The Real History Of Indie Part 1 (none of that Shine on here, mate)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

I've been threatening to do this for a while... This one is for all you young ppl out there - here's what we had to suffer through in order for you to live with your modern shiny pop. Be thankful you ungrateful swine, sit on jauntygrandad's knee and let me tell you of a time when "independent" music (for that was its name) was FOR REALZ and underachievers were exalted above all else, and there was choice of weekly inky newspaper (both largely crap) that you could buy with a fiver and still have change for a Red Wedge concert. A time when the "nobody understands me" crowd were sporting Mozzer quiffs, not slipknoot hoodies. Realactual goths stalked the world, and weren't seen outside of Leeds. THANK GOD THAT's GONE EH! A sad era that ended in the deluge that was the last great Indie-Dance wars of 1989. And it started something a bit like... this:

Ok, so not a real poll cos i am a cheapskate, but: Which of the following songs on Indie Top 20 Volume 1 are Any Good At All?

Mickey Way (The Candy Bar) - A CERTAIN RATIO
Dickie Davies Eyes - HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT
Hang-Ten! - THE SOUP DRAGONS
Sometimes - ERASURE
Please Don't Sandblast My House - ONE THOUSAND VIOLINS
Loan Shark - GUANA BATZ
Oh Grebo I Think I Love You - POP WILL EAT ITSELF
You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends (Peel session) -
THE WEDDING PRESENT
Lover & Confidante - BLUE AEROPLANES
Transmission (Peel session) - JOY DIVISION
Turn The Heater On (Peel session) - NEW ORDER
The Grip Of Love - GHOST DANCE
Velveteen - THE ROSE OF AVALANCHE
Into The Groovy - CICCONE YOUTH
Completely & Utterly - THE CHESTERFIELDS
Sorry To Embarrass You - RAZORCUTS
I Could Be In Heaven - THE FLATMATES
Beatnik Boy - TALULAH GOSH
Throwaway - MIGHTY MIGHTY
The Day Before Tomorrow - BMX BANDITS

(Thanks to http://snow.prohosting.com/ukband/indietop20s.htm ) (I nearly put this on sukrat, but naaaa, indie=pop AS YOU WELL KNOW)

Comments

Re: Important Historical Qn

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

1988

Re: Important Historical Qn

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i have decided that actually 90s indie counts as indie, but it's NOT THE SAME. i hear the indie 80s

Re: Important Historical Qn

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

hearT (omg)