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.

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Another way of looking at it

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

The style of music we're talking about here died out in America a good five years ago. So maybe we shouldn't look at this as lallen "killing off" Xenomania, but as that style having extended itself admirably beyond its natural lifespan by being unusually good and inventive, but it's just reached the end of its life cycle. Arguably it would've died out earlier if there had been a counterbalance strong enough, but nothing was good/pop enough to really take its place. I think Winehouse & Allen are just filling a void, and Allen's kicking the nearest thing to her cause she wants to be Damon or something.

(I don't think Allen's retro though.)