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Ten years ago I was, well, ten, and Britpop was warring with Blur vs Oasis for NUMBER ONE IN THE CHARTS NO LESS! Something now reserved for Frogs and rubbish Americans who piece songs together from other artists and then talk over the top.

So I'm wondering what were your favourite Brit pop songs?

Mine were Boys And Girls, Country House, Coffee & TV and more by Blur
She's Electric, Wonderwall, Roll With It, What's the Story... , various others by Oasis
Sale of the Century, What Do I Do Now by Sleeper
Garbage - Stupid Girl
My Life Story from that era also


Seems lately you could argue Britpop is having a second chance, here's hoping it holds. :D
 
So Well by Feeder, and Piece By Piece come to that. Maybe not Oasis/Blur britpop but bloody good music!!!

Rock N Roll Star.... :D
 
I was never really a Blur or Oasis fan. I love Gene and Ocean Colour Scene. The Divine Comedy were around too at that time, although not completely fitting into the Britpop bracket and I really liked them.

I've spent the past few days singing 'London Can You Wait' by Gene over and over again, much to the annoyance of my kids :lol:
 
In memory order, not preference.

Bluetones - Bluetonic
Oasis - Slide Away
Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
Ash - Girl from Mars
Kenickie - At the Club (how hot is/was Lauren Laverne??)
Pulp - Babies
Suede - Stay Together
Elastica - Waking up
The Boo Radleys - Twinside
Radiohead - No Surprises, Fake Plastic Trees, High and Dry
Blur - There's no other way
The Divine Comedy - Sunrise
Super Furry Animals - the man don't give a f***
Belle and Sebastian - It could have been a brilliant career
Manic Street Preachers - 4stone 7lbs
Gene - Olympian

I am an Indie kid and proud of it!!
 
Oooooo you reminded me of Suede. When I was in the Sixth Form we went on a school holiday to Normandy and on the coach we could take it in turns in providing a CD for the rest of us to listen to. I passed forward one of my Suede ones and our history teacher Mr Claxton exclaimed "Swede? Who are they?" :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Early Oasis, anything by Suede, (The) Verve or The Stone Roses, Bends/OK Computer-era Radiohead but above all the Manics. The 5 years from around '93 to '98 were brilliant.
 
The Holy Bible is one of the great albums of our time. I agree, Gareth.

The Verve's best song was History. The Stone Roses are one of the greatest British bands ever despite only releasing 2 albums.

Cast and Menswear were rubbish, as were Echobelly, Sleeper and Heavy Stereo.
 
Manic Street Preachers and Radiohead were never Britpop. Most of it wasn`t to my taste. Blur and Pulp i had time for though.
 
Sorry , The Stone Roses were as overrated as Killer Instinct !

Lost respect for the Manics after hearing about their prima donna antics at Glastonbury .

Radiohead are hors concours
 
At the time I thought Menswear were ok but I watched them perform one song one night this week on telly and it made me realise just how crap they were. It must've been the constant supply of vodka in my youth that made them sound better :lol:
 
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I think that you would need more than that to make Cast sound anything but dull and dreary
 
Menswear really were dreadful

Ardross, maybe you were too old and didn't get the Stone Roses ;) . There really was a time in 1989 when they seemed the best band in the world and could take over the planet. I think the only reason they didn't was that they couldn't be arsed!! Look at the songs that didn't even make it on to their debut album - Sally Cinnamon, Fools Gold, Turns into Stone - each a masterpiece.

My favourite Roses songs are Sally Cinnamon, Bye Bye Badman and She Bangs the Drum.

I went to see Cast live, supported by Heavy Stereo :shy: :shy:
 
You cheeky sod - I was 21 !!! They were still overrated ! Then again I couldn't stick the Happy Mondays either as I was a member of the just before acid house generation.
 
I went through an indie period in the 90s (not for long though...metal will always rule for me) and that Stone Roses debut is an all-time classic (Made Of Stone is still one of my favourite songs.) But a lot of it was just over-hyped NME shit. Happy Mondays being the biggest example for me, although Menswear and Embrace were also very poor. The first two Oasis albums are ok but they pale next to Blur, the first two Suede albums and Pulp.
 
Tosh

Metal is and always has been and always will be noisy, tuneless utter crap for ugly people with long hair :P
 
Originally posted by Ardross@Aug 20 2005, 11:44 PM
Tosh

Metal is and always has been and always will be noisy, tuneless utter crap for ugly people with long hair :P
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:lol: It`s funny that i`m always called narrow-minded for being a metal fan. I agree that most of it is crap, but when its done properly (i`m talking Black Sabbath, early Metallica/Maiden and Emperor well) no indie band can touch it. Partly `cos it is harder to do well and partly because the best metal musicians are the best musicians period.
 
The Stone Roses were overrated big time.I was living in Camden around that time and there was a real buzz about the place.
Pulp were the class act -its a pity they didn't go for the easy money and try to reproduce Different Class.
 
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