Shine 6: on and on and on and on and on and on

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See, I loved My Life Story at the time! They had lots of violins! Cor, what is this new and exciting take on britpop! And they wore shiny shirts, which I believe was considered to be some kind of statement to image obsessed yoof! I bought their singles, oh yes, I even taped the alBUM of a friend, but in my later years I simply must ask myself how I could EVER have approved of a band who flaut the "virtues" of a gurlie who "leaves the pie, but always, always, eats her greens"? JAKE SHILLINGFORD with your STUPID CURL, I denounce you! Anyway, back we are in September '96, with a STUNNING selection of also-rans at the bottom of the selection (Bawl, anyone? Ruth?), ON AND ON by the Longpigs, and of course the obligatory Cranberries track. Don your Addidas trackie tops/Man City footie shirts and VOTE!

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Comments

[cis.livejournal.com]

according to a friend of mine who really liked MLS, jake shillingford was once interviewed in just 17 or some such mag teaching girls how to put eyeliner on? (since i steered clear of girls' mags at the time i've no clue how true this is.) I liked 12 reasons why a lot, none of their other songs really clicked though.

I'm not sure poptimists is such a representative sample, it seems like mainstream britpop nostalgia still sidelines the fvck out of the mostly-female bands. The elastica-and-kenickie bias seems more a case of 'reject britpop (mostly in hyperbole?) BUT the girls were good,' dunnit?