but I hadn't heard much of their early stuff so I thought I would keep an open mind, and it was only a pound.







No, still don't like them. Sorry .

[stickyfiddle]

The Holy Bible is not the one you need if you don't already like the Manics. It's like recommending Kid A to a first-time Radiohead listener- neeever gonna end well.

Everyting Must Go is the best Manics album.

[ICBM]

The Holy Bible is not the one you need if you don't already like the Manics. It's like recommending Kid A to a first-time Radiohead listener- neeever gonna end well.

Everyting Must Go is the best Manics album.

Does that still apply if I hate A Design For Life, but quite like If You Tolerate This and Motorcycle Emptiness?

[stickyfiddle]

Does that still apply if I hate A Design For Life, but quite like If You Tolerate This and Motorcycle Emptiness?

Yes. Just skip Design for Life. Or try This Is My Truth... for a bit more introverted stuff and a bit less rock.

Motorcycle Emptiness will always be their best imo. Unfortunately the version on the debut album is fairly shite compared with live.

[DynamiteKid]

I loved the first Mansun album- Attack of the Grey Lantern.
The follow up wasn't too shabby either.

Oh my God, I love you so hard right now.

Although I think Six is better. It's one ballsy album, I tell you that much.

Also, re: Manics, someone on this forum - I'm not sure who but a little voice inside me tells me it might have been fretmeister - said a quote about them which I will never forget because it made laugh for about fifteen minutes. 'If all of the albums the Manic Street Preachers had ever sold were laid end to end... I'd still have no idea what the fuck James Dean Bradfield was singing about.'