Britpop (Again)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What was the first Britpop record?

What was the last Britpop record? And the last Britpop band?

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The Damned, New Rose.

OH WAIT

BUT DOES THE LEX LIKE THE SLADE?

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

first = lazy sunday afternoon

Re: BUT DOES THE LEX LIKE THE SLADE?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I HATE SLADE!!!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

last band = Shack? (based on HMS Fable release date)

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Yes, first band is probably The Kinks.

Last band is sadly probably Dirty Pretty Things, as the zombie corpse shuffles on.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah I'm not so much interested in "historical antecedents of Britpop" or stuff that sounds like Britpop now, though the former is interesting, I'm more thinking of the time in the 90s - was there a release or moment that marked a division between not-Britpop and Britpop, at each end.

I've not read the John Harris book, what does he say?

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Harris says "I really really fancy Justine from Elastic", essentially, repeatedly. He's not wrong, bless 'im.

I think he says the first one was a Blur record. I'll look at it again tonight.

(apart from the lex)

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

who here WILL have read the harris book? i would rather exfoliate with nitric acid

i think the tipping point = late 80s (wonder stuff?)

It has DOGS on it!!!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

And the last

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

First record = The Drowners?

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Nah, Suede were getting hype of a very different sort immediately before the Big Push started. They never really fitted in with Britpop until they returned without Bernie B.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

A starter for 10 (ie thrown in for debate purposes, not saying I'm right) on 'the first':

"For Tomorrow" by Blur.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"For Tomorrow" is probably the most Britpop record ever, I think Rick is closer with Suede, I would like to say that Mark is less close with the Stuffies but I can't really pin down why, other than "It didn't feel that way at the time".

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i concur, and i am king of britpop innit ;)

[anthonyeaston.livejournal.com]

this is going to get me shot, but isnt it still going on, with FF, The Monkies, etc?

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

or at the very least, Kaiser Chiefs...

[celentari.livejournal.com]

I used to be a pure pop gal back in 1994 or whenever it was. One day I was in the Tammy Girl changing rooms and Blur's Girls And Boys came on the store radio- for me it was the first Britpop song, and it changed my life for evaaaaar. Though I am sure this is peak Britpop to the better educated.

REVISED DEATH KNELL

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Music stopped being FUN and started being SERIOUS. NB this coincided with my GOTH phase.

I mean *guitar* music stopped being fun

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Possibly cos we had Spice Girls & co to give us different sort of BritPOP with the emphasis on HAVIN A LARF.

Re: REVISED DEATH KNELL

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

perhaps OK Computer DID do more damage to Britpop than the self-inflicted harm of Urban Hymans after all. But i lump Urban Hymns in with Diana Death and always see that as the true sign of the 'scene' death. hum.

Re: REVISED DEATH KNELL

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'Spice' is the other Britpop-killer!

Re: REVISED DEATH KNELL

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Heheheh.

Though Teh Bends was also vewwy vewwy serious AND considered part of Britpop when it came out.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

what about my life story as last britpop band?

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Good one! Not that they were any good or owt.