The Brit Box: CANON

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Brit Box is Rhino Records' new box set repackaging - for an American audience - of the history of British indie music, 1984-1998, taking the story from the Smiths all the way to...well, you'll see.

I thought it would be a good one to do as a canon - MOAR FOOL ME as it took ages to type and typing really made me think the whole thing is incredibly badly put together. But don't take my word for it, go and use your TWENTY-SIX!!!! tickys yourself on the below.

[Poll #1092622]

(Also appearing on the Brit Box was "Common People" by Pulp, which I somehow forgot to include on the poll. I'm sure it would have done very well.)

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I had no idea Placebo were British. :( Not that I contain a shred of patriotism but but but DUDES, Placebo? That is awful.

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

Flet is a bit underticked actually. It's the large one with E. Frazer and stuff.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

carsmilesteve is British, but Squeaky Brian is some sort of semi-Canadian and the looming Scandinavian dude is, well, Scandinavian.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Yes! I mean, BLEACH?

Re: SILVER SUN???????

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

Except for the Shop Assistants, who were on C86... and very Scottish.

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

Oh, the long-forgotten horrors: Bleach! Thousand Yard Stare! Curve! The Catherine Wheel! To be banished safely back to history, surely.
Lack of appreciation for Primitive Painters curious, indeed.

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Why does everyone like How Soon Is Now? so much?

It doesn't help that it's top of the list, of course. LJ should introduce a rotate/randomise function to its polls to make them slightly less meaningless.

Good to see You're In a Bad Way doing so well, anyway.

for all intents never heard of

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

so i spent two minutes with this list and

have, for all intents and purposes, never heard of:
-Felt
-Shop Assistants
-Trash Can Sinatras
-Pale Saints
-Telescopes
-Chapterhouse
-Bleach
-Five Thirty
-Moose
-Family Cat
-Dylans
-Thousand Yard Stare
-Birdland
-Superstar
-These Animal Men
-Mega City Four
-Gene
-Dodgy
-Marion
-Silversun
-Gay Dad

(okay maybe I know a few names, obviously, but i couldn't tell you a single thing any of these bands had done)

justifiably obscure but *this* is not the one thing i know by them

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

-Mighty Lemon Drops
-The Wonder Stuff
-Catherine Wheel
-Curve
-Swervedriver
-Eugenius
-Nick Heyward
-Boo Radleys
-Menswe@r
-Sleeper
-Baby Bird (actually maybe this is the one song I know by them)
-Bluetones
-Super Furry Animals
-Divine Comedy
-Mansun
-Rialto
-Placebo

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

a la the ILM rough guides?

Felt

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

Primitive Painters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZLis7xkF0s) – low-budget video = standing around in 80s hat

Britpop's Most Forgotten

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

Being sick and bored at home I had nothing better to do (a lie) than to try to find videos for the ones with ZERO votes as of the now. I just might go back and tick the Telescopes...

Mighty Lemon Drops - My Biggest thrill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDKJXG4aKfw)
Trash Can Sinatras - Obscurity Knocks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN4ZMSKP6_Q) (I love this kind of Amazing Pointless Machines, not entirely sure they didn't cheat filming it though)
The Telescopes - Flying (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGWPpoIf4A)
Five Thirty - You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m9yNV_nYqY)
The Dylans - Mary Quant in Blue (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paq6UuRsWsU)

[spittake.livejournal.com]

from the Rhino website:

shaped like a classic red U.K. telephone booth -with working lights -

!!!!

Re: Felt

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

Dear god that's an awful video. They just need to try a bit harder...

Under-remarked upon: the similarity between Primitive Painters and T'Pau's Heart & Soul.