Britpop

[babs]

All things Paul Weller

[rocketman70]

I knew you'd pick this one! ;) Bloody brilliant!


Jarvis Cocker fans unite!!!


see I posted in a Brit music thread without even mentioning the Manic Street Preachers.

[weeone]

Parklife Blur

[JSpaceman]

Wow. What is Brit-Pop anyway?

Just my faves:

Blur
Happy Mondays
Supergrass
the Charlatans
Elastica
Oasis
Ash
Boo Radleys
Ocean Colour Scene
Cast
Gene
The La's
Shed 7 (mwuhahahaha!)

[rocketman70]

Shed 7 (mwuhahahaha!)


Screw that shite! Why don't you just request some Menswear while you're at it? :p

[JSpaceman]

Why don't you just request some Menswear while you're at it? :p
I nearly did. :D

[rocketman70]

The Lightning Seeds!!! :D


And play some Menswear for JSpace...and some Kula Shaker for me. :o

::runs and hides in shame::

[ms. chevious]

well, if you're gonna do the happy mondays, you *must* do a certain ratio.

[rocketman70]

Hey Barb, I know that technically the Manic Street Preachers aren't Britpop, but could you guys do a whole MSP hour for me and JSpace? Please. :D

[rcc94]

The Stone Roses

(How did I miss them the first time around?)

[Smoker29]

SQUEEZE


bitches...

[rcc94]

SQUEEZE
Now, I almost listed them in the New Wave thread. In my mind, New Wave (80s) preceeds Britpop (90s). Are there other interpretations. (Just curious.)

[Smoker29]

They probably would be considered new wave, but in my mind, they are a Brit band that played pop music. :)

[Patas]

Pulp, supergrass, blur, oasis

[Fourthisto]

Ash is a given. Play something off Nu-clear Sounds, Tim always complains how nobody likes that record. :D Jesus Says is a fun song.

The Seeds - Lucky You or Perfect or Marvellous, Pulp - Disco 2000 or Mis-Shapes, Blur - Universal or There's No Other Way and Oasis - Live Forever or Don't Look Back in Anger or Married With Children (a good way to end a Britpop set) are givens, but lets dig a little deeper.

Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz or Sun Hits the Sky, Elastica - Connection or Car Song, of course.

Break out some Rialto - Summer's Over, Verve - History or This Is Music, Travis - U16 Girls or A Good Day to Die (Tied to the 90's is a good britpop tune, since thats what it was all about)

Then throw in a Stone Roses' Ten Storey Love Song and you get a bit of a history lesson, along with Motorcycle Emptiness by the Manics.

...... orrrr, you could just hire me (will work for food) and I'll correlate Britpop hours whenever you want me to. :D

[Jonathan]

Britpop?

What's that? Never heard of it...


:D :p :cool:

[malheureux]

SQUEEZE


bitches...
i love you.


i second the jspace list, with the exception of shed 7 and the addition of menswear, stone roses, elastica and sleeper.

and of course, squeeze.

[malheureux]

special k - ck your pm's

[rocketman70]

...... orrrr, you could just hire me (will work for food) and I'll correlate Britpop hours whenever you want me to. :D


Well, they should just hire me, you, Jonathan, Spacey and Mal to program this. Now that's some good radio in the making. ;)

[JSpaceman]

Break out some Rialto - Summer's Over
Good call, I'd forgotten about those guys.

[skidminix]

Good call, I'd forgotten about those guys.
Forgotten about Rialto?!?!? Shocking, sinful... you should be ashamed. I guess that means you never bought Louis Eliot's solo album, either? *heavy sigh*

[rocketman70]

Break out some Rialto - Summer's Over

Good call, I'd forgotten about those guys.

Forgotten about Rialto?!?!? Shocking, sinful... you should be ashamed. I guess that means you never bought Louis Eliot's solo album, either? *heavy sigh*

Who in the heck are these guys. I've never heard of them. I guess I'm not as up on Britpop as I thought I was. :confused:

[skidminix]

Who in the heck are these guys. I've never heard of them. I guess I'm not as up on Britpop as I thought I was. :confused:
You'd love them. Very sweeping, cinematic music. Imagine "Something's Changed" by Pulp with a lot of variations and that's Rialto.

