Britpop (Again)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What was the first Britpop record?

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

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Blur's 'Modern Life Is Rubbish' singles did spring to mind the quickest here too.

But there's that artskool side of things too which seemed to be there at the inception of what is known as Britpop but was quickly crushed underfoot by laddism etc.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The bands in That Select Issue (from memory):

- Suede (circa first album)
- Blur (circa Modern Life is Rubbish)
- Saint Etienne (circa So Tough)
- Denim (circa Back In Denim)
- The Auteurs!! (circa "Lenny Valentino")
- CARL FROM CUD! picking his favourite British records!!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Saint Etienne and The Auteurs can't be Britpop! St Et don't have guitars but they do have a girl who can sing, and er The Auteurs erm.

I don't know who Denim and Carl From Cud are.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

they do have a girl who can sing

News to me, arf arf

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Anyway I think the point with St Etienne was that they went on about London all the time at a point when very few bands did that.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

weird thing about St Et. at the time was i disliked He's On The Phone almost as much as 'Sylvie' etc. - indie-poppers falling between two stools (i like HOTP now tho).

I think St Et. never really escaped the 'Indiepop' label and it set them out from Britpop enough. HOTP being Purepop prob. helped there massively too.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

One of the things I did pick up from the Harris book of evil was how London-centric Britpop was, which I didn't realise at the time. Yet Britpop Mk II is determinedly provincial => I think this makes it even worse.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

The Auteurs were so Britpop it made my eyes bleed. They were also largely rubbish.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I have one Auteurs album and I like it quite a bit! It is called How I Learned To Love The Bootboys. I got into them because of Black Box Recorder who are ACE and POP, The Auteurs are nowhere near as good as BBR.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

BBR = NINDIE!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

They're SO pop! Especially Passionoia! BBR are essentially ploughing the exact same field as PSB did.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There is a big difference between BBR and PSB. It is called "40 hit singles".

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

x "are essentially ploughing the exact same field as" y did minus the ACTUAL REAL CHART TOPPING = more essence of nindie (also = st et somewhat)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

BBR = pop-as-genre surely though.

I still have yet to figure out whether I believe in pop-as-genre but it is useful here.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

pop-as-genre = indie

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

GOOD POINT, WELL MADE.

pop as genre = excuse for much indieness.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

BBR = good indie-pop ala St Et.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

Jarvis was in there as well, but only as a footnote.