Something said in the pub

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

by thenipper:

"I think Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse have killed Xenomania style pop, in the same way Britpop killed off Take That."

(I paraphrase)

Let's talk about....THE ZEITGEIST of BRITISH POP.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think the Take That analogy is the weakest part of the argt, actually.

Wonder how much class is playing a part - is there a big socio-economic difference between the type of girls who aspire to be like Cheryl and the type of girls who aspire to be like Lily (and the type of boys who want to sleep with either) (and the type of boys who want to be either etc etc)

I'd guess yes!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

yes that seems pretty clear. i often enjoy it when you get class-based beefs in the pop charts tho. this was the most if not only fun thing about Blur v Oasis (Jarvis as ref) after all. seeing that kind of thing played out ten+ years later with female pop artists tho hmmmm, is it really progress?