They were in an earlier incarnation known as Kinky Machine - not quite as good as Rialto, but definitely worth tracking down if you're a fan.

[rocketman70]

You'd love them. Very sweeping, cinematic music. Imagine "Something's Changed" by Pulp with a lot of variations and that's Rialto.

They were in an earlier incarnation known as Kinky Machine - not quite as good as Rialto, but definitely worth tracking down if you're a fan.

Hmm, sounds like I may be hitting a used CD store sometime in the future. Sounds right up my alley.

[malheureux]

rialto is teh whip! rocket, it really surprises me that you don't know these guys. good, good stuff.

[rocketman70]

rialto is teh whip! rocket, it really surprises me that you don't know these guys. good, good stuff.

Geez, now I'm embarrassed. :o

Honestly, I never heard of them until today. I was obsessed with Radiohead and the Manics at that time. There were no other artists in my mind at the time. ;)

[JSpaceman]

teh whip!
This still makes me smile every time. :D

[skidminix]

Hmm, sounds like I may be hitting a used CD store sometime in the future. Sounds right up my alley.
You shouldn't have much trouble finding the self-titled Rialto cd, but anything beyond that will take some digging.

If you ever find yourself completely frustrated, let me know - I've got every cd single and album for both Rialto and Kinky Machine... heck, I've even got their videos on VHS...

[rocketman70]

You shouldn't have much trouble finding the self-titled Rialto cd, but anything beyond that will take some digging.

If you ever find yourself completely frustrated, let me know - I've got every cd single and album for both Rialto and Kinky Machine... heck, I've even got their videos on VHS...


Cool! Thanks.
I'll check around first, but I may hit you up. I think we can work out a fair trade. ;)

[JSpaceman]

Wonder if woxy's got any Dodgy- "Staying Out For The Summer" maybe. I haven't heard them in forever.

[rocketman70]

Wonder if woxy's got any Dodgy- "Staying Out For The Summer" maybe. I haven't heard them in forever.

Woah, now that's a blast from the past.

[skidminix]

Woah, now that's a blast from the past.
I'm hip! Next you'll be asking to hear some Salad...

[Patas]

Geez, now I'm embarrassed. :o

Honestly, I never heard of them until today. I was obsessed with Radiohead and the Manics at that time. There were no other artists in my mind at the time. ;)
I'll say I've never heard of them either. :o

[rocketman70]

I'm hip! Next you'll be asking to hear some Salad...


Haha! Oh man, I forgot about them too. Sheesh.

[Patas]

How about some Boo Radleys - Wake Up! Boo!

[rudegirl]

RIDE

56789

[skidminix]

How about some Boo Radleys - Wake Up! Boo!
Now that's my jam. I just finished listening to the new-ish "Find The Way Out" 2-disc anthology of the Boos. Great, great stuff... I just love Sice's voice.

[Patas]

Now that's my jam. I just finished listening to the new-ish "Find The Way Out" 2-disc anthology of the Boos. Great, great stuff... I just love Sice's voice.
I'm a Martin Carr fan myself. I love his solo Brave Captain stuff. I need to buy that 2 disc anthology. Did you find it in the States?

[rudegirl]

billy bragg
blur
stone roses
lightning seeds
JAMES (sigh, love them)
suede
supergrass
oasis
housemartins
kula shaker
pulp
lush
ocean colour scene
inspiral carpets

[skidminix]

I'm a Martin Carr fan myself. I love his solo Brave Captain stuff. I need to buy that 2 disc anthology. Did you find it in the States?
I'm pretty sure I bought it (along with most of import purchases) through sirencd.com. They have reasonable prices and only charge $.99 for shipping, no matter how much you buy. I'm not sure how they do it.

I like the Brave Captain stuff quite a bit, actually. Martin and Sice's vocals are very similar, I think, but Sice's is a bit stronger. Do you have the Eggman cd? I love that one, too.

[rocketman70]

billy bragg
blur
stone roses
lightning seeds
JAMES (sigh, love them)
suede
supergrass
oasis
housemartins
kula shaker
pulp
lush
ocean colour scene
inspiral carpets


Yes, I love James. Esp. last last album, 'Pleased To Meet You'. Brilliant stuff.
Inspiral Carpets are awesome too.

[Patas]

I'm pretty sure I bought it (along with most of import purchases) through sirencd.com. They have reasonable prices and only charge $.99 for shipping, no matter how much you buy. I'm not sure how they do it.

I like the Brave Captain stuff quite a bit, actually. Martin and Sice's vocals are very similar, I think, but Sice's is a bit stronger. Do you have the Eggman cd? I love that one, too.
What's the Eggman Cd? I have all the brave captain releases and most of the Boo Radley releases. I thought I just saw something about the Eggman cd the other day but I cannot remember what it was all about.

[Zane]

Is Erasure considered Brit Pop???








(Haven't had time to read Spacey's Brit Pop thread!)
:)

[malheureux]

I'm hip! Next you'll be asking to hear some Salad...
jude, do you have that version of salad and terry hall doing "dream a little dream", by the mamas and the papas? fantastic. it was from the 'help!' complilation - a benefit for kosovos maybe? great disc. let me know if you need it...

[malheureux]

billy bragg
blur
stone roses
lightning seeds
JAMES (sigh, love them)
suede
supergrass
oasis
housemartins
kula shaker
pulp
lush
ocean colour scene
inspiral carpets
beautiful!!

[JSpaceman]

jude, do you have that version of salad and terry hall doing "dream a little dream", by the mamas and the papas? fantastic. it was from the 'help!' complilation - a benefit for kosovos maybe? great disc. let me know if you need it...
Yep, that's a good one. Only dud is the track from those unknowns "Seymour." WTF?

[malheureux]

Yep, that's a good one. Only dud is the track from those unknowns "Seymour." WTF?
that's a joke, right?

[JSpaceman]

that's a joke, right?
Of course. ;)

[malheureux]

Of course. ;)
good. cause i was gonna smack you. seriously.

[skidminix]

Malh: I've got the Salad and Terry Hall song - I had that compilation, but I'm sure I burned all the good songs off of it (even that Seymour crap ;) ) and sold it at some point or other... thanks for your kind offer, however!

Patas: Eggman is Sice's solo album. I found it for $2 at a Barnes and Noble once. It's very cool, a little more esoteric than your typical Boo Radleys release. In the new compilation, Martin mentions that early on Sice's songs were much better than his but for some reason he ended up being the songwriter. Again, I can hook you up if you need it (I have the lone cd single from it with a couple of b-sides as well...)

[Jonathan]

They probably would be considered new wave, but in my mind, they are a Brit band that played pop music. :)

Heh. There's a huge difference between Britpop and Brit Pop. :)

[Burger Queen]

Lots of Blur and lots of Pulp.

[Jonathan]

Is it my imagination, or has no one mentioned Super Furry Animals yet?

Slackers.

[the happy prole]

Billy Bragg is folk. Housemartins are some weird gospel communist crap. There is no way either can be considered Britpop, although both are awesome.

You're really looking at 1993 with Suede's first album. If you want to be generous, you can go back to Blur's first album, though that was really Madchester-sounding. Or maybe Paul Weller and Style Council.

But like Johnahthahn said, there's a distinct difference between good British pop music and Britpop.

[rocketman70]

Is it my imagination, or has no one mentioned Super Furry Animals yet?

Slackers.


I don't consider them Britpop. They're more like neo-psychedelic, anarchist, revolutionary, progressive Welsh art rock. ;)

[Patas]

Is it my imagination, or has no one mentioned Super Furry Animals yet?

Slackers.
I don't consider them britpop either or I'm certain I would've been the first to mention them. International Language of Screaming or Northern Lites might be considered Britpop, but I don't put SFA in the britpop category. They haven't ever had a top ten single in the UK.

[Jonathan]

Britpop isn't about chart positions, it's about a sound. You said it yourself, there are some SFA albums that fit the Britpop mould.

Nobody would say that "Think Tank" or "13" sounds like Britpop, but that doesn't mean Blur isn't a Britpop group.

[rocketman70]

Britpop isn't about chart positions, it's about a sound. You said it yourself, there are some SFA albums that fit the Britpop mould.

Nobody would say that "Think Tank" or "13" sounds like Britpop, but that doesn't mean Blur isn't a Britpop group.




Well maybe Fuzzy Logic kinda fits the Britpop mould, but after Radiator, no. The unique thing (and one of the many many reasons I love this band) is that their music defies any easy categorization. But one thing, they do not fit into the pop niche. I'd say they're more neo-progressive rock. Is there such a term?

[the happy prole]

Super Furry Animals, I would not classify as Britpop although I wouldn't argue much against it. I think their early stuff fits the mold and was in the right time period but they quickly moved away into their own sound.

To me, you don't actually have to chart to be Britpop, but you did have to WANT to chart and despite all the early hype, SFA never really fit in. One could say the same about Gomez. You definitely need rock star attitude. Suede, Oasis, and Pulp sound nothing alike so it has to be more than just a sound.

I think you have to be careful with Blur as they have so many sounds. They were around before, during, and after Britpop. Leisure fits pretty well into the Madchester mold. Thinktank and 13 are post-Britpop. I'd say they have definitely have Britpop albums but they transcend the genre. Lush is another one; they went from solid shoegazers to Britpop.

[rocketman70]

Super Furry Animals, I would not classify as Britpop although I wouldn't argue much against it. I think their early stuff fits the mold and was in the right time period but they quickly moved away into their own sound.

To me, you don't actually have to chart to be Britpop, but you did have to WANT to chart and despite all the early hype, SFA never really fit in. One could say the same about Gomez. You definitely need rock star attitude. Suede, Oasis, and Pulp sound nothing alike so it has to be more than just a sound.

I think you have to be careful with Blur as they have so many sounds. They were around before, during, and after Britpop. Leisure fits pretty well into the Madchester mold. Thinktank and 13 are post-Britpop. I'd say they have definitely have Britpop albums but they transcend the genre. Lush is another one; they went from solid shoegazers to Britpop.


Yeah, yeah. I agree with everything you said. Nice post. :)

[Jonathan]

And that is exactly my point. This thread, as I understood it, is for throwing out suggestions for what could be played on a Britpop hour.

Early SFA is something I would play in a Britpop show. As is mid-career Blur (although I'd probably through some stuff from Leisure on there, too, but that's just me).

[Trevour]

SLEEPER. And why not, I'll throw in Grass Show too.

[skidminix]

And this might be in the "close but I'm not sure it's really Britpop category" -
later Lightning Seeds (man, I love that stuff!)

[spike]

O.K. not “pop” but how about The Screaming Blue Messiahs – consider this a request! :D

[skidminix]

O.K. not “pop” but how about The Screaming Blue Messiahs – consider this a request! :D
Yabba Dabba Doo Dah!!! :)

[despondent]

The Soup Dragons (I still frequently pop 'Hotwired' into the changer)

[SUV Emptyness]

I'm sort of surprised that no one mentioned Idlewild.

And, considering that they're british and poppy, Catherine Wheel anyone?

Edit: I just realised how old this thread is.

:D

[polaroid]

There's plenty more.

Marion were great hope. They developed so much between 1st and 2nd album. Their terrific second Johnny Marr produced "The Program" LP declined due to few factors and the band split the following year. Does anyone remember them?

60ft Dolls (allegedly mates with Marion) released two albums, each has some great moments. They were more like a post late seventies punk band but at times they showed their mellow side, especially on the second LP. Richard Parfitt is a gorgeous guitar player, he released overlooked solo album few years ago.

There's still a lot to discuss :cool:

[Fourthisto]

Bump, because I've been really spinning this compilation alot at work lately, and daydreaming about yesteryear.... *sigh*

At any rate, it's probably amongst the best compilations I've ever owned. If you are ever able to pick up a copy at a used CD palace, MOST DEFINITELY make it so!

TRUE BRIT: 40 Essential Indie Hits

Disc: 1

1. Going Out - Supergrass
2. Finetime - Cast
3. Girl from Mars - Ash
4. Babies - Pulp
5. Sleep - Marion
6. Daydreamer - Menswear
7. Changingman - Paul Weller
8. Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins
9. Staying Out for the Summer ('95) - Dodgy
10. Change - The Lightning Seeds
11. Great Things - Echobelly
12. Inbetweener - Sleeper
13. Ladykillers - Lush
14. Faît Accompli - Curve
15. Speakeasy - Shed Seven
16. Animal Nitrate - Suede
17. I Want to Touch You - Catherine Wheel
18. Just the One - The Levellers
19. Olympian - Gene
20. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead

Disc: 2

1. Sunflower - Paul Weller
2. Fools Gold [Original Version] - The Stone Roses
3. Kinky Afro - Happy Mondays
4. Groovy Train - The Farm
5. Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
6. Sit Down - James
7. Leave Them All Behind - Ride
8. There She Goes - the LAs
9. Shine On - The House of Love
10. Only One I Know - The Charlatans UK
11. True Faith ['94] - New Order
12. You're in a Bad Way - Saint Etienne
13. Progen (Move Any Mountain) - The Shamen
14. Disappointed - Electronic
15. This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
16. Welcome to the Cheap Seats - The Wonder Stuff
17. Unbelievable - EMF
18. Only Living Boy in New Cross - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
19. Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones
20. Come Play With Me - The Wedding Present

[skidminix]

Hmmm... must seek that one out.

[aqualou]

TRUE BRIT: 40 Essential Indie Hits
now in the lala "i want" pile. course i would have called it "England's Greatest Brits".

[The Sheck]

I'm sort of surprised that no one mentioned Idlewild.

I think they're Scottish. Would they still count? :confused:

[polaroid]

There could well be more 90s brit stuff on the vintage channel. Virtually no Manics, only two or three Suede tracks (no Dog Man Star, no Coming Up), same with Pulp, Boo Radleys, Mansun. Track or two by Gene, Bluetones, Shed 7, Marion, Super Furry Animals etc. would make welcome addition as well.

[eurotek1]

hellooooo....Trash Can Sinatras anyone?

[skidminix]

hellooooo....Trash Can Sinatras anyone?
Love 'em. Love love loooooove 'em! And they've got more live tracks to download on their website than you can shake a stick at.

I was just listening to A Happy Pocket the other day. Shame that never came out domestically.

[The Big Crunch]

I'm sort of surprised that no one mentioned Idlewild.

And, considering that they're british and poppy, Catherine Wheel anyone?

Edit: I just realised how old this thread is.

:D
Man I love CW.

IMO Idlwild had one outstanding, mini-masterpiece of an album (1000 Broken Windows) and has been on a steady decline ever since.

[Fourthisto]

Wow, I've just fallen back in love with Molly Half Head (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOta_fRNx2k). Any takers? What an ace tune.

[euro60]

Any takers?
Not sure... but nice way to resurrect a thread that needs to be discussed ;)

[skidminix]

Nice bump, 4. I'll admit, Molly Half Head are one of those that mostly slipped under my Britpop radar, but I'm intrigued...

[the_birds]

IMO Idlwild had one outstanding, mini-masterpiece of an album (1000 Broken Windows) and has been on a steady decline ever since.

I saw them on this tour in a tiny club here in Houston. However after fits and starts of evolution, I thought the Warnings/Promises album was their zenith.

"Love Steals Us from Loneliness" is such a superior song. I was just listening to it the other day. This album never goes too long without some carplay.